Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 8hThis morning's tunes (& plenty of them) #NowPlaying 🎧 The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) 020
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tunes for today's flight ✈️ #NowPlaying 🎧 The Kinks - Kinks (1964) 030
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A funkfest today #NowPlaying 🎧 Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975) 030
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Making some noise #NowPlaying 🎧 At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command (2000) 040
Reposted by Mick SweeneyMaria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026I cannot ever forget how the marching bands refused to be silent, as requested, going past the house where the mother of those three murdered boys took refuge in the weeks after her unthinkable loss. A small detail that exposes everything this march is for. 6545169
Reposted by Mick SweeneyEamonn Noonan @duhallow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026FIFA knows all this, and still allows Israel to compete in its tournaments. #complicit 086
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Smooth Sunday Sounds #NowPlaying 🎧 Hank Mobley - Soul Station (1960) 070
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My picks for #5DebutAlbumsFinal 1 Television: Marquee Moon 2 Björk: Debut 3 The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses 4 The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico 5 Portishead: Dummy (6 De La Soul, 7 Nick Drake, 8 Pixies, 9 PJ Harvey, 10 Tracy Chapman) 0551
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sunday specials #5DebutAlbumsFinal PJ Harvey - Dry (1992) vs New Order - Movement (1981) 081
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Noughtie debuts #5DebutAlbumsFinal Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004) vs The Strokes - Is This It (2001) 061
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Today's play-off #5DebutAlbumsFinal The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) vs The Stooges - The Stooges (1969) 081
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Two sparkling debuts #5DebutAlbumsFinal Jeff Buckley Grace (1994) vs Björk Debut (1993) 0111
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Cheery Tuesday tunes #5DebutAlbumsFinal Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979) vs Portishead - Dummy (1994) 1111
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Monday playoff #5DebutAlbumsFinal The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops (1984) vs The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989) 050
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Today's match #5DebutAlbumsFinal The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963) vs Patti Smith - Horses (1975) 091
Reposted by Mick SweeneyEnough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland 682127575
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Saturday Play-off #5DebutAlbumsFinal Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977) vs Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988) 1121
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 11/09/20262 classic eighties debuts #5DebutAlbumsFinal Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988) vs Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983) 0102
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Another playoff for #5DebutAlbumsFinal Fontaines DC Dogrel (2019) vs The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 071
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Another tough knockout #5DebutAlbumsFinal Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) vs Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969) 091
Reposted by Mick SweeneyDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure. This is basic stuff. 112607504
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This morning's knockout match #5DebutAlbumsFinal The Smiths - The Smiths (1984) vs Television - Marquee Moon (1977) 1132
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026My first knockout match for the last hurrah Trip-hop vs hip-hop #5DebutAlbumsFinal Tricky - Maxinquay (1995) vs De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising (1989) 1151
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Classic hip-hop for this morning's tunes #NowPlaying 🎧 Mobb Depp - The Infamous (1995) 020
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My picks for #5DebutAlbumsSF4 1 Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes 2 The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses 3 Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 4 Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue 5 NWA: Straight Outta Compton (6 alt-J, 7 Television, 8 Tricky, 9 Eels, 10 New Order) 1300
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Morning tunes #NowPlaying 🎧 Genesis Owusu - Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge (2026) 010
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026For the morning that's in it #DollyRIP #NowPlaying Dolly Parton / Linda Ronstadt / Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) 150
Reposted by Mick SweeneyKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago. 219239485930
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This evening knockout match #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969) vs New Order - Movement (1981) 041
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A battle of exclamation marks This morning's playoff #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978) vs Etta James - At Last! (1960) 0101
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Violence and rage this Monday morning #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983) vs Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992) 0121
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This morning's knockout playoff match #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Television - Marquee Moon (1977) vs Kneecap - Fine Art (2024) 091
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Today's play-off #5DebutAlbumsSF4 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989) vs Idles - Brutalism (2017) 1111
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Nina or Curtis 🤔 #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1959) vs Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970) 281
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This morning's knockout match #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (2015) vs Boygenius - The Record (2023) 171
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Today's entertainment #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) vs NWA - Straight Outta Compton (1988) 050
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Mr Young versus the young #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Neil Young - Neil Young (1968) vs Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) 1101
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This evening's pairing for head-to-head knockout #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Young Fathers - Dead (2014) vs Eels - Beautiful Freak (1996) 071
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Today's play-off match for #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008) vs alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012) 081
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 16/08/2026My first random knockout match for #5DebutAlbumsSF4 Tricky - Maxinquay (1995) vs Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973) 5151
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Morning tunes 🎧 I remember getting this on cassette when I was about 14 yo with Texaco tokens. Pestered my parents for months to only get petrol at Texaco garages #NowPlaying U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984) 060
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Afternoon tunes 🎧 #NowPlaying David Bowie - ★ (2016) 040
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My picks for #5DebutAlbumsSF3 1 Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left 2 Arcade Fire: Funeral 3 De La Soul: 3 Feet High And Rising 4 Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes 5 Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid (6 Patti Smith; 7 Fontaines DC; 8 The Smiths; 9 The Beatles; 10 Joy Division) 1380
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Music for the morning run 🏃🏼♂️ #NowPlaying🎧 Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (2024) 030
Reposted by Mick SweeneyIrish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks 12311190
Mick Sweeney @micksweeney.bsky.social · 04/08/2026My next knockout match #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967) vs Fontaines DC - Dogrel (2019) 0111
