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Bryan O’Connor
@bocfortherecord.bsky.social
socialist CFO. music, baseball, puns, Four Roses bourbon. Author of Time Decorated: A History of Popular Music in 12 Playlists https://www.bullmoose.com/p/35023084/
83 WAR in this pic I just found from spring training ‘17
February 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I hope Xmas Jaxon Flaxon Waxon is ok.
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

“Your program’s still losing money, but the outcomes are great.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"Yeah, but why do you want to know that? What decisions or changes are you going to make as a result?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"Place the period after the parenthetical."
February 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Here’s the whole list. Fun month.
#radioheadtop30
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
1. “No Surprises”, from OK Computer

#radioheadtop30

Bring down
The government
They don’t
They don’t speak for us
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
2. “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”, from The Bends

#radioheadtop30

Immerse your souls in love, friends.
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM
3. “Fake Plastic Trees”, from The Bends

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Sang this to my kids at bedtime for years.
January 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
4. “Let Down”, from OK Computer

#radioheadtop30
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
5. “True Love Waits”, from Live in Oslo

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The version on A Moon Shaped Pool is a beautiful ballad, but the pacing on this live cut is sublime.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM
6. “Idioteque”, from Kid A

#radioheadtop30
January 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM
7. “Climbing Up the Walls”, from OK Computer

#radioheadtop30

“So lock the kids in safe tonight
And shut the eyes in the cupboard
I’ve got the smell of a local man
Who's got the loneliest feeling”

This is what 2026 feels like.
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
8. “You and Whose Army?”, from Amnesiac

#radioheadtop30
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
9. “How to Disappear Completely”, from Kid A

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We’ve reached the point in the countdown where every song has a reasonable claim as the greatest song ever recorded.
January 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM
10. “Polyethylene”, B-Side to Paranoid Android

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January 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
11. “The National Anthem”, from Kid A

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January 20, 2026 at 12:03 PM
12. “Where I End and You Begin”, from Hail to the Thief

#radioheadtop30
January 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Bryan O’Connor
What a fucking legend. I used to stare at the back of Wilbur Wood's baseball cards with my mouth agape. Wilbur Wood was like something out of the 19th century. Or Mars.

May he rest in peace. Assuming he even needs the rest. Which, really, he probably doesn't. He'll give you nine tomorrow.
January 19, 2026 at 12:48 AM
13. “2+2=5”, from Hail To The Thief

#radioheadtop30
January 18, 2026 at 12:23 PM
14. “Exit Music (For a Film)”, from OK Computer

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January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
15. “Paranoid Android”, from OK Computer

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January 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM
16. “Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box”, from Ammesiac

#radioheadtop30
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
17. “Everything In Its Right Place”, from Kid A

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January 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
18. “Jigsaw Falling Into Place”, from In Rainbows

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January 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
19. “Just”, from The Bends

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January 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
20. “A Wolf at the Door”, from Hail to the Thief

#radioheadtop30
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM