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A place for #quotes, #music, and whatever's happened #RecentlyInCT - and #OutsideOfCT! Feedback is welcome. (We're also on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.)

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · Jan 19

(Here's our brand new article on this Martin Luther King holiday weekend, "Preparing For The Changes".)

Preparing For The Changes

For the last two months, we’ve known what this Monday will bring. This wasn’t pessimistic speculation by the losing political party, but a series of promises – …

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 8h

(It was only just before the show began that the audience was asked not to take pictures of the performer … so our photographer took pictures while the guitarist was not performing. For now we're leaving out photos of his 'surprise guest' near the end of the show.)

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 8h

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentConcertsInCT:
Pat Metheny's sparkling one-man show at District Music Hall, #Norwalk, 10/8/2025

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 9h

#SongOfTheDay, 10/10/2025:
"Go For [A] Soda" (1984-85) by Kim Mitchell
We "might as well" finish the week on a lighter note!
[AOR: top-15 / Charting pop hit]
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Kim Mitchell - Go For Soda

YouTube video by KimMitchellVEVO

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 9h

(Read more about the program on our Facebook page.)

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut

A new program in our state looks to help people who are still on the road to recovery but need somewhere to stay along the way. Through HERO (Housing Empowering Recovery Opportunities), people can...

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 9h

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/10/2025
#Quote by: Eleni Rodis at the Connecticut DMHAS,
speaking to UConn Today
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 1d

#SongOfTheDay, 10/9/2025:
"Children's Crusade" (1985) by #Sting,
which examines historical moments when adults have exploited the young - including through the opium trade
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Children's Crusade

YouTube video by Sting - Topic

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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/9/2025
#Quote by: Jessica Williams of @nhfpi.bsky.social
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 2d

#SongOfTheDay, 10/8/2025:
"Falling From Grace" (1983) by Marianne Faithfull
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Falling From Grace

YouTube video by Marianne Faithfull - Topic

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 2d

(The picture comes from a separate event around that time.)

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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/8/2025
#Quote by: Kitty Dukakis (12/26/1936 – 3/21/2025),
discussing the rehabilitation center named after her
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 2d

(There was an error in Monday's post.)

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 2d

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/6/2025
#Quote by: the late Marianne Faithfull, discussing her recovery from drug addictions with @npr.org's Terry Gross in 2005
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 3d

#SongOfTheDay, 10/7/2025:
"Cold Turkey" (1969), a top-30 hit (!) for #JohnLennon,
backed by the Plastic Ono Band,
detailing his experience with heroin withdrawal

#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

COLD TURKEY. (Ultimate Remix, 2020) - Plastic Ono Band (Original 1969 Music Video, Restored 4K)

YouTube video by johnlennon

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 3d

(The Nixon administration claimed the order had to do with #JohnLennon 's U.K. conviction for marijuana possession, but many saw it as a way to punish a longtime critic of the president.

This may all sound familiar.

#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth)

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 3d

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/7/2025
#Quote by: Judge Irving R. Kaufman, voting 50 years ago today to reverse a deportation order for #JohnLennon

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 4d

#SongOfTheDay, 10/6/2025
"Sister Morphine" (1969 B-side) by Marianne Faithfull,
written with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards,
Band: Mick, Charlie Watts, Jack Nitzsche, Ry Cooder
#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

Sister Morphine (Stereo Version / Remastered 2025)

YouTube video by Marianne Faithfull - Topic

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 4d

(This week our quotes and songs are in recognition of October's status as #SubstanceUsePreventionMonth.)

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 5d

#SundaySong, 10/5/2025:
"Teacher Teacher" (1984) by 38 Special, from the film "Teachers"
Happy #WorldTeachersDay to all educators around the globe!
(You can hear a better copy, without the sound bites, on our Facebook page.)
[AOR: top-5 / Pop: top-25]

38 Special -1984 Teacher Teacher

YouTube video by KOUJI328Z

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 5d

#RecentConcerts #OutsideOfCT:
"We are #theRecordCompany and we play rock and roll!"
The Los Angeles-based trio's fiery performance closed out the first #PoundRidge, #NY Harvest Festival in three years yesterday [10/4/2025].

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 6d

#SaturdaySong, 10/4/2025 [ #SnoopyDay ]:
Vince Guaraldi's title theme to the 1968 TV special "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown" - mistitled when released that year on Vince's appropriately named album "Oh, Good Grief!"

#Snoopy #Snoopy75

It's Your Dog Charlie Brown

YouTube video by Vince Guaraldi - Topic

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Birthday to #Snoopy, who first appeared in comic-strip form 75 years ago today! And a belated Happy Anniversary to the "Peanuts" comic strip, which premiered 75 years ago on Thursday!

#SnoopyDay #Snoopy75

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 6d

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT:
The ninth annual #Norwalk NICE Festival began today [10/4/2025] at noon and goes until 8PM.

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 7d

2nd #SongOfTheDay, 10/3/2025:
"Move Closer" (1985), a U.K. #1 for Phyllis Nelson,
later covered by both Marilyn Martin and Tom Jones

Move Closer

YouTube video by Phyllis Nelson - Topic

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Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 7d

(Phyllis Nelson passed away from breast cancer at age 47. As a reminder, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.)

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎 @qotdct.bsky.social · 7d

1st #SongOfTheDay, 10/3/2025:
"I Like You" (1986)
by Phyllis Nelson (1950-1998), born 75 years ago today
[Dance: #1 / Charting pop, R&B hit]

Phyllis Nelson - I Like You (1985)

YouTube video by DiscoBar80