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AkaoMiru @akaomiru.bsky.social · 16h

It's another old(ish) vs new battle in The Best Crowded House song bracket today - Round 2, Match 4: 17. Locked Out - the most successful single in the UK from Together Alone (#12) vs. 48. The Howl - A Liam song from Gravity Stairs, so good he recorded it twice Vote - forms.gle/VNwGqWHjKYme...

Graphic for #17 seed, Locked Out, based on one of the single covers

Graphic for #48 seed, The Howl, based on the Gravity Stairs cover with a picture of the 5-piece band in a room with writing all over the walls.

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Your evening reminder to vote in today's match for the Best Crowded House song bracket docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #MusicSky

Banner graphic collage of elements from Crowded House album covers with the words "Round 2" and "Match 4". Onset are graphics for the songs, "locked out" and "the howl"

Dave Breakenridge @davebreakenridge.bsky.social · 18h

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Friends remind friends about fun music things on here.

Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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From a time when you could be a comic book artist, draw two pages a week and run a studio of artists. I'm not jealous at all. youtu.be/pg2aOuLzD5E

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Dan Dare (1956)

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Dave Breakenridge @davebreakenridge.bsky.social · 22h

Wheat Kings has won 73-49, placing third in the Tragically Hip Best Song Bracket.

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The higher seed wins, with "When You Come" defeating "Oh Hi". Today's new match is already up - happy voting, and thanks as always to everyone taking part!

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Welcome to the daily chonk, where I post photographs of my fat cat in his favourite position.

A fat, brown and black tabby cat with a white belly, lying on his back on a white mat, paws in the air. He has no shame.

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Just over an hour left to vote in this match.

LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I just made a gif for today's Crowded House bracket match that I feel the need to apologize to Nick Seymour in advance for 😖

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@psychicsquirrel.bsky.social Bollocks to eating nuts, the squirrels in Scotland gorge themselves on Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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It's old vs new in Round 2, Match 3 in the Best Crowded House song bracket: 16. When You Come - from Temple, a song that's "not just about your girlfriend having an orgasm" vs. 49. Oh Hi - from Gravity Stairs, written to help schools in East Africa Vote - forms.gle/PsEVaHovVq4r...

Graphic for the #16 seed, When you Come, based on the single cover of an exploding stylized building on fire

Graphic for #49 seed, Oh Hi, based on the single cover of a stylized house on a background of handwritten text

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One of my cats is, I have to admit, a greedy fat bastard who steals his sister's food any chance he gets. He also likes to lie like this on the mat in the kitchen, and I take a picture every time I see him. I do love this gigantic cat. Enjoy the daily chonk.

A large (like, REALLY large), fat, brown and black tabby cat lies on his back, showing his white belly fur, legs splayed, paws in the air, looking at the camera. He's framed so that his head is towards the bottom of the picture, tail to the top.

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"Recurring Dream" has an easy win in match 2 - let's see how it does against DDIO in round 3...

Graphic for the winning song, Recurring Dream

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Still time to vote in this this morning.

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Your nightly reminder to vote. Or, y'know, just listen to a couple of really good Crowded House songs.

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One of my kids has borrowed my electric guitar tonight for her lesson (she's been learning on a classical one so far) and her teacher is *very* excited at the prospect of her being plugged in now 🤘

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time for Round 2 Match 2 in the Best Crowded House song bracket! Today: 32. Love You Til The Day I Die - one of the rockier moments from the debut album vs, 33. Recurring Dream - a b-side that should've been an a-side, dating back to the Mullanes era Vote - forms.gle/sSwJHADGNAaH...

Graphic for #32 seed, Low You 'Til The Day I Die, based on the debut album cover with a black and white photo fo the trio

Graphic for #33 seed, Recurring Dream, based on the Afterglow cover with a detail of the Recurring Dream best of artwork.

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By 40, you should have a shirt you can’t bear to throw out, an animal you over-identify with, a bad 90s movie that makes you weep due to unresolved issues with a parent, an apotropaic charm to ward off The Curse, inexplicable memory lapses, blood on your hands, so much blood, & shoes w/ arch support

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Amazon Canada is still listing this as coming out in January? Not sure if that means it's getting a N. America release, or if they've just got it wrong...

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Tha Nineez - Split Enz Home Demos 1978 — Neil Finn website

Last night's listen to Split Enz's "Frenzy" has me in the mood to revisit one of my favourite periods of the Enz. Right now I'm giving the (very rough) Tha Nineez demos a play - lo-fi Neil & Noel jamming and messing about in a bedsit in London in '78 www.neilfinn.com/tha-nineez

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Play home demos recorded by Neil Finn, Noel Crombie and Tim Finn in England, 1978.

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Unsurprisingly, "Don't Dream it's Over" defeats "Either Side of the World" in Round 2 match 1 of the Best Crowded House Song bracket. Match 2 is already up, and I don't know which way this one is going to go... #MusicSky bsky.app/profile/akao...

Graphic for the winning song in Round 2 Match 1, "Don't Dream it's Over"

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Geddy Lee really picking the best candidate out there, huh? 🙄

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Reposting this for the afternoon crowd - Round 2 in the Best Crowded House song bracket tournament starts today! Cast your vote here forms.gle/RqByXkuMxrni... Today's match: 1. Don't Dream it's Over - the one to beat? vs. 65. Either Side of the World - from the 2010 album, "Intriguer" #MusicSky

A collage graphic of elements taken from Crowded House album covers with the text "Round 2" and "Match 1" included on banners. Inset are graphics for the #1 seed, Don't Dream it's Over, and its opponent in this match, #65 seed Either Side of the World

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Dave Breakenridge @davebreakenridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tonight's listening is the 1981 remix of Split Enz's "Frenzy". This copy is the version that came free with European copies of Time & Tide, though it got a separate release here in Canada. I'm always tempted to buy any copies that I find...

The album cover of Split Enz's "Frenzy", featuring a painting of the band standing in front of a tin barn, surrounded by sheep. The cover stands next to a vintage turntable

The back cover of Frenzy, showing the alternative track listing of the remix version, including tracks from the Rootin' Tootin' Luton Tapes demos on side 2.

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Don’t forget to vote in this important nation building project

Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️

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Melb home where Crowded House album Woodface recorded for sale - realestate.com.au

Anyone fancy buying the house in Melbourne where Crowded House recorded most of Woodface? Tim's old house is up for sale (minus the long-gone Periscope studio) www.realestate.com.au/news/melb-ho...

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A Caulfield North home where one of Australia’s greatest rock albums was recorded has hit the market. And a past owner will raise eyebrows too.

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AkaoMiru @akaomiru.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great. I screwed up the form on this one!! 😖 If you've already voted, please resubmit your choice via this one forms.gle/RqByXkuMxrni... Round 2 of the Best Crowded House song starts now!

Graphic for #1 seed, Don't Dream It's Over, based on the single cover

Graphic for #65 seed, Either Side of the World, based on the Intriguer cover with a video still of a mustachioed Neil

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Round 1 in the Best Crowded House Song bracket is done! Here are the winners by album: Crowded House - 9 Temple of Low Men - 9 Woodface - 12 Together Alone - 12 Afterglow - 5 Time on Earth - 4 Intriguer - 4 Dreamers Are Waiting - 3 Gravity Stairs - 4 Other - 2

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AkaoMiru @akaomiru.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Round 1 finishes with wins for the higher seeds - Sister Madly and Sure As I Am go on to face off in Round 2.

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The Gem - Album by Julia Jacklin | Spotify

The new Julia Jacklin album is kind of spectacular, isn't it? I'm on my 3rd or 4th listen today ❤️ #NewMusicFriday open.spotify.com/album/1nkNzp...

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Julia Jacklin · album · 2026 · 10 songs

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The results - Help is Coming and World Where You Live easily won their matches, but the last match was split 50/50, so it's time for another coin flip... giving I Am in Love the win!

We made it! It's the end of round 1 in the search for the Best Crowded House song! Round 2 will start next week, but I can't promise it'll be on Monday - I need to do some spreadsheet work in preparation... Fun! Thanks as always to everyone who votes in this crazy project I decided to take on ❤️

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Just over an hour left for someone to break a tied match... Then we're on to the last matches of round 1!