Mark Blankenship
@markblankenship.bsky.social
Bylines and other work at markgblankenship.com. If you lived inside my mind, you'd be home by now.
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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...?
A couple of times in the last week, I've seen a suggestion that "Chicago" was somehow a poor choice for Best Picture, and I cannot let this madness stand. The entire internet is grounded.
July 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A couple of times in the last week, I've seen a suggestion that "Chicago" was somehow a poor choice for Best Picture, and I cannot let this madness stand. The entire internet is grounded.
This song ISN'T by Donna Lewis, and I wrote about why. lostsongs.substack.com/p/mouth-merr...
"Mouth," Merril Bainbridge (1996)
A future fashion mogul's one big hit.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This song ISN'T by Donna Lewis, and I wrote about why. lostsongs.substack.com/p/mouth-merr...
Let's talk about the surprisingly large number of European dance tracks that goof on the idea of American cowboys and such. lostsongs.substack.com/p/i-wanna-be...
"I Wanna Be a Cowboy," Boys Don't Cry (1986)
A song so stupid it touches the sublime
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July 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Let's talk about the surprisingly large number of European dance tracks that goof on the idea of American cowboys and such. lostsongs.substack.com/p/i-wanna-be...
A print-only newspaper! We just published Issue 7 of Modern Vintage News (modernvintagenews.com), where I'm proud to be Senior Editor. Join us for 40 pages of original reporting and essays about appreciating what we already have and rediscovering the supposedly familiar world around us.
July 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A print-only newspaper! We just published Issue 7 of Modern Vintage News (modernvintagenews.com), where I'm proud to be Senior Editor. Join us for 40 pages of original reporting and essays about appreciating what we already have and rediscovering the supposedly familiar world around us.
This is the godmother of pretty songs that became creepy because of a horror movie. lostsongs.substack.com/p/hush-hush-...
"Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte," Patti Page (1965)
It's pretty... and pretty terrifying
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July 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is the godmother of pretty songs that became creepy because of a horror movie. lostsongs.substack.com/p/hush-hush-...
Unsung heroes: The people who communicate clearly with freelancers about payment and help them get their money promptly.
June 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Unsung heroes: The people who communicate clearly with freelancers about payment and help them get their money promptly.
Here's proof that Aerosmith wasn't the first act to sing about romance in a stuck elevator. lostsongs.substack.com/p/heaven-on-...
"Heaven on the 7th Floor," Paul Nicholas (1977)
A spiritual prequel to an Aerosmith classic
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June 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here's proof that Aerosmith wasn't the first act to sing about romance in a stuck elevator. lostsongs.substack.com/p/heaven-on-...
This is a fantastic performance of my favorite song from DEAD OUTLAW, which is my favorite new musical of this Broadway season. It's from the POV of a frontier woman whose boyfriend was killed while robbing a train. youtu.be/vpdVOQJBeYQ?...
Julia Knitel Performs "A Stranger" From "Dead Outlaw"
YouTube video by Playbill
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June 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is a fantastic performance of my favorite song from DEAD OUTLAW, which is my favorite new musical of this Broadway season. It's from the POV of a frontier woman whose boyfriend was killed while robbing a train. youtu.be/vpdVOQJBeYQ?...
Warning: If you read this essay, then the chorus of this song WILL be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. lostsongs.substack.com/p/i-do-toya-...
"I Do!!", Toya (2001)
A silky groove from a one-hit wonder
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June 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Warning: If you read this essay, then the chorus of this song WILL be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. lostsongs.substack.com/p/i-do-toya-...
In Nashville, fruit tea inspires legends, secrets, and scandals. I'm covering all the juicy beverage stories over at The Food Section. thefoodsection.com/fruit-tea-go...
Fruit tea gone wild - The Food Section
Shocking tales of Nashville’s signature drink
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May 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In Nashville, fruit tea inspires legends, secrets, and scandals. I'm covering all the juicy beverage stories over at The Food Section. thefoodsection.com/fruit-tea-go...
I wrote about this song because it helped in invent a genre. Back in 1994, I just knew it had a sweet groove. lostsongs.substack.com/p/dream-on-d...
"Dream On Dreamer," The Brand New Heavies (1994)
A hit from the folks that invented acid jazz
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May 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I wrote about this song because it helped in invent a genre. Back in 1994, I just knew it had a sweet groove. lostsongs.substack.com/p/dream-on-d...
Did you know a Maggie Smith movie inspired a massive hit ballad that references sheep in a meadow? Here's the scoop! lostsongs.substack.com/p/jean-olive...
"Jean," Oliver (1969)
The only hit inspired by Maggie Smith
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May 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Did you know a Maggie Smith movie inspired a massive hit ballad that references sheep in a meadow? Here's the scoop! lostsongs.substack.com/p/jean-olive...