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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#nowplaying #womr #radio on #musicsky 'Alex Chilton - Boogie Shoes' by 'WOMR Live' on the WOMR app! womr.org Brought to you nby WOMR. #communityradio

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For this #MosaicMonday we look up into the spectacular presbytery vault of San Vitale in #Ravenna. To me, the Ravenna #mosaics are an astonishing collection, the last magnificent product of late antiquity. But whose empire does this shimmering C6 CE ceiling actually represent? #AncientBluesky 🏺

PRESBYTERY VAULT MOSAICS, C. 547 CE. BASILICA OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA

A view looking straight up into the vaulted ceiling of the presbytery. At the apex within a starry medallion is the Lamb of God. The central wreath is supported by four white robed angels, a visual inheritance from classical winged Victories. They stand upon blue globes, an ancient symbol of cosmic dominion. The vault sections are filled with a lush paradise of acanthus vines and birds, echoing Augustan imagery of abundance. This shared classical vocabulary reflects the complex political reality of C6 CE Ravenna. The basilica was begun under Ostrogothic rule, a regime using Roman art to present themselves as theoretically still part of the empire. When Justinian consecrated the church in c. 547 CE he did not have to replace the Ostrogothic aesthetic. The Gothic kings' official style was already Roman, allowing this final flowering of late antiquity to bridge two competing empires.

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Yep Roc Records @yeproc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Celebrating 25 Years of Sing Along with Los Straitjackets! This album marked the first ever vocal tracks from beloved instrumental surf band Los Straitjackets— and they sure are star studded! Featuring Nick Lowe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, and more! Listen at the link in bio

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#OnThisDay - 24 September - in AD 15 Aulus Vitellius was born. He would reign as Roman Emperor from 16 April-22 December AD 69. Tacitus described him as “ignorant of all law, human and divine” (Hist.2.91). #History 🏺 Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Obverse of a Roman aureus: Laureate portrait of Vitellius, right.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NRBQ @ Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hiss Golden Messenger, Shovels and Rope @ Ascutney Outdoors, Brownsville, Vermont

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

- PT-109, - Lt. Kennedy aboard PT-109, 1943, - Blackett Strait chart 1901, - Navy & Marine Corps Medal citation; After his boat was rammed, split in half, and sunk in the middle of the night by a Japanese destroyer: JFK swam 3.5 miles towing a burned member of his crew with his teeth. #bonespurs

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

May 8, 1961 — Kennedy pins a medal on Alan Shepard. Apr 20, 1975 — The Rose Garden in bloom. 1980–2006 — The Kennedy Center on 4x5 film. Oct 22, 2025 — The East Wing demolished. They didn't reject Camelot. They wanted the naming rights. 📸=wikimedia commons

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#nowspinning on #vinylsky Drivin N Cryin, ‘Mystery Road,’ Island Records, 1989 Produced by Scott Macpherson, Kevn Kinney, and Tim Nielsen #nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #records #vinylcommunity #recordcommunity

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Ye Olde Punk @nehoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BREAKING: Everything is still super fucking dumb.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Drivin N Cryin @ Alchemy, Providence

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m listening to The Greenheads - ‘Crab Napkin’ by WOMR Live on my WOMR Community Radio app! womr.org

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WOMR – Outermost Community Radio | WOMR 92.1 and WFMR 91.3

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#nowplaying on #musicsky I’m listening to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - ‘Finding Out’ by WOMR Live on my #WOMR #CommunityRadio app! womr.org

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#nowplaying on #musicsky I’m listening to The Incredible Casuals - ‘Burn Me Up’ by WOMR Live on my WOMR Community Radio app! “Your Sunday best a mess, it’s such a shame” womr.org

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#nowplaying on #musicsky I’m listening to The Replacements - ‘Color Me Impressed’ by WOMR Live on my #WOMR #Community Radio app! womr.org

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

⭐️'Big Star - September Gurls' The Squid Jigger's Blend Sep 16, 2026 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM With Tony Scungilli #nowplaying www.womr.org the full tilt outermost mooncusser primitive chunka chunka of THE SQUID JIGGER'S BLEND. An in progress and in motion sonic collage of way gone pre-psychedelic garage

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

👀The Invincible Casuals last night @ The Wellfleet Beachcomber Gathering of The Casualties was off the hook as usual. New guy Ben Samuelson of Bone Head Stew on the 2nd guitar, plus a number of special guests… Thankful for Channy, Rikki, Steve woo-woo Wood, & all the people for keeping it going.✊

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Josh Kantor @jtkantor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

To the person who walked by me just before this game started and said, "Play Freebird, ha ha ha!"... the joke is on you at the end of this inning, my friend.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

⚡️#nowplaying on #musicsky INCREDIBLE #CapeCod #community The Invincible Casuals @ The Wellfleet Beachcomber The Chandler Travis Philharmonette @ Bubalas by The Bay (Provincetown) Johnny Spampinato & The Value Leaders @ The Woodshed (Brewster) The Spampinato Brothers w/ Kami Lyle (Wellfleet)

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Faccia di bronzo. For #SpoliaSunday, Alexander VII despoiled the church of S. Adriano al Foro, once the #Senate, of its #bronze doors in 1660, to give the #Lateran basilica the prestige of ancient power, but covered in his family symbols. #AncientBluesky 🏺

ANCIENT BRONZE DOOR FROM THE CURIA JULIA REUSED AT ST JOHN LATERAN

A steep upward perspective looking along one open leaf of a massive bronze door with a pale green patina, with a portion of the ceiling visible at the top right. Although this is an ancient Roman door of the Senate, which may date to the time of Domitian based on a semi-melted coin found within the metal, prominent elements of the decoration seen here date to the C17. When Pope Alexander VII transferred the doors to the Lateran basilica, they were too small for the portal. Francesco Borromini cast bronze extensions for the perimeters, incorporating the Chigi della Rovere armorial bearings. The protruding acorns and thick borders refer to the oak tree on his crest, while the bronze stars rising along the flat bands are also from the papal arms. These ornate Baroque additions act as an outer frame around the flat ancient bronze panels, which are themselves bordered by original Roman mouldings featuring a classical Lesbian kymation. This brazen reuse proclaimed the Church as heir to the ancient empire, and the Chigi pope as the bearer of this inherited power.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Stop Making Sense” turns 42 today. Of his performance, David Byrne said: “You see this person in the beginning [of the film] who's kind of angsty, stumbling around .. And then, by the end, he's surrendered to the music and is fairly joyful .. He’s found a kind of community." 🙏🏼 “Slippery People”

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𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙰𝙷 @capecodpostaah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

First Cup of Coffee☕️, First Tune🎶 of the Day☀️ Burt Sugarman’s “Midnight Special” was such a great showcase. I miss entertainment like this. I hope you enjoy this fantastic Billy Preston clip! Savor your ☕️, enjoy the 🎶, and have a great🌅! #FirstCupOfCoffeeFirstTuneOfTheDay youtu.be/QDtYo2IPTsw?...

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Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston | The Midnight Special

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌟 Mike sings “September Gurls” and “In The Street” with the Big Star Quintet last night in Nashville at the Neuhoff River Steps Concert Series show. In addition to @lordmillsey, the band includes Jody Stephens, Jon Auer, Chris Stamey & Pat Sansone. Big thanks to Hank Bateman for the footage.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For #FrescoFriday, the astonishing "Città Dipinta" unveiled this week at the #Oppian Hill. Painted on the exterior of a pre-Trajanic basilican hall, it might have been an ideological billboard promoting good government, before being buried as a foundation wall for Trajan's Baths. #AncientBluesky 🏺

FRESCO OF THE CITTÀ DIPINTA, LATE C1 CE. MUSEO DELLE TERME DI TRAIANO

This large fresco fragment depicts a rare bird's-eye view of a fortified city. Defensive walls with crenellated towers enclose a dense urban landscape featuring residential buildings, a theatre, and porticoes rendered in sophisticated perspective. The artwork was painted on the exterior wall of a three-aisled hall on the Oppian Hill. This building perhaps functioned as an administrative basilica connected to a nearby schola for a collegium of scribes. While the adjacent mosaic hall follows a strict north-south orientation aligning with the Domus Aurea and the Sette Sale reservoir, this hall sits on a different axis. In an administrative context, the fresco would have served as an ideological billboard projecting Roman urban prosperity to those conducting business. Dating to the Neronian or Flavian period, the building and its masterpiece of urban topography were later deliberately buried to serve as retaining walls for the Baths of Trajan.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Chandler Travis Philharmonette ‘Your Wife And Mother,’ last night @ Bubalas by The Bay, Provincetown, MA.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Chandler Travis Philharmonette ‘All My Good Luck Is Gone’ last night @ Bubalas by The Bay, Provincetown, MA.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The unfettered pleasures of Pieter Bruegel's marvelous Children's Games of 1560: an entire town taken over by children at play. Today is Bruegel's day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The great ships in Bruegel's Icarus, like the wax & feather wings, exemplify extreme technology and mankind's hubris. Bruegel was rather skeptical about modernity. Today is his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Pausing from harvest labor on a hot summer afternoon, Pieter Bruegel’s Harvesters, in 1565. Today is his day.

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Red Clay Rambler @redclayramble.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Uploaded today >>> Ratboys: Tiny Desk Concert youtu.be/oRg3Tk3jHno?...

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Ratboys: Tiny Desk Concert

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Spampinato Brothers w/ Kami Lyle, ‘Rocket In My Pocket’

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Spampinato Brothers w/ Kami Lyle ‘Green Light’

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Spampinato Brothers w/ Kami Lyle, ‘Ain’t It All Right’

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Kami Lyle with The Spampinato Brothers in Wellfleet Harbor 😎

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#nowspining on #vinylsky Jim Lauderdale with Donna The Buffalo, ‘Wait ‘Till Spring,’ 2003, Sky Crunch Records #nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl #records #vinylcommunity #recordcommunity

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Rhythm and Roots: Donna The Buffalo, Futurebirds, and Marty Stuart.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Born on this day in 1748, Jacques-Louis David. Here painted by himself in 1794, looking intense and revolutionary.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🎸Kevin Russell a.k.a. Shinyribs @ Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. last night. Lots of new material from their pending release ‘Real Alligator,’ on Austin, TX. new Spaceflight Records label. Scott Strickland opened. Also onstage was Schaefer Llana who has a @dialbacksound.bsky.social release upcoming.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

On this day in 1982, R.E.M. released their Chronic Town extended play. The five songs included are ‘Wolves, Lower’, ‘Gardening at Night’, ‘Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)’, ‘1,000,000’ and ‘Stumble’.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#nowspinning on #musicsky The Incredible Casuals ‘Nature Calls,’ 2005, Iddy Biddy Rikki Bates = drums🥁 Aaron Spade = guitars, vox🎸 Johnny Spampinato = guitars, vox🎸 Chandler Travis = bass, vox, guitars🎸 Steve Wood = Guitars, vox🎸 recorded and mixed by Ducky Carlisle, mastered by Noisy Scheniman💯

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lies that Livy told us. For #ReliefWednesday, the Basilica Æmilia frieze reveals a startling contradiction. Livy called Tarpeia a traitor, but this C1 BC sculptor gave her a velificatio, hinting at her origins as a Capitoline genius loci. #AncientBluesky 🏺🧵

RELIEF OF TARPEIA, PENTELIC MARBLE, FROM THE BASILICA ÆMILIA, 30-10 BCE. FORUM ANTIQUARIUM

This Pentelic marble fragment from the Basilica Æmilia depicts the death of Tarpeia, crushed beneath Sabine shields while framed by a striking velificatio. Unlike Livy, who casts her as a greedy traitor, this relief presents her as a heroine who sought to disarm the enemy Sabines by demanding what they bore on their left arms, only to be killed in a brutal betrayal: the soldier who was meant to bring the plan to Romulus instead ratted her out to the Sabine king Titus Tatius. The presence of the billowing veil over her head hints at a certain cognitive dissonance in Roman mythmaking. An ancient source identifies her tomb as the site of annual sacrifice, pointing to her origins as an ancient genius loci of the Capitoline Hill before she was squeezed into the corset of a foundation narrative whose written traces do not include her before the C1 BCE.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#nowplaying on #musicsky I’m listening to The Incredible Casuals - ‘On The Beach’ by WOMR Live on my #WOMR #CommunityRadio app! womr.org

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