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Allisonwonderland
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Cure fan | Music all day | Dogs, beaches, books | English country churchyards when available | Occasional aurora | Made in London and living beneath the big skies of AoNZ’s South Island
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And... it's live! reganbricheno.bandcamp.com/album/dont-c... Tim and I certainly entered into the 'spirit' of Hallowe'en this year. We hope you enjoy it.🧡
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

The Twilight Sad - Waiting For The Phone Call

(TTS’s new single with The Cure’s Robert Smith on guitar! 🎸)
#TheTwilightSad #RobertSmith #NewMusic #MusicSky 🎶🎧
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THE TWILIGHT SAD - WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL
YouTube video by thetwilightsadofficial
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October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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What a great playlist!
whenisbirths.bsky.social Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 23d
I recently made a companion playlist of 300 tracks for my new #IntoTheGroove book. Chronologically arranged 1980-1989, some of it's familiar, some of it's less so. It's not an exhaustive list, but I hope it gives you a flavour of the book's scope. www.tunemymusic.com/share/kQHEUO...
Into the Groove: Extended 300-Track Playlist Compiled by Justin Lewis
justlewis70 shared this playlist with you. shared via @tunemymusic
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October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Spotted in the trees at a sculpture trail near Auckland, with a free Johnny Hates Jazz earworm included: #musicsky

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A memorial plaque fixed to a moss-covered boulder in a nature setting. The inscription reads ‘This stone was laid in commemoration of shattered dreams’. It is part of a sculpture trail at Brick Bay, north of Auckland NZ. A close up of a memorial plaque fixed to a moss-covered boulder in a nature setting. The inscription reads ‘This stone was laid in commemoration of shattered dreams’. It is part of a sculpture trail at Brick Bay, north of Auckland NZ.
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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A little over a year with a record player in the house again & rebuilding my collection pretty much from scratch. Finding my records in the wild rather than online, & stoked to find this good clean copy of Juju at the Birkenhead record fair in Auckland at the weekend.
#nowplaying #vinylcommunity
A copy of a vinyl LP playing on a turntable. The record has the cover propped in the lid of the player. It is Juju, by Siouxsie & The Banshees.
October 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
lucys-tearoom.bsky.social
Home from a happy few days in Auckland. A great night dancing to ‘80’s X’ covers band at the Whammy Bar 💃 Found a record fair and got some treats 🎶 Fun BYO 7” night at the Northern Line 🎶 My cup is full 🩶
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

8 ~ A song about love without love in the title.

Little L | Jamiroquai

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Jamiroquai - Little L (Official Video)
YouTube video by JamiroquaiVEVO
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October 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Flew to Auckland today. Window seat views of the Rakaia braided river were an absolute treat.
An aerial view of the Rakaia, a braided river flowing through the Canterbury plains of Aotearoa New Zealand. The glacial-blue river threads through irrigated farmland, weaving through sediment to form a braided effect (when not in flood). An aerial view of the Rakaia, a braided river flowing through the Canterbury plains of Aotearoa New Zealand. The glacial-blue river threads through irrigated farmland, weaving through sediment to form a braided effect (when not in flood).
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#nzmusic

4 ~ A debut single

Royals | Lorde

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LORDE - Royals
YouTube video by Lorde
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October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Son is playing bass downstairs and I just heard him veer off from Tool into Lovesong and then back to Tool.
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

3 ~ By a solo artist whose name is one word

Fabulous performance on the Jools Holland show. This is one of my favourite songs of hers.

Bachelorette | Björk

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[HD] Björk - Bachelorette (Jools Holland 1997)
YouTube video by DISCOTHEKEreloaded
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October 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

2 ~ Two word title and the first word is ‘the’

The Lebanon | The Human League

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The Lebanon (12'' Extended)
YouTube video by The Human League - Topic
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October 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Kicking off October’s #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge with some cheerful Sisters.

1 ~ Kiss, kissing or kissed in the title.

Kiss The Carpet | The Sisters of Mercy

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September 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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For no other reason other than I am looking out at a late-ish (for us) snowfall ❄️

(Have swapped out the link just now for a full version)

Sonetimes It Snows In April | Prince

#nowplaying #musicsky

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Sometimes It Snows in April
YouTube video by Prince - Topic
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September 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

30 ~ A song for the spooky season
🕸️🕷️🎃💀🖤

Thanks to @dmiddleham.bsky.social for hosting a fun month of music prompts. I’m finishing up September with one of my faves…

Lullaby | The Cure

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The Cure - Lullaby
YouTube video by TheCureVEVO
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September 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

29 ~ #1 on my playlist for the zombie apocalypse.

It’s The End Of The World | R.E.M

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R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World
YouTube video by REMVEVO
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September 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

28 ~ A song with boy, girl, man or woman in the title.

Could you be…

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World | Prince

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Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World
YouTube video by princevevo
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September 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

27 ~ A good song for a bad mood

Lifts me every time.

The Sun Always Shines On TV | a-ha

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a-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Official Video)
YouTube video by a-ha
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September 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

25 ~ A song featuring a string section.

I 🖤 this version with the BBC Concert Orchestra 🎻

Walking In My Shoes | Depeche Mode

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Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes ft. BBC Concert Orchestra (Radio 2 Piano Room)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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September 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#GetReady

24 ~ A song with a genre of music in the title.

I am so looking forward to seeing this played next year!

Rock The Shack | New Order

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New Order - Rock the Shack (In Session)
YouTube video by BenniRoR ­
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September 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Goth is demonstrably the best subculture to age in. We treasure the veterans, we don't scorn individuality in adults and we don't shame people for fucking well liking lots of cats.
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

23 ~ A novelty song

Hey kids, stop snogging and pay attention to me!

Living Doll | Cliff Richard & The Young Ones

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Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll
YouTube video by Electra
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September 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#TheCure

22 ~ A song with little or big in the title

The Big Hand | The Cure

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The Big Hand
YouTube video by The Cure - Topic
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September 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Playing catchup (& skipping #20)…

21 ~ A song where every word in the title is one syllable

Should I Stay Or Should I Go | The Clash

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The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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September 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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“And so we watch the sun come up from the edge of the deep green sea…”

Partial solar eclipse viewed from the east coast of Aotearoa’s South Island this morning 22/09/25 (seen in the lens flare off to the right of the second photo).

#solareclipse #sunrise
#newzealand #lensflare #thecure
The sun is just peeping over the Pacific Ocean’s horizon. In the foreground of the picture are dark rocks in front of the calm sea, with a band of orange sunrise colour below a narrow strip of low cloud, and above the cloud a clear early morning sky. A partial solar eclipse, a little after sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. The sun is reflecting on the water and the shape is slightly distorted from the excise. The eclipse is best seen in the small lens flare off to the right.
September 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM