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One of THOSE people
Love stats and being mercurial
“Shit human” for my taste in REM albums
Snotty commentary at https://thebestthing.blog
One of THOSE people
Love stats and being mercurial
“Shit human” for my taste in REM albums
Snotty commentary at https://thebestthing.blog
My record store just sent a mailer out with the top 25 best selling albums of the year at their store and AIC’s Facelift, Dirt, AND Jar of Flies were all on it, which was excellent news
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My record store just sent a mailer out with the top 25 best selling albums of the year at their store and AIC’s Facelift, Dirt, AND Jar of Flies were all on it, which was excellent news
From wha I can tell, the music at this orthodontist office is exclusively Shaboozey “A Bar Song” and all its remixes
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
From wha I can tell, the music at this orthodontist office is exclusively Shaboozey “A Bar Song” and all its remixes
When I was a tween, my local newspaper had a phone line you could call and hear the Billboard charts and I would call every week for the former and got so sick of hearing this was #1
Eventually, I fell in love with it, sprained my ankle karaoking “Remedy” at a bowling alley, every song is great
Eventually, I fell in love with it, sprained my ankle karaoking “Remedy” at a bowling alley, every song is great
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December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When I was a tween, my local newspaper had a phone line you could call and hear the Billboard charts and I would call every week for the former and got so sick of hearing this was #1
Eventually, I fell in love with it, sprained my ankle karaoking “Remedy” at a bowling alley, every song is great
Eventually, I fell in love with it, sprained my ankle karaoking “Remedy” at a bowling alley, every song is great
Kesha is our greatest pop star of the past 20 years
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Kesha is our greatest pop star of the past 20 years
Look what happens with no @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social mandated listening
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Look what happens with no @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social mandated listening
The conversation usually stops there
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The conversation usually stops there
like I can’t understand why someone I know likes it so much.”
Complete this statement: "When I listen to Primal Scream's 'Screamadelica' (1991), I feel __________." | Rediscover the album here: album.ink/Screamadelica
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
like I can’t understand why someone I know likes it so much.”
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Kirsty is going to be exhibited alongside Durer, Manet, Picasso and Dali.
Un-fucking-believable!
Weird things happen when you put yourself out there.
If you fancy supporting a working class artist, have a look at our website and check out her work.
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Un-fucking-believable!
Weird things happen when you put yourself out there.
If you fancy supporting a working class artist, have a look at our website and check out her work.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Kirsty is going to be exhibited alongside Durer, Manet, Picasso and Dali.
Un-fucking-believable!
Weird things happen when you put yourself out there.
If you fancy supporting a working class artist, have a look at our website and check out her work.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products
Un-fucking-believable!
Weird things happen when you put yourself out there.
If you fancy supporting a working class artist, have a look at our website and check out her work.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products
Looking forward to doing it again next week
Thrilled to piss everyone off by winning again
November 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Looking forward to doing it again next week
Thrilled to piss everyone off by winning again
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thrilled to piss everyone off by winning again
Why are these networks entertaining the likes of Dave Portnoy and Pat McAfee?
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Why are these networks entertaining the likes of Dave Portnoy and Pat McAfee?
On occasion of his birthday, I am listening to Hendrix and reminded how, as a Classic Rock kid reaching drinking age, disappointed I was in this beer
Of course, not paying attention at the time that it was a “raspberry wheat beer,” I’d know better now
Of course, not paying attention at the time that it was a “raspberry wheat beer,” I’d know better now
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On occasion of his birthday, I am listening to Hendrix and reminded how, as a Classic Rock kid reaching drinking age, disappointed I was in this beer
Of course, not paying attention at the time that it was a “raspberry wheat beer,” I’d know better now
Of course, not paying attention at the time that it was a “raspberry wheat beer,” I’d know better now
Was listening to the Best Album of 2001 earlier
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Was listening to the Best Album of 2001 earlier
Half a boring album vs a whole boring album. So I voted Pixies
The Best Album of 1989 Round 7 Match #128 - THE FINAL MATCH TO DETERMINE THE BEST ALBUM OF 1989
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
forms.gle/WZbDEMmYBZda...
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
forms.gle/WZbDEMmYBZda...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 7 Match #128 - The Final Match: Pixies vs. De La Soul
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Wednesday, November 25th, 10am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will be declared The Best Album of 1989. The losing album will be named The Se...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Half a boring album vs a whole boring album. So I voted Pixies
Picking them to lose to NIN finally did not injure me in this case!
So: there’s a clickbox when setting up the tournaments on Challonge for adding a third place match. I have somehow neglected this, I think, several times in a row, despite knowing I need to do it. I apologize to everyone for whom a 3rd place Cure showing would’ve helped them.
Also, is it just me or is the third place match not showing up in Challonge? Or am I just not seeing it? Wouldn't predicting DISINTEGRATION to win third place account for the total score?
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Picking them to lose to NIN finally did not injure me in this case!
Bummer it wasn’t by more
DISINTEGRATION defeats PAUL’S BOUTIQUE, 156-133-2.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Bummer it wasn’t by more
Pretty nice - and correct - little ass kicking here by The Cure
The Best Album of 1989 Round 7 Match #127 - THIRD PLACE MATCH
#2 Beastie Boys, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/kpMhU5vPExph...
#2 Beastie Boys, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/kpMhU5vPExph...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 7 (Third Place Match) Match #127: Beastie Boys vs. The Cure
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Tuesday, November 25th, 10am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will be declared the Third Best Album of 1989, while the losing album will be na...
forms.gle
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Pretty nice - and correct - little ass kicking here by The Cure
Told you all I wasn’t crazy for keeping and buying CDs
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Told you all I wasn’t crazy for keeping and buying CDs
A vote so bad it prompted the creation of a log file, how to really listen, an alternate 90s music reality, what a pop hook is, youth bowling, hometown pride, a mortifying wedding reception, cocaine bathrooms, mall music, masturbating Tarzan, and bedroom voyeurs
This is RANGE
This is RANGE
it is the PENULTIMATE match of @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social ‘89! It took us almost six months to get here! we have compiled a list of our favorite posts from this tournament, AND I drew (poorly) every Venn diagram that we mentioned during the tournament
Best Album of 1989: Third-Place Clips Show
N: We have arrived at the PENULTIMATE match of Best Album of 1989: the third place battle between the Cure and whoever loses today’s match. Since we won’t know who won the second semifinal prior to…
thebestthing.blog
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A vote so bad it prompted the creation of a log file, how to really listen, an alternate 90s music reality, what a pop hook is, youth bowling, hometown pride, a mortifying wedding reception, cocaine bathrooms, mall music, masturbating Tarzan, and bedroom voyeurs
This is RANGE
This is RANGE
My personal #13 album vs #55. Awesome!
TOMORROW! Witness the battle of champions as #3 seed, De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING takes on #1 seed, Pixies, DOOLITTLE to determine once and for all The Best Album of 1989! Vote here when the match begins at 11am CST!
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My personal #13 album vs #55. Awesome!
How this ends won’t affect this really. I went through and ranked every album by performance:
Top overachievers:
The DOC
Screaming Trees
Michael Penn
EPMD
3rd Bass
Wire
Worst underachievers:
Throwing Muses
Elvis Costello
10,000 Maniacs
Lyle Lovett
The Sugarcubes
Laurie Anderson
Top overachievers:
The DOC
Screaming Trees
Michael Penn
EPMD
3rd Bass
Wire
Worst underachievers:
Throwing Muses
Elvis Costello
10,000 Maniacs
Lyle Lovett
The Sugarcubes
Laurie Anderson
greetings @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social friends! we are almost at the end of the 1989 tournament and I am writing to you from my new home on I Am Not Being a Contrarian Asshole Island regarding the Beastie Boys and De La Soul! also I cave to peer pressure and deliver a list of my top albums of 1989
Best Album of 1989 (Semifinal): (2) Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique vs. (3) De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
Previous posts: R1: Beastie Boys, in which Jon gets kicked out of a bar and Nanette eats birthday cake R2: Beastie Boys, in which Jon denies Bob Dylan a second time (but ended up not really) and Na…
thebestthing.blog
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
How this ends won’t affect this really. I went through and ranked every album by performance:
Top overachievers:
The DOC
Screaming Trees
Michael Penn
EPMD
3rd Bass
Wire
Worst underachievers:
Throwing Muses
Elvis Costello
10,000 Maniacs
Lyle Lovett
The Sugarcubes
Laurie Anderson
Top overachievers:
The DOC
Screaming Trees
Michael Penn
EPMD
3rd Bass
Wire
Worst underachievers:
Throwing Muses
Elvis Costello
10,000 Maniacs
Lyle Lovett
The Sugarcubes
Laurie Anderson
Beastie fans going to get a rude awakening today
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semifinal) Match #126
#2 Beastie Boys, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE
vs.
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
forms.gle/bizatxQh3TFe...
#2 Beastie Boys, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE
vs.
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
forms.gle/bizatxQh3TFe...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semi-Final) Match #126: Beastie Boys vs. De La Soul
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Monday, November 24th, 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto the finals to determine the Best Album of 1989. If you haven’t hear...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Beastie fans going to get a rude awakening today
Mine was seeing “Friday I’m In Love” on MTV then I got Staring at the Sea on CD and my favorite tracks were “Let’s Go To Bed,” “Jumping Someone Else’s Train,” and “In Between Days”
my intro to the cure? 14 year old me making out with my 17 year old boyfriend while the top played
yes, the top was my intro to the cure
yes, the top was my intro to the cure
My intro to the Cure was Standing on a Beach. Most radio didn't play then early, you really had to find them, but a soon as you heard the opening track Killing an Arab, you knew this was something different and special.
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Mine was seeing “Friday I’m In Love” on MTV then I got Staring at the Sea on CD and my favorite tracks were “Let’s Go To Bed,” “Jumping Someone Else’s Train,” and “In Between Days”
Now you @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social folks should feel bad for what happened 2 rounds ago….
Farewell to Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the bassist for the Stone Roses who later joined Primal Scream.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Now you @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social folks should feel bad for what happened 2 rounds ago….