Ben Bolte
@benbolte.bsky.social
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Man, even @thepressbox.bsky.social has been forced into video podcasts. Is Belloni and The Town next?
Are people tired of being algorithmically manipulated on social media?
David and I discuss with the Atlantic's @cwarzel.bsky.social on a new Press Box: open.spotify.com/episode/75iq...
David and I discuss with the Atlantic's @cwarzel.bsky.social on a new Press Box: open.spotify.com/episode/75iq...
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Man, even @thepressbox.bsky.social has been forced into video podcasts. Is Belloni and The Town next?
If you can’t afford a vacation, an AI app will sell you pictures of one
Always be manifesting.
www.theverge.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Slightly diminish a band: “A Wee Bit Strange Al” Yankovic
Slightly diminish a band: U1
Slightly diminish a band: The Who Cares?
August 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Slightly diminish a band: “A Wee Bit Strange Al” Yankovic
Slightly diminish a band: Eight Inch Nails
Slightly diminish a band: U1
Slightly diminish a band: The Who Cares?
August 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Eight Inch Nails
@thepressbox.bsky.social is this an expansion of usage for a classic “only in journalism” word?
March 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
@thepressbox.bsky.social is this an expansion of usage for a classic “only in journalism” word?
Reposted by Ben Bolte
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
theonion.com/jealous...
theonion.com/jealous...
January 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
theonion.com/jealous...
theonion.com/jealous...
Maybe 2025 is a shitshow but it’s still another trip around the sun for Earth. We’ll figure it out.
January 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Maybe 2025 is a shitshow but it’s still another trip around the sun for Earth. We’ll figure it out.
Bands I’ve Seen, A-Z
Anekdoten
Barenaked Ladies
Chvrches
Depeche Mode
Explosions in the Sky
Foo Fighters
Genesis
(hed)PE
Imagine Dragons
Jimmy Eat World
K Flay
LL Cool J
Meg Myers
Nine Inch Nails
Oasis
Primus
QOTSA
Rush
Snow Patrol
Tool
U2
Van Halen
We Were Promised Jetpacks
The xx
Yungblud
ZZ Top
Anekdoten
Barenaked Ladies
Chvrches
Depeche Mode
Explosions in the Sky
Foo Fighters
Genesis
(hed)PE
Imagine Dragons
Jimmy Eat World
K Flay
LL Cool J
Meg Myers
Nine Inch Nails
Oasis
Primus
QOTSA
Rush
Snow Patrol
Tool
U2
Van Halen
We Were Promised Jetpacks
The xx
Yungblud
ZZ Top
Archers of Loaf
Beck
Clap Your Hands
De La Soul
ELO
Flight of the Conchords
Girl Talk
Helmet
Ice T
Juliana Hatfield
Kim Deal
Luscious Jackson
Magnetic Fields
Neil Young
OutKast
Pavement
Questlove
Radiohead
Superchunk
Tom Petty
Urge Overkill
Vampire Weekend
Wolf Parade
X
Yo La Tengo
Ziggy Marley
artist you’ve seen live for each letter of the alphabet:
Arcade Fire
Babymetal
Churches
Devo
Eagles
Fleet Foxes
Goose
Hold Steady
Isbell, Jason
Janelle Monae
Kriss Kross
LCD Soundstsyem
Massive Attack
National
OutKast
Phair, Liz
—
Radiohead
Spoon
Toad the Wet Sprocket
(cont’d)
Arcade Fire
Babymetal
Churches
Devo
Eagles
Fleet Foxes
Goose
Hold Steady
Isbell, Jason
Janelle Monae
Kriss Kross
LCD Soundstsyem
Massive Attack
National
OutKast
Phair, Liz
—
Radiohead
Spoon
Toad the Wet Sprocket
(cont’d)
November 22, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Bands I’ve Seen, A-Z
Anekdoten
Barenaked Ladies
Chvrches
Depeche Mode
Explosions in the Sky
Foo Fighters
Genesis
(hed)PE
Imagine Dragons
Jimmy Eat World
K Flay
LL Cool J
Meg Myers
Nine Inch Nails
Oasis
Primus
QOTSA
Rush
Snow Patrol
Tool
U2
Van Halen
We Were Promised Jetpacks
The xx
Yungblud
ZZ Top
Anekdoten
Barenaked Ladies
Chvrches
Depeche Mode
Explosions in the Sky
Foo Fighters
Genesis
(hed)PE
Imagine Dragons
Jimmy Eat World
K Flay
LL Cool J
Meg Myers
Nine Inch Nails
Oasis
Primus
QOTSA
Rush
Snow Patrol
Tool
U2
Van Halen
We Were Promised Jetpacks
The xx
Yungblud
ZZ Top
Also, me getting home very late on a Friday night trying to open my front door…
October 31, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Also, me getting home very late on a Friday night trying to open my front door…
Hole. Lee. Shit.
If anyone deserved a walk-off Grand Slam in the World Series, it was Freddie.
If anyone deserved a walk-off Grand Slam in the World Series, it was Freddie.
October 26, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Hole. Lee. Shit.
If anyone deserved a walk-off Grand Slam in the World Series, it was Freddie.
If anyone deserved a walk-off Grand Slam in the World Series, it was Freddie.
I know what my nightmares are going to be about tonight (click through for the whole story)
I knew a biologist--still do technically, she's not dead--who went on a field expedition and came home with a NASTY code. No symptoms but absolutely DEVASTATING congestion. She was talking like a plugged-up cartoon character for months. Nothing helped.
September 28, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I know what my nightmares are going to be about tonight (click through for the whole story)
Low seven digits isn't terrible. I was just waiting for critical mass...and an invite. ;-)
September 17, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Low seven digits isn't terrible. I was just waiting for critical mass...and an invite. ;-)
I guess he’s realized his next window to run for president is in eight years…
September 7, 2024 at 2:07 AM
I guess he’s realized his next window to run for president is in eight years…
The irony of a DirecTV ad during the USC-LSU game.
September 2, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The irony of a DirecTV ad during the USC-LSU game.
It would certainly be a change of pace to hear “that’s a horrible, viscous question, Sean” from the guest instead of the usual praise.
I want Kamala Harris to go on Hot Ones, not just because she’d be great but because Trump would demand equal time with hilarious results
August 9, 2024 at 8:23 PM
It would certainly be a change of pace to hear “that’s a horrible, viscous question, Sean” from the guest instead of the usual praise.
I was really hoping it was about Hayes Modem control commands…
December 4, 2023 at 3:22 AM
I was really hoping it was about Hayes Modem control commands…