Ben Mackenzie
@dumbposts.net
a3poify on other places, formerly @bmack0 on Twitter
Hail majestic corporate light, heaven born and ever bright. Irk the purists.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Saw Swans the last two nights - their gigs really break your perception of time. What felt like 10-15 minutes of noise during one of the songs was, looking at a bootleg recording this morning, closer to 5. Meanwhile a seemingly 8-minute rendition of A Little God In My Hands was actually double that
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Saw Swans the last two nights - their gigs really break your perception of time. What felt like 10-15 minutes of noise during one of the songs was, looking at a bootleg recording this morning, closer to 5. Meanwhile a seemingly 8-minute rendition of A Little God In My Hands was actually double that
The experience of sitting in a cab, watching the metre slowly go up until you decide you’ve had enough is quite a lot like youtu.be/7xlNc5inymo
Monty Python - Blackmail
YouTube video by Kenny Teeology
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November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The experience of sitting in a cab, watching the metre slowly go up until you decide you’ve had enough is quite a lot like youtu.be/7xlNc5inymo
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I was hoping whatever was bursting out of the guy's chest in Alien would be something nice
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I was hoping whatever was bursting out of the guy's chest in Alien would be something nice
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It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!
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“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”
Put my playlist of all the Beatles albums and all their solo work on shuffle earlier. Managed to get seven solo McCartney/Wings/Fireman tracks in a row at the start before Ringo came on
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Put my playlist of all the Beatles albums and all their solo work on shuffle earlier. Managed to get seven solo McCartney/Wings/Fireman tracks in a row at the start before Ringo came on
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I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
Springsteen’s newly uncovered Electric Nebraska has some revelatory stuff (Atlantic City, Born in the USA, Downbound Train) mixed with some stuff like Johnny 99 that just sort of doesn’t really work. Can see why he went with the demos as much as I really enjoyed the band version of the album
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Springsteen’s newly uncovered Electric Nebraska has some revelatory stuff (Atlantic City, Born in the USA, Downbound Train) mixed with some stuff like Johnny 99 that just sort of doesn’t really work. Can see why he went with the demos as much as I really enjoyed the band version of the album
Mama by Genesis is probably the furthest away from actual drums the 80s gated drum sound got. The snare is basically just a white noise burst. Incredible.
October 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Mama by Genesis is probably the furthest away from actual drums the 80s gated drum sound got. The snare is basically just a white noise burst. Incredible.
Whoever maintains the “Eric Roberts filmography” on Wikipedia is one of the hardest working people in the world
October 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Whoever maintains the “Eric Roberts filmography” on Wikipedia is one of the hardest working people in the world
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The Repair Shop with Werner Herzog:
Guest: "Stunning work, thank you"
WH: "How do you feel seeing this object, a symbol of your dead wife? Though constructed of crude, worthless materials, it has been resurrected like some cheap miracle, mocking your grief and dead wife, now condemned to oblivion."
Guest: "Stunning work, thank you"
WH: "How do you feel seeing this object, a symbol of your dead wife? Though constructed of crude, worthless materials, it has been resurrected like some cheap miracle, mocking your grief and dead wife, now condemned to oblivion."
October 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Repair Shop with Werner Herzog:
Guest: "Stunning work, thank you"
WH: "How do you feel seeing this object, a symbol of your dead wife? Though constructed of crude, worthless materials, it has been resurrected like some cheap miracle, mocking your grief and dead wife, now condemned to oblivion."
Guest: "Stunning work, thank you"
WH: "How do you feel seeing this object, a symbol of your dead wife? Though constructed of crude, worthless materials, it has been resurrected like some cheap miracle, mocking your grief and dead wife, now condemned to oblivion."
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One thing everyone on this site can agree on is that instead of listening to the new Taylor Swift album people should listen to real music like Steely Dan
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One thing everyone on this site can agree on is that instead of listening to the new Taylor Swift album people should listen to real music like Steely Dan
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
WELL WELL WELL
“Tony, I keep telling you, people are just not *that* bothered about ID cards. Let it go.”
September 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
WELL WELL WELL
Before you post something today think: do you usually get your news from AFNews on Twitter, or a random Texas local newspaper that you’re hearing of for the first time today?
Trust actual sources, you don’t have to be the first to post it!
Trust actual sources, you don’t have to be the first to post it!
September 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Before you post something today think: do you usually get your news from AFNews on Twitter, or a random Texas local newspaper that you’re hearing of for the first time today?
Trust actual sources, you don’t have to be the first to post it!
Trust actual sources, you don’t have to be the first to post it!
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Sharing info about reports that Charlie Kirk was shot in Utah? Please
✅Check timestamps. RTing old info adds to the fog.
✅ Check original sourcing. Trusting the person who shared it isn’t enough.
✅ Check image credits.
✅ Check your impulses.
🛑 Don’t share unsourced, undated images/video/graphics
✅Check timestamps. RTing old info adds to the fog.
✅ Check original sourcing. Trusting the person who shared it isn’t enough.
✅ Check image credits.
✅ Check your impulses.
🛑 Don’t share unsourced, undated images/video/graphics
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sharing info about reports that Charlie Kirk was shot in Utah? Please
✅Check timestamps. RTing old info adds to the fog.
✅ Check original sourcing. Trusting the person who shared it isn’t enough.
✅ Check image credits.
✅ Check your impulses.
🛑 Don’t share unsourced, undated images/video/graphics
✅Check timestamps. RTing old info adds to the fog.
✅ Check original sourcing. Trusting the person who shared it isn’t enough.
✅ Check image credits.
✅ Check your impulses.
🛑 Don’t share unsourced, undated images/video/graphics
Martin Carthy being nominated for the Mercury prize has been great for hearing every host and newsreader on 6Music today have to say “Transform Me Then Into A Fish”
September 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Martin Carthy being nominated for the Mercury prize has been great for hearing every host and newsreader on 6Music today have to say “Transform Me Then Into A Fish”
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this city is afraid of me. i have seen its true face.
September 9, 2023 at 3:34 AM
this city is afraid of me. i have seen its true face.
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ejecting the Mr Bean dvd with a heavy sigh as soon as the slapstick antics start. just once can this guy pull himself together? just for one episode can he act like a professional. hey we've all had a laugh ok, but how about let's get through some plot
March 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
ejecting the Mr Bean dvd with a heavy sigh as soon as the slapstick antics start. just once can this guy pull himself together? just for one episode can he act like a professional. hey we've all had a laugh ok, but how about let's get through some plot
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Rudy Giuliani just set a world record in the field of Statement That Invites More Questions Than It Answers.
Rudy Giuliani suffered severe injuries in a car accident last night, according to his spokesperson
August 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Rudy Giuliani just set a world record in the field of Statement That Invites More Questions Than It Answers.
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here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
Just had the realisation that for a lot of people, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer might have been the first time they’d noticed a synthesiser on a rock song
August 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just had the realisation that for a lot of people, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer might have been the first time they’d noticed a synthesiser on a rock song
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How I’d respond if Phil Collins asked me to name a film he’s been in.
August 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
How I’d respond if Phil Collins asked me to name a film he’s been in.