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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

23 degrees and sunny today, this is not what October in the UK is supposed to be like. T-shirt weather.

Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Apologies for the vagueposting, but I just want to say. Politics = interesting Discussion of how political parties should position themselves to best appeal to certain voters = not interesting

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There needs to be a Bluesky account that gives you quick explainers of current discourse so you can immediately decide whether to engage or ignore and not have to trawl through pages of vagueposting adjacent to the story you haven't seen.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

cooking: reasonably well whistle: yes draw: in my own weird style paint: no swim: yes, but been a while english: I would hope so! dance: please don't make me sing: like a broken toy drive: pretty well considering gifting: average write: yes, but it's an effort guitar: no speaking: a learned skill

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Catherine Zeta-Jones looks at least a decade younger than her 57 years, but unfortunately she does not look like Catherine Zeta-Jones any more.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Of course we don't, but we also do not know what is going to be valued later, and right now even culture from a decade ago is being lost.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have been pro Rebecca Black for a long time now, but this is genuinely a contender for my favourite track of 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J93k...

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Rebecca Black - Waschesalon (Official Visualizer)

YouTube video by rebecca

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't know if anyone out there has seen all 31 Elvis feature films (this does not even count concert films, etc.) but if you have then (a) why? and (b) am I right that Jailhouse Rock is the best one?

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As today is the last #BandcampFriday before Halloween, here's a compilation of very old records on that theme. centuriesofsound.bandcamp.com/album/hallow...

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Hallowe’en Dance: Original Recordings 1902-1926, by Centuries of Sound

17 track album

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't know how you spent yr morning but I spent mine carrying the bumper and headlight of a Seat minivan 1.5 miles across Cambridge, for some reason other people seem to be able to avoid needing to do things like this.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So is Clearsky down or have Bluesky broken it?

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One day I will write my book on Arthur Collins, the best-selling recording artist before 1920 and arguably the man who made the first jazz record, but essentially forgotten as early as the 1930s. Goes without saying that he's deeply problematic, of course.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Podcasting subreddits are hilarious, you always see someone saying "I want to start a podcast but I can't think of a topic" - I have maybe 30 concepts ready to go and time to do exactly none of them. Maybe I could start a consultancy.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The idea of replacing interactions with people with interactions with AI only makes sense if you hate interacting with people, in which case you wouldn't want AI to be humanlike. The only conclusion I can draw is that the people pushing this don't want us to talk to each-other.

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amirite tho

White text on yellow-orange ombré background that reads:
Don't let Al ruin your writing.
It's your writing.
Ruin it yourself.

Amirite

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very gingerly dipping a toe into the stagnant pond of The Discourse I think it’s obviously fine to not hear popular songs but my reaction to learning “a song I don’t know has broken loads of popularity records“ is “oh I should hear it, maybe I’ll like it”, why would it not be that?

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

RIP to Calypso singer Mighty Sparrow, who has died at the age of 91, such an important figure in a genre which is really unfairly neglected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2eK...

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Mighty Sparrow singing "Madam Dracula" c.1960

YouTube video by castor3331

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Recorded 100 years ago today Savoy Bearcats - Senegalese Stomp www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfIJ...

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Senegalese Stomp

YouTube video by Savoy Bearcats - Topic

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It has taken me until just now to get that the current Pop Music Discourse is about Choosin' Texas by Ella Langley, which has been at #1 in the USA for ages this year. All I can say is Rein Me In was #1 in the UK for 23 weeks, Choosin Texas got 1 week at #1 & the UK public were right & should say it

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Died 100 years ago today aged 64, French singer, dancer and muse of Toulouse-Lautrec, Marcelle Lender.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilpéric", 1895-1896

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Next time a publication puts together a list of the top 100 somethings, rather than spend forever arguing about what has or has not been chosen or what ranks where, I'd like everyone to carefully consider how the list was put together and why it was made specifically to annoy me.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Working on a project, found a guy who knew a great deal about the subject, met up with him, arranged to meet again later that week, emailed again to confirm, no response. Now 3 months and 4 follow-up emails later, still haven't heard back from him. Really frustrating and I just don't get it.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

As the trans community have known for a while now - the definition of activist is someone who dares to state they exist

HADLEY FREEMAN
Wes Streeting must stand up to the
ADHD activists
I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life
Hadley Freeman

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ

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Pressure Drop

YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just been for what turned out to be a 3.5 hour / 7 mile walk with the dog, it's for a thing. Legs are jelly, dog is fine.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just finishing reading Preston Lauterbach's book "Before Elvis" - it has the same title as another book by Larry Birnbaum, both books are excellent, but both take their title from a John Lennon quote - "before Elvis, there was nothing" - and neither seem to understand what Lennon was saying.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you haven't seen every episode of all 100 of those TV shows then you should respectfully reserve comment until you have fully caught up.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Shefali is doing the weather on Look East?!?!?!?

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I haven't seen most of the TV series of the last 26 years, so afraid I can't put together a top ten.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Another London dispatch: If any of you know any Broadway producers or investors, I am begging you to convince them to transfer "My Neighbor Totoro" to NYC when it closes in London in January. It is one of most enchanting, moving, heartwarming shows I've seen & I want audiences here to experience it🙏

Photo from London production of My Neighbor Totoro, with Satsuke & Totoro standing in the rain

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1949 - Paul Robeson - I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night Performed live for coal miners in Midlothian.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dear Specsavers, you do not know if my eye test is overdue. You are not the only optician in the UK, I could easily have gone to another one and not told you.

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eminemerald fennell @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

can i just say i agree with this and hate this so fucking much

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We were once stuck at a tiny airport in a place called Jinhong in South-West China for over 24 hours and the disgruntled passengers almost formed a new civilization. It would be a good format for a film, surprised it hasn't been done (to my knowledge)

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Out on a walk today, spotted a wild Covid plant.

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

* The deputy head saying if we ever said "oh my god" we had to apologise to Jesus * The kid with a Casio keyboard playing a very long (like 10 minutes) version of Merry Xmas Everyone * Boys from my year doing a racist skit with the "bud bud ding ding" song & their scripted apology the following week

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

People talking about autumn music today, I guess because it's the equinox / first day of autumn, so I've reuploaded my autumn LNADJKMD mix from 2011 on Patreon - www.patreon.com/centuriesofs...

An Autumnal picture of Bloomsbury in London

00:31 The Kinks - Autumn Almanac
03:37 Django Reinhardt - September Song
06:28 Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Sand River
10:12 The White Stripes - Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground
13:04 Arab Strap - Autumnal
19:35 Bat For Lashes - Sad Eyes
23:48 Destroyalldreamers - Automne
27:35 Sr. Click - Autumn
33:38 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Autumn's Child
37:31 Tom Waits - November
39:56 Ralph Koster - November

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The worst advice I ever received was that "good things will happen when you least expect them." AM I EXPECTING GOOD THINGS NOW?! YOU HAVE TRAPPED ME IN A LOGICAL LOOP! THANKS A LOT!

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