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.
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Onomatopoeia? I barely know ya!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!
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Um, that is CLEARLY Eminem, not Backstreet Boys. FBI in shambles.
For FBI personnel whose jobs entail the handling of all sorts of docs, anything Epstein related they were pulled into generated responses filled with dread & comedy, according to internal message chats
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Um, that is CLEARLY Eminem, not Backstreet Boys. FBI in shambles.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
February 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
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A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 AM
A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
Alt-country is pretty well represented in the Best Album of 2001 bracket parade so far, but this by my estimation is pretty much the only thing that could possibly be classified as "not-alt" country, and even it is borderline alt.
Alison Krauss + Union Station, NEW FAVORITE
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Alt-country is pretty well represented in the Best Album of 2001 bracket parade so far, but this by my estimation is pretty much the only thing that could possibly be classified as "not-alt" country, and even it is borderline alt.
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Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Are all Patriots fans this soft? Boston radio hosts mock S.F. in idiotic Super Bowl tirade
Radio hosts Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti failed the empathy test this week when they took to the airwaves to call San Francisco a “zombie apocalypse.”
www.sfchronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 PM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
Sorry, folks. Looks we had two #readandplay prompts today. I try to check and make sure @savemeaseat.bsky.social hasn't already done one before I click the ol' Post button, and today it slipped my mind. Feel free to do either one (or both!) today, and we'll try to avoid double posts in the future!
#readandplay (606)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Sorry, folks. Looks we had two #readandplay prompts today. I try to check and make sure @savemeaseat.bsky.social hasn't already done one before I click the ol' Post button, and today it slipped my mind. Feel free to do either one (or both!) today, and we'll try to avoid double posts in the future!
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#readandplay (606)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
#readandplay (606)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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The current exposure for the California FAIR plan (California’s insurer of last resort) sits at $724 billion. Its liability almost doubled in two years and is now more than double the state’s annual budget. In its most recent financial reporting it had about $1.5 billion on hand.
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The current exposure for the California FAIR plan (California’s insurer of last resort) sits at $724 billion. Its liability almost doubled in two years and is now more than double the state’s annual budget. In its most recent financial reporting it had about $1.5 billion on hand.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
February 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
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wow, it's almost as if all of those other universities that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into god knows what could have just told them to shove it instead
The Trump administration is no longer trying to get cash from Harvard as it seeks a settlement. At this point, the White House seems happy to get a signature on anything they can call a compact.
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
wow, it's almost as if all of those other universities that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into god knows what could have just told them to shove it instead
QuakeBot spamming my timeline because there is an earthquake every 2 minutes in San Ramon smdh
M 2.2 - 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75306286
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75306286
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75306286
earthquake.usgs.gov
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
QuakeBot spamming my timeline because there is an earthquake every 2 minutes in San Ramon smdh
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Sixers," The Hold Steady
More subverted expectations & an almost-hookup. Craig Finn sure can spin a yarn about sympathetic losers, and this one is heartbreaking. The finance bro and the burnout girl seem destined for romance until she chickens out.
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Sixers," The Hold Steady
More subverted expectations & an almost-hookup. Craig Finn sure can spin a yarn about sympathetic losers, and this one is heartbreaking. The finance bro and the burnout girl seem destined for romance until she chickens out.
February 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Sixers," The Hold Steady
More subverted expectations & an almost-hookup. Craig Finn sure can spin a yarn about sympathetic losers, and this one is heartbreaking. The finance bro and the burnout girl seem destined for romance until she chickens out.
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Sixers," The Hold Steady
More subverted expectations & an almost-hookup. Craig Finn sure can spin a yarn about sympathetic losers, and this one is heartbreaking. The finance bro and the burnout girl seem destined for romance until she chickens out.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
49. "Anymore"
Goldfrapp
2017
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My Goldfrapp knowledge is spotty, so I have no clue how this stacks up to other singles from the '10s. There's probably more popular stuff from earlier in the decade? I just think that distorted synth riff is badass.
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
49. "Anymore"
Goldfrapp
2017
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My Goldfrapp knowledge is spotty, so I have no clue how this stacks up to other singles from the '10s. There's probably more popular stuff from earlier in the decade? I just think that distorted synth riff is badass.
February 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
49. "Anymore"
Goldfrapp
2017
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My Goldfrapp knowledge is spotty, so I have no clue how this stacks up to other singles from the '10s. There's probably more popular stuff from earlier in the decade? I just think that distorted synth riff is badass.
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
49. "Anymore"
Goldfrapp
2017
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My Goldfrapp knowledge is spotty, so I have no clue how this stacks up to other singles from the '10s. There's probably more popular stuff from earlier in the decade? I just think that distorted synth riff is badass.
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
28 days of songs about love affairs that end poorly
Day 1 - “Someone to Love,” Fountains of Wayne
Some classic Schlesinger narrative mischief. Sets you up to think the 2 lonely urban professionals are gonna have a romcom meet cute, then pulls the rug out.
#MusicChallenge
28 days of songs about love affairs that end poorly
Day 1 - “Someone to Love,” Fountains of Wayne
Some classic Schlesinger narrative mischief. Sets you up to think the 2 lonely urban professionals are gonna have a romcom meet cute, then pulls the rug out.
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
28 days of songs about love affairs that end poorly
Day 1 - “Someone to Love,” Fountains of Wayne
Some classic Schlesinger narrative mischief. Sets you up to think the 2 lonely urban professionals are gonna have a romcom meet cute, then pulls the rug out.
#MusicChallenge
28 days of songs about love affairs that end poorly
Day 1 - “Someone to Love,” Fountains of Wayne
Some classic Schlesinger narrative mischief. Sets you up to think the 2 lonely urban professionals are gonna have a romcom meet cute, then pulls the rug out.
I submitted an advanced list, but I'll be daily-posting my picks for #TheTenX5 (the next mu21cvs.com #MusicChallenge), 50 songs (mostly but not all officially released as singles) from the 2010s, starting with a sexy duet!
50. "Sex Karma"
Of Montreal [feat. Solange]
2010
Non-single
PC: Y
NKC: Y
50. "Sex Karma"
Of Montreal [feat. Solange]
2010
Non-single
PC: Y
NKC: Y
February 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I submitted an advanced list, but I'll be daily-posting my picks for #TheTenX5 (the next mu21cvs.com #MusicChallenge), 50 songs (mostly but not all officially released as singles) from the 2010s, starting with a sexy duet!
50. "Sex Karma"
Of Montreal [feat. Solange]
2010
Non-single
PC: Y
NKC: Y
50. "Sex Karma"
Of Montreal [feat. Solange]
2010
Non-single
PC: Y
NKC: Y
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#RadioheadTop30
Here’s the final sixty track playlist from all of the votes cast. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the challenge.
Radiohead
open.spotify.com/playlist/7jc...
Here’s the final sixty track playlist from all of the votes cast. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the challenge.
Radiohead
open.spotify.com/playlist/7jc...
January 31, 2026 at 10:48 AM
#RadioheadTop30
Here’s the final sixty track playlist from all of the votes cast. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the challenge.
Radiohead
open.spotify.com/playlist/7jc...
Here’s the final sixty track playlist from all of the votes cast. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the challenge.
Radiohead
open.spotify.com/playlist/7jc...
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#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
Congratulations to R.E.M., who were voted the best artist to come flying out of the blocks with Radio Free Europe.
Below are the 120 most picked choices, and a Spotify playlist containing them all.
Thank you everyone 🙏
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Cn...
#MusicSky
Congratulations to R.E.M., who were voted the best artist to come flying out of the blocks with Radio Free Europe.
Below are the 120 most picked choices, and a Spotify playlist containing them all.
Thank you everyone 🙏
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Cn...
#MusicSky
January 31, 2026 at 9:31 AM
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
Congratulations to R.E.M., who were voted the best artist to come flying out of the blocks with Radio Free Europe.
Below are the 120 most picked choices, and a Spotify playlist containing them all.
Thank you everyone 🙏
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Cn...
#MusicSky
Congratulations to R.E.M., who were voted the best artist to come flying out of the blocks with Radio Free Europe.
Below are the 120 most picked choices, and a Spotify playlist containing them all.
Thank you everyone 🙏
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Cn...
#MusicSky
“Owie, it burns!!”
Come on, man. Shut it all down.
Come on, man. Shut it all down.
I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 4:38 AM
“Owie, it burns!!”
Come on, man. Shut it all down.
Come on, man. Shut it all down.
Onomatopoeia? I barely know ya!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Onomatopoeia? I barely know ya!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!