Ben Mackenzie
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a3poify on other places, formerly @bmack0 on Twitter
Hail majestic corporate light, heaven born and ever bright. Irk the purists.
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They famously did - during this period in the mid 1990s Elton and Luciano could frequently be seen eating out of a bucket, running around a big field and defecating in full view of passing motorists and pedestrians
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
They famously did - during this period in the mid 1990s Elton and Luciano could frequently be seen eating out of a bucket, running around a big field and defecating in full view of passing motorists and pedestrians
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69 pieces inspired by love songs // @themagfields.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
69 pieces inspired by love songs // @themagfields.bsky.social
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Sitting at my grandparents house watching daytime TV. A quiz show hosted by Clive Anderson has just come on and my first thought was “Wow, he’s aged well” before I realised that for some reason they’re showing a 20 year old episode of whatever this is
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Sitting at my grandparents house watching daytime TV. A quiz show hosted by Clive Anderson has just come on and my first thought was “Wow, he’s aged well” before I realised that for some reason they’re showing a 20 year old episode of whatever this is
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Did Maine Elect the Wrong Collins?
Rockstar Phil would at least admit that there must be some misunderstanding in Minnesota.
Rockstar Phil would at least admit that there must be some misunderstanding in Minnesota.
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Did Maine Elect the Wrong Collins?
Rockstar Phil would at least admit that there must be some misunderstanding in Minnesota.
Rockstar Phil would at least admit that there must be some misunderstanding in Minnesota.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“But almost best of all was Sweet Little Sixteen.”
“But almost best of all was Sweet Little Sixteen.”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Add the onions, aubergine, courgettes, red and yellow peppers and garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, for a few minutes until softened."
"Add the onions, aubergine, courgettes, red and yellow peppers and garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, for a few minutes until softened."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"The quiet felt abrupt, as if children had been playing there just moments before."
"The quiet felt abrupt, as if children had been playing there just moments before."
January 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“But almost best of all was Sweet Little Sixteen.”
“But almost best of all was Sweet Little Sixteen.”
Think my comment on Rate Your Music calling Diamond Dogs “Bowie’s gayest album” got deleted. Obviously they don’t realise that’s a huge compliment
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Think my comment on Rate Your Music calling Diamond Dogs “Bowie’s gayest album” got deleted. Obviously they don’t realise that’s a huge compliment
Not sure how I’ve heard Let’s Dance so many times and yet only upon this listen has the line “Let’s dance, for fear your grace will fall” brought the image of David carefully dancing with an Archbishop to mind
January 20, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Not sure how I’ve heard Let’s Dance so many times and yet only upon this listen has the line “Let’s dance, for fear your grace will fall” brought the image of David carefully dancing with an Archbishop to mind
Have finally gotten to the 2018 re-do of Never Let Me Down, which takes a pretty dismal 80s Bowie album and turns it into an honestly pretty great 90s Bowie album. It sounds like it should have come out in the late 90s when Hours did. I guess that I'm just a sucker for Reeves Gabrels guitar squeals?
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Have finally gotten to the 2018 re-do of Never Let Me Down, which takes a pretty dismal 80s Bowie album and turns it into an honestly pretty great 90s Bowie album. It sounds like it should have come out in the late 90s when Hours did. I guess that I'm just a sucker for Reeves Gabrels guitar squeals?
Giving Bowie's Hours a relisten - it's just not very good, is it? Outside was an incredible burst of creativity, Earthling was slightly patchy but with huge highlights, then Hours comes and gives us about 40 minutes of dull adult contemporary with The Dreamers put on the end to give it a little edge
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Giving Bowie's Hours a relisten - it's just not very good, is it? Outside was an incredible burst of creativity, Earthling was slightly patchy but with huge highlights, then Hours comes and gives us about 40 minutes of dull adult contemporary with The Dreamers put on the end to give it a little edge
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) is a lot like Low or Heroes conceptually, but instead of the second side being instrumental/experimental the second side's concept on Scary Monsters is "being good and yet still somehow unsatisfying"
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) is a lot like Low or Heroes conceptually, but instead of the second side being instrumental/experimental the second side's concept on Scary Monsters is "being good and yet still somehow unsatisfying"
Going to be tweeting a lot of my odd Bowie opinions in the next few days I feel so buckle up for that.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Going to be tweeting a lot of my odd Bowie opinions in the next few days I feel so buckle up for that.
Why did Harry Maslin listen to Station to Station, which he produced spot on in 1976, and think "I could do better in 2010" and then he just kinda removed the vocal effects from Bowie's voice and made it uncomfortably dry sounding. People rag on Visconti's 2017 Lodger (which I like) but ignore this?
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Why did Harry Maslin listen to Station to Station, which he produced spot on in 1976, and think "I could do better in 2010" and then he just kinda removed the vocal effects from Bowie's voice and made it uncomfortably dry sounding. People rag on Visconti's 2017 Lodger (which I like) but ignore this?
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Too much Bowie stuff now takes the attitude that nothing he did between about 1980 and 2010 is worthy of much discussion.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Too much Bowie stuff now takes the attitude that nothing he did between about 1980 and 2010 is worthy of much discussion.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
Absolutely horrible to hear the news about Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin (ex-Black Midi). Never got to see them live while he was in the band but from live recordings the dual-guitar attack was absolutely fierce. Rest in peace.
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Absolutely horrible to hear the news about Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin (ex-Black Midi). Never got to see them live while he was in the band but from live recordings the dual-guitar attack was absolutely fierce. Rest in peace.
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
Remembering the time I was so bored working a retail job I spent about 4 hours thinking about the Mr Show Pallies sketch
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
Mr. Show - Pallies
YouTube video by Laser Time
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January 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Remembering the time I was so bored working a retail job I spent about 4 hours thinking about the Mr Show Pallies sketch
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
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what fresh hell is this on the streets of brooklyn?
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
what fresh hell is this on the streets of brooklyn?
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
Listened to new Morrissey single out of morbid curiosity - sounds like a bad Brosnan-era Bond theme 25 years too late
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Listened to new Morrissey single out of morbid curiosity - sounds like a bad Brosnan-era Bond theme 25 years too late
Watching the David Bowie: The Final Act documentary that was on Channel 4 last night which, despite its title, spends 20 minutes giving us a perfunctory overview of the bits of his career everyone already knows about. This is the only time I’ve ever genuinely wished for Tin Machine to come on again.
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Watching the David Bowie: The Final Act documentary that was on Channel 4 last night which, despite its title, spends 20 minutes giving us a perfunctory overview of the bits of his career everyone already knows about. This is the only time I’ve ever genuinely wished for Tin Machine to come on again.
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PETER GABRIEL: The new album "o\i " will come in 2026 and the first track "Been Undone" is out on 3 January. Details: t.ly/IV9tf
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
Peter Gabriel: First "o\i"-Song "Been Undone" out on 3 January - Genesis News Com [it]
On January 3, Peter Gabriel will release the first song from his new album oi – it's called Been Undone.
t.ly
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
PETER GABRIEL: The new album "o\i " will come in 2026 and the first track "Been Undone" is out on 3 January. Details: t.ly/IV9tf
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
It's the end of the year and I decided to wait for my top 5s:
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's the end of the year and I decided to wait for my top 5s:
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 22,1958
March 22,1958
December 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 22,1958
March 22,1958
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Saw ‘The Doors’ where an ‘over stimulated’ audience member attempted a loud dialogue with the characters. He was removed just as Jim Morrison was arrested onscreen. “They got me too Jim!” He cried “They got me too!”
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Saw ‘The Doors’ where an ‘over stimulated’ audience member attempted a loud dialogue with the characters. He was removed just as Jim Morrison was arrested onscreen. “They got me too Jim!” He cried “They got me too!”