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DJ Mike V
@djmikev.bsky.social
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DJ at WCBN FM Ann Arbor. Listen to lots of different music and try to share the best with others. Fan of everything from the Grateful Dead to Run the Jewels. There is joy in sharing music!

YouTube concert vids: https://www.youtube.com/@MVPPresents
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Getting ready to head down to the station! Going to start the show with some Mercury Rev! (Not this song, tho...)

Tune in at WCBN.org at 7 AM EST to have some Breakfast Jams with your coffee! Mmm... Delicious!

#WCBN #FM #BreakfastJams #MusicSky #MercuryRev #Delicious

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Empire State (Son House in Excelsis)
YouTube video by Mercury Rev - Topic
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December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Ed Sullivan '65)

Sometimes song titles express a truism.

#EllaFitzgerald #DuekEllington #JazzSky #EdSullivan #MusicSky #LiveMusic #Thing #Swing

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Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
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December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Tank and the Bangas - Smoke. Netflix. Chill (live '20)

#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
12/15 - Smoke

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December 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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David Bowie - TVC 15 (Live Aid '85)

#Top31DavidBowie
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#DavidBowie
#LiveAid

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December 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Nick Lowe - When I Write the Book

#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#NickLowe
#Rockpile

15-📚

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December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Elliott Smith - Bottle up and Explode!

#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#ElliottSmith

14-💣

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December 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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The Flatlanders - I Had My Hopes Up High (live)

#readandplay (557)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#TheFlatlanders

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December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Judy Mowatt - Emergency Call

#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
12/14 - Operators

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December 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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AC/DC - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

Bassist Cliff Williams of AC/DC is celebrating a birthday today! So let's listen to some AC/DC!

"'Cause rock and roll ain't no riddle, man / To me, it makes good, good sense "

#CliffWilliams #MusicBirthday #AC/DC #MusicSky

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AC/DC - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Official Video)
YouTube video by acdcVEVO
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December 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Bernie Worrell & Phoebe Snow - Don't Piss Me Off

#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#FunkSky
#BernieWorrell
#PhoebeSnow

Day 14: 1990 - 1991

Fro 1990's Funk of Ages. Keys, songwriter, arranger in PFunk.

"Don't tell me I'm eccentric, when I'm just a super freak"

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December 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It to the Streets

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is celebrating a birthday today! He does backing vocals and rips it up on guitar in this one. Solo at about 2:05.

#JeffBaxter #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #DoobieBrothers #Guitar #MichaelMcDonald

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The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (1977)
YouTube video by dreamhitz
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December 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Your Precious Love

Joe Messina was born today in 1928! He played guitar in the Funk Brothers, the Motown house band. He played on hundreds of Motown tracks, including this gem.

#JoeMessina #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Guitar #MarvinGaye #Motown

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Your Precious Love
YouTube video by Marvin Gaye - Topic
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December 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Run The Jewels - A Christmas F*cking Miracle

#LookAndSee 275
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#RunTheJewels
#RTJ
#Christmas

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December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

#Top31DavidBowie
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#DavidBowie

"Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise"

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December 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Durand Jones & The Indications - Paradise

#GenreRoulette
#MusicChallenge
#SoulfulSaturday
#Soul
#DurandJones
#Indications
#Paradise

Great jam from 2025.

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December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Roy Orbison - You Got It

#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#RoyOrbison

Day 13: 1988 - 1989

RIP Roy.

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December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Alton Ellis - Better Get Your Heads Together

#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
12/13 - Heads

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December 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Tom Waits - Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis (live '78)

#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#TomWaits

13-🎹

"I still got that record of Little nthony and the Imperials"

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December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Jimi Hendrix - Catfish Blues

#LookAndSee 274
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#JimiHendrix
#CatfishBlues

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December 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Robert Plant - In the Mood (live '83)

#readandplay (555)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#RobertPlant
#ThePrincipleOfMoments

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December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Steely Dan - Your Gold Teeth II

Denny Dias - guitar player and original member of Steely Dan - is celebrating a birthday today! He does the guitar solo on this track.

#DennyDias #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #SteelyDan #Teeth #Guitar

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Your Gold Teeth II
YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic
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December 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Grover Washington Jr. - Loran's Dance

Grover Washington Jr. was born today in 1943! RIP. Gone too soon. This song is a jam. ATCQ samples it.

(reposting due to grammatical error that was bugging me...)

#GroverWashingtonJr #MusicBirthday #JazzSky #MusicSky #ATCQ

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Loran's Dance
YouTube video by Grover Washington, Jr. - Topic
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December 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa

Cameroonian artist Manu Dibango was born today in 1933! RIP. You might recognize the bit that Michael Jackson borrowed from this song.

#ManuDibango #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Cameroon #SoulMakossa

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Soul Makossa
YouTube video by Manu Dibango - Topic
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December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Nas & DJ Premier - NY State of Mind PT. 3

New album out today! My vinyl copy doesn't arrive until next week, tho, so I'm digging in online. Been waiting on this record since Define My Name!

"Yo Preem, play me that Billy Joel joint..."

#Nas #DJPremier #Light-Years #HipHopSky #MusicSky #BillyJoel
Nas & DJ Premier - "NY State Of Mind PT. 3" (Visualizer)
YouTube video by Nas
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December 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon (live '65)

Frank Sinatra was born today in 1915! A legend. Hugely influential. This might be my favorite Frank tune.

#FrankSinatra #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Fly #Moon

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Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (Live At The Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO/1965)
YouTube video by FrankSinatraVEVO
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December 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM