Khayem
@khayem.bsky.social
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Where The Heart Is: Soft Cell
UK #21 the week of 5th Dec 1982.
My third and final challenge closer today, once more in tribute to Dave Ball, who changed my world with music.
Thanks again for a super challenge @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/vdLuz6Y2HQU
#MusicChallenge
Where The Heart Is: Soft Cell
UK #21 the week of 5th Dec 1982.
My third and final challenge closer today, once more in tribute to Dave Ball, who changed my world with music.
Thanks again for a super challenge @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/vdLuz6Y2HQU
Soft Cell - Where The Heart Is
YouTube video by SoftCellVEVO
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Where The Heart Is: Soft Cell
UK #21 the week of 5th Dec 1982.
My third and final challenge closer today, once more in tribute to Dave Ball, who changed my world with music.
Thanks again for a super challenge @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/vdLuz6Y2HQU
#MusicChallenge
Where The Heart Is: Soft Cell
UK #21 the week of 5th Dec 1982.
My third and final challenge closer today, once more in tribute to Dave Ball, who changed my world with music.
Thanks again for a super challenge @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/vdLuz6Y2HQU
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Strict Tempo: Dave Ball ft. Gavin Friday (1983)
I’m ending my 3 challenges today with a tribute to Dave Ball (RIP).
Many thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for a fun - and at times tricky - challenge!
youtu.be/tHNCkcB2YHQ
#MusicChallenge
Strict Tempo: Dave Ball ft. Gavin Friday (1983)
I’m ending my 3 challenges today with a tribute to Dave Ball (RIP).
Many thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for a fun - and at times tricky - challenge!
youtu.be/tHNCkcB2YHQ
DAVE BALL strict tempo 1983
YouTube video by SeagreenSerenade
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Strict Tempo: Dave Ball ft. Gavin Friday (1983)
I’m ending my 3 challenges today with a tribute to Dave Ball (RIP).
Many thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for a fun - and at times tricky - challenge!
youtu.be/tHNCkcB2YHQ
#MusicChallenge
Strict Tempo: Dave Ball ft. Gavin Friday (1983)
I’m ending my 3 challenges today with a tribute to Dave Ball (RIP).
Many thanks to @bwodotbc.bsky.social for a fun - and at times tricky - challenge!
youtu.be/tHNCkcB2YHQ
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Darshan (The Road To Graceland) (Translucent Remix By The Grid): David Sylvian & Robert Fripp (1993)
16 minutes of excellence from David, Robert, @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social and of course Dave Ball, greatly missed.
Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/EvtUcIcyzqo
#MusicChallenge
Darshan (The Road To Graceland) (Translucent Remix By The Grid): David Sylvian & Robert Fripp (1993)
16 minutes of excellence from David, Robert, @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social and of course Dave Ball, greatly missed.
Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/EvtUcIcyzqo
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - Darshan (Translucent Remix by The Grid) Full Version
YouTube video by Jñānagarbha Ashley
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Darshan (The Road To Graceland) (Translucent Remix By The Grid): David Sylvian & Robert Fripp (1993)
16 minutes of excellence from David, Robert, @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social and of course Dave Ball, greatly missed.
Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/EvtUcIcyzqo
#MusicChallenge
Darshan (The Road To Graceland) (Translucent Remix By The Grid): David Sylvian & Robert Fripp (1993)
16 minutes of excellence from David, Robert, @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social and of course Dave Ball, greatly missed.
Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social
youtu.be/EvtUcIcyzqo
Today's stop in the Decayed decade is 2007, including Calvin Harris, CSS, Feist, Groove Armada & Mutya Buena, Kaiser Chiefs, Klaxons, Manic Street Preachers ft. Nina Persson, Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse, New Young Pony Club and LCD Soundsystem. Wow!
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
Decayed IV: 2007
Side 2 of a made up mixtape series, moving through the millennium's first decade. My blogging days were numbered. Between January and August...
dubhed.blogspot.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Today's stop in the Decayed decade is 2007, including Calvin Harris, CSS, Feist, Groove Armada & Mutya Buena, Kaiser Chiefs, Klaxons, Manic Street Preachers ft. Nina Persson, Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse, New Young Pony Club and LCD Soundsystem. Wow!
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
Black Uhuru - Black Uhuru Anthem (original mix)
YouTube video by RastaChaka
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
A World Without Love: The News (1981)
Not to be confused with “Huey Lewis &…”.
Also, not a hit in the UK, but if you know it, you either owned or listened to K-Tel’s essential 1981 compilation Modern Dance.
youtu.be/a48SMHhkPm0
#MusicChallenge
A World Without Love: The News (1981)
Not to be confused with “Huey Lewis &…”.
Also, not a hit in the UK, but if you know it, you either owned or listened to K-Tel’s essential 1981 compilation Modern Dance.
youtu.be/a48SMHhkPm0
The News - A World Without Love (KA 1981).
YouTube video by visualvinyldiscs
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
A World Without Love: The News (1981)
Not to be confused with “Huey Lewis &…”.
Also, not a hit in the UK, but if you know it, you either owned or listened to K-Tel’s essential 1981 compilation Modern Dance.
youtu.be/a48SMHhkPm0
#MusicChallenge
A World Without Love: The News (1981)
Not to be confused with “Huey Lewis &…”.
Also, not a hit in the UK, but if you know it, you either owned or listened to K-Tel’s essential 1981 compilation Modern Dance.
youtu.be/a48SMHhkPm0
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Planetary Sit-In (Being A Radio Sit-In Remix): Julian Cope (1996)
Not one for doing a big standard 12” remix, Julian instead creates a 20-min radio show, including Mark Lamarr, Thighpaulsandra & Mavis Grind aka wife @doriancope.bsky.social Genius!
youtu.be/9JqxjkHwBYU
#MusicChallenge
Planetary Sit-In (Being A Radio Sit-In Remix): Julian Cope (1996)
Not one for doing a big standard 12” remix, Julian instead creates a 20-min radio show, including Mark Lamarr, Thighpaulsandra & Mavis Grind aka wife @doriancope.bsky.social Genius!
youtu.be/9JqxjkHwBYU
Planetary Sit In (Being A Radio Sit In Remix) by Julian Cope
YouTube video by Michael Harris
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Planetary Sit-In (Being A Radio Sit-In Remix): Julian Cope (1996)
Not one for doing a big standard 12” remix, Julian instead creates a 20-min radio show, including Mark Lamarr, Thighpaulsandra & Mavis Grind aka wife @doriancope.bsky.social Genius!
youtu.be/9JqxjkHwBYU
#MusicChallenge
Planetary Sit-In (Being A Radio Sit-In Remix): Julian Cope (1996)
Not one for doing a big standard 12” remix, Julian instead creates a 20-min radio show, including Mark Lamarr, Thighpaulsandra & Mavis Grind aka wife @doriancope.bsky.social Genius!
youtu.be/9JqxjkHwBYU
46 minutes of hits and misses from 2006, including Arctic Monkeys, Gnarls Barkley, Gossip, Hard-Fi, Muse, Peter, Björn & John ft. Victoria Bergsman, Phoenix, Tahiti 80, The Go! Team, The Killers, The Raconteurs and The Zutons.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
Decayed IV: 2006
Side 1 of a completely made up cassette compilation, stepping through the 2000s. When approaching this post, 2006 didn't particularly stand ...
dubhed.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
46 minutes of hits and misses from 2006, including Arctic Monkeys, Gnarls Barkley, Gossip, Hard-Fi, Muse, Peter, Björn & John ft. Victoria Bergsman, Phoenix, Tahiti 80, The Go! Team, The Killers, The Raconteurs and The Zutons.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Singing In The Shower: Les Rita Mitsouko & Sparks (1989)
'Nuff said.
youtu.be/DBBrRb7P9KQ?...
#MusicChallenge
Singing In The Shower: Les Rita Mitsouko & Sparks (1989)
'Nuff said.
youtu.be/DBBrRb7P9KQ?...
Les Rita Mitsouko and Sparks - Singing In The Shower - Music Video Mix
YouTube video by Mike Sparrow
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Singing In The Shower: Les Rita Mitsouko & Sparks (1989)
'Nuff said.
youtu.be/DBBrRb7P9KQ?...
#MusicChallenge
Singing In The Shower: Les Rita Mitsouko & Sparks (1989)
'Nuff said.
youtu.be/DBBrRb7P9KQ?...
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
New York, New York (German Version): Nina Hagen (1983)
Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey on the mix. Also available in English and extended versions!
youtu.be/NMSQ-7BGtlY?...
#MusicChallenge
New York, New York (German Version): Nina Hagen (1983)
Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey on the mix. Also available in English and extended versions!
youtu.be/NMSQ-7BGtlY?...
NINA HAGEN 1983 "NEW YORK NY" (German version video)
YouTube video by Nina Hagen by Gilles75
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
New York, New York (German Version): Nina Hagen (1983)
Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey on the mix. Also available in English and extended versions!
youtu.be/NMSQ-7BGtlY?...
#MusicChallenge
New York, New York (German Version): Nina Hagen (1983)
Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey on the mix. Also available in English and extended versions!
youtu.be/NMSQ-7BGtlY?...
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
In Unity (Irdial 17.55 Version): Voyager
1993 classic from the legend that is Tony Thorpe from the Transmission EP/mini-album.
Honestly, this could keep going for days and I still wouldn't get bored.
youtu.be/qoUxq9YrXfs?...
#MusicChallenge
In Unity (Irdial 17.55 Version): Voyager
1993 classic from the legend that is Tony Thorpe from the Transmission EP/mini-album.
Honestly, this could keep going for days and I still wouldn't get bored.
youtu.be/qoUxq9YrXfs?...
In Unity (Irdial 17.55 Version)
YouTube video by Voyager - Topic
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
In Unity (Irdial 17.55 Version): Voyager
1993 classic from the legend that is Tony Thorpe from the Transmission EP/mini-album.
Honestly, this could keep going for days and I still wouldn't get bored.
youtu.be/qoUxq9YrXfs?...
#MusicChallenge
In Unity (Irdial 17.55 Version): Voyager
1993 classic from the legend that is Tony Thorpe from the Transmission EP/mini-album.
Honestly, this could keep going for days and I still wouldn't get bored.
youtu.be/qoUxq9YrXfs?...
A Dubhed tribute to Jimmy Cliff, who crossed the river on Monday. Rest in power.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/id-r...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/id-r...
I'd Rather Be A Free Man In My Grave Than Living As A Puppet Or A Slave
Celebrating James Chambers, better known to you and I as Jimmy Cliff , 30th July 1944 to 24th November 2025. Hours after I posted a tribute ...
dubhed.blogspot.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A Dubhed tribute to Jimmy Cliff, who crossed the river on Monday. Rest in power.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/id-r...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/id-r...
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Scorpios: Adam & The Ants (1981)
A far cry from the punk era, this could have been a US TV cop show theme!
This live version is from 1982, I shudder to think what the daily bill for express dry cleaning was…!
youtu.be/OW6b2zRLUHQ
#MusicChallenge
Scorpios: Adam & The Ants (1981)
A far cry from the punk era, this could have been a US TV cop show theme!
This live version is from 1982, I shudder to think what the daily bill for express dry cleaning was…!
youtu.be/OW6b2zRLUHQ
Adam And The Ants (UK 1982) [05]. Scorpios
YouTube video by avrilavril1966
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Scorpios: Adam & The Ants (1981)
A far cry from the punk era, this could have been a US TV cop show theme!
This live version is from 1982, I shudder to think what the daily bill for express dry cleaning was…!
youtu.be/OW6b2zRLUHQ
#MusicChallenge
Scorpios: Adam & The Ants (1981)
A far cry from the punk era, this could have been a US TV cop show theme!
This live version is from 1982, I shudder to think what the daily bill for express dry cleaning was…!
youtu.be/OW6b2zRLUHQ
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Moogie Wonderland: Stereolab (1994)
As if Ping Pong as an A-side wasn’t incentive enough, this wonderfully titled beauty was 1st of the 3 bonus EP tracks.
youtu.be/IWpbsGrUzGk
#MusicChallenge
Moogie Wonderland: Stereolab (1994)
As if Ping Pong as an A-side wasn’t incentive enough, this wonderfully titled beauty was 1st of the 3 bonus EP tracks.
youtu.be/IWpbsGrUzGk
Stereolab - Moogie Wonderland (Instrumental)
YouTube video by Betheriel
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Moogie Wonderland: Stereolab (1994)
As if Ping Pong as an A-side wasn’t incentive enough, this wonderfully titled beauty was 1st of the 3 bonus EP tracks.
youtu.be/IWpbsGrUzGk
#MusicChallenge
Moogie Wonderland: Stereolab (1994)
As if Ping Pong as an A-side wasn’t incentive enough, this wonderfully titled beauty was 1st of the 3 bonus EP tracks.
youtu.be/IWpbsGrUzGk
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Watching Windows (Roni Size Meets Nuyorican Soul): Roni Size / Reprazent
New York’s Masters At Work meet Bristol’s master at work in a 14 min soundclash.
#28 in the UK singles chart in March 1998.
I got to experience
#MusicChallenge
Watching Windows (Roni Size Meets Nuyorican Soul): Roni Size / Reprazent
New York’s Masters At Work meet Bristol’s master at work in a 14 min soundclash.
#28 in the UK singles chart in March 1998.
I got to experience
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Watching Windows (Roni Size Meets Nuyorican Soul): Roni Size / Reprazent
New York’s Masters At Work meet Bristol’s master at work in a 14 min soundclash.
#28 in the UK singles chart in March 1998.
I got to experience
#MusicChallenge
Watching Windows (Roni Size Meets Nuyorican Soul): Roni Size / Reprazent
New York’s Masters At Work meet Bristol’s master at work in a 14 min soundclash.
#28 in the UK singles chart in March 1998.
I got to experience
My #1 Greatest Eponymous Album Of All Time?
The B-52's 1979 debut, every bit as wonderful as it was when I first heard it, age 15.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
The B-52's 1979 debut, every bit as wonderful as it was when I first heard it, age 15.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
Upon A Mouse #12: Why Don't You Dance With Me?
When SWC at No Badger Required asked the NBR Musical Jury to nominate for The 20 Greatest Eponymous Albums Of All Time , my immediate tho...
dubhed.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
My #1 Greatest Eponymous Album Of All Time?
The B-52's 1979 debut, every bit as wonderful as it was when I first heard it, age 15.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
The B-52's 1979 debut, every bit as wonderful as it was when I first heard it, age 15.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
After yesterday’s #90sTop30 spotlight on Orbital, a few words on why their eponymous debut album is so bloody brilliant.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
Upon A Mouse #11: Sticking It To "The Man"
Orbital 's debut album is, depending on your personal preference, self-titled, untitled ot the 'green' album. Why the latter? Well, in th...
dubhed.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
After yesterday’s #90sTop30 spotlight on Orbital, a few words on why their eponymous debut album is so bloody brilliant.
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/upon...
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Cartoon Music For Superheroes: Albert Hammond Jr (2006)
A stroke of genius, you might say...
...love the fan made video on YT, too.
youtu.be/9Dz-C3MCsc0?...
#MusicChallenge
Cartoon Music For Superheroes: Albert Hammond Jr (2006)
A stroke of genius, you might say...
...love the fan made video on YT, too.
youtu.be/9Dz-C3MCsc0?...
Albert Hammond Jr - cartoon music for superheroes
YouTube video by bnfraise
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Cartoon Music For Superheroes: Albert Hammond Jr (2006)
A stroke of genius, you might say...
...love the fan made video on YT, too.
youtu.be/9Dz-C3MCsc0?...
#MusicChallenge
Cartoon Music For Superheroes: Albert Hammond Jr (2006)
A stroke of genius, you might say...
...love the fan made video on YT, too.
youtu.be/9Dz-C3MCsc0?...
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Smokebelch II (David Holmes Remix): The Sabres of Paradise
#55 in the UK singles chart in October 1993.
I got to experience this blistering 14-minute live version at the 330-capacity Strange Brew in Bristol last night. Phenomenal.
youtu.be/pNFClBLujP4?...
#MusicChallenge
Smokebelch II (David Holmes Remix): The Sabres of Paradise
#55 in the UK singles chart in October 1993.
I got to experience this blistering 14-minute live version at the 330-capacity Strange Brew in Bristol last night. Phenomenal.
youtu.be/pNFClBLujP4?...
Sabres of Paradise - Sydney Opera House 01/06/25 - Smokebelch II (David Holmes Remix)
YouTube video by Kenny Smith
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Smokebelch II (David Holmes Remix): The Sabres of Paradise
#55 in the UK singles chart in October 1993.
I got to experience this blistering 14-minute live version at the 330-capacity Strange Brew in Bristol last night. Phenomenal.
youtu.be/pNFClBLujP4?...
#MusicChallenge
Smokebelch II (David Holmes Remix): The Sabres of Paradise
#55 in the UK singles chart in October 1993.
I got to experience this blistering 14-minute live version at the 330-capacity Strange Brew in Bristol last night. Phenomenal.
youtu.be/pNFClBLujP4?...
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Castles in Spain: The Armoury Show (1984)
Nice jacket, Richard!
youtu.be/0k5TmQkQHD8?...
#MusicChallenge
Castles in Spain: The Armoury Show (1984)
Nice jacket, Richard!
youtu.be/0k5TmQkQHD8?...
The Armoury Show - Castles in Spain (The Tube 1984)
YouTube video by zenlunatic16
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Castles in Spain: The Armoury Show (1984)
Nice jacket, Richard!
youtu.be/0k5TmQkQHD8?...
#MusicChallenge
Castles in Spain: The Armoury Show (1984)
Nice jacket, Richard!
youtu.be/0k5TmQkQHD8?...
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
European Son: Japan (1982)
Apart from Quiet Life, as New Wave as Japan got?
youtu.be/oSeXezGRwRA
#MusicChallenge
European Son: Japan (1982)
Apart from Quiet Life, as New Wave as Japan got?
youtu.be/oSeXezGRwRA
European Son (12") (12" Version)
YouTube video by Japan - Topic
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
European Son: Japan (1982)
Apart from Quiet Life, as New Wave as Japan got?
youtu.be/oSeXezGRwRA
#MusicChallenge
European Son: Japan (1982)
Apart from Quiet Life, as New Wave as Japan got?
youtu.be/oSeXezGRwRA
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Lush 3.3: Orbital vs. Underworld
Twelve minutes and forty seconds of percussive perfection.
#43 in the UK singles chart in August 1993.
youtu.be/vy3-p3A0xUE?...
And here's the original version
youtu.be/jCDzdH1FTO0?...
#MusicChallenge
Lush 3.3: Orbital vs. Underworld
Twelve minutes and forty seconds of percussive perfection.
#43 in the UK singles chart in August 1993.
youtu.be/vy3-p3A0xUE?...
And here's the original version
youtu.be/jCDzdH1FTO0?...
Orbital - Lush 3.1 [Official Video]
YouTube video by Orbital
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Lush 3.3: Orbital vs. Underworld
Twelve minutes and forty seconds of percussive perfection.
#43 in the UK singles chart in August 1993.
youtu.be/vy3-p3A0xUE?...
And here's the original version
youtu.be/jCDzdH1FTO0?...
#MusicChallenge
Lush 3.3: Orbital vs. Underworld
Twelve minutes and forty seconds of percussive perfection.
#43 in the UK singles chart in August 1993.
youtu.be/vy3-p3A0xUE?...
And here's the original version
youtu.be/jCDzdH1FTO0?...