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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 10d

Tattoo ode to -in the manner of -“Laughing Stock” by Talk Talk

Tattoo of tree with continents, in the manner of Talk Talk’s “Laughing Stock” cover art

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 1h

Going with that Bill Frisell

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 2h

Shouting this into the void, but:
Having recently returned from Europe, I can tell you that Americans are COMPLETELY being taken to the cleaners when it comes to cost of groceries.

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 21h

Ahhhh dammit- I’m sorry

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 1d

We need to bring the word “crackpot” back into common parlance; it would save a lot of time reading & analyzing stuff like that when identified as “by a crackpot”.

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 1d

@infinityknives.bsky.social makes me proud to be from Baltimore.

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 1d

new from @futurechildren.bsky.social
🔥🔥🔥

futurechildren1.bandcamp.com/album/a-diso...

A disorganized body, by Future Children

27 track album

futurechildren1.bandcamp.com

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 2d

Watched “The Life of Chuck” yesterday on an airplane, and was trying my damndest to not get weepy next to the stranger in an adjacent seat.

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve always contended that if there is a crash, it will be precipitated by a domino that nobody really has their eyes on (unlike the Mag 7).

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 4d

Gorilla starts to think it accidentally took acid.

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 4d

Never lands a punch on the gorilla; just gets split in half like a loaf of fresh bread.

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 4d

Cocteau Twins

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! 😆

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 4d

It sounds corny but seriously wait for a rainy day to spin this one. Perfect for such a day.

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 5d

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 5d

Bawdy Bites

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 5d

“…jacksies over time; pitterpat; and there’s your change, sir! NEXT!”

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 5d

Hahaha someone once explained to me the old-fashioned method of how cashiers very logically and verbally count out change in bills and coins, but as you can see…I forgot

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 5d

…or reading it off like a cashier:
“…and five makes ten, and twenty over six, and that makes $176.”

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 5d

I hope you peeled the bills off a money clip & slapped each one down atop another like you were putting down betting money.

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 6d

Never apologize- great music is great music 😄

A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 7d

Corte Ingles Barcelona is undefeated when it comes to music selection surprises.
This is in addition to seeing Steve Reich, ECM, and International Anthem discs/records.

2 CD set of live Talk Talk from 1982 & 1984

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 8d

Man, I never knew until this post that Gigi Masin & Rod Modell collaborated! Two of my faves together 😮

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 8d

another preview track dropped for the forthcoming Tortoise album (19 days from today!) & I couldn’t be more psyched.

intlanthem.bandcamp.com/track/works-...

Works and Days, by Tortoise

from the album Touch

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Treble @treblezine.bsky.social · 10d

The most striking quality about Tom Skinner's 'Kaleidoscopic Visions' is its accessibility. @intlanthem.bsky.social

@tomm648.bsky.social reviews

www.treblezine.com/t...

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A Journey of Giraffes 🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ajogmusic.bsky.social · 8d

communal water fountain in Perpignan, France - art nouveau iron sculpture depicting three women in flowing dress, perhaps the three muses