Ben Hocko
@benhocko.bsky.social
I think we should just put females in charge of everything.
February 8, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I think we should just put females in charge of everything.
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
At the end of it all music, as it always has, will be proven to have the correct read on current political goings on.
Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 AM
At the end of it all music, as it always has, will be proven to have the correct read on current political goings on.
It’s 2026 here in Oz now. So here’s to new beginnings. Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous new year.
December 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s 2026 here in Oz now. So here’s to new beginnings. Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous new year.
I’m a man of simple tastes: Britney in the Oops song. Back when pop ruled. This video had me glued to Rage every Saturday morning. Rage of course being the Australian music video show which is the longest running program of its type in the world.
December 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m a man of simple tastes: Britney in the Oops song. Back when pop ruled. This video had me glued to Rage every Saturday morning. Rage of course being the Australian music video show which is the longest running program of its type in the world.
Countless happy moments of my life are comprised of fleeting chance human interactions or “lost in my thoughts” occasions; the locked gaze, the head nod, the knowing smile. I despair at how these moments are being robbed by mobile tech and people’s general inability to put away their phone.
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Countless happy moments of my life are comprised of fleeting chance human interactions or “lost in my thoughts” occasions; the locked gaze, the head nod, the knowing smile. I despair at how these moments are being robbed by mobile tech and people’s general inability to put away their phone.
Speaking of song downloads, I am now at 64 for the year, plus one album. If you go by the rules that one single download equals 150 streams and one album download equals 1250 streams, then for about $150 I’ve streamed nearly 9900 songs since about June. And my playlist is 💋. Fuck streaming.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Speaking of song downloads, I am now at 64 for the year, plus one album. If you go by the rules that one single download equals 150 streams and one album download equals 1250 streams, then for about $150 I’ve streamed nearly 9900 songs since about June. And my playlist is 💋. Fuck streaming.
I never realised how hard the Psychdelic Furs’ Love My Way hits. Instant download.
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I never realised how hard the Psychdelic Furs’ Love My Way hits. Instant download.
These are what I’ll be driving in my next job 😍
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
These are what I’ll be driving in my next job 😍
I’ve got until tomorrow to decide to accept this new job offer. One click to decide to stay on a comfortable trajectory, or to choose a change that will improve our life immensely, albeit a change that will be slightly less family-friendly. The gravity.
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I’ve got until tomorrow to decide to accept this new job offer. One click to decide to stay on a comfortable trajectory, or to choose a change that will improve our life immensely, albeit a change that will be slightly less family-friendly. The gravity.
Wired headphone user here. So I couldn’t agree more with this post.
Headphone to charge port adapters are just proof that plenty of people still used wired headphones so WHY DONT THEY JUST BRING THE FUCKING HEADPHONE JACKS BACK
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Wired headphone user here. So I couldn’t agree more with this post.
Fascinating.
A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
www.nature.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Fascinating.
Shirley last night ❤️ it only took me 30 years but I finally got to see @garbage.com live, and they still put on an epic show!
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Shirley last night ❤️ it only took me 30 years but I finally got to see @garbage.com live, and they still put on an epic show!
I guess I’m dying on the “no beach balls at outdoor music festivals” hill.
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I guess I’m dying on the “no beach balls at outdoor music festivals” hill.
Can’t wait to show that I didn’t stream anything on Spotify this year. Again. Just like I didn’t on any other platform.
Spotify’s annual end-of-year summaries faced criticism last year after including underwhelming features, like one that called some users a “pink pilates princess” for listening to pop music.
Spotify Wrapped Could Drop This Week—As Fan Pressure Mounts After Panned 2024 Edition
Spotify’s annual end-of-year summaries faced criticism last year after including underwhelming features, like one that called some users a “pink pilates princess” for listening to pop music.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Can’t wait to show that I didn’t stream anything on Spotify this year. Again. Just like I didn’t on any other platform.
Just listening to this song got me pregnant.
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just listening to this song got me pregnant.
Tool playing Stinkfist to end their second Adelaide show last night. We loved their first show so much we went back for night two!
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Tool playing Stinkfist to end their second Adelaide show last night. We loved their first show so much we went back for night two!
Even if they aren’t your jam (like me), @toolmusic.bsky.social are spectacular to watch - one of those rare bands that are even better live. And they’re meant to be watched live - a modern-day Pink Floyd, the show an audio-visual journey. Last night their’s was the most rock concert I’ve been to.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Even if they aren’t your jam (like me), @toolmusic.bsky.social are spectacular to watch - one of those rare bands that are even better live. And they’re meant to be watched live - a modern-day Pink Floyd, the show an audio-visual journey. Last night their’s was the most rock concert I’ve been to.
I’m meant to be listening to Tool as wifey sent me a possible set list for their show that we’re going to on Friday. But so far it’s been a Junior Walker kind of week. Sorry, Maynard.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I’m meant to be listening to Tool as wifey sent me a possible set list for their show that we’re going to on Friday. But so far it’s been a Junior Walker kind of week. Sorry, Maynard.
The monologue from his apartment as Mickey walked down the stairs, probably my favourite group of lines of all time.
The 🇺🇸 American sports drama "ROCKY" directed by John G. Avildsen, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith premiered #OnThisDay in 1976 at the Paramount Theatre in New York City
🎬 United Artists 🥊
🎬 United Artists 🥊
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The monologue from his apartment as Mickey walked down the stairs, probably my favourite group of lines of all time.
Just bought the VIP package for the Adelaide leg of the @garbage.com Australian tour eek! This will be a life highlight for me ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just bought the VIP package for the Adelaide leg of the @garbage.com Australian tour eek! This will be a life highlight for me ❤️
I can’t take “Black Friday” sales seriously when it’s not actually a Black Friday, in the same way I can’t take “hoverboards” seriously when they don’t actually hover.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I can’t take “Black Friday” sales seriously when it’s not actually a Black Friday, in the same way I can’t take “hoverboards” seriously when they don’t actually hover.
I’m still not sure that I’ll ever adequately be able to explain to our kids - at any age - that when we all used to use landlines that if one of the talkers hung up and the other didn’t, the person who hung up wouldn’t be able to use their phone again until the other hung up at their end.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m still not sure that I’ll ever adequately be able to explain to our kids - at any age - that when we all used to use landlines that if one of the talkers hung up and the other didn’t, the person who hung up wouldn’t be able to use their phone again until the other hung up at their end.
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Tom Waits is a legend.
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tom Waits is a legend.
The eldest wanted to watch a movie on tv, which of course was only available through one of the platforms. But to sign up was so convoluted it didn’t end up happening. All it did was remind me to go out this week and buy the dvd player/tv converter. Fuck subscriptions.
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The eldest wanted to watch a movie on tv, which of course was only available through one of the platforms. But to sign up was so convoluted it didn’t end up happening. All it did was remind me to go out this week and buy the dvd player/tv converter. Fuck subscriptions.