Benjamin H.
@citizendickhead.bsky.social
Sound-addled and strange. Adelaide, South Australia.
VOTE HOODOOS
The Best Album of 1989 Round 1 Match #49
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
vs.
#126 Hoodoo Gurus, MAGNUM CUM LOUDER
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#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
vs.
#126 Hoodoo Gurus, MAGNUM CUM LOUDER
forms.gle/V5Tp61ikPE4P...
The Best Album of 1989 Match #49: De La Soul vs. Hoodoo Gurus
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Thursday, July 31st 9:00am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 2 of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, I highly...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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“None of it has to make sense and if it seems funny then that’s enough.” -Paul McCartney
June 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“None of it has to make sense and if it seems funny then that’s enough.” -Paul McCartney
Incredibly Paul Stanley’s 1978 solo album seems like an unsung classic, to my ears at least. As good as any Kiss record.
June 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Incredibly Paul Stanley’s 1978 solo album seems like an unsung classic, to my ears at least. As good as any Kiss record.
Probably very slightly prefer the Galaxie 500 record these days but I loved that Aerosmith album (and indeed all Aerosmith albums) as a teenager, plus I love an underdog, so I voted for Pump. It’s a blowout anyway, what the hell.
The Best Album of 1989 Round 1 Match #5
#16 Galaxie 500, ON FIRE
vs.
#113 Aerosmith, PUMP
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#16 Galaxie 500, ON FIRE
vs.
#113 Aerosmith, PUMP
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The Best Album of 1989 Match #5: Galaxie 500 vs Aerosmith
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, May 30th 9:00am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 2 of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, I highly su...
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May 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Probably very slightly prefer the Galaxie 500 record these days but I loved that Aerosmith album (and indeed all Aerosmith albums) as a teenager, plus I love an underdog, so I voted for Pump. It’s a blowout anyway, what the hell.
Imagine my surprise at discovering that Bros by Panda Bear is the greatest treadmill track of all time.
May 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Imagine my surprise at discovering that Bros by Panda Bear is the greatest treadmill track of all time.
Keep forgetting about bluesky. Have I missed anything?
May 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Keep forgetting about bluesky. Have I missed anything?
California Split being a comfort movie for me should probably be cause for some self-reflection. And yet.
March 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
California Split being a comfort movie for me should probably be cause for some self-reflection. And yet.
Friend of mine told me last night he’d been “really getting into WAV files”
March 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Friend of mine told me last night he’d been “really getting into WAV files”
This is a pretty great Who record, I don’t know what the hell everyone else - Roger Daltrey included - is listening to.
March 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is a pretty great Who record, I don’t know what the hell everyone else - Roger Daltrey included - is listening to.
Sitting out the back listening to The La’s, Orange Juice and The Modern Lovers and all of a sudden remembered I have beer. Quite possibly the greatest sunday evening in recorded history?
March 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Sitting out the back listening to The La’s, Orange Juice and The Modern Lovers and all of a sudden remembered I have beer. Quite possibly the greatest sunday evening in recorded history?
I got myself a DAP - the beautiful Hiby R4 - and it’s quite possibly the best decision I’ve made all year. Pic unrelated.
February 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I got myself a DAP - the beautiful Hiby R4 - and it’s quite possibly the best decision I’ve made all year. Pic unrelated.
Pablo Honey sounds a lot better than it used to these days.
February 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Pablo Honey sounds a lot better than it used to these days.
Re-listening to that most recent Tame Impala record, which apparently came out five years ago today. Tempus fugit! I lived in the CBD at the time and remember walking over to JB HiFi in quite warm weather to buy it on release day. I was a little disappointed, I think. I like it a bit better now.
February 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Re-listening to that most recent Tame Impala record, which apparently came out five years ago today. Tempus fugit! I lived in the CBD at the time and remember walking over to JB HiFi in quite warm weather to buy it on release day. I was a little disappointed, I think. I like it a bit better now.
Worth remembering, my fellow countrymen, that Australians generally don’t pay any attention to federal politics until the PM’s gone to Yarralumla at the absolute earliest. Not saying Dutton can’t win or that Albo isn’t vaguely unpopular but we don’t know anything right now. We can’t.
February 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Worth remembering, my fellow countrymen, that Australians generally don’t pay any attention to federal politics until the PM’s gone to Yarralumla at the absolute earliest. Not saying Dutton can’t win or that Albo isn’t vaguely unpopular but we don’t know anything right now. We can’t.
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Jack Lemmon BOTD 100 years ago.
February 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Jack Lemmon BOTD 100 years ago.
New albums from Guided By Voices and Squid out on the same day, the gods are smiling upon me in particular.
February 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
New albums from Guided By Voices and Squid out on the same day, the gods are smiling upon me in particular.
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An astonishing collection. Barry Humphries was far from being a billionaire and the creation of this collection certainly put a dent in his millions but imagine if this was the legacy of your wealth rather than, say, exploding rockets, exploding cars and fascism.
The material remains of a glorious twentieth century life. I suppose there will never be a Barry Humphries institute or museum, but this makes me yearn for such a thing to exist. www.christies.com/en/stories/b...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
An astonishing collection. Barry Humphries was far from being a billionaire and the creation of this collection certainly put a dent in his millions but imagine if this was the legacy of your wealth rather than, say, exploding rockets, exploding cars and fascism.
Still very strongly feel that Black Country, New Road should’ve done a New Order and changed the name.
January 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Still very strongly feel that Black Country, New Road should’ve done a New Order and changed the name.
Just realised that if Labor get re-elected AND Albo lasts another full term he’ll be in our top 10 longest serving PMs. And you’ve gotta assume, given the ALP’s rules about changing leader, that if he does the former he’s a good chance for the latter. Doesn’t take much!
January 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Just realised that if Labor get re-elected AND Albo lasts another full term he’ll be in our top 10 longest serving PMs. And you’ve gotta assume, given the ALP’s rules about changing leader, that if he does the former he’s a good chance for the latter. Doesn’t take much!
I may be completely off my gourd but I genuinely think You’re Under Arrest is one of Miles Davis’s best records
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I may be completely off my gourd but I genuinely think You’re Under Arrest is one of Miles Davis’s best records
Couple of probably 18 year old lads on my tram talking enthusiastically about their solution for ramping. And yes, that’s right, you guessed right, their solution is… “better advertising”. Peter Malinauskas must be kicking himself!
January 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Couple of probably 18 year old lads on my tram talking enthusiastically about their solution for ramping. And yes, that’s right, you guessed right, their solution is… “better advertising”. Peter Malinauskas must be kicking himself!
Late to the work dinner because I was caught up in a bookshop talking to the proprietor about Samuel Pepys. Apparently I’ve been pronouncing it wrong all this time!
January 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Late to the work dinner because I was caught up in a bookshop talking to the proprietor about Samuel Pepys. Apparently I’ve been pronouncing it wrong all this time!
The Australian in a nutshell: merit system is in inverted commas and wokeness isn’t.
January 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Australian in a nutshell: merit system is in inverted commas and wokeness isn’t.
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I watched 'The Return' for the third time just three weeks ago. You can lose yourself in it. Gets better every time.
RIP the genius that was David Lynch
This list of his best work is good - except why would "cinephiles likely be debating this distinction (Is it a TV show, or is it a movie?) for years to come?
Seriously? Why claim that excellent TV has to be a movie?
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This list of his best work is good - except why would "cinephiles likely be debating this distinction (Is it a TV show, or is it a movie?) for years to come?
Seriously? Why claim that excellent TV has to be a movie?
ew.com/movies/david...
David Lynch's best movies and TV shows, ranked
The great director David Lynch is gone, but his art lives on. This is Entertainment Weekly's ranking of his best movies and TV, from 'Eraserhead' to 'Twin Peaks: The Return.'
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January 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I watched 'The Return' for the third time just three weeks ago. You can lose yourself in it. Gets better every time.
Many years ago I’d been on a couple of dates with a girl. They’d gone well. For the third date I suggested we go to the movies. I took her to see Blue Velvet at the Palace Nova in the East End. There was no third date. Vale David Lynch, creator of the ultimate dating litmus test.
January 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Many years ago I’d been on a couple of dates with a girl. They’d gone well. For the third date I suggested we go to the movies. I took her to see Blue Velvet at the Palace Nova in the East End. There was no third date. Vale David Lynch, creator of the ultimate dating litmus test.