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Marcsvox 🇨🇦🎼
@marcdesharque.bsky.social
Retired radio guy
Neiter Lib nor Con
Lover of all things music
Tongue firmly planted in cheek
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December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Earworm #273

It was a big day yesterday
A day I honour with silence and pay tribute to today
45 years ago John Lennon was shot by a man who’s name I will never utter.
One of the most influential songwriters of my lifetime
I often wonder what his music would sound like today
youtu.be/uMH_wMvMy_8?...
🎅 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon 1971
YouTube video by HolidayFavorites
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December 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Earworm #272
Tom is 76 today
When he played this song in New York he said

"it was 200 degrees below zero – I know, you think I'm bullshitting, no, I swear to God, I was wearing just a bra and a slip and a kind of dead squirrel"
Merry Christmas

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Tom Waits - "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" (Live at Austin City Limits, 1978)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm gonna say it out loud
The animated Christmas shows are better than the Hallmark ones
Every Hallmark movie is based on Planes Trains and Automobiles
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Earworm #271
My father in law played a lot of instruments but fiddle was his favourite.
His band "The Parkland Fiddlers" played dances for the old folks all the time and at Christmas, they sounded a lot like this

youtu.be/ZsICPVcKbDc?...
Blue Christmas
YouTube video by Hadley Steel - Topic
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December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Earworm #270
there are 2 things we collect when we travel
Christmas tree ornaments and local music
Sometimes we find Christmas music
Like we did in Jamaica

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Cully Drew - Island Christmas
YouTube video by Ka Lāhui o Hawai'i Nei
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wanna great little read for your kids and grand kids?
people seem to like it:

This story is a short, easy to read delight, based on the adventures of the author's grandchildren who spent hours learning and playing their grandpa's instruments with him.
You can buy it by clicking here a.co/d/fAQ1svy
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Earworm #269

In the old days I'd go in the bush and cut down a Christmas tree, and then find out the top wouldn't fit in the house.
They look at lot smaller when they're way up there.
Thankfully none of them did this...

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CED The Tree Is On Fire - Cledus T Judd
YouTube video by Christmas Everyday
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December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Earworm # 268

Christmas around my place is not exactly traditional...musically anyway.
You'll see what I mean over the next few weeks.
One of my faves is when two songs blend perfectly together...like this one
youtu.be/Z4ngANtbHxc?...
O Little Town of Bethlehem
YouTube video by Bob Rivers - Topic
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December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Earworm #267

this one was written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. It was recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure in a single day. I doubt theyknew what sort of impact it would have even 41 years later.
youtu.be/bjQzJAKxTrE?...
Do they Know it's Christmas ~ Band Aid 1984
YouTube video by PhoneixRising100
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December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Earworm #266

In the UK, this is the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century. It is frequently cited as the best Christmas song of all time in various television, radio, and magazine-related polls in the UK and Ireland
And it's about an evening in New York

youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?...
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video)
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
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December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Earworm #265

Merry Christmas friends
Today the Christmas season starts at my place
and to celebrate allow me to give you your first advent calendar
Enjoy
punxmas.co.uk
The Punk Rock Advent Calendar
25 Free Punk Rock Christmas Songs
punxmas.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What a great stocking stuffer.
A short fun read
People like it
"My 4 year old grandson loves this book. He laughed out loud a few times and chatted about the story when it was finished. Enjoyable read for kids and grandparents. Images are fantastic"
Wanna buy one?
Click this link
a.co/d/cx40WwT
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Shop local for Black Friday and every other day
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Earworm #264

@thewitchypixie posted this:
Whenever I think about George Harrison, I think about how his son Dhani Harrison, worked with Jeff Lynne to finish his father’s album. He said it was the hardest projects he’d ever done.

here's the first single

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George Harrison - Stuck Inside A Cloud
YouTube video by GeorgeHarrisonVEVO
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November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Earworm #263

The Last Waltz wasn’t just a concert, album and movie by The Band.
They brought a few friends along for the ride.
Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Mavis Staples and so many more.
It was released 49 years ago today
Here’s one that features a few of them.

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I Shall Be Released - The Band (Ensemble) - The Last Waltz
YouTube video by Just A Account
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earworm #262

Wow! Seems like I found this guy 99 years too late.
RL Burnside was born 99 years ago today in Lafayette County, Mississippi. The blues never sounded so good

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R.L. Burnside: See My Jumper Hanging On the Line (1978)
YouTube video by Lomax Film Collection
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November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wrote a book that your kids will love.
Some already do...

"This book is a great tool to help teach kids, in their own language, how to not give up! That practice can be fun and success is the perfect mix of fun and hard work."

please click here to buy it.

a.co/d/3jme9iv
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Earworm #261

People ask what kind of music I like, I say I like a good musician, doesn't matter what they play.
But I do like reggae.
Jimmy Cliff was one of the guys who started this movement he died yesterday at 81
Here’s a rather timely favourite of mine with another OG

youtu.be/mSfa2oCHRbE?...
Bob Marley & Peter Tosh & Jimmy Cliff - Pressure
YouTube video by Marley Fans
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM