Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Closing time at the festival. A frankly brilliant four nights. Roll on next year #convenanza 2130
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Didn't expect Sean Johnson to get in on the #FallFriday action... 140
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Met someone earlier this evening who told me she works 60 hours a week and all I could think of was stone toilet back gardens. #FallFriday youtu.be/skSfmmnbw5k?...youtu.beEnglish SchemeYouTube video by The Fall - Topic 0280
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Heightened levels of cluelessness on display at Terminal 3 security, with several people seemingly unable to grasp the fairly simple concept of 'empty pockets'. #dickheads #getoutofmyway 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'll tell you what's up, Bluesky. My out of office is on for a week. That's what's up. Big annual rave-up in a castle in Carcassonne incoming. Then a couple of days in a thermal springs spa town in the Pyrenees by way of recovery. Bring it #convenanza #hotwater #alovefromouterspa 390
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Convenanza week, so of course I can't fucking sleep. Must procure some sleeping aids. #convenanza #insomnia #insomnanza 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026London is full of people leaving their homes They got lack of length in their beds and in their rooms #FallFriday youtu.be/UzBABzF9tF0?...youtu.beLife Just BouncesYouTube video by The Fall - Topic 0171
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Piddington sounds like someone from the old South African neo Nazi Afriikaner Weerstandsbeweging party saying 'Paddington', which is kinda appropriate really. 030
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Big thanks to @europeanbarguide.bsky.social for the heads up about Bar Picchio. Have spent a delightful afternoon here wasting time before heading to the airport. A terrific old school bar I could easily spend far too long in. #milan #bars #waitingroom 120
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Ok, so Birrificio Lambrate is fucking great, isn't it? Cheers. 031
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I had to sing at a festival... boo hoo #FallFriday youtu.be/qy-LvUepEbAyoutu.beThe Fall - "Wrong Place, Right Time"YouTube video by kogler 0181
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026BeerSky... heading to Milan on Friday. Which Birrificio Lambrate is 'the one'? The Adelchi or the Gogli? Or both? 311
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Pub I'm in is playing Upwards at 45 Degrees. Staying. #juliancope #pub #winningatsunday 160
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Left a pub that had played Arthur Russell on the jukebox for a pub that's now playing fucking Coldplay. It's a move so intensely mistaken that I'm calling it a day and going home. 120
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And the man who brushes against me in the un-Vienna midweek is shaking (Where's all the choccies gone? Where's all the choccies gone?) #FallFriday youtu.be/pX08wNfV5IE?...youtu.beEarly Days Of Channel FührerYouTube video by The Fall - Topic 0171
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In a 'late payback' move, I've started buying on vinyl stuff I had bootlegged on tape back when I couldn't afford to buy music. Sadly, a lot of those artists are now dead and won't feel the benefit. But hopefully their estate does. Currently hearing a student favourite: Peter Tosh - Captured Live. 110
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Now listening to Easterhouse - Contenders. Fucking hell. I had no idea how on point they were. In 1986, I thought the Labour Party were our saviours, our only way of fighting the Tories. Easterhouse knew they were the same thing wearing a different tie. #housetrainedsocialists 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Just had a weird sensation there must be a word for. Listening to Julian Cope - Fried on my fairly good hifi set up on 180g vinyl. And it was nowhere near as good as when I first heard it, played on a shit ghettoblaster in a caravan on a campsite near Antibes. By a girl called Hazel. #timeandplace 010
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Bit pissed. Went out after work and did not limit myself to 'just a few drinks'. Did not avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Failed to pass 'Go' or collect £200. Will regret tomorrow. But for the moment, I'm playing records loud and grinning like an idiot. Bon weekend, all. *raises glass* 160
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I see the Lord's groundsman has served up another spicy wicket. Just the 14 wickets falling today. #ENGvPAK #minefield 010
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My sick, think I've seen the tail end I'm fit and working again #FallFriday youtu.be/lsBoajapOOkyoutu.beThe Fall - Fit and Working AgainYouTube video by normoginium 0233
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Am at the Highland Laddie in Leeds and I have to say I'm slightly and pleasantly taken aback by the sight of a plate of oysters being delivered to a table on a fairly unremarkable street in a reasonably unfashionable part of the city. Don't talk to me about sophistication, I've been to Leeds, etc. 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Gonna be in Leeds on Thursday evening. While not exactly 'on the razz' (need to be at the cricket on Friday), I am looking for some pub recommendations. Is the Highland Laddie worth the trip out there from the centre? Whitelock's still the go-to? Where shouldn't I miss? #Leeds #beer 110
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ah, police helicopter circling overhead? Yeah, that'll help me sleep. 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Have successfully replaced a faulty plug socket without killing myself and now I basically invented electricity. #nopop #power #sparky 030
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Quite looking forward to the eclipse this evening. I'm one of those dunces who went to fucking Cornwall for the 1999 one and it was bloody cloudy all morning (then brightened up during the afternoon). I felt cheated. #eclipse #clouds #cheated 020
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Do I know any electricians? Plug in the kitchen went pop today and I think it's probably unwise for me to try and replace/fix it. #sparks 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I crave your death inside my mind's eye And my beer will never be open My door will never be open #FallFriday youtu.be/umr4Tfw2f_o?...youtu.beMy Door Is NeverYouTube video by The Fall - Topic 0221
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Have discovered, quite by chance, that the gueuze glasses you can buy from In De Vezekering Tegen De Grote Dorst double up nicely as Pastis/ice/water apéro glasses. #doubleobjectif #pastis #indevezekeringtegendegrotedorst #glassware 010
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Are any of my mutuals going to We Out Here? And if so, do you know anyone flogging a cheap ticket? I can't make it until Saturday afternoon at the earliest, but want to go for the Saturday and Sunday (so day tickets won't work). Reposts/solutions much appreciated. #weouthere #limited #onthescrounge 217
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 03/08/2026What could this silver package from Scotland contain? #1of100 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Now listening to the best REM LP ever. Which is obviously Reckoning. No debate and I will not be taking questions on this. #REM #Reckoning #betterthanalltherest 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I'll be honest, I couldn't find this for ages and thought some git had nicked it. #nowplaying 260
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Listening to my latest nostalgia purchase, this time Julian Cope - Saint Julian. I still know all the words. Yet last night, it took me a good few minutes to remember the singer in the Pogues was Shane McGowan. On the way out, aren't i? #juliancope #thepogues #losingit 000
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Two earworms today: Joe Dassin - Champs-Elysées and Donna Summer - On The Radio. Neither one is pissing me off in the slightest. #earworms 130
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Right. Weekend. Going to head for some refreshing lager before dinner. Have a good one whatever you're doing. #weekend #lager 150
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026In honour of the book I've just finished You play in the winter sun with replacement teeth The cackle has The cackle has landed #FallFriday youtu.be/JhN4omijmvw?...youtu.beThe Fall - Rememberance RYouTube video by Alex DarkElf 0231
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Fini. #thankfuckforthat #lifeback #lelongwinded 010
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Fuck has happened to the weather? My feet are cold, ffs. #bringbacktheheatwave 010
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This is worse than the semi final. An absolute embarrassment. 010
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026First time on the #raveyardshift, this one's for our cousins over the channel. youtu.be/8qwINIYBQ0s?...youtu.beTout Est Bleu (16B Full Vocal Mix)YouTube video by Ame Strong - Topic 130
Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026By the fox cream boat By the gallery By the dark brown stable No one's stable #FallFriday youtu.be/-ER1K6y7j-Q?...youtu.beI Wake Up in the CityYouTube video by The Fall - Topic 0231