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Steve Riddle

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Academic, walker, photographer and player of Northumbrian pipes, not necessarily in that order. Working at School of Computing, Newcastle university […] [bridged from mastodon.org.uk/@riddsteve on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
"This song has parentheses, you don't have to use them but it would be better if you did" You've got my number (why don't you use it), The Undertones. #TuneTuesday #WhyAndBecauseSongs youtu.be/1uv088esj9o?is=6DTjJJO9J3K…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
None more foggy than a day in London town #SongsOfMistAndFog #TuneTuesday, Judy Garland's effortless delivery while sat down just having a chat with Terry Thomas. youtu.be/i0tZkhvo-bc?is=XZmn0bO7zy-…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
Resisting the Sgt Pepper option for #CondimentsSongs on #TuneTuesday, in favour of 10cc's Life is a Minestrone (covered in parmesan cheese) youtu.be/t2o-snHDVQA?is=4Q7WcnmfrWS…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
A rich seam of tunes for #MrMenLittleMissSongs on #TuneTuesday. So going with Mr Happy is a bit route one, but what the heck. The Who, Happy Jack, and what the heck is going on in the promo.. youtu.be/52cQeFBU2Kw?is=lhhPHv9dlfE…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
Another doozy of a theme for #TuneTuesday, clothes and shoes or, even better, #TogsAndClogs Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat has been covered by many, perhaps most famously by Jennifer Warnes. Go listen to her whole album of the same name, but come back to hear this by Joan Baez […]
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
Where was I? I forgot the point that I was making It's #StrangeOpeningLines for #TuneTuesday so almost anything by They Might Be Giants would work, but this one's always been a favourite. We Want A Rock, from Flood. youtu.be/Jp8znvfYbow?is=iwfn0YgVxkg…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
Another slice of #breakfastsongs for #TuneTuesday, and it's Breakfast at Tiffany's by one-hit wonders Deep Blue Something. youtu.be/1ClCpfeIELw?is=4AUmsjTBGlr…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
Missed a few #TuneTuesdays but can't resist #BreakFastsongs from Dusty in Memphis: Breakfast in bed. youtu.be/3c8LSK_j6pc?is=2vBUaL9ZW4U…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026
Second helping for #TuneTuesday #MusicAboutMusic - Sir Duke youtu.be/hmKshpLXnxE?is=Swl02ofOD1_…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026
For #TuneTuesday I'm going route one for #MusicAboutMusic. Doesn't get much more meta than Don McLean's American Pie. youtu.be/mj0LxFjgAjg?is=UBiAPnULWAX…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
Early on #TuneTuesday and already loads of excellent tracks selected for #OdeToTheWall. Part 2 was the single, already posted, bane of schoolteachers when I was growing up. Part 1 is a moody prologue about an absent father and a lad with daddy issues. Another brick in the wall, part 1 […]
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
Is it Tuesday already. Ok so #TuneTuesday it is, with the tricky disambiguating hashtag #6underground for tunes going caving, underground, below, you dig it? Swedish psychedelia from Goat, my offering this week. Queen of the Underground. youtu.be/c9EqOGCek3k?si=bYr9gtcUR0q…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
It's Tuesday, so #TuneTuesday time. Castles in the sky is the theme, Castles made of sand is the tune #CastlesInTheSky youtu.be/ksZTYRqr444?si=1TJpQrLtRL1…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - snapshot My mother, frowning Saying wait don't take it yet Snapped with her hand raised
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - melody 4am chorus Birdsong melody backed by Teething baby's cries
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - chimes Forgotten wind chime Hangs silent, all but one chime Gone, like the clapper
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - cocoon Wrapped in duvet Just ten more minutes and then The transformation
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
Ok Mr Postman, for #TuneTuesday it's #WriteMeALetter time. So here's Stevie Wonder, Signed Sealed Delivered. youtu.be/pUj9frKY46E
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - Rainbow Suncatcher turning By the window, scattering Fractured rainbow shards
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - new tea Let's make a fresh pot This one's cold and we've plenty More to talk about
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - Tickle The start of a sneeze A tickly nose to herald Sudden explosion
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
Well I've just been down a rabbit hole for #TuneTuesday on this week's theme of #WindowsAndDoors. I was going to go with "Go from my window" by Steeleye Span, a classic folk tune for a fella that just won't take no for an answer. Looking for a link I came across a Joan Baez cover of this, "Go […]
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - South Wind South wind, velvet breeze You banish winter weather With soft fleeting wings Trying to get the sense of a classic Irish folk song, The South Wind, into haiku form. It's quite the gloss, there's a whole bit about the wind blowing north to take the poet's love to […]
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - new clothes There's no surprises From the emperor's new suit Nothing to see here
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - breeze Open the windows Hear the birds sing, smell the blossom Float in on the breeze
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
Prefab Sprout hitting the spot for #TuneTuesday for this week's #guitarsandstrings theme. "We were quoted out of context, it was great" youtu.be/z-KIHpU2Ly8?si=CSQ8KkKhw4u…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - wave Someone waves across The street. At me? Wave back. No. Someone else's wave
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - moth Every night the moths Give their passionate moondance Love unrequited
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - lupine There's something of the Wolf about that one. You watch Him, he's on the prowl
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - mountain Seasons turn to years Watching over the valley The mountain endures
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - windmill Windy miller the Psycho killer. Can't grind wheat Cos the mill's on fire Sorry. First part popped into my head like a Viz Comic character.
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026
A drink for #TuneTuesday, but #WhatShallWeDrink. I dunno, why not ask the piano. Tom Waits, The Piano Has Been Drinking youtu.be/60CO_PmEHCs?si=N8gBGGQ0pRJ…
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - calm No network access For two hours at work. Oasis Of tranquility
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - planting Imperfect circle Of turf lifted and soil turned Box cuttings planted
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - mulberry There they go round it On a cold frosty morning The dancing goes on
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - clouds That pattern of clouds Not animals or faces Sometimes clouds are clouds
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026
#DailyHaikuiPrompt - plum Plum blossom plot twist It's a type of apricot Didn't expect that
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
For #TuneTuesday it's all about the #SmokeAndSmokingSongs, so come in here dear boy and have a cigar. And by the way, which one's Pink? youtu.be/Eq8ZiZ9xiLw
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - wisteria The exterior Wall climbing wisteria Is superior
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - mustard flower Mustard seed, Cobweb, Peaseblossom and Moth. The band Is back together
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - blossoms Trees and hedgerows zing Proudly showing their new shades Pink's in this season
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - grass Grass cut, edges trimmed Seedlings transplanted, watered Time for tea and cake
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt - sowing Beetroot, carrot, peas Can be sown direct outside But not yet courgettes
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - lamb A spring tradition Bouncing with such excitement To see new born lambs
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026
Submitting Blackwaterside for #TuneTuesday (songs about #FieldMountainsValleys) on a technicality*. I've definitely posted Bert Jansch's sublime guitar work before, but I've found this version with Anne Briggs singing which is quite breathtaking. *since Jimmy Page "borrowed" it for Black […]
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - pond Some ponds dare to dream A willow here, some swans there Good as any lake
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - carp The elusive carp On the river bed watching While you drink your tea
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - misty The valley below Shrouded in mist, we climb on And walk above clouds
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - seedlings In the potting shed Seedlings starting to appear Don't transplant them yet Today's haiku brought to you by the "jobs for the weekend" section of Gardener's World
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Steve Riddle @riddsteve.mastodon.org.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt - hoe Time to down the hoe Get the boots and cowboy hat Join in the hoedown
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