Reposted by Mark J WraySean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 10hI love every single second of music the Raincoats ever made 1114
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 14hThe playlist is absolutely full of bangers I should add, so length is not a problem 000
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 14hThe 1986 playlist got me wondering if 1986 was peak 'long song' but apparently it's a steady climb up to 1992 before it starts to drop off again. 100
Reposted by Mark J WrayBeefcake Dad @jeffsreturn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Googling Tony Blair Arms Deal to find out what the deal is with those arms 14902220
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 29/09/2026This sort of thing is exactly what my brain is doing 90% of my waking hours 120
Reposted by Mark J WrayJohn-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is hilarious. I am one of two people nominated for best host, and the other person is Louis Theroux. It's done by public vote. Vote for me! We can do this! 65526
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 29/09/2026They collaborated with Alan Sparhawk a couple of years back too redhot.bandcamp.com/track/perfum...redhot.bandcamp.comPerfume Genius + Alan Sparhawk (Low) - Point of Disgust, by Red Hot Orgfrom the album TRAИƧA 110
Reposted by Mark J WrayJohnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 28/09/2026Trish Keenan would have been 58 today. Everyone go listen to some Broadcast. 322157
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 26/09/2026Should add that the Jossie Esteban track is listed with different dates in various places but Discogs has it as 1989 010
Reposted by Mark J WrayPeoples Pop Polls: BLACK POP 1986-1989 @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is still open - we officially have more nominators now than the 1982-1985 poll 🎉 0172
Reposted by Mark J WrayGaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Swedish poster for the Harold Lloyd silent comedy classic SAFETY LAST (1923) 1318
Reposted by Mark J WrayPeoples Pop Polls: BLACK POP 1986-1989 @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#BPHM8689 This is the NOMINATIONS THREAD for the BLACK POP HISTORY 1986-1989 poll next month! Pick four tracks from 86-89 in order of preference and if you pick one from each year pick a fifth too! Guidelines: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 93259
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 26/09/2026Main Shinehead - Rough & Rugged (1986) Bonuses CeCe Rogers - Someday (1987) Young MC - Know How (1988) Jossie Esteban & La Patrulla 15 - La Negra (1989) Run DMC - It’s Tricky (1987) 1140
Reposted by Mark J WrayPost SZN Nope @lesleynope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The woman carrying the baby and food in the Giants game clip that went viral has written the full story of her marriage and what happened in the stands that night. If you’ve commented or shared any of the clips you also need to read and share her story themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 15432133
Reposted by Mark J WrayRobert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 24/09/2026this is categorically the greatest podcast ever, nothing even gets near it, and part of the canon of historical music criticism. if you’re not already listening to it … good god do I envy the journey you could be about to go on 093
Reposted by Mark J WrayMark J Wray @markjwray.com · 23/09/2026Nevermind, the first album I every truly loved, turns 35 today. Here’s what I wrote about it a couple of years back. markjwray.com/2024/03/03/e...markjwray.comEvery Album I Love – 1. Nirvana : NevermindThe first in my series on every album I love, starts with the first album I every loved Nevermind by Nirvana 011
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 23/09/2026In one of our assemblies the head played us ‘Deep Deep Trouble’ by Bart & Homer Simpson to make sure we understood the important message about not getting in deep deep trouble 030
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 23/09/2026Nevermind, the first album I every truly loved, turns 35 today. Here’s what I wrote about it a couple of years back. markjwray.com/2024/03/03/e...markjwray.comEvery Album I Love – 1. Nirvana : NevermindThe first in my series on every album I love, starts with the first album I every loved Nevermind by Nirvana 011
Reposted by Mark J WrayO_RLLY band @o-rlly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026HUUUUUGE shout to Leeds Gig Guide leedsgigguide.com which dynamically scrapes both gig details from a variety of sites and artists' music from YT, BC, SC (NOT Spotify) so you can *listen to the flyer for a specific gig or venue* or check out new releases all in one place. V awesome indeed.leedsgigguide.comLeeds Gig Guide: what's on in Leeds this weekEvery gig in Leeds, checked by a person before it goes up. 022
Reposted by Mark J WrayNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 22/09/2026For my newsletter, Anxiety Shark, I wrote about my body being in pain, the body as a product of desire, and Wolf Like Me by TV On The Radio www.anxietyshark.ca/my-hearts-af...anxietyshark.caMy Hearts aflameMy body hurts, only it’s not my body. 410725
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 22/09/2026This should of course say ‘changing rapidly’ That’s what I get for posting at 6.30 in the morning 000
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 22/09/2026My top 5 albums the day I turned 18? Hole - Live Through This Kenickie - At The Club Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out Radiohead - OK Computer DJ Shadow - Entroducing My tastes were chasing rapidly, but this is at least pretty close. Possibly I heard S-K just after 18 rather than just before 140
Reposted by Mark J WrayMark J Wray @markjwray.com · 21/09/2026I somehow seem to have deleted any evidence this post ever existed from my blog. If any Wordpress experts have any ideas of how I might recover it, that would be much appreciated. 001
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 21/09/2026I somehow seem to have deleted any evidence this post ever existed from my blog. If any Wordpress experts have any ideas of how I might recover it, that would be much appreciated. 001
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 19/09/2026I was also extremely confused as to why this was the lead story on the Radio news this morning? Why exactly are we supposed to give a fuck what this prick thinks? 010
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 18/09/2026On its 25th anniversary I wrote about Tori Amos's Strange Little Girls, Jean Rhys and what it means to be a 'real man' markjwray.com/2026/09/18/e...markjwray.comEvery Album I Love : 12. Tori Amos – Strange Little GirlsThe 12th in my ‘Every Album I Love’ series, on ‘Strange Little Girls’ by Tori Amos and real men 020
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 18/09/2026Me neither. I admit I've never thought too deeply about why though 010
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 18/09/2026I never got on with it either, and I’m a big history podcast listener 110
Reposted by Mark J Wray✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰 58114153876
Reposted by Mark J WrayPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparationsinquirer.comA Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in GermantownGreen Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners. 223125302870
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 16/09/2026I forgot about Wilde, but everything before that I either haven’t read or don’t find that funny (mainly the former) 010
Reposted by Mark J WrayUna Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour. 10597201993
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 15/09/2026I also have a special place in my heart for that one (partly because it's ace, but also because it was number 1 in the Uk when I was born). My alltime favourite is probably Shipbuilding by Robert Wyatt 040
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 14/09/2026Probably Bringing Up Baby (1938). There are earlier novels that I find funny in parts (eg Jane Austen) and bits of silent comedies, but that’s the oldest that genuinely has me in hysterics. HHG probably the oldest book I find very funny and it is barely older than me. 010
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 14/09/2026Agree with this, but also secretly pleased that my 12YO daughter is one of the ones who can and has enjoyed Hitchhiker's. 000
Reposted by Mark J WrayAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I've said it before and I'll keep saying it, I find fascinating that there has been no meaningful progress on reparations for chattel slavery when the legacy of this crime is all around us, every day. We're still walking around with your names lol 1637
Reposted by Mark J WrayDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just a reminder as the new academic year kicks off - the UK government has deliberately, ruthlessly, throttled the recruitment of international students, solely to pander to racists, and the resultant 25%+ fall in numbers can and will only accelerate some universities into bankruptcy. 8411171
Mark J Wray @markjwray.com · 12/09/2026I had Soundgarden, Gin Blossoms, possibly Blind Melon. Possibly about half a dozen in total, but I forget the rest 010
Reposted by Mark J WrayBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Looking over my contract for a skincare company: “This says emollients and I think you meant emoluments.” Them: “that’s no mistake, if you don’t like it here’s your E45” 37614
Reposted by Mark J WrayTweeets of Dogs Automated @tweeetsofdogsauto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Best selfie ever 🐾 Original post 2527
Reposted by Mark J WrayReader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024 14075482220392
Reposted by Mark J Wraypixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years since I asked William Basinski to copy some tapes for me and he ruined them. I’m still mad about it. 545473
