#MusicHistory On this day 1992, Wish — the 9th album by The Cure — was released. Fittingly, it dropped on frontman Robert Smith’s birthday! Wish is The Cure's most commercially successful in the band's career. Three singles were released: "High", Friday I'm In Love" and "A Letter to Elise".

"Kraftwerk isn't a band. It's a concept. We call it 'Die Menschmaschine,' which means 'the human machine'". - Florian Schneider The legendary German musician and one of the founding members & leaders of the electronic band Kraftwerk, passed on this day, 2020, at 73.

The emergence of Kevin, who can find none of the nuts he buried but sees lots of seedlings.

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge Female Voices Day 2, Song 2 🗣️ Zola Jesus 💿 Conatus 🎶 Avalanche "Conatus" (phil. Spinoza) is the drive to exist and evolve. "Avalanche" captures the dark side of that momentum: a terrifying, unstoppable force that consumes everything once the movement begins.

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 21 a song about forbidden love 🗣️ Alanis Morissette 💿 Under Rug Swept 🎶 Hands Clean

#ismuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 21 A song with syncopation 🗣️ Porcupine Tree 💿 In Absentia 🎶 Trains

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFaveAlbumTrax (2) Day two and 1981. King Crimson's eighth album 📀 Discipline and track number 2 🎶 Frame by Frame. youtu.be/2HL-gGLu8Jo?...

Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 264 An almost daily catchphrase, quote, or meme to inspire or entertain you: "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling." — Eames ("Inception", 2010) 🗣️ Riverside 💿 / 🎶 Story of my Dream

#CatchThePhrase -264- I Don't Sleep, I Dream R.e.m. youtu.be/Tc7UzxDa9HE?...

#readandplay (675) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky “No rules. The only limit is our imagination.” Read 📚 & Play🎶 🗣️ Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) 🎶 Heavy Metal #52WeeksOfFavourites Solo

#readandplay (675) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky “No rules. The only limit is our imagination.” Read 📚 & Play🎶 All For Metal - Doro youtu.be/9kLxaI7ac14?

Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment “Forget you were ever Polly. Think young male, that was the thing. Fart loudly and with self-satisfaction at a job well done, walk like a puppet that’d had a couple of random strings cut, never hug anyone, and, if you meet a friend, punch them.”

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 263 An almost daily catchphrase, quote, or meme to inspire or entertain you: "I cannot jump the distance, you'll have to toss me." — Gimli ("The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002) 🗣️ Djam Karet 💿 No Commercial Potential 🎶 Dwarf Toss

#MusicHistory On this day 1998, Massive Attack released their haunting 3rd album, Mezzanine, a dark, cinematic shift that redefined their sound and helped push trip-hop into new territory. The album delivered a run of iconic singles—“Risingson,” “Teardrop,” “Angel,” “Inertia Creeps” & “Teardrop”.

Now Playing on https://www.ProgRock.com Mother and Child Divided [2005: Deadwing (2) 24-bit B-Sides] by Porcupine Tree #progrock

#MusicHistory On this day 1992, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert took over Wembley Stadium, honoring Freddie Mercury in front of 72,000 fans. It was broadcast to nearly a billion viewers worldwide. George Michael's "Somebody to Love" performance is jaw dropping! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIb4...

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge Day 1, fave track 1 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush (Hounds Of Love, 1985) I've got my own challenge straight in my head now 😂 This 👇 is my fave track 1 on any album, ever 🔥💥💜 And best song ever as well 😍🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43...

rising #undersea levels to break~bend~rescind an earthquake still sways its tsunamic #trickery heading for this ancient land I put down my pen climb to higher ground and pray for all in Japan ©️Aspen🕊️ #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #tanka #undersea #trickery #Japan #Japón #Tsunami #Earthquake

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge Female Voices Day 1 🗣️ Florence and the Machine 💿 Ceremonials 🎶 Only if for a Night It sets the sonic and thematic stage for the album perfectly. Florence’s own voice is layered into a "choir" of harmonies, creating a ghostly, ethereal atmosphere.

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 20 A song about giving up 🗣️Alice in Chains 💿 Jar of Flies 🎶 Nutshell

#ismuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 20 A song that fades out 🗣️ Genesis 💿 The Lamb lies down on Broadway 🎶 Carpet Crawlers

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge Guest host @eaglegrrrl.bsky.social Day 20 A song that mentions a holiday that's not Christmas 🗣️ Siouxsie and the Banshees 🎶 El Dia de los Muertos

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge Day 19 bsky.app/profile/teac...

Now Playing on https://www.ProgRock.com Home Invasion / Regret #9 [2026: Impossible Tightrope: Live in Madrid] by Steven Wilson #progrock

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge 🄲🄾🄼🄸🄽🄶 🅂🄾🄾🄽 Female Voices - Solo or lead singer

A pharmaceutical company CEO is found strangled with a telephone cable. Suspicion falls on Midsomer Vinae’s pencil sharpening society, disturbed that the new sugar tax might threaten to bring forward the date of the coming goat apocalypse.

Ein herzliches Dankeschön an alle Wählenden,die der #CDU wieder Tür und Tor zur Macht geöffnet haben. War genau das, was unserem Land in all den aktuellen Krisen gefehlt hat. Eine korrupte Ansammlung gewissenloser, rassistischer, klimawandelleugnender Fossillisten, die den Sozialstaat zertrümmern.

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 262 An almost daily catchphrase, quote, or meme to inspire or entertain you: "'Cause it's different than us, see? 'Cause it's from outer space." — R.J. MacReady ("The Thing", 1982) 🗣️ Babylon Zoo 💿 The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes 🎶 Spaceman

#ismuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 19 A song that gives me chills 🗣️ Steven Wilson 💿 Hand cannot erase 🎶 Routine

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 19 A song about perseverance 🗣️ Rush 🎶 Marathon #BreakingKindSongs Day 19 Patriots Day. In honor of the Boston Marathon a song with Boston, Marathon or Run in the title or lyrics

Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic

#ismuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 18 A song that feels relaxed 🗣️ Pain of Salvation 💿 Remedy Lane 🎶 Dryad of the Woods

#ismuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 17 A song that feels bouncy 🗣️ Tame Impala 💿 Lonerism 🎶 Elephant

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 (15) youtu.be/N1uZ6RWpgYk?...

Join @geodrew.bsky.social and me in a few day's time for #ArtistFaveAlbumTrax! We'll be listing our fave album tracks (doesn't have to be a single) by any artist, starting with Track 1! Deets & example below👇️

The emergence of Elise, who has legs for ballet but hands for jazz:

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

“Did you never call? I waited for your call…” On this day in 1984, “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)” was released as the first single from Reckoning. The video was directed by Howard Libov and filmed at Reflection Studio in Charlotte.

#MusicChallenge #1artist1album1song The Gathering 📀 Souvenirs (2003) Track_3 🎶 Broken Glass youtu.be/g6vKXm1kaqg?...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 18 A song I could listen to in repeat 🗣️ Steven Wilson 💿 Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall 🎶 Refuge

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 17 A song I haven't listen to in years 🗣️ HIM 💿 Razorblade Romance 🎶Gone with the Sin

🔨 🔥 The time to rise has been engaged… “Finest Worksong” was released as a single in the UK on April 18, 1988. The video was directed by our very own @michaelstipe.bsky.social

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge Day 18 A song from an artist or a band member who most resembles you or a spouse/significant other 🗣️ Tori Amos 💿 Gold Dust 🎶 Gold Dust

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge Day 17 Apollo 13 Astronauts A song with 1,3 or 13 in title or lyrics 🗣️ Ayreon 💿 The Human Equation 🎶 Day Thirteen: Sign

Es muss endlich mehr getan werden, auch gegen die #Kinderarmut in Deutschland. Ein knappes Drittel der Grundsicherungsbeziehenden sind Kinder und Jugendliche, obwohl ihr Anteil an der Gesamtbevölkerung in Deutschland derzeit nur bei rund 17 Prozent liegt. #Armut www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...