Dancing Monk🌻
@dancingmonk.bsky.social
I'm #PlayEverything in my record collection (now at 72%) but I keep buying more. Includes #DailyVinyl & #MonksMusic
Here for music and art.
#ASD but not in a good way. I post disability stories but avoid politics.
Not a monk, don't dance
Here for music and art.
#ASD but not in a good way. I post disability stories but avoid politics.
Not a monk, don't dance
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Dancing Monk🌻
@dancingmonk.bsky.social
· Sep 27
#MonksMusic Part 2 starts today. Working forwards with roughly 225 composers & compilation albums from my collection, starting in 900 and ending in 1700 exploring the rich tapestry of Medieval, Renaissance & Early Baroque music.
As before I'll post a composer, their years, a work & a link
As before I'll post a composer, their years, a work & a link
Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88
The journalist and editor also led the British Board of Film Classification and served as the senior lay member of the Church of England
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#NowPlaying 🎻
Barbara Strozzi - Arias & Cantatas Op 8
Barbara Strozzi - Arias & Cantatas Op 8
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Barbara Strozzi - Arias & Cantatas Op 8
Barbara Strozzi - Arias & Cantatas Op 8
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Happy St Andrew's Day everyone.
As a wee #StainedGlassSunday treat, here's Scotland's patron saint depicted next to St John the Evangelist by the artist Karl Parsons in the historic Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian.
Both these windows hide secrets, can you spot them..?
🧵 (1/5)
As a wee #StainedGlassSunday treat, here's Scotland's patron saint depicted next to St John the Evangelist by the artist Karl Parsons in the historic Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian.
Both these windows hide secrets, can you spot them..?
🧵 (1/5)
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy St Andrew's Day everyone.
As a wee #StainedGlassSunday treat, here's Scotland's patron saint depicted next to St John the Evangelist by the artist Karl Parsons in the historic Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian.
Both these windows hide secrets, can you spot them..?
🧵 (1/5)
As a wee #StainedGlassSunday treat, here's Scotland's patron saint depicted next to St John the Evangelist by the artist Karl Parsons in the historic Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian.
Both these windows hide secrets, can you spot them..?
🧵 (1/5)
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Coming up this Monday at 11:00 ET on CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa, and always on-demand at CKCUFM.com : Cantata No. 1 from Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Also, music by Alessandro Scarlatti, Percy Grainger, and Fernando Sor.
cod.ckcufm.com/programs/602...
cod.ckcufm.com/programs/602...
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio. Cantata 1 - Music For A While - 2025-12-01
Es ist die schönste Zeit des Jahres. Die Kinder singen mit ihren Glöckchen Und alle wünschen dir gute Laune. Es ist die schönste Zeit des Jahres. Es ist die fröhlichste Jahreszeit überhaupt. Mit all ...
cod.ckcufm.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Armes amours
Armes amours. Naive: OP30221. Buy download online. Alla Francesca, Alta, Brigitte Lesne
www.prestomusic.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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#CeilingsOnSunday Thistle Chapel, St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. #StAndrewsDay
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#CeilingsOnSunday Thistle Chapel, St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. #StAndrewsDay
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
...and I wake up to a new release from @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/once-u...
music.stevelawson.net/album/once-u...
Once Upon A Time, by Steve Lawson
4 track album
music.stevelawson.net
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
...and I wake up to a new release from @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/once-u...
music.stevelawson.net/album/once-u...
November 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
#NowPlaying 🎻
It's Advent Sunday. When I was down South I would visit St Paul's Cathedral, London for the annual Advent carol service. It's an incredible celebration of music and light, all very moving.
Now I'm too far away but I have the CD.
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
It's Advent Sunday. When I was down South I would visit St Paul's Cathedral, London for the annual Advent carol service. It's an incredible celebration of music and light, all very moving.
Now I'm too far away but I have the CD.
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
Advent at St Paul's
<p>Every year on Advent Sunday St Paul's Cathedral in London holds an Advent Carol Service. This recording captures the mood and structure of this event, presenting a selection of the music which migh...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#NowPlaying 🎻
It's Advent Sunday. When I was down South I would visit St Paul's Cathedral, London for the annual Advent carol service. It's an incredible celebration of music and light, all very moving.
Now I'm too far away but I have the CD.
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
It's Advent Sunday. When I was down South I would visit St Paul's Cathedral, London for the annual Advent carol service. It's an incredible celebration of music and light, all very moving.
Now I'm too far away but I have the CD.
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻🎻🎻🎻
String Quartet in A minor - Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet in A minor - Felix Mendelssohn
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻🎻🎻🎻
String Quartet in A minor - Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet in A minor - Felix Mendelssohn
#NowPlaying 🎻
Giovanni Paolo Colonna - Nisi Dominus - Motetti e Lamentazioni
Giovanni Paolo Colonna - Nisi Dominus - Motetti e Lamentazioni
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Giovanni Paolo Colonna - Nisi Dominus - Motetti e Lamentazioni
Giovanni Paolo Colonna - Nisi Dominus - Motetti e Lamentazioni
#NowPlaying 🎻🎹
Galina Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonatas
Galina Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonatas
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻🎹
Galina Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonatas
Galina Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonatas
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🔗 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walk...
Somewhat more subdued colouring than that of illustration. It was a hopeful age in which everything was, in theory, going to be forward-looking, clean-cut and easy to care for.
Somewhat more subdued colouring than that of illustration. It was a hopeful age in which everything was, in theory, going to be forward-looking, clean-cut and easy to care for.
![Trouser suit, crimplene and tank top, acrylic, designed by Diana MacKinnon for Dawn Breakers, about 1972-75. - Walker Art Gallery [Liverpool Museum]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wesgabqkytcdfcdsgofzn4tf/bafkreie53pxkwb4brnpu7qhlxihhlgl3nzk2ggdbdlvzxjk2f3cdtq2eie@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🔗 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walk...
Somewhat more subdued colouring than that of illustration. It was a hopeful age in which everything was, in theory, going to be forward-looking, clean-cut and easy to care for.
Somewhat more subdued colouring than that of illustration. It was a hopeful age in which everything was, in theory, going to be forward-looking, clean-cut and easy to care for.
#NowPlaying 🎻
Iain Hamilton - Clarinet Concerto
Iain Hamilton - Clarinet Concerto
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Iain Hamilton - Clarinet Concerto
Iain Hamilton - Clarinet Concerto
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"Aye....do you remember the auld days when we used to hide coins in the Christmas pudding..."
#DangerousNostalgia
#DangerousNostalgia
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"Aye....do you remember the auld days when we used to hide coins in the Christmas pudding..."
#DangerousNostalgia
#DangerousNostalgia
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The Ladybird look, 1976.
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The Ladybird look, 1976.
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison