The only thing I’ve seen in the last ten years that has given me hope for the future.

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Nickel Boys by Coulson Whitehead. Vibe is friendship under fire, that fire being institutional abuse and racism. Beautiful writing.

Absolute masterpiece!

Boogie Wonderland youtu.be/C6xVKcvze74?... #RaveyardShift

Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers: The Delines Cocteau Twins Seefeel Japanese Breakfast Jessy Lanza

Heavyweights! Excellent news.

Absolute killer Zach Witness remix/edit of the stripped down piano version of Prince's 17 Days. #prince #zachwitness zachwitness.bandcamp.com/track/17-day...

love it when you go to a show and some dipshit is talking behind you and you shoot them more and more obvious looks to which they remain oblivious until you eventually politely indicate that there is a band on and they look at you like sorry what? what are you trying to say? I do not understand

Stunner!

Only really got into Joni Mitchell comparatively recently, and so Miles of Aisles is new to me. Listening now.... wow, just wow!

From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!

I did Eitzel/AMC as my #artistfave15 a few months ago, but amazing how different @rusky.bsky.social 's list is from mine. I've really enjoyed digging into these tracks, from a huge catalogue, that i don't play as often.

Classic video for an absolute masterpiece of a song. Shara Nelson's voice so good.

Oh no! I've started listening to Prefab Sprout! Call me in 4 days or so when I'm out of the PS-hole.

Post a pic of a support band you fell in love with that you had never heard of before the show. The Blue Aeroplanes supporting the Darling Buds at the Irish Centre in Birmingham, 88/89 i think. What a band! One of my all time favourites, absolutely amazing live.

How much do I loathe The Moral Maze?

Husker DU’s Metal Circus - St Paul, Minnesota

Slightly diminish a band American Music Clique

Slightly diminish a band Husker Don't

Who are your top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Paul Buchanan Marvin Gaye Loleatta Holloway Liz Fraser Mark Eitzel Joni Mitchell Amy Boone Beth Gibbons Prince Diana Ross

Stone cold classic.

Great poster!

Beautiful song!

As fine an actor as he was, Isiah was an even better spirit and the greatest gentleman.

Masterpiece

If anyone is struggling with the cost of everything this Xmas drop me a message and I’ll give you access to my sale page where you can have any print or mug for free (you’d just need to cover the postage)

The Downtown Lights, plus press release from ‘89 #thebluenile #45rpm #MusicSky #VinylSky

#lookandsee277 #musicchallenge #musicsky Saturday Night by The Blue Nile Hopper and TBN really are a match made in heaven. youtu.be/1hUKwBeJe78?...

If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.

A film you’ve seen more than six times, illustrated with a gif (or a photo):

Outside In by John Martyn Mesmerising from start to finish youtu.be/elNnxBpkKx8?...

Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.

QTP with an album you'd rate a perfect 10/10

Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.

My mum's done over 38 years for GirlGuiding. A Queen's Guide, she ran Brownie troupes, was a commissioner, even had her Brownie troupe at her wedding. Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.

#90sTop30 25 kitchens of distinction drive that fast • 1991 youtu.be/9JXk_oV4nbo #MusicChallenge

Queen Elizabeth II - who knew all about Andrew's entitled womanising and turned a blind eye - perhaps wasn't the pillar of morals and integrity everybody thought.

Unbelievable dedication and expertise here! Great thread.

Wasn’t expecting Todd Terje to end with All Night Long but happy that he did.

#faveartist15 #1 The Downtown Lights So good, the build and build to the last min or so is just wonderful. 'I'm tired of crying on the stairs', and the 'hey yeah' right at the end I did a video mash up on this as bits of it always reminded me of Deckard in Blade Runner. youtu.be/8l1aodu83L4?...

#artistfave15 #2 From a late night train, v close to being no. 1 THE break up song IMO. Quietly devastating: mournful horns, quiet piano, and a vocal masterpiece. Been reading on his vocal technique: tldr willfully imperfect, prioritising touch, feel, emotion and soul. youtu.be/cVNfv_4HAxk?...

So true. That lyric 'high yellow girl can't you tell, you're just the surface of our deep dark well' is a stunner on an amazing song.

#faveartist15 #3 Headlights on the parade Played this a LOT but every time it hits me. Vocals, the piano & its mini solo halfway, how the strings build to the release... 'the city winds' Buy on 12" if you can, it has #4 Easter Parade with RLJ, hard to find on streaming youtu.be/Jggxmc9yMwA?...

#faveartist15 #musicchallenge #4 Easter Parade, the version with Rickie Lee Jones I like, don't love the Rooftops version, wouldn't be in my top 15. Not sure why, it has all the TBN elements... but sprinkle in a bit RLJ, make it a stark live version, and it just pops. youtu.be/zJ3qkbY5cOQ?...

Go. See. This. Band.

#faveartist15 #musicchallenge #5 Tinseltown Probably the first Blue Nile track i ever heard, and my what a showstopper. Quintessential TBN: the city, rain, love that may or may not last, melancholy and stoicism. Still not sure what the red car in the fountain is about. youtu.be/2q5CGLHJ-54?...