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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 53m

The extended jams on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass makes up for the all the 💩 I've heard on the news today.

#MusicSky

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the news today; should I:
a) switch off & hide from the horrors of humanity;
b) try to do something good for others;
c) go to my local record store & buy more #vinyl;
d) all of the above.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 1d

Good question - the same question Australians should have asked before we invaded Iraq & Afghanistan assisting in killing up to a million innocent civilians as revenge for 9/11.

Why were there no weekly protests against our war crimes?

Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

I’d like to know if the Israeli survivors or relatives of victims interviewed today on Oct 7 think it’s justified to kill 100k Palestinians (mostly non Hamas) as revenge in addition to razing their land to rubble with all hope removed. No one is asking as far as I can see. #ABC730

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 1d

Never understood the climbing Everest obsession.

There are so many other ways to achievement.

Putting lives at risk to scale a mountain seems selfish & egotistic.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 5d

@peggysanders.bsky.social

Gosh, I pointed out to Peggy-O that she was quoting a Murdoch hack & ex-stockbroker & she blocked me.

She probably doesn't like Grateful Dead, jazz or Cloud Atlas book either. 😀

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

Bob Dylan: Another Self Portrait.
Widely dismissed at the time, this boxset shows how wrong critics can be.

With psych-rock at its height, #Dylan, as always, went the other way.

John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait, New Morning & Pat Garrett - what a run of albums.
#MusicSky

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

Schindler's List II: The Return.

A successful and narcissistic German businessman slowly starts worrying about the safety of his American workforce after witnessing their persecution in Chicago during the Trump dictatorship.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

My grandparents escaped fascism.
They said there were two choices: fight or flee.
The former meant imprisonment & likely death, the latter meant a new life begun with nothing in a foreign country.

They made the right choice.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d

youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

Dear #America
Can you please leave me your #vinyl & #book collection in your will?

You haven't gone long to live, so why not leave it to a good home?

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Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 6d

No you haven’t

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

Japan is not a safe place for tourists who love #jazz #vinyl & quality writing implements.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

Teamlab is like some kind of legal drug trip adventure.

It was one of the most amazing experiences - visual, physical, auditory, mind blowing, fun, wet, wild.

Enjoy it Marcus & family.

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 6d

So tonight our other son and his GF arrived from Germany - the seven of us went out for Korean BBQ - awesome! They have gone for a walk, l have come home with a beer and tomorrow teamlab which has been recommended by every single person on the planetish.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

This is why we love Bluesky.

You’re sitting here minding your own business when up pops someone else who just loves Alan Vega’s Saturn Strip album.

Met him once, was everything I wanted from the founder of Suicide. 😌

Robertohasting @robertohasting.bsky.social · 6d

youtu.be/KnIiTCVBLfo

Alan Vega - Vídeo Babe (1982)

Video Babe

YouTube video by Alan Vega - Topic

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

Me too - glorious music that is a tonic to the world.

Diabolical G @gwill2k.bsky.social · 6d

I love this band so much. Their new album got me through the first part of the year.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 6d

Continuing my quest for calmness & tranquility amid the descent into the maelstrom - Rose City Band.

Warm, uplifting, cosmically infused slightly country-psych-rock-whatever-the f*ck people label music these days.
#MusicSky
#NowPlaying
#Vinyl

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, never ever seen this before. What a score. 👏

Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 12d

Morning vibe, first spin of an original 1962 stereo #LeeMorgan Quintet album on Riverside Records subsidiary Jazzland. Found in the stacks at Amoeba for 8$. Good starter copy. Never have seen this show up anywhere, even a reissue... #music #jazz #musicsky #jazzsky

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 7d

Bert Jansch - Avocet.
It's like a warm bath with epsom salts, chatting with a psychologist, eating caramel slice and a glass of red wine encoded on #vinyl.

#MusicSky
#NowPlaying
#BertJansch

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 7d

Was fortunate to see Johnny Thunders on his Australian tour.

Rebecca Thompson 🦋 @rebalynn.bsky.social · 7d

Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls at
A and R recording studio in NYC., Feb 13, 1974.

📸 by Waring Abbott

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 7d

Over the years I've had three Denon turntables and still have one, but I covet a top of the line direct drive beasts.

Jane Doe, Pretty Hate Machine @noticingclimate.bsky.social · 7d

Denons are exquisitely lush. Tech person at a place I worked for insisted on Denon turntables. Nothing else would do. I miss those beasts.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 7d

My copy is so noisy & old that might be time to get CD version. the guitar work on this is superb.

Ronan @cb091977.bsky.social · Dec 23

Quite the debut album (1969) from a band that would later churn out pop hits a decade later. A cornerstone of jazz-rock.
#nowplaying

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 7d

I didn't realise how good this album is until I revisited it a few years ago.

Ronan @cb091977.bsky.social · Jan 11

I think Andrew Latimer is a very underrated musician. This record is classic Camel. A real gem.

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Ronan @cb091977.bsky.social · Feb 17

Not a bad summary…..

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 7d

The only thing keeping me from plunging into further despair & recurring depression are pictures of Denon turntables for sale.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 8d

Australia has its own Trump XL - Senator Ralph Babet.
42 year old failed real estate agent who still lives at home; single, no children, immigrant, also charged with unlawful assault.

He's obsessed with homosexuality, gender & s*xual issues. Dr Freud can explain why.

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Callie @trollingstones.bsky.social · 8d

Got this at an op-shop, triple album.

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