Ben (he/him/his)
@bpello2020.bsky.social
Editor for Work / Creative for Fun / Music Enthusiast / Horror Movie Connoisseur
Follow my Substack on gig-going in the New England area: https://howfarfromhartford.substack.com/
Follow my Substack on gig-going in the New England area: https://howfarfromhartford.substack.com/
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Self-care: instead of scrolling social media, I’m going to spend the next month obsessively checking the bidding on David Lynch’s golf clubs.
May 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Self-care: instead of scrolling social media, I’m going to spend the next month obsessively checking the bidding on David Lynch’s golf clubs.
My Substack of March gigs just hit. Give it a read if you want to hear some thoughts on Inhaler, Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet, DARKSIDE, Horsegirl, and Melvin Seals.
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
How Far From Hartford | Ben | Substack
Heavily filtered thoughts about concert-going, culture, and life. Click to read How Far From Hartford, by Ben, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My Substack of March gigs just hit. Give it a read if you want to hear some thoughts on Inhaler, Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet, DARKSIDE, Horsegirl, and Melvin Seals.
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
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Email list for all DOGE employees
Please ReSkeet!
Please ReSkeet!
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Email list for all DOGE employees
Please ReSkeet!
Please ReSkeet!
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I forgot Cake is basically 80% protest songs.
Cake-Nugget [explicit]
YouTube video by Bubba's Jukebox
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March 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I forgot Cake is basically 80% protest songs.
A post about my month of shows this February has landed. I hit Run for Cover's Something in the Way Fest, as well as Father John Misty, Macseal, and the Skeleton Krewe Trio. Read about it here.
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A post about my month of shows this February has landed. I hit Run for Cover's Something in the Way Fest, as well as Father John Misty, Macseal, and the Skeleton Krewe Trio. Read about it here.
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
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Can’t these eggheads just make a healthy cigarette
February 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Can’t these eggheads just make a healthy cigarette
Forgot to post this earlier, but I've decided to bring back my Substack on live shows in a new, monthly format. A bit more manageable than the previous pace. Please subscribe and share if you're interested!
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Forgot to post this earlier, but I've decided to bring back my Substack on live shows in a new, monthly format. A bit more manageable than the previous pace. Please subscribe and share if you're interested!
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
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look I know the country is collapsing and that's important but also... what's your favorite album of 2010?
February 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
look I know the country is collapsing and that's important but also... what's your favorite album of 2010?
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I don’t know what other arguments I can make to encourage you to delete your Spotify and listen to music literally any other way
This is beyond f**ked now.
Spotify was already pushing it with the whole "no pay-out for any song with less than 1,000 streams per year"
No pay-out for any artist with less than 1,000 monthly listeners is remarkably abusive and exploitative toward small artists
theneedledrop.com/news/spotify...
Spotify was already pushing it with the whole "no pay-out for any song with less than 1,000 streams per year"
No pay-out for any artist with less than 1,000 monthly listeners is remarkably abusive and exploitative toward small artists
theneedledrop.com/news/spotify...
February 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I don’t know what other arguments I can make to encourage you to delete your Spotify and listen to music literally any other way
This might be a brand new sentence but I successfully secured Nine Inch Nails and Goose tickets this morning.
January 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This might be a brand new sentence but I successfully secured Nine Inch Nails and Goose tickets this morning.
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Think I'm going to start posting an Album of the Week every week for the rest of the year.
This week's is Ethel Cain's Perverts. Technically an EP, but nearly 90 minutes. It's sometimes scary, often frustrating, and a hard left turn, but also a genuinely cool listen.
This week's is Ethel Cain's Perverts. Technically an EP, but nearly 90 minutes. It's sometimes scary, often frustrating, and a hard left turn, but also a genuinely cool listen.
January 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Think I'm going to start posting an Album of the Week every week for the rest of the year.
This week's is Ethel Cain's Perverts. Technically an EP, but nearly 90 minutes. It's sometimes scary, often frustrating, and a hard left turn, but also a genuinely cool listen.
This week's is Ethel Cain's Perverts. Technically an EP, but nearly 90 minutes. It's sometimes scary, often frustrating, and a hard left turn, but also a genuinely cool listen.
I am on a delayed flight to Tallahassee for work, I should be at Phish NYE!
December 30, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I am on a delayed flight to Tallahassee for work, I should be at Phish NYE!
Close to finishing up the hardest, dumbest, and most aggravating week of work in my few years at this job. My main regret is I didn't spend more on System of a Down tickets to make myself feel better.
December 12, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Close to finishing up the hardest, dumbest, and most aggravating week of work in my few years at this job. My main regret is I didn't spend more on System of a Down tickets to make myself feel better.
These are my favorite and most listened to albums of 2024. This was the toughest year of the decade so far to cut down to the arbitrary 49.
December 10, 2024 at 3:06 PM
These are my favorite and most listened to albums of 2024. This was the toughest year of the decade so far to cut down to the arbitrary 49.
They're playing Swamp Dogg in the country music hall of fame, and I think people are scared.
December 6, 2024 at 8:55 PM
They're playing Swamp Dogg in the country music hall of fame, and I think people are scared.
Watching episodes of Chopped you've never seen on flights you've never been on.
December 6, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Watching episodes of Chopped you've never seen on flights you've never been on.
Doing the math on how many albums on the end-of-the-year list I can share with Stereogum and still consider myself a unique person.
December 2, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Doing the math on how many albums on the end-of-the-year list I can share with Stereogum and still consider myself a unique person.
SPAC (and other Live Nation venues) banning outside lawn chairs is one of those things that, were it happening in another country, should cause huge backlash.
Instead, people here will bite, shell the extra $15 over, and forget something was ever taken from them.
Instead, people here will bite, shell the extra $15 over, and forget something was ever taken from them.
November 21, 2024 at 4:59 PM
SPAC (and other Live Nation venues) banning outside lawn chairs is one of those things that, were it happening in another country, should cause huge backlash.
Instead, people here will bite, shell the extra $15 over, and forget something was ever taken from them.
Instead, people here will bite, shell the extra $15 over, and forget something was ever taken from them.
My live show week is back-to-back Mount Eerie and Disco Biscuits shows, which is weird enough, but not nearly as weird as it could've been, since Godspeed You! Black Emperor postponed their gig on Friday.
November 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
My live show week is back-to-back Mount Eerie and Disco Biscuits shows, which is weird enough, but not nearly as weird as it could've been, since Godspeed You! Black Emperor postponed their gig on Friday.
Hey all! New to BlueSky! Follow me if you're interested in New music and live gigs. I also have a Substack dedicated to shows I go to in the tri-state area. You can check that out here.
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Hey all! New to BlueSky! Follow me if you're interested in New music and live gigs. I also have a Substack dedicated to shows I go to in the tri-state area. You can check that out here.
howfarfromhartford.substack.com
howfarfromhartford.substack.com