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@burnt-toast-and.bsky.social
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I can't stand burnt toast. And I loathe bus stations - terrible places, full of lost luggage and lost souls. And then there's unrequited love, and tyranny, and

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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After visiting 30 countries in 30 days, there's only one place I want to go: Doin' nothin' is what I do best, I wanna take off this party dress, and go go go to bed for a thousand years. (Also never been to Canada.) #WorldAtoZ #30: where I want to go "Pillow Queen" Cub 1996 🇨🇦 youtu.be/yfxdq1VS-kE
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cub - Pillow Queen (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Mintrecs
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Late because I wanted my holiday to last as long as I could. And because I was listening to every 🇿🇦 banger trying to choose the best. Then this asked me where have you gone? Won't you come back? #WorldAtoZ #29: where I've been - South Africa "Khona" Mafikizolo ft. Uhuru 2013 🇿🇦 youtu.be/vZxT6sWV4YM
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MAFIKIZOLO ft Uhuru KHONA (Official Music Video) HD
YouTube video by SA House Music
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just realised that I never wound my watch back when I crossed the international date line, which means it's 24 hours earlier than I thought, so I still have time to get to the club! Oh, if only time could go back- #WorldAtoZ #28a: XYZ - Zimbabwe "Kumahumbwe" Jah Prayzah 2018 🇿🇼 youtu.be/M_kMVlXxYVo
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Jah Prayzah - Kumahumbwe (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Jah Prayzah
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Arwa's singing that she forgets words, forgets herself, when she looks into your eyes. But you don't always need to know the words to understand the feeling. #WorldAtoZ #28: XYZ - Yemen "Eineik | عينيك" Arwa | أروى 2013(?) 🇾🇪 youtu.be/_UaGlQ_LJ8Y
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Arwa - Eineik (Music Video) / أروى - عينيك
YouTube video by Melody Hits
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And as we approach the end, Gwenno brings us a song to dance to at the end of the world. The title isn't actually in Welsh, it's in the language of the machines, our future overlords. But the rest is Welsh! #WorldAtoZ #27: W - Wales "Fratolish Hiang Perpeshki" Gwenno 2014 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 youtu.be/OClOH2BP4LI
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Fratolish Hiang Perpeshki - Gwenno
YouTube video by Peski Records
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Had a Detroit detour yesterday, so I'm in Vietnam a day late. Here's the mermaid's side of the story from Ukraine a couple of days ago. Of course she's going to keep singing if the singing makes you happy... #WorldAtoZ #26: V - Vietnam "See Tình" Hoàng Thuỳ Linh 2022 🇻🇳 youtu.be/gJHSDZfJrRY
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Hoàng Thuỳ Linh - See Tình | Official Music Video
YouTube video by Hoàng Thùy Linh
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And today's free letter is 한! A non-stop trot across Korea - is this about long distance relationships? Chasing lovers on late night trains? Reunification!? #WorldAtoZ #25: free - 한국 [South Korea] "Seoul - Daejeon - Daegu - Busan | 서울대전대구부산" Kim Hyeyeon | 김혜연 1994 🇰🇷 youtu.be/fV8hAR88CAk
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서울대전대구부산
YouTube video by Kim Hye Yeon - Topic
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You say The Little Mermaid; I say - It's like Russya's singing "Don't fall in love with me," but how could you not? The music Odysseus hears in his dreams. Shamanic electropop. #WorldAtoZ #24: U - Ukraine "Rusalonka | Русалонька" Russya | Руся 1989 🇺🇦 youtu.be/yZ1Ml-r_8dk
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Руся - Русалонька. Муз. К.Осауленко сл. А. Матвiйчук. (1989)
YouTube video by Руся
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You say Queen; I say queen. Yammi knows exactly what she wants, and the honeyed vocals and rattling singeli beat means you just can't walk away. #WorldAtoZ #23: T - Tanzania "Namtaka" Yammi 2026 🇹🇿 youtu.be/5EFwlLQzKHs
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Yammi - Namtaka (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Yammi
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I do post this like every time there's a not-in-English challenge, but I just love it so. I've no idea what Klara's actually singing, but you can tell from her voice alone. Go, just go. #WorldAtoZ #22: S - Sweden "Gå bara gå" Klara Andén 2021 🇸🇪 youtu.be/yDGURL4lsus
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Gå bara gå
YouTube video by Klara Andén - Topic
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think Kenny's saying that his girl's so hot, she make him go full Hollywood IMAX beast mode. Meanwhile, beneath the surface, the bassline moves like a radioactive kaiju. #WorldAtoZ #21: R - Rwanda "Godzilla" Kenny Sol 2026 🇷🇼 youtu.be/uvVQAABnWto
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Kenny Sol - Godzilla (Official Video)
YouTube video by KENNY SOL
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A tune so hot, so flashy, so expensive that I'm picking it two music challenges in a row. #WorldAtoZ #20: Q - Qatar "Khaleeji" Sahera 2023 🇶🇦 youtu.be/K103SYANs_w
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Khaleeji
YouTube video by Sahera - Topic
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And at long last I reach the new world for a meeting of continents; earthy (near-)Andean beats and fiery Anatolian breakdowns, bringing the night together in, er, the opposite of silence. #WorldAtoZ #19: P - Paraguay (& Türkiye) "En el Silencio" Santi & Tuğçe 2026 🇵🇾🇹🇷 youtu.be/i5lRwD2WqQs
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Santi & Tuğçe - En El Silencio
YouTube video by Santi & Tuğçe
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've badly miscalculated, and the first half of my picks are overwhelmingly old world Eurasian. Let's go back to the start, off the map, and as far away as possible for some old school Māori hip hop. #WorldAtoZ #18: free - Aotearoa New Zealand "Poi E" Pātea Māori Club 1983 🇳🇿 youtu.be/tq2K8ak47nM
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Patea Maori Club - Poi E (Music Video) HD
YouTube video by NZ Music
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Backed myself into a corner with the realisation that only one country begins with O… in English. But there are two more in their own languages - and this one's awesome fun. #WorldAtoZ #17: O - O'zbekiston "Zor Ekansan | Зор Екансан" Hulkar Abdullaeva | Хулкар Абдуллаева 2026 🇺🇿 youtu.be/s1riuEXsBAA
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ZOR EKANSAN Hulkar Abdullaeva /ЗОР ЕКАНСАН Хулкар Абдуллаева
YouTube video by Hulkar Abdullaeva
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I've been trying to pick appropriate languages for each country. This one's in the language of the northern lights, the words of the fjords, the lyrics of the midnight sun. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. #WorldAtoZ #16: N - Norway "I Feel Space" Lindstrøm 2005 🇳🇴 youtu.be/4mP20PGdrf0
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I Feel Space
YouTube video by Lindstrøm - Topic
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Now for some gorgeous Malaysian city pop. And this really does feel like watching the sun set over the sea from a tropical waterfront. #WorldAtoZ #15: M - Malaysia "Sinaran" Sheila Majid 1986 🇲🇾 youtu.be/5lsQkvAB_iQ
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Sheila Maijd - Sinaran (1987)
YouTube video by Pangeran Musik 2
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Not entirely sure whether Adonis are a boy band or an indie band. But since the sun's come back, here's a dreamy, summery tune of running away from the city to an island, a beach, somewhere there's peace. #WorldAtoZ #14: L - Lebanon "Hlemt | حلمت" Adonis | أدونيس 2026 🇱🇧 youtu.be/hwwbh7tVL_8
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Adonis - Hlemt (Official Video, 2026) أدونيس - حلمت
YouTube video by Adonis | ادونيس
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Light and refreshing, just like a popular brand of chewing gum 😁. What, wait a flipping second... But aside from that, quite lovely. Bitter / sweet, you could say. #WorldAtoZ #13: K - Kazakhstan "Ashy / Tatti" Ayau × Sadraddin 2026 🇰🇿 youtu.be/WZgukDbAI4Y
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Ayau, Sadraddin — ashy / tatti (Ğaşyqtar Künı | OYU Special)
YouTube video by OYU
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you love them, set them free. Let the tears flow, let them roam, let them ride. Maybe they'll come back with something new. Based around a Syrian folk song & traditional imagery, this certainly adds the new. #WorldAtoZ #12: J - Jordan "Skaba | سكابا" Akhras | الاخرس 2025 🇯🇴 youtu.be/Tv4--ekFMKQ
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akhras - Skaba (Official Music Video) | الاخرس - سكابا
YouTube video by akhras - الاخرس
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's a free day so I'm going to choose the letter(?) 日. And I'm going to be indulgent and pick one of my very favourite songs. Because nothing says goodbye like losing yourself in the groove. #WorldAtoZ #11: free - 日本 [Japan] "Plastic Love | プラスティック・ラブ" Mariya Takeuchi 1984 🇯🇵 youtu.be/ls2JK6x6ycs
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Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love 竹内 まりや - プラスティックラブ 1984
YouTube video by SOULCITYWALK
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Slinkily spiralling into your life, spellbinding and senseshaking... and now with added playback queen! (And lead actress & dancer Saniya Iyappan!) #WorldAtoZ #10: I - India "Kalyani | कल्याणी | കല്യാണി" ARJN, KDS, FIFTY4, RONN feat. Shreya Ghoshal 2026 🇮🇳 youtu.be/xvT1jH8B9AM
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KALYANI (with Shreya Ghoshal) OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO | ARJN | KDS | FIFTY4 | RONN | SHREYA GHOSHAL |
YouTube video by MONEY VERSE RECORDS
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Continuing with the entirely sensible beats, here's a manifesto for Hungarian national hip hop. A Hungarian rapper's moustache is like the horns of a Hungarian bull. Nice lyrics, moral themes! Surely not satire? #WorldAtoZ #9: H - Hungary "Nemzeti Hip-Hop" Bëlga 2002 🇭🇺 youtu.be/jS-jSTVt670
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Bëlga - Nemzeti Hip-Hop
YouTube video by 1G Records
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I should really save this for Friday evening, that's when you want your deadpan female rapping over faceless dance beats... with unexpected bounce, fanfares and choirs!? I guess this week, jetzt ist Feierabend! #WorldAtoZ #8: G - Germany "Feierabend" Grossstadtgeflüster 2018 🇩🇪 youtu.be/ysgS4P4uHdo
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GROSSSTADTGEFLÜSTER - FEIERABEND (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Grossstadtgeflüster Official
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Only seven(ish) days in and the travelling is making me so tired. Where were we going and where were we coming from? Let's turn to the Finnish spice girls. Or maybe the Finnish Wet Leg? #WorldAtoZ #7: F - Finland "Oslo Helsinki Berliini Kokkola" Maustetytöt 2026 🇫🇮 youtu.be/-OGQc9Hk_HM
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Oslo Helsinki Berliini Kokkola
YouTube video by Maustetytöt - Topic
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Been on holiday and I've fallen behind schedule. But now I'm back... it must be time to decide on the next holiday! Maybe this hypnotic groove will take me there, this mesmerising love letter to Addis Ababa... #WorldAtoZ #6: E - Ethiopia "Shegiye | ሸግዬ" Rophnan | ሮፍናን 2024 🇪🇹 youtu.be/kUknTOgdWgk
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ROPHNAN - SHEGIYE | ሮፍናን - ሸግዬ
YouTube video by Rophnan
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Does DR Congo count as D? Hope so. Coming from Kinshasa, DR Congo via France, Gims has an amazingly vibrant voice: I rate it dix sur dix. #WorldAtoZ #5: D - DR Congo "10/10" Gims avec Dadju & Alonzo 1968 🇨🇩🇫🇷 youtu.be/6Tsfk9Fbwys
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GIMS - 10/10 avec Dadju & Alonzo (Clip Officiel)
YouTube video by GIMS
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
OK, I'm on the road, and literally in Dublin in time for D-Day. Oh, but wait, there's a free day first. Guess I'll just spend my time getting lost in this dreamy smoky mist... #WorldAtoZ #4: free - Ireland "Éad" IMLÉ le Róisín Seoighe 2021 🇮🇪 youtu.be/8Kieb6PAPaI
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IMLÉ le Róisín Seoighe - ÉAD
YouTube video by IMLÉ
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Could I do this international song challenge without any Eurovision? Here's a retro Eurovision fave from the old city of Dubrovnik. And y'know what, I think it might even have been retro at the time. #WorldAtoZ #3: C - Croatia "Jedan dan" Dubrovački trubaduri 1968 🇭🇷 youtu.be/aCPdNIb2MTQ
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Dubrovački trubaduri - Jedan dan (Eurovision Yugoslavia 1968) FULL HD UPSCALED
YouTube video by ESC EX YU National Finals Archive
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Now for a chilled out jazzy raag fusion groove, the sense of anticipation, the sound of raindrops, the cooling release of the rain that we've been waiting all summer for. #WorldAtoZ #2: B - Bangladesh "Megh | মেঘ" Mohammed Shoeb × Masha Islam × Mousumi Datta 2026 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇮🇳 youtu.be/QlThVkf0fZc
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Megh | Coke Studio Bangla | Season 4 | Shoeb X Masha X Mousumi | Arnob
YouTube video by Coke Studio Bangla
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
An around-the-world music challenge? I'll give that a go - plenty of countries to choose from! Now what's first in the list? Ah - Afghanistan! I think this is in Pashto, and you can feel the heartbeat. #WorldAtoZ #1: A "Yaarem Yaarem | یارِم یارِم" Ghazal Sadat | غزل سادات 2020 🇦🇫 youtu.be/H-PX4AIxJ2c
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Ghazal Sadat New Song Yaarem Yaarem | اهنگ جدید هزارهگی غزل سادات
YouTube video by 1 STYLE PRODUCTION
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Jenny's on holiday from her day job in Let's Eat Grandma. She wrote this watching Singin' in the Rain, so I just tried a Pink Floyd / Wizard of Oz-style synchronised playback. Leaves you soaring... #TVSounds special: behind the music "Good Intentions" Jenny on Holiday 2026 🇬🇧 youtu.be/AMjzschq6s4
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Good Intentions". Behind the title is a series of screenshots of the series' title cards, forming an episode guide:

1.01 "Nashville" by CMAT
1.02 "Like I Used To" by Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen
1.03 "Days Like These" by Low
1.04 "All Too Well [Taylor's 10 minute version from the Vault]" by Taylor Swift
1.05 "Pink Frost" by The Chills
1.06 "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone

2.01 "It's a sin" by Pet Shop Boys
2.02 "We Built This City" by Starship
2.03 "Khaleeji" by Sahera
2.04 "Leave" by R.E.M.
2.05 "The Bells" by Jeff Mills
2.06 "Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus

3.01 "APT." by Rosé and Bruno Mars
3.02 "Why Don't You Do Right?" by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, vocal chorus by Peggy Lee
3.03 "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band
3.04 "Concrete and Clay" by Kevin Rowland
3.05 "Just One of the Guys" by Jenny Lewis
3.06 "Pickin' Up Pieces [12" vocal / long version]" by Brenda K. Starr

4.01 "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue
4.02 "Darbuka" by Eftalya Yağcı
4.03 "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A
4.04 "What I Need" by Pearl Charles
4.05 "Paninaro [Italian remix]" by Pet Shop Boys
4.06 "The Bridge" by Dolly Parton

5.01 "The Visitors" by ABBA
5.02 "Paninaro '95" by Pet Shop Boys
5.03 "Splendid Isolation" by Warren Zevon [with Neil Young]
5.04 "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton
5.05 "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
5.06 "Maria" by Blondie

special: "Good Intentions" by Jenny on Holiday
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Somehow, 17 years later, our heroes returned: older, wiser, sultrier... and even more vivacious than before. #TVSounds episode 5.06: post-credits scene [surprise reunion!] "Maria" Blondie 1999 🇺🇸 youtu.be/6ZAWNgEbdqA #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Maria". Behind the title is an image of a police telephone box hurtling through the time vortex.

Title card created at https://andrewblair.co.uk/apps/who-title-generator/ .
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Watching the ships roll in, then I watch them roll away again... 2,000 miles I roamed, just to make this dock my home. #TVSounds episode 5.05: the series finale, the bittersweet goodbye "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding 1968 🇺🇸 youtu.be/Zu5chXCp1Ag #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay". Behind the title is a black & white photo of Otis Redding, a black man wearing a light-coloured jumper.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Well I just couldn't choose anything else. #TVSounds episode 5.04: syndication royalty "I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton 1974 🇺🇸 youtu.be/lKsQR72HY0s #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "I Will Always Love You". Behind the title is a prismatic blue image of the time vortex.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
After five seasons together, I think everyone just wanted a bit of peace and quiet on their own. (On their own with Neil Young.) #TVSounds episode 5.03: the cameo "Splendid Isolation" Warren Zevon 1989 🇺🇸 youtu.be/FWwOEie7Eh0 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Splendid Isolation". Behind the title is a prismatic greeny-blue image of the time vortex.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why yes, this does revisit a song I picked, er, three days ago. But were it not for time travel, that'd be ten years back to the Pet Shop Boys' early days. #TVSounds episode 5.02: fan service "Paninaro '95" Pet Shop Boys 1995 🇬🇧 youtu.be/uAwBjZ7_4Ko #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Paninaro '95". Behind the title is a black & white image of clouds and bubbles in the time vortex.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When you've written the greatest love songs ever, got married, defeated Napoleon, got divorced and written the greatest divorce songs ever - what's left? #TVSounds episode 5.01: the final season "The Visitors" ABBA 1981 🇸🇪 youtu.be/T_xFpjlrF38 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "The Visitors". Behind the title a black starfield, with multicoloured lensflare.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Passion, love, sex. Violence, religion, injustice and- #TVSounds episode 4.06: left on a cliffhanger "The Bridge" Dolly Parton 1968 🇺🇸 youtu.be/b7nbNNxsnGQ #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "The Bridge". Behind the title we see a white man through a car windscreen, about to get out of the car. It is Tony Soprano.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The underlying themes of our controversial fourth season: passion and love and sex and money; violence, religion, injustice and death. #TVSounds episode 4.05: uncredited (hidden, B-side, unreleased...) "Paninaro [Italian remix]" Pet Shop Boys 1986 🇬🇧 youtu.be/H9eENHgiuv0 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Paninaro". Behind the title is a driver's eye view inside a car pulling up to a palatial house.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh no, @pgj.bsky.social has beaten me to the prize! Looks like this episode we'll need to go back in time to the '70s - and make a tiny change to history... #TVSounds episode 4.04: the flashback episode "What I Need" Pearl Charles 2021 🇺🇸 youtu.be/A-cWiL7Hb2w #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "What I Need". Behind the title is a photo of Satriale's Pork Store as we drive past, with a model of a pig placed on the roof.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Maybe you can censor the lyrics... but you can't censor the beats. #TVSounds episode 4.03: censored "Straight Outta Compton" N.W.A 1989 🇺🇸 youtu.be/TMZi25Pq3T8 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Straight Outta Compton". Behind the title is a very close-up photo of a white man (or at least his jaw), smoking a cigar.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What kind of job is this!? For God's sake, I studied at the conservatory for nine years- ~~Shake it, shake it, from morning till night~~ -and now they've taken my money! [in Turkish] #TVSounds episode 4.02: subtitled "Darbuka" Eftalya Yağcı 2023 🇹🇷 youtu.be/0cRjtqHs0Ag #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Darbuka". Behind the title is the New York skyline, seen from a car window.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Starting the fourth season in the grittiest way possible - by killing Kylie. #TVSounds episode 4.01: the gritty reboot "Where the Wild Roses Grow" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue 1995 🇦🇺🇨🇭🇩🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺 youtu.be/lDpnjE1LUvE #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Where the Wild Roses Grow". Behind the title is a photo of traffic on a road emerging from a tunnel into bleached daylight.
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Voting in the #PPP96 1996 People's Pop Poll final forty ends at 6pm BST this evening! So, uh, I guess I'd better vote. 1996 me would be shocked I'm not voting for the Manics, Prodigy or Orbital. 2026 me is shocked I'm not voting for Ginuwine, Outkast or Puffy AmiYumi.
My top 10 songs in the 1996 People's Pop Poll final forty:

12 Points: CUB - "Pillow Queen"
10 Points: LUSH - "Ladykillers"
8 Points: EN VOGUE - "Don't Let Go (Love)"
7 Points: FUGEES - "Ready Or Not"
6 Points: LADY SAW - "No Long Talking"
5 Points: THE CARDIGANS - "Lovefool"
4 Points: BLACKSTREET ft QUEEN PEN - "No Diggity"
3 Points: TORI AMOS - "Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funk Mix)"
2 Points: UNDERWORLD - "Pearl's Girl"
1 Point: THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS ft NOEL GALLAGHER - "Setting Sun"
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Not entirely sure what a sweeps week involves. Picking up viewers? Picking up awards? Well our heroes are ending the season… picking up the pieces. #TVSounds episode 3.06: sweeps week "Pickin' Up Pieces [12" vocal / long version]" Brenda K. Starr 1985🇺🇸 youtu.be/jepUBzuz64A #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Pickin' Up Pieces". Behind the title is a close-up photo of Brenda, gazing out from between the letters, head tilted and surrounded by pastel shapes.

Overlaid over the photo is an art nouveau frame with a pink rose in each corner. If you don't recognise this style of title card, it's from Revolutionary Girl Utena, "the shōjo Evangelion". Frame created by https://www.deviantart.com/kayinnasaki/art/Animated-Utena-Rose-Frame-resources-719694673 .
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Maybe Jenny was tired of being just one of the guys in Rilo Kiley and the Postal Service. Maybe she wanted to try and break free of the cage of being one of the girls. #TVSounds episode 3.05: the spin-off "Just One of the Guys" Jenny Lewis 2014 🇺🇸 youtu.be/Irvcf6dCk-k #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Just One of the Guys". Behind the title is a photo of Jenny's torso; she is wearing a rainbow ombre suit jacket with undyed stars on the lapels, and necklaces that read "Jenny" and "The Voyager". You cannot see her face but her long red hair is hanging down over her shoulder.

Overlaid over the photo is an art nouveau frame with a pink rose in each corner. If you don't recognise this style of title card, it's from Revolutionary Girl Utena, "the shōjo Evangelion". Frame created by https://www.deviantart.com/kayinnasaki/art/Animated-Utena-Rose-Frame-resources-719694673 .
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Is this... a joke? Is the album art a statement? Appropriation? Titillation? Hopefully it'd be expressed, and received, more open-mindedly these days... #TVSounds episode 3.04: jumping the shark "Concrete and Clay" Kevin Rowland 1999 🇬🇧🇮🇪 youtu.be/2d1JOJWOBvQ #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Concrete and Clay". Behind the title is an image of Kevin Rowland, a white man with short dark hair, wearing a black dress, pearl necklace and red lipstick & nail polish. He is lifting the dress to reveal black knickers and stockings.

I mean, if he wants to wear a dress and make-up, that's AOK. But why's he flashing his knickers? Is the message that it's OK to wear what you want, be who you want, or is it all a bit of a pervy joke?

Overlaid over the photo is an art nouveau frame with a pink rose in each corner. Frame created by https://www.deviantart.com/kayinnasaki/art/Animated-Utena-Rose-Frame-resources-719694673 .
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Can't you hear it? The drums, the drums, the sound of drums, the never ending drumbeat. In every record you hear, in every breakbeat, in every earworm you can't resist. #TVSounds episode 3.03: syndication "Apache" Incredible Bongo Band 1973 🇺🇸 youtu.be/oJ04kRodM8s #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Apache". Behind the title is an image of two disembodied hands playing bongos. Overlaid over the photo is an art nouveau frame with a pink rose in each corner.

Frame created by https://www.deviantart.com/kayinnasaki/art/Animated-Utena-Rose-Frame-resources-719694673 .
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Mic Waters @burnt-toast-and.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Even if you're the king of swing, you've got to do right. I'm not sure this is Benny's song anymore... #TVSounds episode 3.02: the guest star "Why Don't You Do Right?" Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, vocal chorus by Peggy Lee 1942 🇺🇸🇺🇸 youtu.be/4zRwze8_SGk #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
A TV episode title card for an episode named "Why Don't You Do Right?" Behind the title is a black & white screenshot of Benny Goodman, a white man with glasses, a tweet suit and a clarinet, and Peggy Lee, a white woman with a sultry expression. Overlaid over the photo is an art nouveau frame with a pink rose in each corner.

Frame created by https://www.deviantart.com/kayinnasaki/art/Animated-Utena-Rose-Frame-resources-719694673 .
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