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Mailman Kel

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Lorain/Cleveland Ohio, Proud Union Worker, NALC, 1 wife, 2 dogs, and 2200 records. 🇮🇪 🇵🇷 #IrishRican 🇺🇸
#Fuckmaga #vinyl #vinylcommunity #MusicAlmanac #hiphop #HipHopsky #fdt

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Mailman Kel @lekdrol.bsky.social · Jul 5

The long awaited #RecordRoom video. More #vinyl #cds #books #NinjaTurtles #funkopops etc. When this video hits 200 likes, I'll make a new one.
#VinylCommunity #VinylCollection #MusicSky #HunterTheBeagle #BrutusThePuggle #Fishbone #BeastieBoys #AliceInChains #BobJames #LikeThisVideo #Fucktrump

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

ReIntroduce yourself with:

One Book 📚
One Movie 🎥
One Album 💿
One TV Show 📺

"Illusions: the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" by Richard Bach

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back

January 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

#fyi
youtube.com/shorts/cYRoV...
@pearlmania500.bsky.social #fdt

America has invaded Venezuela and isn’t leaving per President Trump

YouTube video by Pearlmania500

youtube.com

January 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM

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Keith Boykin

@keithboykin.bsky.social

Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela proves it was never about drugs or democracy. It was always about regime change, oil, money, and power.

January 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

marco rubio says cuba is run by "incompetent, senile men" WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF AN INCOMPETENT, SENILE MAN

January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

Today's #vinyl selection: #TheBeatles #YellowSubmarine
Today would have been the 100th birthday of #GeorgeMartin, the true 5th #Beatle.
#HeyBulldog #OnlyANorthernSong #Pepperland #SeaOfTime #BeatlesVinyl #Vinylsky #NowSpinning #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #NEOVC #RecordSky #SkyMusic #MusicAlmanac

January 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM

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LegalEagle

@legaleagle.tv

Always the bridesmaid and never the bride of having your president kidnapped and renditioned to stand trial in another country…

January 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

Tonight's #vinyl selection: #TheBangles #DifferentLight
40 years ago today, the #Bangles released their 2nd album. There is lots of conflicting info on the correct release date. 🤷
#ManicMonday #WalkingDownYourStreet #WalkLikeAnEgyptian #Vinylsky #NowSpinning #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #MusicAlmanac

January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

Today's #vinyl selection: #SisterNancy #OneTwo
Happy 64th birthday to Ophlin Russell aka Sister Nancy!
#BamBam #OnlyWomanDJWithDegree #AintNoStoppingNancy #reggae #ReggaeVinyl #Dancehall #Vinylsky #NowSpinning #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #NEOVC #RecordSky #SkyMusic #MusicAlmanac

January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

#BestOf2025 #Top10Albums
10 #DeLa #CabinInTheSky
9 #KingPrincess #GirlViolence
8 Clipse #LetGodSortEmOut
7 #Shad #StartAnew
6 #BlessingOffor Real
5 #Laufey #AMatterOfTime
4 #Stereolab #InstantHolograms
3: #TheBeths #StraightLineWasALie
2: #Fishbone #StockholmSyndrome
1: #LittleSimz Lotus
#KelsFaves

January 2, 2026 at 3:16 AM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

#BestOf2025 #FavoriteArchivalAlbums
1: #TheCranberries #MTVUnplugged
2: #TheBeatles #TheAnthologyCollection
3: #TheRoots #ComeAliveToo
4: #BobDylan #ThroughTheOpenWindow
5: #CypressHill #LiveAtTheRoyalAlbertHall
#music #vinylcommunity #KelsFaves

My top 5 favorite live and archival albums of 2025.
1: the Cranberries - MTV Unplugged
2: the Beatles - The Anthology Collection
3: The Roots Come Alive Too
4: Bob Dylan - The Bootleg series Vol. 18 1956 - 1963: Through the Open Window
5: Cypress Hill & the London Symphony Orchestra - Black Sunday Live At The Royal Albert Hall

January 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM

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Veterans Against Trump

@vetsat.bsky.social

"Those men who know who they are, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were reaching out to Trump and saying, 'You gotta stop this.' And who knows what else they know besides their own activity. They might know of other men's activity."

See? They could be bribing Trump to have their names redacted.

MAGA donors may be pressuring Trump to bury their names out of Epstein files: reporter

A prominent reporter in the Jeffrey Epstein case floated a startling possibility on Tuesday that powerful donors could be leaning on President Donald Trump to quash any damning information from being ...

www.rawstory.com

December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

#BestOf2025 #FavoriteBooks
1: #SeparationOfChurchAndHate by #JohnFugelsang, essential reading for anybody that can read.

2: #NobodysGirl by #VirginiaRobertsGiuffre, no notes.

3: #AmericaAmérica by #GregGrandin, will be the standard for latin-amercan history. #HowardZinn vibes.

#Booksky #KelsFaves

1: "Separation of Church and Hate" by John Fugelsang
2: "Nobody's Girl" by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
3: "America, América" by Greg Grandin

January 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

Posting my #BestOf2025 stuff today.
#FavoriteConcerts
1: #Ozomatli, I hadn't seen them in 15 years and they still got it!
2: #Stereolab, I never thought I'd get to see them. Excellent show in Cleveland's newest venue.
3: #TheIsleyBrothers, a perfect setlist, Ernie sounds as good as ever!
#KelsFaves

My favorite concerts of 2025:

1: Ozomatli - Kent Stage, Kent, OH. August 20th 2025

2: Stereolab - Globe Iron, Cleveland, OH. October 8th 2025

3: The Isley Brothers - Cain Park, Cleveland Heights, OH. August 2nd 2025

January 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM

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Andy Solages

@sological.bsky.social

Bòn Ane! Bòn Fèt Endepandans, Ayiti! Here's my updated annual Independence Day post to honor revolutionary Haitian Ancestors and their contributions. www.andysolages.com/blog/2026/1/...

Onè e Respè, Zansèt yo — Andy J. Solages

Jodi a pou Zansèt yo. The Avengers of the New World.

www.andysolages.com

January 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

This is what I rock out to while I'm working. 💪 🎶
#VanessaCarlton #MichelleBranch #TheRoots #JonSecada #BlessingOffor
My next 5 are:
#Nas #TheBeths #FrankZappa #DuaLipa #LittleSimz 🤔

#Tidal #Streaming #music

January 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

Today's #vinyl selection: #JamesBrownsFunkyPeople Vol.1
40 years ago today, #JamesBrown released his 1st #FunkyPeople compilation. #HipHop artists started sampling the songs instantly.
#LynCollin #ThinkAboutIt #TheJBs #PassThePeas #GimmeSomeMore #Vinylsky #NowSpinning #VinylCommunity #MusicAlmanac

January 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

#MerryNewYear!

January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

The power has been out since before I got home. And I just received word that it should come on about 11:30. The dogs are pissed.
#HappyNewYear #PowerOutage

We may be spending New Year's in the dark

January 1, 2026 at 2:19 AM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

So a guy on my route this morning was warming up his car in his garage when somebody, high on drugs, stole it and drove it into the lake. That's a way to end 2025. 🎉
#usps #LorainOhio #HappyNewYear

December 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

Today's #vinyl selection: #JimiHendrix #BandOfGypsys
55 years ago today, Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsys brought in the new year with four shows at the Fillmore East.
#MachineGun #WhoKnows #Changes #JimiHendrixVinyl #Vinylsky #NowSpinning #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #NEOVC #SkyMusic #MusicAlmanac

December 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM

Mailman Kel

@lekdrol.bsky.social

Yes indeed! Shouldn't have changed in the first place, they had power, they should have been fighting this BS all along.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/12...
#Cleveland #fdt