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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 16d

There goes @markblankenship.bsky.social bringing me joy with his newsletter again. You need to subscribe to The Lost Songs Project: lostsongs.substack.com

The Lost Songs Project | Mark Blankenship | Substack

This is a music newsletter that rediscovers forgotten hit songs. What made the tunes popular back then? Why are they still awesome now? We're gonna find out. Click to read The Lost Songs Project, by M...

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · 25d

I am counting down my top 100 90s songs, because obviously it needs to be done. The first batch of songs includes Paula, Phil, Heavy, and Jade. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-100...

My Top 100 90s Songs: #100-81

We begin our journey through the decade's best music

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · 25d

William Joel has engrossed us again! @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I team up with our good pal Dan Rogge to rank the songs on Billy Joel's album THE STRANGER. bleav.com/shows/mark-a...

Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs: Billy Joel’s “The Stranger,” Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Sep 13

Turns out I can still recite this entire monologue. youtu.be/7jQ0SbWYdgQ?...

Waiting For Guffman Libby Audition

YouTube video by Vaughan Slinn

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Sep 12

At various points in my life, I had both of these phones, so you know my conversations were COOL.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Aug 20

Print media alert! I was fortunate to write the companion book for the vinyl cast album of the GYPSY revival. Available now!

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Aug 20

I wrote about why this is the most exciting song of 2025: lostsongs.substack.com/p/the-subway...

"The Subway," Chappell Roan (2025)

Thoughts on 2025's most exciting song

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Aug 3

Throughout my life, I've had such a complex relationship with mayonnaise. Currently, it's a love affair, but I've been through this cycle enough times to know it could end at any second.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Aug 1

I just saw Final Destination: Bloodlines. My favorite thing is how the film is supposedly set in America, but half the cast sounds more Canadian than the cashier at Ottawa's second-largest Tim Horton's.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hi. Hello. I will never stop writing text messages in complete sentences with punctuation. Thank you for loving me as I am.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 31

Despite Tone Loc's advice, I do the wild thing for free!

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 31

Only 5.5 million hollers to go!

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 30

I am delighted to be back on Extra Hot Great, especially for an episode that involves so much music.

Extra Hot Great @extrahotgreat.com · Jul 30

It's #EHG 573 with @markblankenship.bsky.social! #Hitmakers, #TheChallenge41, #HappyGilmore2, #MillionDollarSecret, a #Buffy Canon pitch, and more! Out on all podcast platforms now! extrahotgreat.com/eh...

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 29

Damn! You're right. I overlooked that one somehow, and it's one of my favorite examples of a weird #1 hit!

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 28

Remembering that brief period when Dutch pop acts stormed the US charts with songs that sounded like they came from a German beerhall. lostsongs.substack.com/p/how-do-you...?

"How Do You Do," Mouth and Macneal (1972)

A trippy Dutch song with a hint of the German bierhall

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 21

A couple of times in the last week, I've seen a suggestion that "Chicago" was somehow a poor choice for Best Picture, and I cannot let this madness stand. The entire internet is grounded.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 14

This song ISN'T by Donna Lewis, and I wrote about why. lostsongs.substack.com/p/mouth-merr...

"Mouth," Merril Bainbridge (1996)

A future fashion mogul's one big hit.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 11

Funnily enough, "scattering sugar on my floors" is my favorite euphemism for something you'd like the exterminator to do.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 9

Let's talk about the surprisingly large number of European dance tracks that goof on the idea of American cowboys and such. lostsongs.substack.com/p/i-wanna-be...

"I Wanna Be a Cowboy," Boys Don't Cry (1986)

A song so stupid it touches the sublime

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 8

Oh, I did! Naturally, I played all of them in reverse chronological order.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 8

I got 19/22. I feel great about that!

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 7

A print-only newspaper! We just published Issue 7 of Modern Vintage News (modernvintagenews.com), where I'm proud to be Senior Editor. Join us for 40 pages of original reporting and essays about appreciating what we already have and rediscovering the supposedly familiar world around us.

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is the godmother of pretty songs that became creepy because of a horror movie. lostsongs.substack.com/p/hush-hush-...

"Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte," Patti Page (1965)

It's pretty... and pretty terrifying

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Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jun 25

I've heard rumors!

Mark Blankenship @markblankenship.bsky.social · Jun 25

Unsung heroes: The people who communicate clearly with freelancers about payment and help them get their money promptly.

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