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Birthdays: 2026-10-28 • Stephen Morris (69) [Joy Division] • William Reid (68) [Jesus & Mary Chain] • Ben Harper (57)

Today some kid (20ish) asks if I know what time it is. I check my phone and tell him "five 'til three". He gets a blank look on his face and says "I don't know what that means."

Birthdays: 2026-10-26 • Jandek (81) • Natalie Merchant (63) 2026-10-28 • Stephen Morris (69) [Joy Division] • William Reid (68) [Jesus & Mary Chain] • Ben Harper (57)

I'm "I heard Portishead on the in-store music system at the Ace Hardware Store" years old today

Birthdays: 2026-10-24 • Jeff Mangum (56) [Neutral Milk Hotel] 2026-10-25 • Jon Anderson (82) [Yes]

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (15) The Cure (15) The Phlegms (14) Blossomin' Bone (13) Devendra Banhart (12). #myweekcounted 1616 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm-butialabs.bsky.social

#randombandcamp 2026 Week 42: ESP - Only to Get Amnesia [2023] - Alternative Hip Hop from Ogden, Utah, USA - espmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/only-t...

Birthdays: 2026-10-21 • Steve Cropper (RIP) [Booker T and the MGs] • Elvin Bishop (84) ["Fooled Around and Fell in Love"] 2026-10-22 • Jeff Goldblum (74)

RIPs: October 20 • Paul Raven (2007 aged 46) • Ari Up (2010 aged 48) October 21 • Elliott Smith (2003 aged 34)

Birthdays: 2026-10-21 • Steve Cropper (RIP) [guitarist, songwriter, producer] • Elvin Bishop (84) ["Fooled Around and Fell in Love"] 2026-10-22 • Jeff Goldblum (74)

Episode 1:1 --> 4/5 ⭐

Birthdays: 2026-10-19 • Trey Parker (57) [South Park] 2026-10-21 • Steve Cropper (RIP) [Booker T and the MGs] • Elvin Bishop (84) ["Fooled Around and Fell in Love"]

How is AI so dumb and smart at the same time?

Birthdays: 2026-10-16 • Bob Weir (RIP) [Grateful Dead] • Michael Balzary (64) ["Flea"; RHCP]

@blueskyfanatic.bsky.social#randombandcamp 2026 Week 41: Proletarian Riot - Ofrenda [2025] - EBM from Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico - silenciosvivos.bandcamp.com/album/ofrenda - Excellent electro-industrial, currently on tour with Vioflesh

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Cure (32) Melt-Banana (15) Oozing Wound (15) The Phlegms (15) Clan of Xymox (11). #myweekcounted 1539 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm-butialabs.bsky.social

After raising their prices...

Birthdays: 2026-10-14 • Udo Kier (RIP) • Justin Hayward (80) [The Moody Blues] 2026-10-16 • Bob Weir (RIP) [Grateful Dead] • Michael Balzary (64) ["Flea"; RHCP]

Birthdays: 2026-10-12 • David Vanian (70) [The Damned] 2026-10-13 • Paul Simon (85) 26-10-14 • Udo Kier (RIP) • Justin Hayward (80) [The Moody Blues]

#falcons #meltdown

Birthdays: 2026-10-11 • Daryl Hall (80) 2026-10-13 • Paul Simon (85)

The Trump administration announced on Friday that it was imposing severe financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court, its latest effort to undermine the global body that seeks to prosecute those accused of war crimes, genocide and other murderous criminal acts.

How many haunted houses are gonna look thus this year?

Birthdays: 2026-10-09 • John Entwistle (RIP) • Al Jourgensen (68) • P.J. Harvey (57) 2026-10-11 • Daryl Hall (80)

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Ramin Djawadi (16) Haunted Horses (13) Swans (13) The Phlegms (12) Kane Parsons & Edo Van Breemen (11). #myweekcounted 1170 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm-butialabs.bsky.social

#randombandcamp 2026 Week 40: Proletarian Riot - Stomping the Ground Until it Shakes [2014] - Noise rock from Melbourne, Australia - proletarianriot.bandcamp.com/album/stompi... - Track 1 is fairly bland blues rock, but tracks 2 and 3 switch to psych noise rock and they fucking kill it.

Colorado punks, The Phlegms are the real deal - go see them: www.bandsintown.com/a/6971396-th...

4/10 [DNF] - I accidentally started watching this when I meant to watch Edge of Tomorrow - Yuck.

6/10 - (5/10 without Michael Parks)

8/10

#my9albums This is impossible, how do you decide who to leave out? (make your own: www.my9albums.com)

Birthdays: 2026-10-08 • Casey Royer (68) [D.I.] 2026-10-09 • John Entwistle (RIP) • Al Jourgensen (68) • P.J. Harvey (57)

#randombandcamp 2026 Week 39: Franky and the Slight Incline - The Letter Y [2024] - Punk from Durham, North Carolina, USA - frankycantclimb.bandcamp.com/album/the-le...

Rolling Stones or Beatles or Radiohead?

Birthdays: 2026-10-07 • Thom Yorke (58) 2026-10-08 • Casey Royer (68) [D.I.] 2026-10-09 • John Entwistle (RIP) • Al Jourgensen (68) • P.J. Harvey (57)

Birthdays: 2026-10-05 • Brian Johnson (79) [AC/DC] • Steve Miller (83) 2026-10-06 • Glenn Branca (RIP) • Matthew Sweet (62) 2026-10-07 • Thom Yorke (58)

Birthdays: 2026-10-03 • Chubby Checker (85) • Gwen Stefani (57) • Lindsey Buckingham (77) • Steve Reich (90) • Tommy Lee (64) [Motley Crue] 2026-10-05 • Brian Johnson (79) [AC/DC] • Steve Miller (83)

Serendipitously watched Game of Thrones 4:2 and ER 9:1 back to back. A bad night for villains😁

Birthdays: 2026-10-02 • Damon Gough (57) [Badly Drawn Boy] • Sting (75) 2026-10-03 • Chubby Checker (85) • Gwen Stefani (57) • Lindsey Buckingham (77) • Steve Reich (90) • Tommy Lee (64) [Motley Crue]

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Gilla Band (15) Slothrust (14) Cherubs (12) L.A. Witch (12) The Black Angels (12). #myweekcounted 1090 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm-butialabs.bsky.social

Birthdays: 2026-10-01 • Julie Andrews (91) 2026-10-02 • Damon Gough (57) [Badly Drawn Boy] • Sting (75) 2026-10-03 • Chubby Checker (85) • Gwen Stefani (57) • Lindsey Buckingham (77) • Steve Reich (90) • Tommy Lee (64) [Motley Crue]

#randombandcamp 2026 Week 38: The Phlegms - Smile [2018] - Sludge punk from Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA - thephlegms.bandcamp.com/album/smile [at minimum, listen to "Crazy"]

Birthdays: 2026-09-30 • Marc Bolan (RIP) • Gibby Haynes (69) [Butthole Surfers] 2026-10-01 • Julie Andrews (91) 2026-10-02 • Damon Gough (57) [Badly Drawn Boy] • Sting (75)

Gilla Band debuts at #5

There are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans athletes competing in all of NCAA sports.

Birthdays: 2026-09-29 • Brett Anderson (59) [Suede] • Iain Baker (61) [Jesus Jones] • Les Claypool (63) [Primus] 2026-09-30 • Marc Bolan (RIP) • Gibby Haynes (69) [Butthole Surfers] 2026-10-01 • Julie Andrews (91)