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Enda Guinan

@endaguinan.com

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Does digital things in the third sector. Host of Let There Be Music. Expect plenty of #NowListening. ‘Joy is an act of resistance’ -Toi Derricotte, The Undertaker’s Daughter (2011) he/him Galwegian in London. linktr.ee/endaguinan

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

My elderly neighbour here in Chicago lives alone and has been trying to downsize. She used to call her records her “treasures”, but lately they’ve become a bother. Vendors (not as ethical as @brighterdayvinyl.bsky.social) cherry-picked the best, and she’s down to about 150 classical LPs.

A tidy stack of about thirty classical vinyl records leaning upright on a carpet beside a wooden cabinet. The spines show well-kept sleeves from labels like Deutsche Grammophon, Nonesuch and Philips, with composers including Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky visible.

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 12h

“UR RUNNING BETTER THAN THE GOVERNMENT!”

Never change, Chicago.

#ChicagoMarathon

A runner wearing an orange singlet and black shorts passes spectators behind a red barrier during a sunny race. One spectator holds a bright pink sign that reads “UR RUNNING BETTER THAN THE GOVERNMENT!” The scene is on a city street in Chicago with onlookers watching and taking photos.

Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 16h

Jesus…

Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 17h

Beautiful weather and plenty of folks out in support of the #ChicagoMarathon superstars!

Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 18h

Looks like a fabulous day for the #ChicagoMarathon. It’s just after 7:30am and the elites have just started. All quite early!

Sunrise over Chicago, viewed from Lincoln Park. The early morning light casts a golden glow across the trees and high-rise buildings, with the downtown skyline in the distance and the marina along Lake Michigan on the left. The scene is calm and bathed in soft, warm light.

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 1d

Yet another day in the hideous crime-ridden hellhole that is Chicago… 😛

People jogging and walking along a lakeside path lined with trees on a partly cloudy day. The beach and Lake Michigan are visible to the left, with the Chicago skyline, including the John Hancock Center, in the distance.

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 2d

Check out my report for Last.week at www.last.fm/user/eguinan...

Discover eguinan’s listening stats for Last.week

Check out eguinan’s week in music on Last.fm

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 2d

That’s probably the only bit of overwriting tbh! She really tried to do some straight up pop songs this time. If you liked those three, you’ll probably find much to enjoy overall. It’s not a bad album by any stretch- more hooks needed though!

Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 2d

The first track, The Fate of Ophelia, is a really good tune. Was a standout on first play. Diminishing returns after that, I feel.

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 2d

Chicago sunrise looking rather pretty today. Happy Friday!

View of the Chicago skyline at sunrise, with Lake Michigan glowing orange at the horizon and dark clouds gathering above. The city’s skyscrapers are silhouetted on the right, while marinas and parking lots stretch across the foreground.

Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 3d

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Say She She (51) Ramsey Lewis (38) Taylor Swift (24) Makaya McCraven (19) Elvis Orbison (16). #myweekcounted 469 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 4d

a woman is smiling and saying i 'm unsure .

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 5d

@theoatmeal.bsky.social on AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Illustration on a dark background showing a paintbrush splashing colourful paint towards a laptop. The paint flows into the screen, blending traditional art with digital. Above, white text reads “A cartoonist’s review of,” and the words “AI art” are highlighted in red and blue.

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 6d

'I Don't Know How To Love Him' in December 1971 was our first of many number ones from Andrew Lloyd Webber. This from 1980 is sung by a Webb and written by a Webber, which implies the existence of a Webbest: irishnumberones.com/2022/01/02/m...

Marti Webb – ‘Take That Look Off Your Face’

27 March 1980 Our first power ballad, a genre that really took off in the ’80s and, like the poor or venereal disease, is still with us. This one, of the West End musical variant, is sung by …

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 6d

Ramsey Lewis, Chicago legend. His Mother Nature’s Son album (Beatles covers) has eluded me, but I found this 1970 Best Of which opens with that stunning, cosmic cover of Julia. And what a beautiful sleeve. #Vinyl #Jazz

A hand holds the 1970 LP The Best of Ramsey Lewis against a night-time Chicago backdrop. The sepia-toned cover shows Ramsey Lewis seated in a high-backed chair, surrounded by women and children dressed in late-1960s clothing, posed like a formal family portrait.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6d

Greta Thunberg “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.”

Stand with Greta, stand with humanity.

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Mailman Kel (Taylor's version) @lekdrol.bsky.social · 6d

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Just listen to a little #Irish #history.
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#Ireland #SouthAfrica #Protest

Fruit for thought. Never judge a book by its cover. #comedy #histoty #storytelling #standup

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 6d

Joshua Idehen announced his debut album with the jubilant “It Always Was”

Joshua Idehen Announces Debut Album: Hear “It Always Was”

Mondays can be rough. But today might feel a little lighter if you give the new single “It Always Was” by British-born, Stockholm-based Nigerian artist Joshua Idehen a listen. Over a jubilant soul sam...

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 6d

a cartoon drawing of a chipmunk with his tongue hanging out and hearts around him

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

Just back up your claims, dammit. 😛

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

Holy shit. She’s talking about a different country.

Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

I reckon I could find all sorts of similar delights here! I’ve only catalogued about 20 so far (and what you see here is maybe a fifth of the collection).

Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

You might be right! What you see here is maybe a fifth of them. Financial value is negligible but the pleasure of having and listening to them would be lovely!

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

Part of me wants to buy the lot myself, even though I live in London and only get to Chicago a couple of times a year. Daft, maybe - but it feels wrong to let these ‘treasures’ disappear.
#vinyl #nowspinning #classicalmusic #nonesuch #discogs

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

I’ve been grading them on Discogs - mostly ’60s/’70s pressings, not worth much - and right now I’m playing a 1964 mono Vivaldi on Nonesuch that sounds absolutely heavenly.

A person holds up a vintage Nonesuch LP of Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos in front of a large window overlooking Lincoln Park and the Chicago skyline. The record cover shows an illustrated baroque figure playing a flute against a dark green background with ornate chandeliers.

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Enda Guinan @endaguinan.com · 7d

I offered to catalogue them - because vinyl+spreadsheets=relaxation for me. Her Sony turntable “wasn’t working”… until I noticed the phono switch wasn’t on. She probably hasn’t heard her vinyl in years, which makes me oddly sad.

A hand holds a small Columbia Masterworks bonus record titled “How a Great Symphony Was Written.” In the background is a black-and-white LP cover showing Leonard Bernstein’s face on an album of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic.

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