Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sad news. Suddenly is one of the great under-appreciated Australian ballads. 001
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m not quite so old, but I did get a cd in a pack of cereal once. 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Now up to 61 single and two album downloads for the year to date. Last five single downloads: 1. Who Knew - P!NK 2. Boneyards - Parkway Drive 3. Bass Pursuades - Miley 4. Tom Sawyer - Rush 5. Jump Around - House of Pain That should cover a few moods. 020
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m currently up in Alice Springs for work. Alice is basically right in the middle of Australia, and it’s a spectacular part of the world. 030
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Britney is going to disown me; I downloaded a Parkway Drive song today (Boneyards). Happy Birthday to Winston McCall, frontman of Australia’s greatest metalcore group. 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Love the music acts that are coming to Adelaide. Not so much that I don’t have the time to see them (money is never an issue if I want to go to a show THAT bad). Ann Wilson, Kim Wilde, Debbie Gibson, Go West, Bryan Adams, Live, 4 Non Blondes… what’s going on… with this retro revival. Love it 🤘 120
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 22/08/2026August 22 has to be one of the most popular musician/industry birthdays in my database. 13, in fact: John Lee Hooker, Donna Godchaux, Michael Gudinski, Vernon Reid, Juan Croucier, Roland Orzabal, Eddie Chacon, James DeBarge, Tori Amos, GZA, Layne Stanley, Howie Dorough, and Dua Lipa. 130
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I must say the next few songs on today’s housework playlist are fire. 020
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Our local shopping centre does this, it’s such a no-brainer. 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My Insta/FB post a few days ago on remembering the passing of Judith Durham - August 5 2022 - via my music page Music Gaga has now become my most viewed Reel (440K and still climbing). It has just bested my John Bonham post (437K). 100
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Only four Australian dates, and Adelaide is one of them. Ann Wilson supported by Australian rock legends Dragon? Yes please! 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I live my life as if one day older me gets to meet younger me, who asks “how does my life end up going?”, and older me can reply “well, have I got a story for you…” 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I don’t have the words to describe my (very negative) feelings towards AI-generated captions in social media. Why are people so keen to take the laziest route possible? 100
Reposted by Ben HockoTemu Tisha Campbell @thatgirlbamz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We dont have 5+ min songs anymore cause these artist dont have enough vocals to last that long and everyone has the attention span of a hamster. 2516948
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Chuffed with this notification re. Alec Baldwin. I hit 10,000 Insta followers last week with my page The Music Gaga. With almost 40K FB followers as well I am wondering how to leverage this, if at all? Any ideas, anyone? 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 15/06/2026One of the best things about my music page (Music Gaga on Insta and FB) is that - while researching artists - I come across music that I otherwise would never have known existed. It was Frank Beard’s birthday the other day, and this was the song I used for his bio. Instant download to my libraryyoutu.beZZ Top - Just Got Paid (Live From Texas)YouTube video by PeutEtreDejaVu 100
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I have never understood the logic behind paying an exorbitant fee for hot food to be delivered cold. Fuck Uber. All of it. Good on Stax Burgers. 020
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 31/05/2026How’s that subscription economy working out for the consumer? 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Since the last update 7 months ago my music page The Music Gaga has gone from 7000 FB followers to now over 35000. Insta has been harder to crack, but now seems to be moving, having doubled my followers in one month from what took 10 months previously. If you’re on either platform send me a follow! 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 23/05/2026My five commandments on how to be the best parent you can be: 1. Provide love 2. Provide security 3. Keep your promises 4. Be present 5. Be the example These are the standards I think every parent should hold themselves to. 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 15/05/2026If you use the words “cheap” and “music” in the same sentence, then likely you are a music consumer, not a music lover. 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There’s obviously more than a few of us that understand the more things change the more they stay the same. See also: streaming vs DVDs. 030
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Is it just a coincidence that the 90s and early 00s were the “golden era” for pop, hip hop, and edm? Any others? 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 26/04/2026This week’s music downloads. I really must have gone through several moods 😂: 1. Boys In Town - Divinyls 2. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf (album) 3. Around the World - A Touch of Class 4. Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G. 5. Woman in Love - Barbra Streisand 110
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Today’s additions to my scrapbook @thetiser.bsky.social 020
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 13/04/2026People not realising that going to the cinemas is expensive because people aren’t going to the cinemas. 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 12/04/2026My parents have approached me for some financial help, which is fine, I’ll do what I can. But they’re too afraid to ask my brother, who is in a way better financial position than me to help, because they’re afraid of what he and his wife/inlaws might think. How does it get to this? 110
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I love this man. This is a big part of what music is, and it always has been. 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 24/03/2026RIP Mel Schilling, a beautiful soul lost #fuckcancer #mafsau 020
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Five-song download week just completed, 19 singles and one album since the year began. This week I downloaded: 1. Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 2. These Dreams - Heart 3. Stupid Girl - Garbage 4. All Right Now - Free 5. Honey - Mariah Careyyoutu.beFree - All Right NowYouTube video by FreeVEVO 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I think it was said best by Boff Whalley of Chumbawamba (makers of the hit single Tubthumping): “‘Tubthumping'… has nothing whatsoever in common with wealthy politicians with extremist anti-liberal agendas. ...The right doesn't have any good songs. That's why they keep trying to nick ours." 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Been at my new job now for nearly two months (almost off probation - three months - woohoo). I’m still a trainee, here with my trainer doing a train examination of a Melbourne-Perth freight train, checking handbrakes are off, brake blocks are functioning, and load is sitting correctly on the wagons. 050
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I don’t think it would be too far from the truth to say that Isley Brothers music is a perfect match for Sunday mornings. 020
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I didn’t even realise this was a thing until I thought about it. Yes, this is me. 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I’m on a bit of an “Aussie-made” arc with my weekly music downloads at the moment. The last four have all been locally-made: Take You Down - Rogue Traders Baby Animals (eponymous album) He’s Just No Good for You - Mental as Anything Crazy - Icehouse Just the best! 000
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Nothing less than a rebellion will oust this administration. 020
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I think we should just put females in charge of everything. 030
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 02/02/2026At the end of it all music, as it always has, will be proven to have the correct read on current political goings on. 021
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 31/12/2025It’s 2026 here in Oz now. So here’s to new beginnings. Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous new year. 050
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I’m a man of simple tastes: Britney in the Oops song. Back when pop ruled. This video had me glued to Rage every Saturday morning. Rage of course being the Australian music video show which is the longest running program of its type in the world.youtu.beBritney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Official HD Video)YouTube video by BritneySpearsVEVO 010
Ben Hocko @benhocko.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Countless happy moments of my life are comprised of fleeting chance human interactions or “lost in my thoughts” occasions; the locked gaze, the head nod, the knowing smile. I despair at how these moments are being robbed by mobile tech and people’s general inability to put away their phone. 000
