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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · 8h

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Further to her appearance on Sunday with Miriam, Twink's finest moment (as lipsynced by John Lennon's ex)

Ménage à Trois - Jet Set Superstar 1980 Gabriel Byrne, May Pang, Pandora Moore, Barry Devlin

YouTube video by T-ShirtExpress

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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · 15d

On the turntable night, featuring a song from Kathy Bates when she still went by Bobo.

shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · 20d

Released sixty years ago this week, Caroline Carter's Ballad of Possibilities, written by Jackie DeShannon and quite heavy on the cymbalom. Brought to my attention by @rockingbob.bsky.social

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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · 21d

Wonder if there's a link to the Pedders of Kilgainey outside Clonmel.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 24d

RIP Danny Thompson. Here's a playlist featuring just some of the hundreds of songs that were graced by his bass playing. Includes Nick Drake, Pentangle, Donovan, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Marc Bolan, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Lilac Time, Julian Cope etc
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RIP Danny Thompson

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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · 25d

Happy Maynooth Local History day.

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Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 25d

portals//polarities, the debut album from Estonian-voiced, London-based electro-popsters Night Tapes, marks them as one to watch for (out on Nettwerk Music Group). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

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Making Time - British Music of the 1960s @makingtime60s.bsky.social · Sep 18

Remembering Sharon Tandy who would have been 82 today. South African who made a career in the UK often backed by the Fleurs de Lys.

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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · Sep 17

Teams has destroyed two of my laptops

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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · Sep 9

Oh matron!

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Rita O’Reilly @ritaoreilly.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mary Lou McDonald will not put her name forward for the presidency, she tells Morning Ireland @news.rte.ie

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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Cafard

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shffnn.bsky.social @shffnn.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Van Morrison, The Chieftains, Máire Brennan, Dolores Keane, Dolly MacMahon and a ridiculously young-looking Mary Black, among others, singing Màiri's Wedding on the Late Late.

Marie's Wedding - Van Morrison & The Chieftains & Friends, 1987

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Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Denmark, while at risk of losing Greenland, acquires the West Midlands.

Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · Aug 27

What a Cnut

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'Patriots' mistakenly paint Danish flag on English roundabout

The latest incidents come amid a wave of similar displays around the country, which have divided opinion over the summer.

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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · Aug 22

Kind of ironic when you think the channel never apologised for broadcasting an interview about how “Zionist-type people” were secretly importing migrants to Ireland to destroy Riverdance.