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AizuYabanjin

@aizuyabanjin.bsky.social

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pottering about, growing stuff, cooking stuff, taking photos of stuff, underachieving, trying not to be a grumpy old man

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AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 10h

A peaceful moment at a local temple. (Paging @powderbum75.bsky.social for a more appropriately poetic caption)

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 13h

Taking a breather on a busy day running errands and doing chores.

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 17h

#EmojiSounds 15 ⛽️ Petrol Pop - Michel Magne Suitably middle eastern inflections on this love song to petrol, from the soundtrack to a 1972 film (and presumably before the cannabis strain with the same name was created) www.youtube.com/watch?v=USX0...

Michel Magne & Jean Yanne - Petrol Pop

YouTube video by tuberider1976

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 17h

#ClocktoberMusic 15 An Aimless Day - Rabi Nakayama In which Rabi manages to turn an aimless day in to a properly funky little tune. There's even a flute solo at the end. (lyrics follow) www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0EV...

Rabi Nakayama 中山ラビ - あてのない一日 A Day Without a Plan

YouTube video by saori-chan74

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 14 - 🕔 Five o'Clock Sunday Morning - The Beatpack Yay, a chance to post my mate Hugh's band (with album art by my mate Dan). www.youtube.com/watch?v=2881...

Five O'Clock Sunday Morning

YouTube video by The Beatpack - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 14 Once A Day - The Triffids In The Pines, recorded in 1986 in a shed in the middle of nowhere, Australia, is an album I often return to and never disappoints, but I rarely seem to pick anything from it in challenges. So today I'm rectifying that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Way-...

YouTube video by The Triffids - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 13 Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace) - Lonnie Liston Smith After a long weekend, LLS starts our working week with this funky groove and an important message. Sadly, Lonnie, I don't think anyone's listening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=00zU...

Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace)

YouTube video by Lonnie Liston Smith - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 13 🫖 Tea - Michael Hurley Michael Hurley was a man who understood the power of a decent cuppa. Or 6. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TOr...

YouTube video by Michael Hurley - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This made me feel a lot better about the state of our lampshades.

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Autumn rolls along and I’m once again able to take a morning constitutional. With a tasty reward.

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 12 Lonely Moments - Lascelles Perkins It's pretty mellow, but it still ska-rts the week.....in suitable style for a public holiday Monday morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=08NX...

Lascelles Perkins - "Lonely Moments" (All Stars Label 1961 JA R&B)

YouTube video by Papa Curly the Musical Coco Basket

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 12 🤔 The Book of Love - The Soft Boys "Well, I wonder wonder who whack a doo dah who, who wrote the book of love?" Robyn Hitchcock and pals put their idiosyncratic spin on the old classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=73M7...

The Book of Love - The Soft Boys (Live)

YouTube video by marcoschoir

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

After yesterday’s gruesome bug sucking companion while I drank my afternoon coffee, today I had the company of a far cuter critter. About 20 cm from my nose.

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 11 午前4時10分前 - Masato Minami I've posted the legendary Masato san before, and here he is again in funky fine stoned bluesy hippie style with a surprisingly precise time - ten minutes to 4 am. Quite possibly that was the time when they recorded it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcSx...

午前4時10分前

YouTube video by Masato Minami - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 11 🐫 Saparna - The Scorpios Not to be confused with that German band, whose album art I would never dream of basing a post upon, here are London/Sudanese band The Scorpios, whose album sleeve art includes camels and whose sound includes all manner of funky influences.

YouTube video by The Scorpios - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sitting in the afternoon sun, taking a break, when I noticed this happening just by my left shoulder. ‼️warning - insects‼️

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 10 Life in the Day Of....(pt 1) - Weekend There are no words, but I'm claiming double points here. Triple if you consider Life to be simply a passage of time. Plus bonus smug points for remembering to post it on an actual weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTQK...

Life In The Day Of... (Part 1)

YouTube video by Weekend - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 10 🇪🇺 Jane From Occupied Europe - Swell Maps There's not a lot on YouTube from this fantastic but challenging album, so I'm posting the John Peel Session version of this track, which is ever more manic and clattering than the album version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7i-...

Swell Maps - (Let's) Buy A Bridge (Peel Session)

YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Redux

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having already blossomed once about a month ago, my osmanthus has inexplicably chosen to delight us once again with its heady scent and clusters of golden flowers. I’m trying not to conclude that it’s its death knell.

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 9 Payday - Jesse Winchester It's Friday, payday, and Jesse is off to dance the night away. Among other things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XI...

YouTube video by Jesse Winchester - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 9🪘Bonfo - I K Dairo All sorts of wonderful going on here, but the drum break is what qualifies it for today's pick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kue9...

I.K Dairo - Bonfo

YouTube video by Hani Hanbali

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

More of this kind of thing.

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 8 With My Face on the Floor - Emitt Rhodes After we heard him whacking the drums yesterday, it seems only proper to give him the spotlight today. It seems to occur all too rarely. "The moment she stepped though that door..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CE5...

Emitt Rhodes - With My Face On The Floor

YouTube video by Fernando Vieira

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 8 🍽️ Spaghetti -The Wave Pictures It is obviously a food-related song, but my inspiration for this pick was the video (directed by Darren Hayman) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m01...

The Wave Pictures - Spaghetti

YouTube video by Moshi Moshi Music

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Much though I love these bright sunny mornings, they don’t half highlight how dirty my kitchen window is. 😳

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The bugs have spared one dahlia.

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 7 🏍️ Born To Be Wild - Fanfare Ciocarlia This may or may not mention motorbikes per se and bears very little resemblance to the original, which has to be one the the great motorcycle songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YWv...

Fanfare Ciocarlia | Born To Be Wild | album "Queens & Kings"

YouTube video by Asphalt Tango Records

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 7 All Night Long - The Palace Guards Jingle jangles a-plenty here, plus a daft singalong hook. What's not to love? (Featuring the young Emitt Rhodes on drums) www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-OP...

The Palace Guard - All Night Long 1965

YouTube video by Lost Jukebox Volume 2

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There’s no doubt it’s autumn now, bringing with it ginger spiced pumpkin waffles, fresh figs and heartwarming real, holdable, foldable post from distant friends. Cheers @daveo.bsky.social

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 6 🤏 Poco Loco - Bud Powell Is it too much to ask that my daughter learns to play this for me one day? www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVNt...

YouTube video by sowhatcafe

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 6 Mad Old Woman Mad Old Man - The Loft More jangles. Another band I saw regularly back in the day, and whose records I love - they reformed not long ago and started making even more great music. I affectionately dedicate this to my wife. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx5t...

Mad Old Woman Mad Old Man

YouTube video by The Loft - Topic

Reposted by AizuYabanjin

David R Munson//Somewhere in Japan @somewherein.jp · 04/10/2026

Finally taking new bookings for portraits in Tokyo! Great for residents and visitors, it could even be a gift for someone visiting Japan. My current promotion offers ¥10,000 off for advance bookings, with a further discount for Japan residents. Shares appreciated! davidrmunson.com/tokyo-portra...

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Tokyo Portrait Photography by David R Munson | David R Munson, Photographer

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AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 5 50 Years of Fun - Biff Bang Pow For everyone off to work this morning.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MRi...

Fifty Years Of Fun

YouTube video by Biff Bang Pow! - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 5 🥊 Knockout Punch A regular face as we ska-rt the week, here once again is the trombone maestro, Don Drummond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=76SG...

Knock out Punch

YouTube video by Don Drummond - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 4 Drifting Pounds of the Train - Juni Habel Love this album, its eerie dreamlike quality and gorgeous Nick Drake-esque guitar picking. In part dealing with her sister's death, the lyrics are poetic, mysterious, dark and reflective. 'Seven years went down in the drain'

junihabel.bandcamp.com

Drifting Pounds Of The Train, by Juni Habel

from the album Carvings

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 4 💳 Shopping For Clothes - Snatch From 1980, a cool update on the Coasters classic. "The man come back, he said 'I'm sorry my man but your credit didn't go through' " (NB link is to the whole EP, actual song is just the first 5 minutes)

Snatch - Shopping For Clothes (Single, 1980)

YouTube video by Filip

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As if there weren’t already enough reasons to enjoy autumn….

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 3 In The Midnight Hour - Maloko It's sunny, it's Saturday.....it's soukous time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiA2...

Maloko - In The Midnight Hour

YouTube video by The Jukebox Rebel

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 3 3️⃣ I can't believe I will be the only one posting this today....unless it was just TOO obvious? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfrV...

Three Is A Magic Number

YouTube video by Bob Dorough - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Squashed

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 2 Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee Another contender for kicking things off yesterday, but equally irresistibly brilliant any day of the week. Some of the best music ever was made in New Orleans in the late 50s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vxP...

Let The Good Times Roll

YouTube video by Shirley & Lee - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 2 🍓 A delightful song, with an even more delightful video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PREr...

Robert Forster – Strawberries (Official Video)

YouTube video by Tapete Records

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I see an awful lot of curried butternut squash soup on the menu….

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#ClocktoberMusic 1 Leisure Society - A Matter of Time Seems appropriate to start with this, as this whole challenge is concerned about time and whether I manage to participate in two challenges at once is also a matter of time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_CV...

Leisure Society - A Matter Of Time

YouTube video by mikeyross88

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#EmojiSounds 1 🏁 Oscar McLollie - Roll, Hot Rod, Roll One of the forgotten stars of early rock'n' roll, that intro sounds familiar..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfv7...

Oscar McLollie & The Honeyjumpers - Roll Hot Rod Roll [Modern 970] 1955

YouTube video by NIGHT BEAT RECORDS

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the first time in I don’t know how long, I have a shadow. (FYI I’m wearing a hat. My head is not actually shaped like an onigiri.)

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ 30 South America I guess I wandered around a fair bit in my time, but I never made it to South America. My ears have spent decades there though, possibly starting with this: Multiple multilingual thanks to @ro-cocco.bsky.social for setting what has turned out to be one of the best yet.

South American Folk Songs

YouTube video by Jonathan Richman - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ 29 Yemen Terrible, tragic things are once again happening in Yemen, but when I was there 30 years ago, I was welcomed by wonderful, kind people, full of generosity and warmth despite their daily challenges in such a harsh environment. I bought this tape from a grocery store in Zabid.

ياذي الندى

YouTube video by نجيبة عبدالله - Topic

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ 28 Zion Desmond Dekker ska-rting the week in fine style. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkPP...

Desmond Dekker - Mount Zion

YouTube video by VintageBlackMusicPD

AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey @madformaple.bsky.social can you identify these flies, which are feasting gluttonously upon my chrysanthemums? And confirm whether they should be welcomed or not? Thanks 🙏🏻