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Mike Daley

@mikedaleymusic.bsky.social

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Musicologist, musician, educator, event producer. Ph.D ethnomusicology. Writing a history of live music in the coffeehouses of Yorkville, Toronto in the 50s and 60s. I sometimes ruminate on Beatles, Dylan, Grateful Dead...mikedaleymusic.com

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 1d

www.cbc.ca/music/ok-blu...

The oral history of OK Blue Jays | CBC Music

The story behind the 1983 song that took the Jays to a World Series championship run.

www.cbc.ca

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 8d

Fascinating! Thanks for the tip.

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 9d

That's the one!

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 9d

"And I'll watch while you're lowered/down to your death bed..."

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 11d

Guys I found it

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 11d

This is a story, not a fess. This belongs at Storyhole.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 12d

Canadians are so upset with the United States & Trump that this year they are boycotting Thanksgiving & holding their own this weekend, calling it, "Canadian Thanksgiving".

They are PISSED.

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 12d

Solid fess, wholesome.

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 14d

I miss HarryHew.

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 19d

sophisti-pop

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 22d

Hey it’s all relative. 16 bars is a lot for some people.

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 22d

Apparently this Alpine Valley version had five? www.rukind.com/viewtopic.ph...

(scrolling TAB) - "Althea" - all guitar solos - Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead - Alpine Valley 7-19-89 - Grateful Dead Music Forum

www.rukind.com

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 22d

Althea comes to mind.

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 22d

Fierce. Bravo Brad.

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 25d

He doesn't even try to do the voice, but the lyrics are pretty good in an unhinged way.

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · 25d

I don't know if this counts. It's an early parody of "Like A Rolling Stone" sung by a Toronto radio DJ named Garry Ferrier. Kind of fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_v...

1965 Race Marbles - Like A Dribbling Fram (mono 45)

YouTube video by The45Prof

www.youtube.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 26d

Steely Dan

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 27d

Does anyone have any good home remedies for treating the aching void inside the dark hearts of men

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 28d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Sep 20

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · Sep 17

“Inhalants” is a bop

youtu.be/TjBC4ZBMkBE

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · Sep 17

The man who spoke it into existence!

Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · Sep 17

Don't hate the player, hate the game. Dogshit 90s music taste elevated it.

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Mr. Completely @brokensymmetry.art · Sep 16

Performative Clown 1
Dingbat Grifter 0

America -2,783

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · Sep 16

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Mike Daley @mikedaleymusic.bsky.social · Sep 12

Not to defend the man, but he didn't say gun ownership was a God-given right, he said that it was necessary to defend other (unnamed) God-given rights, presumably life, liberty, etc.

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