Mark Blankenship
@markblankenship.bsky.social
Bylines and other work at markgblankenship.com. If you lived inside my mind, you'd be home by now.
Here's a thread of deep cut Oscar trivia about today's nominations...
January 22, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Here's a thread of deep cut Oscar trivia about today's nominations...
When you’re playing NYT Spelling Bee and you know the word is spelled “facsimile,” but you try “facimile” juuuust in case.
January 16, 2026 at 1:29 PM
When you’re playing NYT Spelling Bee and you know the word is spelled “facsimile,” but you try “facimile” juuuust in case.
The view from my TV: @sarahdbunting.bsky.social delivering wit and wisdom on ABC’s new doc series DIRTY TALK
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The view from my TV: @sarahdbunting.bsky.social delivering wit and wisdom on ABC’s new doc series DIRTY TALK
I miss her, too! She's welcome to visit any time.
Sandy McTire is already missing her new best buddy @markblankenship.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I miss her, too! She's welcome to visit any time.
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Yesterday she barked at @markblankenship.bsky.social for an hour and a half. Today, she is in love with
January 11, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Yesterday she barked at @markblankenship.bsky.social for an hour and a half. Today, she is in love with
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January 10, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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You’re playing Zero. “A Shakespearean Tragedy” comes up. You’re sitting with this guy
January 10, 2026 at 3:20 AM
You’re playing Zero. “A Shakespearean Tragedy” comes up. You’re sitting with this guy
The countdown concludes! Here are my top 10 songs of the year, featuring at least one track that made me laugh out loud. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-40-...
My Top 40 Songs of 2025: #10-1
The best (of the best) songs of the year!
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January 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The countdown concludes! Here are my top 10 songs of the year, featuring at least one track that made me laugh out loud. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-40-...
As is my custom, I am counting down my top 40 songs of the year. Here's the first batch of songs, including punk, country, and new music from the lead singer of Fun. lostsongs.substack.com/p/top-40-son...
My Top 40 Songs of 2025: #40-26
It's the year's dopest tunes!
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December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As is my custom, I am counting down my top 40 songs of the year. Here's the first batch of songs, including punk, country, and new music from the lead singer of Fun. lostsongs.substack.com/p/top-40-son...
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I write sparse, brutal tales about life on ALF’s home planet under the pen name Melmac McCarthy
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I write sparse, brutal tales about life on ALF’s home planet under the pen name Melmac McCarthy
At long last, @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I are able to investigate Madonna's music.
In the topsy-turvy hellscape of 2025, you can count on one thing: @markblankenship.bsky.social and I can't, and won't, run out of things to say about Madonna. Today, Part 1 of our definitive (that's right!) ranking of her studio albums. Ask not "Where's The Party," y'all: bleav.com/shows/mark-a...
Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs: Madonna’s Studio Albums, Ranked Episode 1 (1983-1994)
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December 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
At long last, @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I are able to investigate Madonna's music.
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If you think you have a nightmare ex, these woman may have you beat! This week on @crimeseenpod.bsky.social we watched “Don’t Date Brandon” with guest @markblankenship.bsky.social go check it out now! #TrueCrime #TrueCrimepodcast #DontDateBrandon
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Don't Date Brandon | Crime Seen episode 174
Crime Seen is the true crime review podcast that gets to the heart of how true crime stories are told. Join Mari Forth @maritalks2much.bsky.social and Sarah...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you think you have a nightmare ex, these woman may have you beat! This week on @crimeseenpod.bsky.social we watched “Don’t Date Brandon” with guest @markblankenship.bsky.social go check it out now! #TrueCrime #TrueCrimepodcast #DontDateBrandon
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There goes @markblankenship.bsky.social bringing me joy with his newsletter again. You need to subscribe to The Lost Songs Project: lostsongs.substack.com
The Lost Songs Project | Mark Blankenship | Substack
This is a music newsletter that rediscovers forgotten hit songs. What made the tunes popular back then? Why are they still awesome now? We're gonna find out. Click to read The Lost Songs Project, by M...
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October 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There goes @markblankenship.bsky.social bringing me joy with his newsletter again. You need to subscribe to The Lost Songs Project: lostsongs.substack.com
I am counting down my top 100 90s songs, because obviously it needs to be done. The first batch of songs includes Paula, Phil, Heavy, and Jade. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-100...
My Top 100 90s Songs: #100-81
We begin our journey through the decade's best music
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September 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am counting down my top 100 90s songs, because obviously it needs to be done. The first batch of songs includes Paula, Phil, Heavy, and Jade. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-100...
William Joel has engrossed us again! @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I team up with our good pal Dan Rogge to rank the songs on Billy Joel's album THE STRANGER. bleav.com/shows/mark-a...
Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs: Billy Joel’s “The Stranger,” Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)
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September 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
William Joel has engrossed us again! @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I team up with our good pal Dan Rogge to rank the songs on Billy Joel's album THE STRANGER. bleav.com/shows/mark-a...
Turns out I can still recite this entire monologue. youtu.be/7jQ0SbWYdgQ?...
Waiting For Guffman Libby Audition
YouTube video by Vaughan Slinn
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September 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Turns out I can still recite this entire monologue. youtu.be/7jQ0SbWYdgQ?...
At various points in my life, I had both of these phones, so you know my conversations were COOL.
September 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
At various points in my life, I had both of these phones, so you know my conversations were COOL.
Print media alert! I was fortunate to write the companion book for the vinyl cast album of the GYPSY revival. Available now!
August 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Print media alert! I was fortunate to write the companion book for the vinyl cast album of the GYPSY revival. Available now!
I wrote about why this is the most exciting song of 2025: lostsongs.substack.com/p/the-subway...
"The Subway," Chappell Roan (2025)
Thoughts on 2025's most exciting song
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August 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I wrote about why this is the most exciting song of 2025: lostsongs.substack.com/p/the-subway...
Throughout my life, I've had such a complex relationship with mayonnaise. Currently, it's a love affair, but I've been through this cycle enough times to know it could end at any second.
August 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Throughout my life, I've had such a complex relationship with mayonnaise. Currently, it's a love affair, but I've been through this cycle enough times to know it could end at any second.
I just saw Final Destination: Bloodlines. My favorite thing is how the film is supposedly set in America, but half the cast sounds more Canadian than the cashier at Ottawa's second-largest Tim Horton's.
August 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I just saw Final Destination: Bloodlines. My favorite thing is how the film is supposedly set in America, but half the cast sounds more Canadian than the cashier at Ottawa's second-largest Tim Horton's.
Hi. Hello. I will never stop writing text messages in complete sentences with punctuation. Thank you for loving me as I am.
July 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hi. Hello. I will never stop writing text messages in complete sentences with punctuation. Thank you for loving me as I am.
I am delighted to be back on Extra Hot Great, especially for an episode that involves so much music.
It's #EHG 573 with @markblankenship.bsky.social! #Hitmakers, #TheChallenge41, #HappyGilmore2, #MillionDollarSecret, a #Buffy Canon pitch, and more! Out on all podcast platforms now! extrahotgreat.com/eh...
July 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I am delighted to be back on Extra Hot Great, especially for an episode that involves so much music.
Remembering that brief period when Dutch pop acts stormed the US charts with songs that sounded like they came from a German beerhall. lostsongs.substack.com/p/how-do-you...?
"How Do You Do," Mouth and Macneal (1972)
A trippy Dutch song with a hint of the German bierhall
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July 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Remembering that brief period when Dutch pop acts stormed the US charts with songs that sounded like they came from a German beerhall. lostsongs.substack.com/p/how-do-you...?