Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Just 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. 130
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 27/05/2025If this is the Worcestershire sauce, I don’t know if I’m ready for the Besterstershire sauce. 010
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I’ve had a bunch in my yard in Wisconsin over the past few weeks. They’ve discovered my crow feeder (crows have not acknowledged it yet.) 140
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I just told the mourning doves in my yard to get over it already. 000
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Just 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. 030
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Whenever someone mentions exfoliating, I think about how often I’m just standing around foliating without even realizing it. 041
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Crazy how y’all got more than we’ve seen up here in Wisconsin. The climes they are a-changin’! 010
Reposted by Ben CrowellBrad Rose @foxydigitalis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Not many better 1-2 punches to open a record than "Candy Says" and "What Goes On." 4292
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The unveiling: youtube.com/live/SGOkSMw... A post-ceremony surprise from Electrical Audio: youtube.com/live/FCxvoeV...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 000
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The 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 2132
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I think they take a bare bones approach to the whole thing, not really letting it get under their skin. 000
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I stare at a computer most days and finally did the same a week or so ago after a couple years. The difference is amazing. 000
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I’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. 050
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I’ve been borderline obsessed with the new record. I recently saw someone post that regardless of him looking like a Halloween decoration that just woke up, his voice was as strong as it was 30+ years ago. 110
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024After the mental gymnastics I’ve seen from MAGA over the past 8 years or so, I feel like anyone thinking a lesson will be learned is delusional. 000
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024People need to start looking at Dem leadership. Fingers always point in every other direction, but the people entrusted with handling “the most important election of our lives” (every four years) continue down a path that is not engaging the people necessary for winning elections. 010
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Completely disheartened by the Dem party’s refusal to be more engaging vs their continued condescension and fear mongering that continues to prove a losing strategy. I can only hope there’s a chance to push this back, but think it would require new D leadership. 000
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The only time I’be seen one, it caught me so off guard that it took me a few seconds to register the profound stupidity that my eyes was witnessing. 000
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I’ve reached a point where I’m struggling to see a lack of intentionality. There’s no explicable reason to expect trust or engagement from people when your experts drop the ball so bad and so often. 010
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024When my wife and I moved to wisconsin, we dedicated large sections of our front and back yard to natives (with guidance from a friend/professional.) 3 years in and it’s booming, with tons of pollinators visiting all the time. A constant pick me up. 120
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I 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. 360
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. 1121
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The drummer is in Mint Mile, if you’re not familiar, which is led by Tim from Silkworm. I saw him perform with Silkworm this summer. 100
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Wondering if they might take $1650.00, not sure I could justify anything higher. 020
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I remember watching Sonic Youth on David Letterman in the early 90’s (I want to say Goo era?) with my Dad and when they finished, he just looked at me blankly for a few seconds and got up and went to bed without a word. 181
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I don’t bring this up from a capitalist perspective and absolutely get that art is more than sales, but it was eye opening nonetheless. 010
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Artists that may have shipped 100+ copies of a new release were down to sometimes single digit orders. 110
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Totally fair. I should say that I’ve worked at a label for 12 years over the past 25, as well as at a large record store as a new buyer for a few and even 10 years ago the difference in volume with physical media was shocking. 110
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Even as a consumer (granted I’m somewhat older, I guess) I find it more of a challenge wading through so much to explore new music/artists that resonate with me, if that makes sense. 120
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Not to mention the rising cost of physical media providing another hurdle to independence from labels, as well as the reduction in risk that a lot of labels are willing to take (due at least in part to cost) create new and dreadful challenges. 120
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024A fair statement, and a valid perspective. I see theirs the same way. No one I speak of is in any way ungrateful or not humbled by their past success or response to their output, but hopelessness that stems from a (let’s say) 80% pay cut in any skillset/career would trouble many, I suppose? 120
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I’ve had many friends, some being established artists with decades long careers as musicians feeling pretty hopeless about the effort they put into their work seeming somewhat meaningless. 010
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I appreciate your sentiment about an abundance of art in the world being a good thing, but can also see the disillusion that can some with having something you’ve poured your heart and soul into being lost in a sea of releases as well as the exploitative nature of many platforms being an issue. 041
Ben Crowell @bencrowell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Yeah! I believe the show was in Boise, but my grandpa’s job made them so nomadic (my grandma died when they were all kids) that my dad never went to the same school for 2 years in a row until college. They eventually settled in Lehi, UT (the town that Footloose was filmed in.) anyway here I am? 🤷🏻♂️ 110