Ben Apatoff
@bapatoff.bsky.social
Author of Body Count (33⅓) and Metallica: The $24.95 Book. Working on a biography of Local H for J-Card Press, scheduled for 2027.
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Ben Apatoff
@bapatoff.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Body Count's Body Count
On Ice-T's 1991 classic O.G. Original Gangster, he introduced his all-Black hardcore band Body Count with lead guitarist Ernie C, bringing them on the first-eve…
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The first-ever book about Body Count, the most incendiary band in the world, featuring exclusive interviews with some of the greatest punk, metal and hip-hop artists who ever lived, for @3313books.bsky.social: www.bloomsbury.com/us/body-coun...
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My most basic Bob Dylan opinion is that Blood on the Tracks is his best album.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 PM
My most basic Bob Dylan opinion is that Blood on the Tracks is his best album.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
Truly believe not having a comments section is a huge part of what made this site popular in the first place
I do not need a music news site to become a social media platform
A New Era for Pitchfork: Introducing Reader Scores and Commenting
After 30 years, we’re expanding the role readers have in our music criticism and giving you full access to the reviews archive
pitchfork.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Truly believe not having a comments section is a huge part of what made this site popular in the first place
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I like that the best way to describe how Bob Mould’s guitar sounds is to use his album titles. “It’s sort of like… a metal circus? Y’know, how everything falls apart? Right, kind of like black sheets of rain. Or maybe copper blue, or candy apple grey.”
January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I like that the best way to describe how Bob Mould’s guitar sounds is to use his album titles. “It’s sort of like… a metal circus? Y’know, how everything falls apart? Right, kind of like black sheets of rain. Or maybe copper blue, or candy apple grey.”
Happy 80th, Dolly Parton.
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Happy 80th, Dolly Parton.
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Jan. 17, 1926: Newton Minow, the head of the Federal Communications Commission under JFK who made a stir by calling television “a vast wasteland,” is born in Milwaukee. During his tenure he also pressed for the legislation that made satellite television possible.
January 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Jan. 17, 1926: Newton Minow, the head of the Federal Communications Commission under JFK who made a stir by calling television “a vast wasteland,” is born in Milwaukee. During his tenure he also pressed for the legislation that made satellite television possible.
Excited for the Billy Idol documentary/alarmed to see the press release citing his critical acclaim from AARP Magazine
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Excited for the Billy Idol documentary/alarmed to see the press release citing his critical acclaim from AARP Magazine
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spike lee's greatest work isn't Do The Right Thing or When The Levees Broke, it's his casting of Michael Rapaport in Bamboozled to play a character that is exactly who Michael Rapaport actually is, without Michael Rapaport realizing it
whenever I see people making fun of Michael Rapaport, I'm like, please continue, you are doing great
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
spike lee's greatest work isn't Do The Right Thing or When The Levees Broke, it's his casting of Michael Rapaport in Bamboozled to play a character that is exactly who Michael Rapaport actually is, without Michael Rapaport realizing it
Disappointed by everybody who continues to work with Brian Warner.
ROB ZOMBIE & MARILYN MANSON Announce Massive North American Tour metalinjection.net/tour-dates/r...
ROB ZOMBIE & MARILYN MANSON Announce Massive North American Tour - Metal Injection
Shock-rock icons Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson reunite for a 21-date North American tour with The Hu and Orgy this summer.
metalinjection.net
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Disappointed by everybody who continues to work with Brian Warner.
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Now this is journalism.
🤟Good morning! For the @nytimes.com, I profiled Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. In print 1/25. [Gift link]🤟
As Megadeth Counts Down to Extinction, Dave Mustaine Opens Up
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Now this is journalism.
LA is a different beast
January 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
LA is a different beast
Cheers @bandcamp.com
Bandcamp Bans AI-Generated Music, Pledging To Put Human Creativity First metalinjection.net/news/bandcam...
Bandcamp Bans AI-Generated Music, Pledging To Put Human Creativity First - Metal Injection
Bandcamp announces a ban on AI-generated music, saying fans deserve confidence that the music they support is made by humans.
metalinjection.net
January 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Cheers @bandcamp.com
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Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.
Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.
Belatedly seeing that Peter Greene, a staple of my adolescent favorites, has left us. He'll always be one of my favorite NYC celebrity sightings, anyone who grew up in the 90s remembers his villains. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Peter Greene obituary
Actor who gave memorable, sometimes unnerving, performances in films such as Pulp Fiction, The Mask and The Usual Suspects
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Belatedly seeing that Peter Greene, a staple of my adolescent favorites, has left us. He'll always be one of my favorite NYC celebrity sightings, anyone who grew up in the 90s remembers his villains. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
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My family, and the world, lost Will Eddy on December 30. I’ve been keeping the news fairly private since then, but I now I want to tell you a few things about him that you might not know. Here are some thoughts I expressed at his memorial service Sunday.
William "Linus" Eddy, 1985-2025
My family, and the world, lost Will Eddy on December 30.
chuckeddy.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
My family, and the world, lost Will Eddy on December 30. I’ve been keeping the news fairly private since then, but I now I want to tell you a few things about him that you might not know. Here are some thoughts I expressed at his memorial service Sunday.
Howie Klein's memory is a blessing.
I got a nice new Frette robe for Christmas but I probably should have asked for this:
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Howie Klein's memory is a blessing.
Sad to see that Howie Klein, a political and music industry hero as well as one of the best storytellers I've known, has died. He relentlessly fought for important causes and used his stature to help artists and marginalized people. Great punk rock sense of humor, too. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Howie Klein, Top Executive at Sire and Reprise Records, DJ and Political Activist, Dies at 77
Howie Klein, a veteran music executive who was president of Reprise Records, a VP at Sire and co-founder of the 415 label, has died. He was 77.
variety.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Sad to see that Howie Klein, a political and music industry hero as well as one of the best storytellers I've known, has died. He relentlessly fought for important causes and used his stature to help artists and marginalized people. Great punk rock sense of humor, too. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Great book
Roddy Bottum (Faith No More, Imperial Teen) going on book tour for new memoir 'The Royal We' www.brooklynvegan.com/roddy-bottum...
Roddy Bottum (Faith No More, Imperial Teen) going on book tour for new memoir 'The Royal We'
Roddy's book 'The Royal We' is out now.
www.brooklynvegan.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Great book
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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in november i went to see five of the concerts on Patti Smith's tour for Horses' 50th anniversary. i wrote a small book about it and you can order it now! jukeboxgraduate.com/new-book-thr...
new book - three chords and blessed noise: a patti smith tour chronicle
The tl;dr - I wrote a short book about the five shows I saw on Patti Smith's Horses 50th anniversary tour and you can buy it now!
three chords and blessed noise
In November, Patti Smith & her Band w...
jukeboxgraduate.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
in november i went to see five of the concerts on Patti Smith's tour for Horses' 50th anniversary. i wrote a small book about it and you can order it now! jukeboxgraduate.com/new-book-thr...
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Large numbers of people called it before Trump even won the nomination: if elected, he would attempt to rule as a dictator. The prediction was based on who he WAS. Concerned people were called hysterical and derailed into pedantic "debates" about whether he was "really" a fascist or something else.
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Large numbers of people called it before Trump even won the nomination: if elected, he would attempt to rule as a dictator. The prediction was based on who he WAS. Concerned people were called hysterical and derailed into pedantic "debates" about whether he was "really" a fascist or something else.
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something that's true about me is I will always cry at the part in "Desperadoes Under The Eaves" when Zevon harmonizes with the hum of the air-conditioner, even and especially when I'm in public.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
something that's true about me is I will always cry at the part in "Desperadoes Under The Eaves" when Zevon harmonizes with the hum of the air-conditioner, even and especially when I'm in public.
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Fare thee well, Bob Weir. I wasn't always into the Grateful Dead, but Weir and his accomplices pulled me in. A few words about the guy who kept going Furthur in his life and music:
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January 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Fare thee well, Bob Weir. I wasn't always into the Grateful Dead, but Weir and his accomplices pulled me in. A few words about the guy who kept going Furthur in his life and music:
www.facebook.com/share/p/17DS...
www.facebook.com/share/p/17DS...
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Bob Dylan writing about Bob Weir in The Philosophy of Modern Song
January 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Bob Dylan writing about Bob Weir in The Philosophy of Modern Song
Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be there. Thank you, Bob Weir. youtu.be/XKx3W-1XVM4?...
Sugar Magnolia (2013 Remaster)
YouTube video by Grateful Dead - Topic
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January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be there. Thank you, Bob Weir. youtu.be/XKx3W-1XVM4?...