All The City Lights
@atcl.bsky.social
Fan of music, cargo bikes, the #EastBay, and humor. Not a fan of the seemingly inexorable slide into fascism. #ShoupPilled. Follow me if you want to have far too many song-a-day #MusicChallenge posts sliding into your timeline.
Pinned
If you're still in line for #5CoverSongsBlackFriday, doors will remain open, but you can also start brainstorming for next month's cover songs #MusicChallenge.
The forecast calls for #5CoverSongsWeather. Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot, please post with us in December!
The forecast calls for #5CoverSongsWeather. Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot, please post with us in December!
Strong floor, no ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Strong floor, no ceiling
Reposted by All The City Lights
would you like some housing with your driveway?
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
would you like some housing with your driveway?
Reposted by All The City Lights
Hey all. My buddy and author @nathanrabin.bsky.social (My Year of Flops, the upcoming The Fractured Mirror) was in a car accident on Thanksgiving night and is in the hospital. If you could send him some love and support, I know he’d appreciate it. www.instagram.com/p/DRr_5cyEb6...
Nathan Rabin on Instagram: "💔✌️❤️"
Mountain biking enthusiast Nathan Rabin recently experienced a severe crash, but fortunately, he and his friends are okay, aside from some bruises. He's sharing an update on his injuries, lung and che...
www.instagram.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hey all. My buddy and author @nathanrabin.bsky.social (My Year of Flops, the upcoming The Fractured Mirror) was in a car accident on Thanksgiving night and is in the hospital. If you could send him some love and support, I know he’d appreciate it. www.instagram.com/p/DRr_5cyEb6...
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 30 - "Plus Ones," Okkervil River
I started with a Will Sheff song & I'm ending with a Will Sheff song. It references no fewer than nine songs with numbers in the title and increases each by one, including songs by The Zombies, Bowie, R.E.M. Can YOU spot them all?
#MusicChallenge
Day 30 - "Plus Ones," Okkervil River
I started with a Will Sheff song & I'm ending with a Will Sheff song. It references no fewer than nine songs with numbers in the title and increases each by one, including songs by The Zombies, Bowie, R.E.M. Can YOU spot them all?
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 30 - "Plus Ones," Okkervil River
I started with a Will Sheff song & I'm ending with a Will Sheff song. It references no fewer than nine songs with numbers in the title and increases each by one, including songs by The Zombies, Bowie, R.E.M. Can YOU spot them all?
#MusicChallenge
Day 30 - "Plus Ones," Okkervil River
I started with a Will Sheff song & I'm ending with a Will Sheff song. It references no fewer than nine songs with numbers in the title and increases each by one, including songs by The Zombies, Bowie, R.E.M. Can YOU spot them all?
Reposted by All The City Lights
The vote for the 2025 Festive 50 is officially OPEN!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
a sign that says sorry we 're closed hangs on a glass door
ALT: a sign that says sorry we 're closed hangs on a glass door
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The vote for the 2025 Festive 50 is officially OPEN!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
If you're still in line for #5CoverSongsBlackFriday, doors will remain open, but you can also start brainstorming for next month's cover songs #MusicChallenge.
The forecast calls for #5CoverSongsWeather. Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot, please post with us in December!
The forecast calls for #5CoverSongsWeather. Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot, please post with us in December!
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you're still in line for #5CoverSongsBlackFriday, doors will remain open, but you can also start brainstorming for next month's cover songs #MusicChallenge.
The forecast calls for #5CoverSongsWeather. Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot, please post with us in December!
The forecast calls for #5CoverSongsWeather. Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot, please post with us in December!
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 30 - The Haberdasher
📍 Port Huron, MI
Monthly listeners: 5
Over many nights & many beers, my buddy explained his high-concept band. It involves immortal beings wreaking havoc through human history & the battle for an innocent girl’s soul?
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 30 - The Haberdasher
📍 Port Huron, MI
Monthly listeners: 5
Over many nights & many beers, my buddy explained his high-concept band. It involves immortal beings wreaking havoc through human history & the battle for an innocent girl’s soul?
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 30 - The Haberdasher
📍 Port Huron, MI
Monthly listeners: 5
Over many nights & many beers, my buddy explained his high-concept band. It involves immortal beings wreaking havoc through human history & the battle for an innocent girl’s soul?
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 30 - The Haberdasher
📍 Port Huron, MI
Monthly listeners: 5
Over many nights & many beers, my buddy explained his high-concept band. It involves immortal beings wreaking havoc through human history & the battle for an innocent girl’s soul?
Reposted by All The City Lights
Still wild to me that companies got together and lied about a mass shoplifting epidemic and fundamentally changed things in all stores so that it’s worse for everyone, and then we found out they lied, and no one fucking did anything about it, and this is just life now
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Still wild to me that companies got together and lied about a mass shoplifting epidemic and fundamentally changed things in all stores so that it’s worse for everyone, and then we found out they lied, and no one fucking did anything about it, and this is just life now
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 29 - Flatfoot
📍 Lansing, Mich. (at least originally)
Monthly listeners: 20
We’re now down to my friends’ bands, but I genuinely think they ought to be better known! These guys were a core part of mid-Michigan’s covert alt-country scene.
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 29 - Flatfoot
📍 Lansing, Mich. (at least originally)
Monthly listeners: 20
We’re now down to my friends’ bands, but I genuinely think they ought to be better known! These guys were a core part of mid-Michigan’s covert alt-country scene.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 29 - Flatfoot
📍 Lansing, Mich. (at least originally)
Monthly listeners: 20
We’re now down to my friends’ bands, but I genuinely think they ought to be better known! These guys were a core part of mid-Michigan’s covert alt-country scene.
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 29 - Flatfoot
📍 Lansing, Mich. (at least originally)
Monthly listeners: 20
We’re now down to my friends’ bands, but I genuinely think they ought to be better known! These guys were a core part of mid-Michigan’s covert alt-country scene.
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 29 - "Long Time Gone," The Chicks
"Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
They've got money but they don't have Cash
They got Junior but they don't have Hank"
#MusicChallenge
Day 29 - "Long Time Gone," The Chicks
"Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
They've got money but they don't have Cash
They got Junior but they don't have Hank"
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 29 - "Long Time Gone," The Chicks
"Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
They've got money but they don't have Cash
They got Junior but they don't have Hank"
#MusicChallenge
Day 29 - "Long Time Gone," The Chicks
"Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
They've got money but they don't have Cash
They got Junior but they don't have Hank"
#5CoverSongsBlackFriday
#MusicChallenge
5. "Chicago," Microfilm (covering Sufjan Stevens)
"We sold our clothes to the state ... "
Boy was it hard to find this version! @bandcamp.com coming through in the end.
#MusicChallenge
5. "Chicago," Microfilm (covering Sufjan Stevens)
"We sold our clothes to the state ... "
Boy was it hard to find this version! @bandcamp.com coming through in the end.
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#5CoverSongsBlackFriday
#MusicChallenge
5. "Chicago," Microfilm (covering Sufjan Stevens)
"We sold our clothes to the state ... "
Boy was it hard to find this version! @bandcamp.com coming through in the end.
#MusicChallenge
5. "Chicago," Microfilm (covering Sufjan Stevens)
"We sold our clothes to the state ... "
Boy was it hard to find this version! @bandcamp.com coming through in the end.
Reposted by All The City Lights
There was never really a point where horse usage reached anywhere near the saturation of car usage, so it's hard to compare. At the highest point there was about one horse for every five Americans. People just walked a lot!
Considering that horses are dangerous and riders are very regularly seriously injured, I wonder what the direct overall injury/death rate looked like when everyone in our society had to constantly ride/drive horses, versus the injury/death rate from cars today?
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There was never really a point where horse usage reached anywhere near the saturation of car usage, so it's hard to compare. At the highest point there was about one horse for every five Americans. People just walked a lot!
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
#5CoverSongsBlackFriday
#MusicChallenge
4. "Gronlandic Edit," Punch Brothers (covering Of Montreal)
"Only leaving once a day, to buy some groceries ... "
youtu.be/cNYqecPVT1A?...
#MusicChallenge
4. "Gronlandic Edit," Punch Brothers (covering Of Montreal)
"Only leaving once a day, to buy some groceries ... "
youtu.be/cNYqecPVT1A?...
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#5CoverSongsBlackFriday
#MusicChallenge
4. "Gronlandic Edit," Punch Brothers (covering Of Montreal)
"Only leaving once a day, to buy some groceries ... "
youtu.be/cNYqecPVT1A?...
#MusicChallenge
4. "Gronlandic Edit," Punch Brothers (covering Of Montreal)
"Only leaving once a day, to buy some groceries ... "
youtu.be/cNYqecPVT1A?...
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 28 - "The Death of Country Music," The Waco Brothers
"Spill some blood on the ashes
Of the bones of the Jones and the Cashes"...
"The Hank bone's connected to the Buck bone
The Hag bone's connected to the Jones bone
The Willie bone's connected to the Billy Bones"
#MusicChallenge
Day 28 - "The Death of Country Music," The Waco Brothers
"Spill some blood on the ashes
Of the bones of the Jones and the Cashes"...
"The Hank bone's connected to the Buck bone
The Hag bone's connected to the Jones bone
The Willie bone's connected to the Billy Bones"
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 28 - "The Death of Country Music," The Waco Brothers
"Spill some blood on the ashes
Of the bones of the Jones and the Cashes"...
"The Hank bone's connected to the Buck bone
The Hag bone's connected to the Jones bone
The Willie bone's connected to the Billy Bones"
#MusicChallenge
Day 28 - "The Death of Country Music," The Waco Brothers
"Spill some blood on the ashes
Of the bones of the Jones and the Cashes"...
"The Hank bone's connected to the Buck bone
The Hag bone's connected to the Jones bone
The Willie bone's connected to the Billy Bones"
Huh, I was assured by SF supervisors that they had to CEQA-to-death a housing project on this mall’s valet parking lot—one that would bring 495 new households to the neighborhood—in order to save Filipino cultural spaces like this bar, but this makes it sound like lack of foot traffic is the problem
He pays $35,000 a month to run a ‘third space’ in a dying S.F. mall. Will it survive?
This business has struggled as foot traffic evaporated and stores fled the mall. The owner estimates he would have to make $350,000 a month to remain profitable in the nearly vacant shopping center.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Huh, I was assured by SF supervisors that they had to CEQA-to-death a housing project on this mall’s valet parking lot—one that would bring 495 new households to the neighborhood—in order to save Filipino cultural spaces like this bar, but this makes it sound like lack of foot traffic is the problem
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 28 - The Kilbanes
📍 Oakland, CA
Monthly listeners: 40
Kate Kilbane (with husband Dan Moses) somewhat specializes in concept albums/rock musicals based on Greek myths, finding feminist themes in the tales of Medea and Procne & Philomela.
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 28 - The Kilbanes
📍 Oakland, CA
Monthly listeners: 40
Kate Kilbane (with husband Dan Moses) somewhat specializes in concept albums/rock musicals based on Greek myths, finding feminist themes in the tales of Medea and Procne & Philomela.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 28 - The Kilbanes
📍 Oakland, CA
Monthly listeners: 40
Kate Kilbane (with husband Dan Moses) somewhat specializes in concept albums/rock musicals based on Greek myths, finding feminist themes in the tales of Medea and Procne & Philomela.
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 28 - The Kilbanes
📍 Oakland, CA
Monthly listeners: 40
Kate Kilbane (with husband Dan Moses) somewhat specializes in concept albums/rock musicals based on Greek myths, finding feminist themes in the tales of Medea and Procne & Philomela.
#readandplay (543)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#readandplay (543)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
1. Gordon Lightfoot (8/10/1988, Meadow Brook Music Hall, Rochester Hills, MI)
2. Barenaked Ladies (6/1/1996, DTE Energy Music Theatre aka Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI)
3. Ben Folds Five (10/14/1999, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL)
1. Gordon Lightfoot (8/10/1988, Meadow Brook Music Hall, Rochester Hills, MI)
2. Barenaked Ladies (6/1/1996, DTE Energy Music Theatre aka Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI)
3. Ben Folds Five (10/14/1999, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Weird Al Yankovic
Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Replacements
Afghan Whigs
The GoGos
Weird Al Yankovic
Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Replacements
Afghan Whigs
The GoGos
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
The Black Crowes
Cher
Slayer
Prince
Kenny Rogers
The Black Crowes
Cher
Slayer
Prince
Kenny Rogers
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
1. Gordon Lightfoot (8/10/1988, Meadow Brook Music Hall, Rochester Hills, MI)
2. Barenaked Ladies (6/1/1996, DTE Energy Music Theatre aka Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI)
3. Ben Folds Five (10/14/1999, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL)
1. Gordon Lightfoot (8/10/1988, Meadow Brook Music Hall, Rochester Hills, MI)
2. Barenaked Ladies (6/1/1996, DTE Energy Music Theatre aka Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI)
3. Ben Folds Five (10/14/1999, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL)
#5CoverSongsBlackFriday
#MusicChallenge
3. “Songs of Love,” Ben Folds (covering The Divine Comedy)
Shops mentioned, lines mentioned.
#MusicChallenge
3. “Songs of Love,” Ben Folds (covering The Divine Comedy)
Shops mentioned, lines mentioned.
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#5CoverSongsBlackFriday
#MusicChallenge
3. “Songs of Love,” Ben Folds (covering The Divine Comedy)
Shops mentioned, lines mentioned.
#MusicChallenge
3. “Songs of Love,” Ben Folds (covering The Divine Comedy)
Shops mentioned, lines mentioned.
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 27 - Timothy Monger
📍 Ypsilanti, Michigan
Monthly listeners: 60
One of the 3 songwriters from Day 25 act Great Lakes Myth Society, Monger has continued with several solo releases. You may note Neutral Milk Hotel influences on this track.
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 27 - Timothy Monger
📍 Ypsilanti, Michigan
Monthly listeners: 60
One of the 3 songwriters from Day 25 act Great Lakes Myth Society, Monger has continued with several solo releases. You may note Neutral Milk Hotel influences on this track.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#NotKnownEnough
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 27 - Timothy Monger
📍 Ypsilanti, Michigan
Monthly listeners: 60
One of the 3 songwriters from Day 25 act Great Lakes Myth Society, Monger has continued with several solo releases. You may note Neutral Milk Hotel influences on this track.
#MusicChallenge
least obscure ➡️ who??
Day 27 - Timothy Monger
📍 Ypsilanti, Michigan
Monthly listeners: 60
One of the 3 songwriters from Day 25 act Great Lakes Myth Society, Monger has continued with several solo releases. You may note Neutral Milk Hotel influences on this track.
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 27 - "The Buck Starts Here," Robbie Fulks
Country week continues with this tribute to the cathartic powers of Buck Owens, with a little Hank Williams thrown in.
#MusicChallenge
Day 27 - "The Buck Starts Here," Robbie Fulks
Country week continues with this tribute to the cathartic powers of Buck Owens, with a little Hank Williams thrown in.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 27 - "The Buck Starts Here," Robbie Fulks
Country week continues with this tribute to the cathartic powers of Buck Owens, with a little Hank Williams thrown in.
#MusicChallenge
Day 27 - "The Buck Starts Here," Robbie Fulks
Country week continues with this tribute to the cathartic powers of Buck Owens, with a little Hank Williams thrown in.
Reposted by All The City Lights
Only 22 more votes for this to have the most total votes for a 1989 match!
The Best Album of 1989 Round 7 Match #128 - THE FINAL MATCH TO DETERMINE THE BEST ALBUM OF 1989
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
forms.gle/WZbDEMmYBZda...
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
forms.gle/WZbDEMmYBZda...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 7 Match #128 - The Final Match: Pixies vs. De La Soul
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Wednesday, November 25th, 10am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will be declared The Best Album of 1989. The losing album will be named The Se...
forms.gle
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Only 22 more votes for this to have the most total votes for a 1989 match!
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.