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James Slater

@jamesslater7.bsky.social
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He/Him Music lover (punk/post punk/ska/rocksteady/reggae/rock), Habs fan (enduring a rebuild), father to an amazing son on the spectrum, husband to the also amazing Natasha. Long Covid since 2020. East coast raised, Toronto living

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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 3: A solo artist whose name is one word Smooth Operator - Sade m.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYv...
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Sade - Smooth Operator - Official - 1984
YouTube video by SadeVEVO
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #FallFriday 10/2: Two-word title and the first word is "the" The NWRA - The Fall m.youtube.com/watch?v=mo5a...
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The NWRA
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky A song with kiss, kissed or kissing in the title Kiss Me On The Bus - The Replacements m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDH6...
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The Replacements - Kiss me on the Bus
YouTube video by GrungeRiver
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 30: a song for the spooky season Season of the Witch - Donavon m.youtube.com/watch?v=GU35...
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Donovan - Season of the Witch (Official Audio)
YouTube video by DonovanVEVO
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#DavidsMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 29 • #1 on your playlist for the zombie apocalypse Braineaters - The Misfits m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNSj...
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Braineaters
YouTube video by Misfits - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 28 A song with girl, boy, woman or man in the title Boys From The County Hell - The Pogues m.youtube.com/watch?v=w2M7...
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The Pogues - Boys From The County Hell
YouTube video by PlentyofTorrents
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge Day 27 - A good song for a bad mood Rudie Can’t Fail - The Clash m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEK9...
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The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail (Official Audio)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky A song with amazing bass/bass playing Rags And Bones - NoMeansNo m.youtube.com/watch?v=ppR6...
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Nomeansno - Rags And Bones
YouTube video by MegaKill2425
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 25   A song featuring a string section Young, Gifted and Black - Bob and Marcia m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV_a...
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Bob & Marcia Young, Gifted & Black (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Trojan Records Official
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
DavidsMonthOfMusic 🎶 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎶 Day 24 A song with a genre of music in the title Let There Be Rock - Hard Ons & lil Henry Rollins m.youtube.com/watch?v=FMzo...
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Hard-Ons and Henry Rollins - Let There Be Rock
YouTube video by Hard Ons
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 23 - A novelty song Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen m.youtube.com/watch?v=rGeI...
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NEW * Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen {DES Stereo} 1963
YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#DavidsMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 22: song with little or big in title. song that sounds like autumn arriving Big Iron - Marty Robbins m.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuX...
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Marty Robbins - Big Iron (Audio)
YouTube video by MartyRobbinsVEVO
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 9/21: Every word in the title is one syllable Do The Dog - The Specials m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWpQ...
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The Specials - Do the Dog
YouTube video by tes74
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thomas the cat catching some zzzzzs
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge 20. A song that would be the theme to your reality show The Fat Man - Fats Domino m.youtube.com/watch?v=aIz1...
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Fats Domino The Fat Man
YouTube video by 01musicfan
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky A song with through, around, under or over in the title Over The River - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes m.youtube.com/watch?v=GJJp...
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Over The River
YouTube video by Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 18: Song with “All” or “Nothing” in the title Nothing Means Nothing Anymore. - The Alley Cats m.youtube.com/watch?v=tDBU...
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ALLEY CATS - Nothing Means Nothing Anymore
YouTube video by Dead Chaotic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky Day 17 A song with amazing drumming Brainless Wonder - NoMeansNo m.youtube.com/watch?v=prNF...
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Brainless Wonder
YouTube video by Nomeansno - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 9/16: Song with "&” or “and” in the title To Have And Have Not - Billy Bragg m.youtube.com/watch?v=iNcy...
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Billy Bragg - To Have And To Have Not
YouTube video by jj72guy
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky Day 15. With an item of clothing or accessory in Hot Pants - James Brown m.youtube.com/watch?v=lehB...
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Hot Pants, Parts 1 & 2
YouTube video by James Brown - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Sept. 14: A song from a theatre/film musical Medley - Ramones m.youtube.com/watch?v=vUOp...
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Ramones Rock 'n' Roll High School movie full show
YouTube video by RamoniacCretin
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 9/13: Song with a featured artist Burn Hollywood Burn - Public Enemy feat. Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane m.youtube.com/watch?v=M7CT...
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Public Enemy feat. Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane - 'Burn Hollywood Burn' (Music Video) [HD] (60fps)
YouTube video by Hip Hop History Guy
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge Day 12 - A song for stargazing Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIyN...
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Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky (Official Audio)
YouTube video by ElvisPresleyVEVO
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #DavidsMonthOfMusic #FallFriday Day 11 - A song that ends with -ing in the title. It’s The New Thing - The Fall m.youtube.com/watch?v=EKyV...
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The Fall - It's The New Thing
YouTube video by Limón Camilo
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 10: a favorite song someone has recommended to you Fire In Cairo - The Cure m.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Az...
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Fire in Cairo (2005 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Cure - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky 9. A song with a 9 letter word in the title C’mon Everybody - Eddie Cochrane m.youtube.com/watch?v=qD8Z...
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EDDIE COCHRAN 📀 C'mon Everybody {DES Stereo} 1958
YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Googly eyes for the win
Strategic googly eyes on a garbage can - making it look like it’s waiting for delicious garbage
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 8: About sex 60 Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes m.youtube.com/watch?v=09Ea...
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Sixty Minute Man
YouTube video by The Dominoes - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 7 A song featuring a piano Clash City Rockers - The Clash m.youtube.com/watch?v=lvmo...
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Clash City Rockers
YouTube video by The Clash - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 6 - A song that reminds you most of school Here Comes the Summer - The Undertones m.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIx...
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The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer [OFFICIAL AUDIO]
YouTube video by The Undertones
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 5  A song with a tree, plant or flower in the Title Ramblin Rose - MC5 m.youtube.com/watch?v=qUzg...
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Ramblin' Rose
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 4: a song you love from a film you don’t Iggy & The Stooges - Search and Destroy From The Life Aquatic…loved the two movies he made before this, but felt this one was pretty flat m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ja...
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Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Search and Destroy
YouTube video by JulianThomePictures
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 3  A song with dream(ing) or wish(ing) in the title Wish I Was In El Salvador - Jello Biafra & DOA m.youtube.com/watch?v=zL4m...
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Wish I Was In El Salvador
YouTube video by Jello Biafra - Topic
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 02/09/2026
#OtD 2 Sep 1962 Oswald Mosley and his fascist blackshirts tried to hold a meeting in east London while the British National Party attempted to assemble nearby. Both were attacked by anti-fascist locals. Mosley's meeting collapsed and he fled www.patreon.com/posts/e37b-6...
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky a good song for a summer BBQ Chicken Squawk - MDC m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpCY...
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Chicken Squawk (Millions of Dead Children/Chicken Squawk 7")
YouTube video by MDC - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky A favourite acoustic song Love Me, I’m a Liberal - Phil Ochs m.youtube.com/watch?v=3cdq...
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Love Me, I'm a Liberal
YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Baby, we got a stew goin’
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 31 - a favourite song by a favourite artist Shaking Up Orange Street - Prince Buster m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfAq...
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Prince Buster Shaking Up Orange Street
YouTube video by louis bertrand
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 30: The last song on album by a band that starts with The EMI - The Sex Pistols m.youtube.com/watch?v=bnHM...
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EMI
YouTube video by Sex Pistols - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My first non alcoholic lager of the summer…or ever
A non alcoholic lager. What an age we live in
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thomas the cat resting on a sofa with outstretched paws
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #DavidsMonthOfMusic 29 - a 1 hit wonder from the decade you were 10 Rappin’ Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield m.youtube.com/watch?v=mWTK...
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Rappin’ Rodney
YouTube video by Rodney Dangerfield
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #Music Day 28: a song with more than 4 words in the title by a band with more than 3 words in their name Gin & Coconut Water - Blind Blake & His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos m.youtube.com/watch?v=yhcZ...
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Gin & Coconut Water
YouTube video by Blind Blake - Topic
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 27 - A song with And or & in the title by a band that starts by D Me, Myself And I - De La Soul m.youtube.com/watch?v=zR9A...
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De La Soul - Me Myself and I (With Intro) (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by DeLaSoulVEVO
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 26 - a song by a solo artist with a mode of transport in the title The Train Is Coming - Ken Boothe m.youtube.com/watch?v=L_qG...
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Ken Boothe - "The Train Is Coming" [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Studio One
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Joey Joey
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 25. Song with an alliterative title from the 2020s Neat, Neat, Neat - The Damned + Motörhead m.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8U...
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Motörhead & The Damned – Neat Neat Neat
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James Slater @jamesslater7.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #musicsky Day 24 - a song with a month or day of the week by a band with a one-word name Friday Night, Saturday Morning - The Specials m.youtube.com/watch?v=Phr7...
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The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2015 Remaster)
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