ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026my bootleg cedanne city connect arrived just in time for the postseason. go sox. 021
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026gotta savor this final day of the year to watch objectively meaningless major league baseball 050
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@jtkantor.bsky.social josh I’m following through with a request! could we hear “deacon blues” tonight? 100
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026wish they looked a little more inspiring the past couple weeks but the sox officially clinching a postseason spot still feels huge. the first couple months of this season really were *that* bad. 100
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026exited the 90-minute ecstatic-totalism-noise-rock set greeted by the phrase “trevor story go-ahead 3-run homer”…sometimes life is beautiful 000
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026wrote about maiden’s fiery hit-parade return to boston last night - www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/10/a...bostonglobe.comIron Maiden return to Boston for a 50th anniversary victory lap - The Boston GlobeThe band's current “Run For Your Lives” trek, which hit TD Garden Wednesday, constrains the setlist entirely to Maiden’s peak-performance early eras. 020
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026busker playing sabbath covers on a tuba outside the iron maiden show - we salute you 020
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026late on gig watch this month but still lots of good stuff coming up - www.yardhawk.net/everybodytal...yardhawk.netGig Watch: September 2026 - Noise FloorShows not to miss in and around Boston for the month of September. __________ Autumn is almost here, which means if you’re anything like me, your calendar is rapidly becoming more crowded. My picks fo... 000
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026lowkey very annoying that whenever I splurge on buying portra it immediately feels worth it when I start scanning. I don't need motivation to buy $17/roll film, I'm going broke enough shooting ultramax 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026someone puked a couple aisles behind me at fenway tonight which was honestly a reasonable reaction to the first couple innings of that game 030
Reposted by ben stasLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's not the only reason he fucking sucks but all my Massachusetts homies love and support trans people and rightwing Democrats can eat shit with this losing strategy. 1173277
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026excited that it's finally primary day so I can stop being confronted with seth moulton's desperate loser energy every time I look at a TV 040
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026allston dive bar scene truly remains unmatched. deeply weird local music bill at the sil dart room on a monday night while an adjacent TV inexplicably cycles midseason NFL stats from last year -> model will still make you a stellar bar pizza at 11pm 020
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026we are so back I don’t recall what happened this weekend at all 020
Reposted by ben stasctice90.bsky.social @ctice90.bsky.social · 01/09/2026@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball 4686101
Reposted by ben stasLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Man even the dumbest fucking piece of shit bird is so cool to watch. Some random shithead of birds. All the other birds know he sucks. But he can still fly and look at our asses down here. 313611
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026it’s a beautiful day for the boston red sox to sweep a double-header 120
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026gallery + recap from the gloomiest weekend of the summer - www.yardhawk.net/everybodytal...yardhawk.netSomergloom took over Deep Cuts and Crystal Ballroom - 8/6-8/7 - Noise FloorBoston’s annual heavy festival returned for another long weekend of high volume and high drama in Medford and Somerville. __________ It’s been a dour delight to watch Somergloom evolve over the past s... 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026man I know it made sense when we traded him, but 8 shutout innings against the dodgers really makes you wish the sox still had sale 130
Reposted by ben stasEric Malcolm @ericmalcolm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Others have said it previously, but I love how this promotional image from the 1990 Stephen King's IT looks like a prestige drama courtroom show, that just so also happens to involve a clown. 7150461263
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RIP to genuine real one dolly parton. being in the photo pit for her surprise golden hour newport set some years ago still an all-time surreal festival moment 191
Reposted by ben stasLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Man what a punchline lol 4992179
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026any amount of drugs you are carrying should be completely legal if you can prove you are headed to the gathering of the juggalos, that is none of the government or general population’s business 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026eating at spanish restaurants is living this meme (complimentary) 011
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026sox no longer on a losing streak overlapping the entirely of my euro trip, we are so back 120
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026surprise mandatory x-ray checkpoint at la sagrada família. did god fry a roll of vintage provia to humble me? only time will tell 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026despite being kind of harrowing logistically it’s been wild seeing gerard way faux-disembowel a guy in the middle of the mets stadium and then watching an eclipse totality from somebody’s olive field in spain in the span of a couple days 021
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026this has also caused me to miss something very personally important that I was supposed to be in brooklyn for several hours ago, I take back anything good I’ve ever said about @amtrak.com 000
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026oh yeah don’t worry there was also no drinkable water after hour one of sitting totally still 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026TIL in the event of an amtrak power failure there is literally no contingency plan for anything, you’re just gonna vibe there in 90 degree heat with no AC/air circulation/functional bathroom for like however many hours. also you can’t leave. also the cafe car is closed. seems bad? 120
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026that sox game started while I was on the train to a 4-band metal show and I got to watch the walk-off in the ride back home, vibes immaculate 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026absolutely infuriating both as a longtime BV reader and contributor. start a blog and support your local cause literally everything else is gonna be burned to the ground by some corporate ghoul sooner or later. 082
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026if you wrote this sox season as a script it’d be too improbable, particularly the bello-the-unhittable-reliever subplot 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026it is, but I am on the edge of my seat all afternoon regardless 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026some peak boston action this afternoon watching duck boat after duck boat of confused tourists pass by the skatepark hardcore show 061
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026august gig watch // new fiddlehead songs rip / can’t wait to hear em at the skate park tomorrow - www.yardhawk.net/everybodytal...yardhawk.netGig Watch: August 2026 - Noise FloorShows not to miss in and around Boston for the month of August. __________ It’s a somewhat slower month as the summer starts to wind down, but still plenty of good stuff to catch: 8/1 – Fiddlehead @ L... 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026behind on blogging this month, summary post on a couple of recent gigs - www.yardhawk.net/everybodytal...yardhawk.netAn Illegally Blind appreciation post - Noise FloorRecaps from two killer Illegally Blind-presented gigs from July. __________ I had originally planned on standalone blog posts for the Carnivorous Bells and Vorhex Angel shows I caught at O’Brien’s and... 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026this and the yankees walking in a run to walk themselves off in chicago...a beautiful baseball afternoon 000
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026one major takeaway from trying to be more mp3/ipod-centric and less reliant on streaming this year is that we absolutely gotta bring back including the download code with the vinyl release 161
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026RIP I ate 10,000 buffalo tofu burritos over the course of college and a couple years working at the state street globe office and I loved every one of them 020
Reposted by ben stasRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026(TNT's "INSIDE OLYMPUS") ZEUS: hey Poseidon. tell em where we're sending him. where did you say we're sending him POSIDEON: Laestrygonia 14869158
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026seeing numbers 10 and 14 in person was kind of emotional after enduring a lot of rough games this year. they are suddenly a believable team, against all odds, and it’s fun! 030
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 23/07/20261.) shocking, end of an era, only place I could reliably buy malort, etc. 2.) much like twin donuts, I will go to war to protect that neon sign 030
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026the get-in price for the potential record-breaker at fenway tonight currently $200+ lol 010
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026man I could be quitting my job right now if I'd put money on this red sox team tying records set by ted williams in the '40s like a month and a half ago 030
ben stas @benstas.bsky.social · 21/07/202614th consecutive win on martini hat giveaway night at fenway…I felt that 050