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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 3h

Image of a YouTube comment celebrating Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish and Keith LeBlanc left under the track Treacherous Three - Action (Instrumental) with a reply from Skip McDonald's daughter. Exact text:

RJJNY: Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish and Keith LeBlanc out there being geniuses their whole lives.

Oya-Adjuasankofa7338: Skip McDonald is my Dad and Doug is my Godfather. Abso-Fucking-lutly!!!!!

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 6h

Maybe counterbalanced slightly by the number of obsessives who've found and bought every related 12" promo release on @discogsofficial.bsky.social just in case the pressings sound even marginally better than the LP.

Rain (Long Version) DOROTHY MORRISON Video Steven Bogarat

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 1d

#12inchTuesday #Echo&TheBunnymen

Photo of the front covers of two 12" vinyl single releases by Echo & The Bunnymen: 1) The Cutter, featuring a cover photo taken by Brian Griffin of the four band members in a snowstorm in Iceland, with car headlights approaching in the distance. Above the photo is a "free poster" sticker. 2) Never Stop "Discotheque" with a cover photo of the roof of the Albert Hall behind a tree in blossom.

Free foldout poster included with the Echo & The Bunnymen 12" vinyl single release The Cutter. Features a photograph by Brian Griffin of the four band members in the snowy terrain of Iceland, with Les Pattinson, Ian McCulloch, and Will Sergeant in the background while Pete De Freitas lounges on a protruding rock formation in the foreground.

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For Billy MacKenzie & Alan Rankine @18caratbilly.bsky.social · 2d

"'Party Fears Two' is about the disorientation you feel from the overindulgence in alcohol. It's a subject everyone can understand because people do strong things when they're drunk. I usually get over affectionate. I start kissing everyone."

📸 Billy MacKenzie by Paul Slattery

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 2d

Two out of three in the instrumental version.

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 5d

YouTube video by Steven Michael Bogarat

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 5d

I hope someone lets him know about this bsky.app/profile/nick...

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 5d

Meanwhile on X.com...

This is from the official Department of Homeland Security account: x.com/DHSgov/statu...

Does The Cure know it's music is being repurposed for state propaganda?

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 5d

*and Happy Birthday!

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 5d

About 45 mins in and counting, dancing while making dinner, it's great. Haven't shared this before because I lifted it from his Facebook years ago when I still had an account, but as Janet is making an appearance here she is at Sound Factory with Richie Herrera who worked security.

A photo of Janet Jackson wearing a black hat decorated with flowers at the New York City after hours dance club Sound Factory circa 1990, with Richie Herrera who worked security wearing a backwards baseball hat.

Dean Marsh - Iso 50th Birthday Soiree - September 2025

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Dean @deanrmarsh.bsky.social · 6d

I put my Birthday Iso Soirée up 5 days ago.
If you've not listened to it, why not give it a go or share this and someone you know might fancy it.

10th in Tribal House chart with my homage to the Sound Factory

Cheers 😀

www.mixcloud.com/deandeep/dea...

www.mixcloud.com

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Bill Brewster @djhistory.bsky.social · 6d

FREE PARTY OCT 23RD NR. Portobello Rd

www.undrw10.com/products/ton...

Tonic Portobello - 25th Birthday Party

Thursday 23rd October - 6pm-1am. Music By: Ewen Spencer, In Light Of Aquarius, Bill Brewster.

www.undrw10.com

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 6d

He should be nowhere near anything more complicated than a paper plate.

YouTube video by Technova - Topic

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 6d

#Technova #DavidHarrow #MusicSky

Snake

Patti Jo - Make Me Believe In You

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 6d

Nina Simone, 1965

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djzenn @djzenn.bsky.social · 6d

A Song A Day #274 Patti Jo: Make Me Believe in You. Patti Jo’s sweet vocals make this Curtis Mayfield written and produced piece of Proto-Disco soul an absolute classic…

#ASongADay #MusicSky #PattiJo #MakeMeBelieveInYou #CurtisMayfield #ProtoDisco #Soul

YouTube video by funkdigger91

www.youtube.com

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 6d

Shortly after moving to NYC in the early 90s I saw Tom Noonan on the street in the East Village and had to suppress an initial panic reflex.

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 7d

#Singers&Players #AdrianSherwood @onusound.bsky.social

Snipers in the Street

YouTube video by Singers & Players - Topic

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 7d

Venice, I should've managed to figure that out with the gondolas and all.

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent thanks!

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 7d

*photos aren't from Discogs, was hoping there might be some info there to put in the alt text

RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 7d

Only just noticed that while on Discogs trying to figure out the source of the photograph that's used as the basis for the front cover art (unsuccessfully - the photo is on the back cover but there's no credit).

Photo of the back cover of the 12" US vinyl single release I Love A Man In A Uniform by Gang Of Four, featuring credits and a photograph showing a soldier standing on a gondola in a river with a weapon, with a large ornate palace-type building in the background. Credits as follows:

Side One
I Love A Man In A Uniform (Remix)
Remixed by Steve Sinclair with Hugo Burnham
Engineered by Randy Sinclair
Executive Producer: David Rostamo

Side Two
Producer
I Love A Man In A Uniform (Dub Version)
Remixed by Steve Sinclair
Engineered by Randy Sinclair
Executive Producer: David Rostamo

Produced by Mike Howlett with Jon King and Andrew Gill

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 7d

#12inchTuesday #GangOfFour

Photo of the cover of the 12" US vinyl single release I Love A Man In A Uniform by Gang Of Four, featuring artist name across the top and title across the base. In-between is a line drawing version of a photograph that's on the back cover showing a soldier standing on a gondola in a river with a weapon, with a large ornate palace-type building in the background.

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RJJNY @rjjny.bsky.social · 8d

Video filmed at the Embassy Club in London.