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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 20d

Just posted a new entry to my mixtape delivery service.

No, a great funk album will NOT save America.
But I do think deep & complex music's an antidote to brain rot. And you can't spend all your time protesting or you'll be a spent force.

❤️‍🔥 📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/funk-album-heals-america

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 7d

We believe healthcare is a right for every American.

But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.

Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 10d

I’m enjoying ‘Getting Killed’ — the new record by the rock band Geese.

Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 12d

Proud my new publishing project OTHsongs.com gets to be a small part of her trip...
The new record "hooke's law" is out on October 31
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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 12d

"an expansive, tightly constructed album that many will hail as the album of the year"

Thx to @theguardian.com & writer Shaad D’Souza for this deep keiyaA profile. She voices thoughts you won’t hear from a typical artist...

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

‘I just want to shake my tail feather’: how KeiyaA shut out the noise to make one of the year’s best albums

The pressure of besting her self-released debut – and becoming a public figure – made the US vocalist spiral. Remembering who she was inspired her phenomenal second LP, a comparison-defying odyssey of...

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Nov 9

Really I’m just here to tell you I have a 📼 mixtape delivery service 📼

alechanleybemis.substack.com

AHB's Goodies | Alec Hanley Bemis | Substack

Every month or two I make a streaming playlist. (Back in my day we used to call them mixtapes.) You'll be the first to be notified. Paid subscribers get access to archival mixtapes. Click to read AHB'...

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 20d

Credit due to @mrdavehill.bsky.social for the title of this edition of my mixtape delivery service.

The Substack has some yadda-yadda-yadda from me, if you just want to listen visit orcd.co/ahbgoodies 🌐

"The only thing that can heal America right now is a really great funk album."

a concise mix of monster bass tone, syncopated freedom & swinging blues

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 20d

Just posted a new entry to my mixtape delivery service.

No, a great funk album will NOT save America.
But I do think deep & complex music's an antidote to brain rot. And you can't spend all your time protesting or you'll be a spent force.

❤️‍🔥 📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/funk-album-heals-america

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Brassland @brassland.bsky.social · 22d

Today Briars of North America released a new song called “The Pride Before The Fall” (first half of the song here, the rest in all the usual places)

Their mini-album IN DEATH OR DREAMING is out next Monday on the autumn equinox, September 22nd.

🌱 brassland.ffm.to/idod

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 25d

🌈 💻 by artist Jonathan Bruce Williams

Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · 27d

I think about this 50 year old Martin Carthy recording all the time.

Sounds about time to tap in on his new LP.
youtu.be/LXrfmatBb0Y

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Aug 31

Talking Heads' bassist Tina Weymouth in Vogue, August 1985 | 📷 Oliverio Toscani

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · Aug 9

First Masters of War since 2016

Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Aug 7

I just posted a dozen playlists exploring different genres — filtered through one human’s biased, eclectic lens.
(Hi, it’s me.)
Think of them as mixtape-style introductions, not encyclopedic deep-dives.

The playlists live here → alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/genre-primers

Genre Primers

an AHB's Goodies guide to some genres & musical vibes

alechanleybemis.substack.com

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Jul 24

New to my mixtape delivery service is a 17 hour mix cloud designed for shuffle mode. Find it at alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/some-music-for-a-50-year-olds-birthday

That's Prem with the 🟣
He curated chunks of it.

Includes André 3000, The Cure, Men I Trust, Molchat Doma, Erykah Badu, etc.

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Jul 22

OZZY 🤘

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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · Jul 21

Polaroid of Bob Dylan on the tv. [📷 George Harrison]

Dylan with harp rack on an old 60's televisions creen.

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Anna Bell @annabellreads.bsky.social · Jul 18

btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.

joemag @joemag.games · Jul 18

Donate to your local PBS/NPR stations. It's up to us now.

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Jul 18

the desire of humans to see & be seen's also a bit psychotic

haven't seen the doc you mention, but this one We Live In Public sounds like it might be a sibling to it?

worth a watch. info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Jul 17

I posted a party playlist to the Internet:
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-mixtape-delivery-service

I hope you like listening to it as much as I enjoyed hanging out with friends while playing it out loud.

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · Jul 14

Bob Geldof talking to ‘The New York Times’ about Live Aid, which was held 40 years ago today

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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Vintage Funk Kit 3 @ 90bpm ☔️ @joshksky.bsky.social · Jun 18

No Blood on the Tracks! No Desire! Neither "Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" nor "Hava Nagila!" From Budokan, the skronking "Don't Think Twice It's All Right" but not the mighty rhumba of "One More Cup of Coffee for the Road!" God bless Alec for getting kinky with it.

Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social · Jun 18

Absurdly, I tried to capture Bob Dylan's essence in a single 3.5 hour playlist. It includes 30 recordings by Dylan, 15 cover versions of his songs & 1 sick burn by Joan Baez.

🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/bob-dylan-concisely

Summarizing Dylan's an impossible task but it’s still a great listen.

Bob Dylan, concisely

plus new Brassland projects by Carriers, Buke & Gase and LANZ & a pair of deaths that hit home

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