Mark (Musings Of A Broken Record)
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🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 (he/him) Record collector. Art fan. College Graduate. Movie nerd. Gay. Canadian. 90s kid. Writing on Substack as Musings Of A Broken Record. New posts Wednesdays.
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Canadian pop culture junkie who enjoys music and films. Click to read Musings Of A Broken Record, by Mark Edward Randall, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Mike Hurst had a really interesting career.
#2HitTuesdays Fancy was a short-lived English group put together by producer Mike Hurst, who treated Fancy as a studio project. He wanted a sultry, funk-leaning remake of the Chip Taylor-penned “Wild Thing,” but inspired by Jimi Hendrix’s version. It peaked at #14 on the US #Top40. #OneHitWondered
1974 HITS ARCHIVE: Wild Thing - Fancy (stereo 45)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mike Hurst had a really interesting career.
People 9/25/1978
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
People 9/25/1978
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November 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Remembering the extraordinary Freddie Mercury who passed away on this day in 1991. A phenomenal musician and person. RIP Freddie 💖🕊
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Remembering the extraordinary Freddie Mercury who passed away on this day in 1991. A phenomenal musician and person. RIP Freddie 💖🕊
Drop some UNIQUE HAIR 👨🎤🖤👩🎤
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Drop some UNIQUE HAIR 👨🎤🖤👩🎤
There was an annual charity event at the mall tonight where people buy tickets to shop so we were open late.
One of my friends talked me into going record shopping with him after. I caved and got this US Girls album in a clearance wall for $7.
#musicsky
One of my friends talked me into going record shopping with him after. I caved and got this US Girls album in a clearance wall for $7.
#musicsky
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
There was an annual charity event at the mall tonight where people buy tickets to shop so we were open late.
One of my friends talked me into going record shopping with him after. I caved and got this US Girls album in a clearance wall for $7.
#musicsky
One of my friends talked me into going record shopping with him after. I caved and got this US Girls album in a clearance wall for $7.
#musicsky
People 9/25/1978
Shirley looks like she finds these nasty but is trying to remain professional.
Shirley looks like she finds these nasty but is trying to remain professional.
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
People 9/25/1978
Shirley looks like she finds these nasty but is trying to remain professional.
Shirley looks like she finds these nasty but is trying to remain professional.
People 9/25/1978
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
People 9/25/1978
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
I think this stiffing was why they never attempted another ballad.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I think this stiffing was why they never attempted another ballad.
I really wish the app would stop defaulting to the Discover tab.
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I really wish the app would stop defaulting to the Discover tab.
Name a film with an airplane
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Name a film with an airplane
Found this at the rich person grocery store at the mall when I went to go get bananas after work. Been looking for Orangina for ages. Packaging appears to be Hungarian (I think).
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Found this at the rich person grocery store at the mall when I went to go get bananas after work. Been looking for Orangina for ages. Packaging appears to be Hungarian (I think).
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some of y'all have never cried while listening to whoomp there it is and it shows
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
some of y'all have never cried while listening to whoomp there it is and it shows
Overlooked early 80s Dutch rock gem.
#OneHitHistory “Sausalito Summernight” by the Dutch group Diesel peaked at #25 on the US #Billboard #Top40 the week ending November 21, 1981. The single was their only song to appear on the American chart, earning them their US #OneHitWonder honors. #Diesel #SausalitoSummernight #OneHitWondered
1981 HITS ARCHIVE: Sausalito Summernight - Diesel (stereo 45 single version)
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November 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Overlooked early 80s Dutch rock gem.
Great but they should also ban Israel.
Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel voting controversy share.google/NaJUJ6z6KCjF...
Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel voting controversy share.google/NaJUJ6z6KCjF...
Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel voting controversy
There are new rules about government campaigns, as well as the number of votes each fan can cast.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Great but they should also ban Israel.
Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel voting controversy share.google/NaJUJ6z6KCjF...
Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel voting controversy share.google/NaJUJ6z6KCjF...
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Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Music
2. Writing
3. Taking photos
4. Movies
5. Art (Collage, Sculpey, Painting, Mixed Media)
6. Making bracelets
7. Lego
8. The Sims
9. Vintage Barbie/Ken (Though I quit collecting)
10. Fashion (Though I fell off the wagon)
1. Music
2. Writing
3. Taking photos
4. Movies
5. Art (Collage, Sculpey, Painting, Mixed Media)
6. Making bracelets
7. Lego
8. The Sims
9. Vintage Barbie/Ken (Though I quit collecting)
10. Fashion (Though I fell off the wagon)
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Vinyl records
2. Reading
3. The beach
4. New Jersey diners
5. Whales
6. My husband, sons, and friends
7. Walking around NYC or London
8. Travel
9. Watching movies
10. Baseball
1. Vinyl records
2. Reading
3. The beach
4. New Jersey diners
5. Whales
6. My husband, sons, and friends
7. Walking around NYC or London
8. Travel
9. Watching movies
10. Baseball
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Saturn
2. Ska
3. Mozart's operas
4. Bicycles
5. Cheese
6. French New Wave movies
7. Variable stars
8. Eating in restaurants after midnight
9. Mystery novels
10. Boardgames
1. Saturn
2. Ska
3. Mozart's operas
4. Bicycles
5. Cheese
6. French New Wave movies
7. Variable stars
8. Eating in restaurants after midnight
9. Mystery novels
10. Boardgames
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Music
2. Writing
3. Taking photos
4. Movies
5. Art (Collage, Sculpey, Painting, Mixed Media)
6. Making bracelets
7. Lego
8. The Sims
9. Vintage Barbie/Ken (Though I quit collecting)
10. Fashion (Though I fell off the wagon)
1. Music
2. Writing
3. Taking photos
4. Movies
5. Art (Collage, Sculpey, Painting, Mixed Media)
6. Making bracelets
7. Lego
8. The Sims
9. Vintage Barbie/Ken (Though I quit collecting)
10. Fashion (Though I fell off the wagon)
Four Christmas movies to know me by.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Four Christmas movies to know me by.
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Marc Bolan, bless him, in 1976, having his picture taken with the BBC staff working at a reception for Top Of The Pops.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Marc Bolan, bless him, in 1976, having his picture taken with the BBC staff working at a reception for Top Of The Pops.
Forgot to post this earlier today.
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You Should Know About: Melissa Manchester
Dan Pal of PalCinema joins me for a look at an over fifty year musical career
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November 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Forgot to post this earlier today.
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I had this online recently and wound up just blocking the dude.
It was super weird and flaky.
It was super weird and flaky.
grown ass gay men who don’t know how to balance friendships and their relationship, on the next Tyra
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I had this online recently and wound up just blocking the dude.
It was super weird and flaky.
It was super weird and flaky.
TIL Harold Faltermeyer worked with the Pet Shop Boys.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
TIL Harold Faltermeyer worked with the Pet Shop Boys.
Katy Perry having a #74 chart debut in Canada backs up my theory she's trying to become Canadian in order to qualify as Can Con as a last ditch effort to save her pop career.
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Katy Perry having a #74 chart debut in Canada backs up my theory she's trying to become Canadian in order to qualify as Can Con as a last ditch effort to save her pop career.
I get John Cale/Charli not charting but how the Hell did Robyn not even make the international charts? Every single gay on the internet has been posting about "Dopamine" for a week.
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I get John Cale/Charli not charting but how the Hell did Robyn not even make the international charts? Every single gay on the internet has been posting about "Dopamine" for a week.