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Ben Crowell

@bencrowell.bsky.social
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Sometimes I do things. Music and film (I lean toward horror) nerd. I like taking pictures, live in Milwaukee, WI, have a cat and a 12 foot skeleton on permanent display.

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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Just saw the Wedding Present for the first time, and this room is oozing with an overwhelming feeling of the early 90’s, but like if everyone was just, really, really, really tired.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Oh dang, I forgot about this place.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
If this is the Worcestershire sauce, I don’t know if I’m ready for the Besterstershire sauce.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I just told the mourning doves in my yard to get over it already.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Just realized that the odds of me being the only person on Earth wearing a Lana Del Rey T-shirt and a Dead Moon hoodie are astronomically high.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Showcard for David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive at the Oriental Theater, Milwaukee, WI
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Whenever someone mentions exfoliating, I think about how often I’m just standing around foliating without even realizing it.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Packages! I love packages.
Two reproductions of the stickers that accompanied the original release of Silkworm’s “Developer”.
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Brad Rose @foxydigitalis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Not many better 1-2 punches to open a record than "Candy Says" and "What Goes On."
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A brown tabby, staring forward from the perspective of him standing on my chest.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The unveiling of Steve Albini Way will take place today, at 1 PM CST in Chicago! Watch the ceremony live, followed by a post-ceremony surprise from Electrical Audio at 2:30 PM CST. #ThankYouSteveAlbini
The unveiling of Steve Albini Way will take place today, November 25, at 1 PM CST in Chicago!

Watch the ceremony live, followed by a post-ceremony surprise from Electrical Audio at 2:30 PM CST.

The unveiling: https://youtube.com/live/SGOkSMws29A?feature=share

A post-ceremony surprise from Electrical Audio: https://youtube.com/live/FCxvoeVpi88?feature=share

#ThankYouSteveAlbini
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I’ve always loved the M.R. James ghost stories and their place in the British celebration of Christmas. Here’s a list of options beyond the classic BBC adaptations.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I just saw a post on Instagram (not allowing comments) about scrambling eggs with the steam wand on an espresso machine. My first job in Chicago was at Earwax, and we did this, using the same machine that all drinks were made with. No way in hell to clean that when busy. Still makes my skin crawl.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@bruceadams.bsky.social came to Milwaukee to talk about his excellent book, You’re With Stupid. His time at distributors and Touch and Go were discussed, as well as his time with Kranky. Hosted by Lion’s Tooth books, moderated by Michael Carriere, who is also writing a pretty neat book.
Bruce Adams and Michael Carriere at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee, WI for a discussion about Bruce’s book “You’re With Stupid”.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Wondering if they might take $1650.00, not sure I could justify anything higher.
Listing of a Killdozer t-shirt on eBay priced at $1699.00 (or best offer)
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here is a photo of my dad and his brothers hanging out with family friends Duke Ellington and Clark Terry. I apologize for not knowing who the 3rd gentleman in this photo is, my uncle that archived everything wasn’t the most organized of the bunch.
Duke Ellington and Clark Terry standing in front of a car with three young boys, which were my father and uncles.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It was so good to hang out with and see the Black Heart Procession again after 15 (!) years.
A photo of me with Tobias Nathaniel and Pall Jenkins of the Black Heart Procession at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Yesterday, I got to catch up with a friend that’s been living in Serbia for 10 years. We discussed the election, how the U.S. is generally regarded, etc. I asked what people thought of Bernie, to which he responded “His ideas and policies are considered what should be the bare minimum.”
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Tom Shapira @tomshaps.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
Love AND Rockets?!
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
the Jesus Lizard Shellac Dead Moon SKWM Advance Base
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
I had an eye exam today and imagine that someone somewhere is pretty proud of themselves for the fact that I had to read C V N T out loud.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
Went up to Door County for the first time this weekend. Tried to shoot a Timelapse of the Milky Way at a dark sky park, realized after over an hour that I hadn’t taken the lens cover off my camera. Heard a Great Horned Owl within a few feet of me, heard a fox screaming in the dark. Got this on my📱:
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
I swear I’m working on the next one, Tom.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 09/06/2024
Our new cat is so handsome (and constantly has the zoomies) that I can’t even take a picture of you.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
Claude’s really making himself at home.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
Whoops fell into Acme Records today
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 17/02/2024
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Just discovered Lou Reed’s ambient drone record “Hudson River Wind Meditations” this morning and I’ll tell you what - it’s a perfect soundtrack for this snow storm.
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
Stuck inside Milwaukee with the Memphis blues again (my wife is down there visiting family and gets to go to Payne’s.)
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
Is this thing on?
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Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Briefly met Bill Murray with my dad at a minor league baseball game when I was a teenager, hugged my mom at ORD while watching Alan Thicke berate an airline employee for something entirely out of their control.
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