B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We’re making on another thing. Please give this demo tape to @antirecords.bsky.social and David Geffen. 031
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hello Antifa Myspace. I present to you, an offering. bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com/p/23-tight-l...bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#23: TightlifeOn the ecological consequences of introducing Reggae on the River, and the damage caused to non-reggae native species. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 14/08/2026#22: Back in the Line. Here is the twenty-second one of these for the song “Back in the Line” from the 2025 record “B. Hamilton.” Or it was supposed to be about that. It ended up being about John Fogerty for some reason. Thanks for reading.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#22: Back in the Line"Hey Siri, Google 'Choogle" or "The Many Moons of Jonathan Fogerty" 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Alright. Here is #21: “Oakland and Anaheim (Ain’t Divided by the 5 Tonight).” I don’t know what to say about this one, so I won’t, aside from the thousands of words I wrote about it on the Substack. Great. Thanks for listening.open.substack.com#21: Oakland and Anaheim (Ain't Divided by the 5 Tonight)Oh boy... 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Ryan is playing solo at Lloyd’s Records, near 40th and Telegraph, with friends old and new. Tuesday, July 28, at 7 p.m. Come by, buy some records. It’s by that Carl’s Jr. on MacArthur. Go gum up your digits with BBQ sauce beforehand, then ask if you can play “Badfish” on one of our guitars. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Hello communist Twitter. Here is #20: 45 and Straight. It’s a song on 2019’s “Nothing and Nowhere” about two guys who look like Huell Howser and a bunch of masked golf caddies with tiki torches in 2017. Alright. It’s up to you from here. Go check out the link in our bio. Thanks for reading.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#20: 45 and StraightOn Office Parks, Charlottesville, and the Clandestine Shrub-F***ing Population of West Berkeley 121
Reposted by B. HamiltonWill Craven @wkcraven.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I first knew B Hamilton via his songs, but he’s a pleasure on the page, here riffing on @oaklandreviewofbooks.org coverage of bygone DIY spaces to hail Telegraph Ave's Saigon Market: “somewhere between Pee-wee’s Playhouse, a Marxist squat, a 60s Kingston recording studio, and The Dick Cavett Show” 242
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Substack #19: Saigon Marketbhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#19: Saigon MarketLast thoughts on Saigon Market, Josef Lucas, and other things I kind of remember. 122
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Hello. Here is #18: Everyone’s Exhausting (Except for You) / Palo Alto (to Pretoria). I ended up writing about that dude again because I wrote that bigger thing about that dude, and these songs are also on that bigger thing about the dude. It’s also about love. And snakes.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#18: Everyone's Exhausting (Except for You) / Palo Alto (to Pretoria)More stuff about Elon Musk. Great. Alright, no more about that crank from here on out. 111
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Saturday, June 13th. Snow Park. Downtown Oakland. The Fourth Annual Dax Lee Chili Cook Off. All ages. Come by. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Chilimaxxing in the middle of the damn town on 6/13. All ages. Free unless you consider chili to be a soup. Then it costs $200. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 24/05/2026New Substack. Great.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#17: Things I Learned at the Anti-Gentrification Bake SaleOn Frank Sinatra’s “Watertown,” Bobby Darin’s heart of darkness in Big Sur, and some song I wrote about a lake. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Hello. This is Substack #16. It’s a long boy, and I apologize. You’re probably better off reading it on their app through the link in the bio, but maybe not because they don’t have a dark mode and apparently hate retinas. I just said that as if people are reading these. Goodbye.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#16: A Beginner’s Pottery Class at Gavilan Community College Every Monday Night (Dongle)A tale as old as time about loss, renewal, and a bunch of Marijuanaholics at an Outback Steakhouse in Gilroy, California. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Substack #15: Sunny Day. I wrote a bunch of stuff about the song “Sunny Day,” except I didn’t and ended up writing about a song that doesn’t exist. That is completely fine. Or it isn’t. bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com/p/15-sunny-daybhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#15: Sunny DayFor fans of the B. Hamilton tune “Sunny Day” who equally enjoy reading about an unfinished song detailing a gold miner’s demise. Great. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Substack #14: Tequila and Marigoldsbhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#14: Tequila and MarigoldsOn Cellos, Pat Tillman, The 2008 Maricopa County Dog Show, and... Death. Yeah. It's also about death. Sure. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Substack #13: Don’t Ever Hide Your Face. This one is about a song that is faster than most of our other songs. It is also probably inspirational. Ok. Happy Easter. Enjoy all of those eggs. Thanks for reading.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#13: Don’t Ever Hide Your FaceMotivational Speaker Tony Robbinstopher Parks 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Hello Communist Twitter, Here is Substack #12: Kyle Thinks a lot of Very Cool Thoughts. bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com/p/12-kyle-th... I'm going to tag @marcmaron.bsky.social because he probably knows who Roy Nichols, Roy Buchanan, and Don Rich are. I don't know what else to do here. Goodbye.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#12: Kyle Thinks a lot of Very Cool ThoughtsMarijuana takes another angel. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Substack #11: Marion Out West Hello. Here is the eleventh one of whatever these are. This one digs into John Wayne and Ronald Reagan’s good ol’, down-home form of stick-to-your-ribs, gee-shucks, wh*te nationalism. Giddy up.. Thanks for reading.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#11: Marion Out WestThe Thin White Supremacist Duke. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Substack #10: 6:15 at Mexicali Rose, Every Thursday.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#10: 6:15 at Mexicali Rose, Every ThursdayA thing about food and buildings, but also, love. 012
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 09/03/2026“Substack #9: Hey Sunshine” is now available by putting your thumb on the below picture of Elon Musk giving a Nazi salute with his body as a Monster Energy can in the default desktop background of Window’s 95. Thanks for reading.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#9: Hey SunshineF*ck Curtis Yarvin and the Tron Lightcycle He Rode in On. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 03/03/2026“Sunny Day” at Bottom of the Hill last December. Half of the city’s electricity was out and BART was temporarily closed that evening. I really hope that has changed. Video by Dave Pehling. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 22/02/2026A new season of The Elephant Graveyard Radio Hour came out on YouTube today. They threw our tune “Back in the Line” in it at around an hour and thirty in. Mi gente. Watch “Comedy Jonestown” and “The Children of Ecstasy, (Radio Hour Ep 10)” if you haven’t seen them. Alright.youtu.beA Guy By Any Other Name (Elephant Graveyard Radio Hour Ep. 13)YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard 041
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Hello. “Songs that other people wrote that I heard at some point, then played and recorded at some other point. Vol. 2” is now available on Bandcamp. I had some other stuff to say about it, but these commie fucks at BlueSky limit the character count. Attica. Attica.bhamilton.bandcamp.comRyan Christopher Parks - Songs that other people wrote that I heard at some point, then played and recorded at some other point. Vol. 2 (2026), by B. Hamilton10 track album 000
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Hello. Here is “Songs that other people wrote and I heard at some point, then played and recorded at some other point. Vol. 1.” Another offering with another horrible title before your year ends. Available on Bandcamp and all streaming things.bhamilton.bandcamp.comRyan Christopher Parks - Songs that other people wrote and I heard at some point, then played and recorded at some other point. Vol. 1, by B. Hamilton11 track album 021
Reposted by B. HamiltonOKR @okrmusic.com · 25/12/2025@bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social at Bottom of the Hill last Sunday, playing “Sunny Day”, from our recent self titled LP. Video by @bpaluzzi.bsky.social. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 05/12/2025It just turned into Bandcamp Friday. Bandcamp doesn’t wet their beak on these days. In light of this we present to you an offering. A truce. A live blues. B. Hamilton “Fifty Feet From Where We Normally Are (Live at Sharkbite)” is out now. bhamilton.bandcamp.com/album/fifty-... 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 05/12/2025B. Hamilton “Fifty Feet From Where We Normally Are (Live at Sharkbite)” is now available on YouTube, and as an EP at midnight. Recorded on February 21st, 2025 at Sharkbite Studios. Jack London Square. Oakland, California.youtu.beB. Hamilton - Fifty Feet From Where We Normally Are (Live at Sharkbite)YouTube video by B. Hamilton 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Thanks for having us @roughtradepub.bsky.social 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 01/12/2025“Fifty Feet From Where We Normally Are (Live at Sharkbite)” comes out this Friday for viewing on YouTube and listening on all the streaming things. BlueSky is a goddamn graveyard. Let's get some fourteen year old Russian kids with spicy language and internet access in here. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Spotify asked us to record a 30 second “year in review” clip for our fans, or whoever is listening to us without necessarily enjoying it. Like inadvertently being around a dull breeze, or any form of bird. We made this and they didn’t accept it. I'm going to call the police. #bhamilton #hashtags 052
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 29/10/2025“Back in the Line” and “Marion Out West” from our live thing at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland is out on YouTube. All of the tunes from that day will come out as a release before the end of the year. Here is a bit of “Release the Hounds.” Thanks for listening. 021
Reposted by B. HamiltonOKR @okrmusic.com · 27/10/2025@bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social performing “Marion Out West” at Sharkbite studios a few months back with me on drums. #art #music #musicsky #musiciansky #newmusic #livemusic #drums #drumskyyoutu.beB. Hamilton - Marion Out West (Live at Sharkbite Studios)YouTube video by B. Hamilton 032
Reposted by B. HamiltonOKR @okrmusic.com · 25/10/2025Stoked this live recording of “Back in the Line”that @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social did at Sharkbite studios is making its way online. More songs to come from this session. #art #music #nowplaying #musiciansky #musicnewsyoutu.beB. Hamilton - Back in the Line (Live at Sharkbite Studios)YouTube video by B. Hamilton 042
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 20/10/2025“Back in the Line” live at Sharkbite Studios. Jack London Square. Oakland, California. Here is a video and a link to it. We’ll throw the entire session out soon. Stephen Miller is a bitch. youtu.be/VTBgMAfePeU?... 121
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Bay Beats, through the San Francisco Public Library, has graciously decided to accept three of our releases over their past three entry periods. Their new selections are up as of today. This is what music sounds like in a place with weed supermarkets. baybeats.sfpl.org 052
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 07/10/2025“Back in the Line” live at Sharkbite Studios. @marcmaron.bsky.social is this solo a Billy Gibbons rip off? We’re divided. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 06/10/2025“Back in the Line” live at Sharkbite Studios in Jack London Square. Oakland, California. Recorded by @gse.bsky.social Filmed by @catmanofoakland.bsky.social Color by Rachel Valdivia @okrmusic.com / played drums Ian Miller played bass Ryan Christopher Parks / played guitar and singing 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 03/10/2025B. Hamilton at Sharkbite Studios in Jack London Square. Oakland, California. “Back in the Line” will come out on Monday, October 6th. “Marion Out West” will come out on Friday, October 11th. 042
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 29/09/2025B. Hamilton is opening a Hardly Strictly Bluegrass afterparty for The Mekons this Saturday at The Make Out Room in San Francisco. It is also a benefit for Sweat Relief upon looking at the flyer. Nice. They are very influential and know what John Peel’s vocal mics smelled like. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 17/09/2025youtu.beB. Hamilton - "Back in the Line" (Official Video)YouTube video by B. Hamilton 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 05/09/2025A Bandcamp Friday offering: bhamilton.bandcamp.com/album/good-f...bhamilton.bandcamp.comGood Foot (proof of concept, September 2020) / With Violence, by B. Hamilton2 track album 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Substack #6: On a Different Day. Great.open.substack.com#6: On a Different DayTrial and error, and error, and error, and error, and error, and error, and error, and err... 031
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Ok. Here is the fifth one of these things. This one is about a song called “Susan” that I’ve played way too many times. I’ll post another one next Sunday around 6pm. I slept in today like I said I was going to last week. Mission accomplished. I have 55 more characters to use. Fuck Curtis Yarvin.open.substack.com#5: SusanLos Angeles is a place where people live and do stuff. 021
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Substack #4: North San Juanopen.substack.com#4: North San JuanMilo goes to the Rainbow Gathering. 011
B. Hamilton @bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Ryan started a Substack to put stuff he writes somewhere aside from in the trash. Some of the stuff he writes is this sentence you're reading. Ryan is very handsome and the voice of a generation. Each post uses a song of ours as a prompt to write about god knows what. Here is this weeks offering.bhamiltonwastaken.substack.com#3: Martin Eden Written Left-Handed in CrayonAdventures of the unkempt sea-idiot and his "stick." 021
Reposted by B. HamiltonOKR @okrmusic.com · 10/08/2025@bhamiltonwastaken.bsky.social is playing at the Make Out Room in SF this Friday, August 15th with The Stingray Band (featuring Greg Loiacono of The Mother Hips). Here’s us playing “I’m Honest” at the Kilowatt Bar a few weeks ago. #bhamilton #musicsky #drummersky #drumsky #musicians #livemusic 051
