I'm so bad at tagging, I'm sorry. #musicadvent Louis Armstrong, Mack the Knife www.youtube.com/watch?v=28UL...
Mack the Knife by Louis Armstrong
YouTube video by Bryan Galvez
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December 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'm so bad at tagging, I'm sorry. #musicadvent Louis Armstrong, Mack the Knife www.youtube.com/watch?v=28UL...
Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, Different Drum. Her voice is one of my all-time favourites www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9qs...
Different Drum
YouTube video by The Stone Poneys - Topic
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December 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, Different Drum. Her voice is one of my all-time favourites www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9qs...
K is for The Kinks. Funny that British pop bands complaining about the high tax rates for top earners in the 60s was a whole thing (cf Taxman by the Beatles). Anyway, Sunny Afternoon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIl...
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Kinks
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December 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
K is for The Kinks. Funny that British pop bands complaining about the high tax rates for top earners in the 60s was a whole thing (cf Taxman by the Beatles). Anyway, Sunny Afternoon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIl...
fuck it, it's a bop. Julio Iglesias, Begin the Beguine (the Artie Shaw recording of same was played at grandad's funeral and it made me cry for like a decade afterwards) www.youtube.com/watch?v=918U...
Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)
YouTube video by Julio Iglesias - Topic
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December 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
fuck it, it's a bop. Julio Iglesias, Begin the Beguine (the Artie Shaw recording of same was played at grandad's funeral and it made me cry for like a decade afterwards) www.youtube.com/watch?v=918U...
also my dad had Julio Iglesias' album Begin the Beguine in the car and I still know and love every single song
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
also my dad had Julio Iglesias' album Begin the Beguine in the car and I still know and love every single song
(today was hard. other options: Janis Joplin; Jimi Hendrix; Etta James; Joan Baez; Joe Cocker; Joni Mitchell)
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
(today was hard. other options: Janis Joplin; Jimi Hendrix; Etta James; Joan Baez; Joe Cocker; Joni Mitchell)
bonus J action for Jewel's Near You Always, another song I was obsessed with in high school (I was obsessed with the whole album, really, and it is forever entwined with my love for L J Smith's Secret Circle trilogy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUNQ...
Jewel - Near You Always
YouTube video by Jewel
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December 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
bonus J action for Jewel's Near You Always, another song I was obsessed with in high school (I was obsessed with the whole album, really, and it is forever entwined with my love for L J Smith's Secret Circle trilogy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUNQ...
J is for Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit, a song I was obsessed with in high school. OBSESSED. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJM...
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (Official Audio)
YouTube video by JeffersonAirplneVEVO
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December 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
J is for Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit, a song I was obsessed with in high school. OBSESSED. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJM...
#MusicAdvent I is for The Indelicates: Anthem for Doomed Youth. Sometimes I like vicious lyrics to a pretty melody. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gGv...
Anthem For Doomed Youth
YouTube video by The Indelicates - Topic
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December 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
#MusicAdvent I is for The Indelicates: Anthem for Doomed Youth. Sometimes I like vicious lyrics to a pretty melody. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gGv...
your Elvis choice is an excellent Elvis choice
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
your Elvis choice is an excellent Elvis choice
and, as a bonus, Hollie Smith's Bathe in the River. Her voice is just beautiful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQbe...
Bathe In The River
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December 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
and, as a bonus, Hollie Smith's Bathe in the River. Her voice is just beautiful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQbe...
#MusicAdvent the 8th of the month brings you House of Pain's Jump Around www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhzp...
House of Pain - Jump Around (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Tommy Boy
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December 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#MusicAdvent the 8th of the month brings you House of Pain's Jump Around www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhzp...
#MusicAdvent G is for George Gershwin's masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue. There are dozens of recordings of course, but this is Leonard Bernstein in 1976. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2P...
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (1976)
YouTube video by Qiyu Liu
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December 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
#MusicAdvent G is for George Gershwin's masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue. There are dozens of recordings of course, but this is Leonard Bernstein in 1976. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2P...
ooooh, this is great! LOVE the piano.
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
ooooh, this is great! LOVE the piano.
#MusicAdvent it's the falsetto for me. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Walk Like A Man: it always makes me want to sing along. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzoI...
The Four Seasons - Walk Like A Man (Official Audio)
YouTube video by RHINO
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December 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#MusicAdvent it's the falsetto for me. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Walk Like A Man: it always makes me want to sing along. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzoI...
#MusicAdvent I don't think I quite started on the right date, but surely Fiona Apple will make it better? Tymps (the Sick in the Head Song) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgI...
Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)
YouTube video by Fiona Apple - Topic
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December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
#MusicAdvent I don't think I quite started on the right date, but surely Fiona Apple will make it better? Tymps (the Sick in the Head Song) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgI...
honestly backyard fruit trees are such a blessing
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
honestly backyard fruit trees are such a blessing
(and of course they're not even peak cherry, we all know that peak cherries are either bought online or sourced from a car boot on the side of the road)
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
(and of course they're not even peak cherry, we all know that peak cherries are either bought online or sourced from a car boot on the side of the road)
yeah :( we got 400g and that will do for this fortnight I think :(
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
yeah :( we got 400g and that will do for this fortnight I think :(
I had not heard this before and I loved it!
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I had not heard this before and I loved it!