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We are where we are, because who could have imagined we would end up here? #oracle ACE alumnus #PLSQL #music #books #films (but mainly music) ✝️ Mark 9:24 lapsed blogger https://radiofreetooting.blogspot.com
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FKA Twigs | Water Me | EP2 | 2013
I may be splitting the vote here, as I think most people have been picking Cellophane, but I handed my list to Arron before the challenge started so 🤷
youtu.be/kFtMl-uipA8?...
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Momus | What Will Death Be Like? | b-side | 1987
The pre-electronic Nicky C (as nobody ever calls him) gives us a witty song that repays careful listening, although some cultural references may be lost on younger ears
youtu.be/HDtVKlE7k0o?...
Literally came here to post this
I guess tthe Telegraph are conflicted, because if their side had won the war "Eins, Zwei, Drei" is how we'd be counting
*Slartibartfast to anybody not typing on their phone 🙄
Yes to Minotaur, yes to Android and also he was Hotblack Desiato's bodyguard in HHG2G TV series, which brings us back to Slattibartfast
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Kae Tempest | Bad Place For A Good Time | single | 2015
It's #BandcampFriday ! Today is a good day to support modern music by supporting modern musicians
kaetempest.bandcamp.com/track/bad-pl...
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Tindersticks | My Sister | s/t | 1995
A funny/sad tale with a glorious coda: some of the Sticks' best moments feature Terrry Edwards and a horn section
youtu.be/pb4gE7EEXzs?...
*Wah! Heat ofc. Ooops
My 201 streak came to an end today. Apparently #nyt has run out of real five letter words
Wordle 1,721 X/6
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#ExitMusic Day 5️⃣
Wah Heat | 7000 Names of Wah | NME C81 (v/a) | 1981
An almost entirely instrumental track, but what lyrics there are are appropriate to the challenge
youtu.be/0823htEKMPo?...
It was for the classical Greek practice of rhaphanidosis.
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CHVRCHES | Never Say Die | Love Is Dead | 2018
The post-implemenation review at the end of every project
🎶Wasn't it gonna be fun and wasn't it gonna be new?
Wasn't it gonna be different and wasn't it gonna be true?
Didn't you say that? Didn't you say that?🎶
youtu.be/qttUHqBrYiQ?...
I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer for you.
@mikecooperrp.bsky.social has sent me £20 to buy someone a book with.
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch.
UK only.
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Stormzy | Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 ft MNEK | Gang Signs & Prayer | 2017
🎶Lord, I've been broken
Although I'm not worthy
You fixed me, now I'm blinded
By your grace, you came and saved me🎶
youtu.be/HPuj6UISMhs?...
If you want to feel old this is what Dr Manhatten looks like now
#ExitMusic Day 4️⃣
Tomeka Reid | Oo-long ft Jason Roebke, Mary Halvorson & Tomas Fujiwara | dance! skip! hop! | 2026
⚠️ Jazz
One of those tracks with a long fuse: it goes like this for a while then the band freak out before a controlled finish
outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/track/oo-long
Maybe Jenny Agutter dabbled with modular synthesizers in her spare time
No, lead and rhythm guitar
*Aswad 🙄
If you're counting TV series, Brinsley Forde out of Aswas was in The Double Deckers
As Maggie Weber regularly observes, companies need to run their branding ideas past just one 13yo boy
"So, Mr Zuckerburg, where do you get all your ideas from?"
#ExitMusic Day 3️⃣
The Beach Boys | God Only Knows (isolated vocals) | The Pet Sounds Sessions | 1966
Less is more. The track builds to the Boys harmonising 🎶God only knows (what I'd be without you)🎶. True it's not Allegri's Misere but it's not far short.
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Adele | Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) | single | 2011
Choosing this remix, which I much prefer to the original, but the points all get rolled up (in the deep)
youtu.be/UjiswvTXdzA?...
#ExitMusic Day 2️⃣
The Fendermen | Mule Skinner Blues | single | 1960
Cha-cha-cha!
youtu.be/_m5UGT3jOh4?...
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DJ Shadow ft De La Soul | Rocket Fuel | Our Pathetic Age | 2019
An intellectual is somebody who can listen to this without thinking about Peloton
youtu.be/8XK7nzAW_b0?...
LOL. I've walked past Maison Assouline countless times without realising it was a bookshop. I just assumed it was a designer fashion outlet. But I quite like the idea of a bookshop with a cocktail bar inside.
Although I suppose that could lead to some poor book-buying decisions...
Came here to say that