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AizuYabanjin
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pottering about, growing stuff, cooking stuff, taking photos of stuff, underachieving, trying not to be a grumpy old man
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17 ✊️

From one of Terry Hall's possibly lesser know projects - but definitely worth checking out if you don't know it - The Hour of Two Lights.

Stand Together

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R61n...
Stand Together
YouTube video by Terry Hall - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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16 ⏳

It's been too long since I posted any Kevin Ayers.

I find this one quite moving.

All This Crazy Gift of Time

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ0n...
Kevin Ayers- All This Crazy Gift of Time
YouTube video by Gozmodon
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Souvenir salty sweet tasty snacks from the in-laws.

Mmmm, crunchy!
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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15 📚

books > educational > university > goes ska

How else could we skart the week with this prompt?!?

Edumacate us, Don!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYpP...
University Goes Ska
YouTube video by Don Drummond - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Home Sweet Home.

Not mine, I should add!
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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💣

After yesterday’s reflective post, it’s time to drop a tropical bomb.

¡Que calor!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z0k...
Bomba Trópica
YouTube video by Ondatrópica - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Heading home again.

For my #EmojiSounds friends, I still don’t have the opportunity to listen to your explosive bombastic picks.
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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13 🎹

I was thinking about posting Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (እማሆይ ፅጌ ማርያም ገብሩ ደስታ) as her music is utterly wonderful, but figured she’s quite well known now, so instead here’s Girma Yifrashewa, almost equally sublime.

youtu.be/m1e87Mio91M
The Shepherd with the Flute
YouTube video by Girma Yifrashewa - Topic
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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12 🌷

Robyn H at his most Beefheartian. I used to think it meant something. I also used to think it was 'sock' but the internet tells me 'shop'. Hmm.

Black snake diamond rock
Hungry fingers in a smock
Sucking on a crocus top
Tulips blossom in a shop

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KEc...
Black Snake Diamond Rock
YouTube video by The Soft Boys - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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11 🗽

I know nothing about Harold Jackson or his brothers, but as a man who has now eaten pineapple on pizza, I feel qualified to say "this kicks some serious ass".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vR...
Harold Jackson - The Freedom Riders
YouTube video by cadlagh1 Bill Kealy
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
61 years old and there’s still a first time for some things.

A last time too.
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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10 🩸

The Radio Four - Blood Done Signed My Name

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_cV...
Blood Done Signed My Name
YouTube video by The Radio Four - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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9 🛸

For a short while, the space race, unexplained UFO sightings and advances in recording technology fused with country music, resulting in gems like this.

Sidney Ester - UFO On Farm Road 318
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWvG...
Sidney Ester - UFO On Farm Road 318
YouTube video by Dollar Country
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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8 🎬

For a while it seemed a lot of Jamaican artists were obsessed with Spaghetti Westerns.

Ska-rting the week with the legendary Skatalites and their take on The Magnificent Seven.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8bv...
Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme)
YouTube video by Lynn Taitt - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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7 😂

BDDDB returns (minus their doo dah) with this atypical track featuring some frankly rather disturbing laughter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=myVE...
Slush (2007 Remaster)
YouTube video by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Today I’m mostly eating shades of orange.
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
and then, some days it’s like this….
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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6 🕊️

Possibly not to everyone's taste, but the insistence, simplicity and passion of this gets me every time.

Pharoah Sanders - Prince of Peace
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZjQ...
Pharoah Sanders : Prince of Peace
YouTube video by Mr Kleeg
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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5 🎺

Peter Grudzien was something of an odd fish. One half of a pair of paranoid schizophrenic twins, he was an outsider artist all his life and in 1974 released The Unicorn (arguably) the first openly gay country album. It's a very singular piece of work.

'Hear The Trumpet Call'
Hear The Trumpet Call
YouTube video by Peter Grudzien - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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4 💰

Off to Sierra Leone today for a spot of sparkling hi-life inspired money palava.

Afro National
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnYT...
🇸🇱 Afro National - Money Palava (1978) 🇸🇱
YouTube video by Psycho Phono
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
There is some truth in this photograph.
#nofilter
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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3 🫂

I've seen a predictable slew of lovey dovey nonsense this morning, so here's the flip side!

Roy Budd (with Lesley Cline singing) - Love Is A Four Letter Word
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxKl...
10 Roy Budd - Love Is A Four Letter Word - Get Carter, 1971
YouTube video by 10Gems - Music Library
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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2 🇯🇲

Going back to the roots with some mento from 1952.

Lord Messam & his Calypsonians - Take Her To Jamaica
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFjk...
Lord Messam - Take Her To Jamaica (1952) Mento
YouTube video by TheBluesfan12
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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1 ⚖️

Ska-rting the week/month with The Virtues weighing up this age-old choice.

Thanks to @lagrume.bsky.social for 🤔💭💡 such an interesting challenge idea.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdjy...
The Virtues & The Ambassadors-The Choice (40 Original Ska Classics 1962-1966)
YouTube video by Grovetownyute74
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Sunday morning. Another glorious day. Hard to believe all this will be under 20cm of snow by Friday.

Unless they’ve got it wrong again.
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM