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• Post #4479890

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Pack Dungeon delver's pack Stuffed with supples, then emptied To make room for gold

• Post #4418014

  #1001Albums Heroes by David Bowie https://album.link/gb/i/1347894082 Picking a favourite Bowie album is a little bit like being asked to name your most loved child. For me, the Berlin trilogy is like a set of triplets - they all have their quirks and individual personalities but they also have a unique bond between them. If Lodger is the cheeky outsider and Low the introspective, arty one, then Heroes is the confident middle child that gets the balance right.

• Post #4358197

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Grasshopper Deep in the long grass Playing fiddle with his legs Noisy little bug

• Post #4358196

  #1001Albums Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson https://album.link/gb/i/457508820 Fun fact! Dennis Wilson was the only one of the Beach Boys who could surf! He was also the only one who got involved with Charles Manson, but that’s not quite so much fun.

• Post #4358195

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Sail We set sail today Under skies of polished bronze Endless wine dark seas

• Post #4358194

  #1001Albums Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs https://album.link/gb/i/211437898 The first thing to say is that this band are neither psychedelic nor furry - what they are is a fairly standard post-punk/new wave band with some good wall of sound production by Steve Lillywhite and effective use of saxophone as a sort of droning background honk underneath Richard Butlers nasal vocals. That makes it sound worse than it is, but it did give me a bit of a Proustian rush for the early 80s.

• Post #4358193

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Flurry My toughest rival On Words with Friends, the mighty Alice McFlurry

• Post #4358192

  #1001Albums Ju Ju by Siouxsie & The Banshees https://album.link/gb/i/1440764567 Interesting to compare and contrast this album with Talk, Talk, Talk by The Psychedelic Furs that the random generator gave me yesterday. Both albums are from 1981, both described as Post Punk but listening to them one after the other shows that they are very different in tone and feel.

• Post #4166138

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Glade #Chestnuts Shady forest glade Neath the spreading chestnut trees Where love conkers all

• Post #4156313

  #TuneTuesday #JumpUpAndDown Jumping Someone Else's Train by The Cure (https://song.link/gb/i/1444157483)

• Post #3856276

  #ThursdayFiveList #FantasyWorld Let’s get fantastical! Wintersmith (feat. Sir Terry Pratchett) by Steeleye Span (https://song.link/gb/i/730915854) The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin (https://song.link/gb/i/580708179) The Fountain of Salmacis (2007 Stereo Mix) by Genesis (https://song.link/gb/i/294810995) Grendel by Marillion (https://song.link/gb/i/691334133) Dragon Song (Live) by Hawkwind (https://song.link/gb/i/1617368065)

• Post #3690746

  #ThursdayFiveList #SciFiTunes Let’s get cosmic! Where's Captain Kirk? by Spizzenergi (https://song.link/gb/i/1494967784) Another Girl, Another Planet by The Only Ones (https://song.link/gb/i/301745101) I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip (https://song.link/gb/i/454441759) International Rescue by Fuzzbox (https://song.link/gb/i/642246596) We Have a Technical (Live) by Gary Numan (https://song.link/gb/i/317397239)

• Post #3532045

  #ThursdayFiveList #HereComesTheRain I wish! Sheffield Shanty II by Monkey Swallows The Universe (https://song.link/gb/i/1086969455) I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt (https://song.link/gb/i/284147810) God's Camera by John Otway (https://song.link/gb/i/260041914) The Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival (1987 Remix) by The Alan Parsons Project (https://song.link/gb/i/1434894770) Rain (2022 Stereo Mix) by The Beatles (https://song.link/gb/i/1643396627)

• Post #2761652

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Cocoon It’s time for a change She wraps herself in fine silk Reborn in moonlight

• Post #2761651

  #1001Albums Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock https://album.link/gb/i/158571524 Purists would say that there is no place in jazz for new-fangled gizmos like synthesisers before taking a toot on one of their funny cigarettes. Meanwhile Herbie Hancock is merrily flicking the vees at those snobs and coaxing other-worldly squelches and bloops from his keyboards and building them into a fifteen minute jazz funk track …

• Post #2761650

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #AiringOut A nice day at last Open wide all the windows Give the house a burp

• Post #2761649

  #1001Albums Sweet Baby James by James Taylor https://album.link/gb/i/1480026454 Amiable folksy sort of music that drifts by pleasantly enough until about half way through the album when he suddenly drops into a blues number where he seems to be comparing himself to a cement mixer for some reason. Wait, what?

• Post #2761648

  #ThursdayFiveList #FourLeggedLandCritters Dog by Nat Johnson (https://song.link/gb/i/864198128) Louisa On a Horse by John Otway (https://song.link/gb/i/997835320) Dog, Cat, Pony by Pale Man Made & Dubstar (https://song.link/gb/i/621646191) Cool for Cats by Squeeze (https://song.link/gb/i/1407882011) Chop the Dog by Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, The Alchemist, Oh No & DJ Shadow (https://song.link/gb/i/1655242611)

• Post #2761647

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Chimes John Peel played a tape Labeled as Orbital/Chime Then played it again

• Post #2366904

  #1001Albums Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine https://album.link/gb/i/191450810 Possibly one of the most wilfully misunderstood bands of all time, there really is no response to right wingers adopting tracks like Killing in the Name Of as anthems other than to sigh heavily and then punch them in the face until they get it.

• Post #1983042

  #MondayRandom10

• Post #1632084

  #ThursdayFiveList #CelebrateBooksDay @Lemniscata wants your songs about books! Book Club by Nat Johnson & The Figureheads (https://song.link/gb/i/1454050513) Paperback Writer by The Beatles (https://song.link/gb/i/1713066916) Books by The Teardrop Explodes (https://song.link/gb/i/1444017358) Every Day I Write the Book by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (https://song.link/gb/i/1442898809) F**k Me, Ray Bradbury by Rachel Bloom (https://song.link/gb/i/648598683)

• Post #1632077

  #JukeboxFridayNight #AfterTheFlood When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin (https://song.link/gb/i/580708184)

• Post #1242836

  This is lush! No Protection by Massive Attack (https://album.link/gb/i/723371523)

• Post #1242835

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Clouds #BrightLightning Clouds lit from within Were lights dancing overhead Sparks from Thor’s hammer

• Post #1242834

  #ThursdayFiveList It's #Showtime ! Something to Sing About by Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cast (https://song.link/gb/i/1502303021) Entertainment (Not) by John Otway (https://song.link/gb/i/260041609) Star of the Show by Dolly Parton (https://song.link/gb/i/217736482) The Great Gig In the Sky by Easy Star All-Stars (https://song.link/gb/i/21357063) Exhibition by Gary Numan (https://song.link/gb/i/1325735427)

• Post #1242833

  This is the sweetest and nerdiest train race of all time, going from Magna to Sheffield, trying out the new tram link. It’s a brilliant bit of genuinely thrilling editing with a nail biting finish! https://youtu.be/KX8YtPmb--Q

• Post #1242832

  #1001Albums A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield https://album.link/gb/i/1443726966 Dusty Springfield was easily one of the most engaging and versatile vocalists of the 60s, covering a huge variety of songs including blues, soul, ballads and show tunes. She effectively had two parallel careers with different songs hitting the charts in the USA and back home in the UK.

• Post #1242831

  #DailyHaikuPrompt #Mulberry I've had black and blue Straw, rasp, goose and logan too But never a mul

• Post #1242830

  #JukeboxFridayNight #PunkRock Last of the reminders of the songs of yesterday! Last of the Mohicans by John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett (https://song.link/gb/i/260042392)