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@yamiacat.bsky.social

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🐈 Sphynx enthusiast 😷 Covid conscious 🎶 Dream pop to doom metal 📚 Sci-fi & post modernism Matt. UK based - He/Him

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Why am I a BAT? 🦇 @yamiacat.bsky.social · 5h

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Camp Miasma: Deserved rewatch! 🩸 Whisper Man: 🐶💩 SKFK 3: Legend of a Kappa: Series is hitting its stride 🐸 DnD: Honor Among Thieves: Why no sequels!? 😩 Hornblower: Exam for Lt: Ahoy! ⛵️ I Want Your Sex: Fun! 💦 Gangster, Cop, Devil: Classic Asian crime! 🧑‍💼👮‍♀️😈

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ❤️ ♻️
The Whisper Man (2026) ⭐️
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa (2013) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ❤️
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ❤️ ♻️
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ ❤️
I Want Your Sex (2026) ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ ❤️
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ❤️

Why am I a BAT? 🦇 @yamiacat.bsky.social · 21h

Drop some PUNCHES 👊🖤🤕

Why am I a BAT? 🦇 @yamiacat.bsky.social · 21h

This week's albums! Andrew W.K. did a doom jazz album!? 🫪 HMLTD for proggy crankwave biz 🥴 Thee Sinseers do vintage-sounding soul 🙌 Bell Witch for epic funereal doom 🔔 The Dream Eaters do weirdo indie pop 🪬 Jim Hall/Ron Carter Duo for near-ambient jazz 😎 Petrels do sci-fi synth drone 🤖

A 5 x 5 grid of album covers, featuring:

Artist - Album:

Bab L' Bluz - Nayda!
Thee Sinseers - Sinseerly Yours
HMLTD - The Worm
Bab L' Bluz - Swaken
Emma Ruth Rundle - These Killing Times

Jim Hall/Ron Carter Duo - Alone Together
The Dream Eaters - We Are the Dream Eaters
Lizzy McAlpine - Angel
Dom La Nena - Ela
Boy Harsher - Get Mean

Formal Sppeedwear - Punch Card
Khruangbin - A La Sala
beabadoobee - Pylon
Goth Babe - Lola
Kristin Hersh - Sugar on Blackstone

Le Loup - Family
Amelie Lens - Aura
Andrew W.K. - Temptation to Exist
Buried Marie - Decrepitude
Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Dreamcatcher

Khruangbin - Mordechai
Petrels - Onkalo
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
Hilyard - Between Silence and Solitude
Nailah Hunter - Lovegaze

Why am I a BAT? 🦇 @yamiacat.bsky.social · 23h

Favorite 4 First Watches of September: 1) It Ends (2025) 2) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 3) Penda's Fen (1974) 4) Decoder (1984) 🟠🟢🔵 boxd.it/kN2vT #FilmSky #MovieSky #Letterboxd

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Moo 💀 @tactless-skull.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

While Michael is recovering, I will temporarily host Something for the Weekend - for TV, films, and video games! If you're willing to check out what others are posting on the thread, please feel free to reply with your own recommendation! Try finding your choices 👇 🙏 1/3 www.justwatch.com

Why am I a BAT? 🦇 @yamiacat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

18 years ago this week, my most listened album was Radiohead's "In Rainbows". They won some brownie points in my eyes with the "pay what you want" release model they used. (Though these listens woulda been after it had been out a year...)

Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place

YouTube video by Radiohead

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Why am I a BAT? 🦇 @yamiacat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

3/3 It's 11pm y'all! The party barge is heading back to dock. Kitty is greatly pleased with your contributions! To close out - a song about the problems of too much & too little memory! TOKEN 2: They Might Be Giants - "I Can't Remember the Dream"

They Might Be Giants - I Can't Remember the Dream

YouTube video by ParticleMen

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Mickle Quaintrelle @micklequaintrelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A humorous ditty Token 2. Tom Rush - "Remember"? youtu.be/kAqssappnxs?...

YouTube video by Tom Rush - Topic

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Mickle Quaintrelle @micklequaintrelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Evening All. Featuring our very own Michael Gallagher as a band member: Token 1. Two Big Boys - "Remember" youtu.be/ONNHJeVqJ7U?...

Remember - Two Big Boys (New Audio) #RememberTwoBigBoys #postpunk #indiemusic

YouTube video by Two Big Boys indie band

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Hutsutgirl @hutsutgirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Evening all. I'm playing catch-up with your contributions so before it goes, get ready to boogie with.. Token 1 - September - Earth, Wind and Fire "Do you remember The twenty-first night of September?"

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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typical cat loving mob @typicalmob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Falling back on a favourite song. Token 2 is This Is the Day by The The. "You could've done anything if you'd wanted And all your friends and family think that you're lucky But the side of you they'll never see Is when you're left alone with the MEMORIES That hold your life Together like glue"

The The - This Is the Day (Official 4K Video)

YouTube video by TheTheVEVO

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SuzyS 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @pywacket.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2: Innocent by The Stereophonics "I remember walking around the streets at night I remember people talking about their lives One of us never made it home that night..." youtu.be/U5VRtNeVIgA?...

Stereophonics - Innocent (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by StereophonicsVEVO

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Steve Headrick @steevhead13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TOKEN 2: "...The rope is getting tighter and the pain’s coming along, so why do I suppress the bad things as if nothing was wrong, I no longer want to pretend to distort reality, but always when I try really hard... ...'Good Memories Don't Want To Die'" ~ lunatic soul (2025) youtu.be/0cI6ENnxc2U

Good Memories Don't Want to Die

YouTube video by Lunatic Soul - Topic

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Angela @angelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Saturday WAIAC and fellow JBers. Token 1 Friends / Joan Armatrading “I remember your eyes How they would shine Those crazy times When you and I Fooled around” youtu.be/hF1wTxW7VKM?...

YouTube video by Joan Armatrading - Topic

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🇦🇺 Michael @kookaburra1966.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

G’day y’all, and thanks to @yamiacat for hosting this week! (reposting with a different link) Not sure TOKEN 1 would have made it in a keyword week, but I should be on safe ground. Happy to be corrected! 💿 Joanne 🎤 Michael Nesmith youtu.be/bVrRZy3q-1w?...

Michael Nesmith - Joanne 1992

YouTube video by Piñata Head

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token Two "Things I Can't Forget" by the Slackers

Things I Can't Forget

YouTube video by The Slackers - Topic

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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2 is The Smithereens, with "Only a Memory." youtu.be/DHYkYYikewU?...

The Smithereens - Only A Memory

YouTube video by TheSmithereensVEVO

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Moo 💀 @tactless-skull.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For token 2, it's one of the best songs to bellow at karaoke. Alanis Morisette - You Oughta Know "did you forget about me, Mr Duplicity?" youtu.be/dWdb5QZkxDI?...

Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know with Lyrics

YouTube video by stardust1963

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Keith Snyder @noteoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TOKEN 1: Thomas Dolby, "My Brain is Like a Sieve" www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyQp...

My Brain Is Like a Sieve

YouTube video by Thomas Dolby - Topic

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Gary Davies (not a DJ or a Rev) @propanegary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2 is Sour Times by Portishead, it contains the line - 'Cause all I have left is my memories of yesterday youtu.be/RtiiADJY2EA?...

Portishead - Sour Times Live T In The Park, Kinross, Scotland 12.07.98

YouTube video by TravisBickle1963

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Maisie Davies @maz368.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2 Something light hearted. The Wombles: Remember You're a Womble youtu.be/VIxkqoNi8I4?...

The Wombles - Remember You`re a Womble

YouTube video by thecatkeaton

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Kerry JK @mabno.net · 26/09/2026

Token 1: Molly Drake - I Remember youtu.be/ZYo2ryZ3wUs?...

Molly Drake - I Remember

YouTube video by Folk ABC - Americana, Blues, Country

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Jo Welch @jo42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token1 : “These Foolish Things” by Ella, live in Rome 1958, “These foolish things remind me of you.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxR...

These Foolish Things (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958)

YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic

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Sarah Daniel Rasher @rasher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Saturday from the peaceful lake shore! Here's an unsettling song about a beautiful place. (Token 1) R.E.M. - I Remember California

I Remember California (Remastered 2013)

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic

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CatdaddyJ @catdaddyj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2 Thee Sinseers - Let's Fall in Love (Again) "So, let's forget about the past and fall in love"

Thee Sinseers - "Let's Fall In Love (Again)" [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Thee Sinseers

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The Human Palindrome @markcockram.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And for token 2 Queen • These Are The Days Of Our Lives Freddie looking back on his life and remembering the old days one last time. youtu.be/oB4K0scMysc?...

Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Official Video)

YouTube video by Queen Official

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Jools (ᴱᵃʳᵗʰ ᴳⁱʳˡ) @lazulileelu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good afternoon, yaiac 😊 Token 1 is Arctic Monkeys - Don't Forget Whose Legs You're On

Don't Forget Whose Legs You're On

YouTube video by Arctic Monkeys - Topic

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Liz @lizknownasdoris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was convinced this would have gone by now. Token two: Simple Minds Don’t You (Forget About Me) featuring a very young Jim Kerr in an oversized suit and unnecessary use (of brackets) in the title. youtu.be/CdqoNKCCt7A?...

Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

YouTube video by SimpleMindsVEVO

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Janice @tomorrowsgirl17.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hello Cat and of course Kitty 😺 Token 1, The unmistakable voice of Tom Waits singing Martha. " Operator number please. It's been so many years. Will she remember my old voice." youtu.be/aGSNe4r8Epo?...

Tom Waits - Martha

YouTube video by Francesco Cioffi

Why am I a BAT? 🦇 @yamiacat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy birthday Buzzbead! 🎂

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Andrew Cooper @rickynow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good afternoon. Token One is a Stones classic. I've chosen the live version because it always makes me smile. Rolling Stones "Memory Motel". youtu.be/EmyxNKIcJOI?...

Rolling Stones- Memory Motel (Live in Germany 1998) Full HD 1080p 60fps 16:9

YouTube video by Alan Delis

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Rob McMinn @robmcminn.uk · 26/09/2026

And for Token 2, here's an old Elvis song that covers all the bases from Bob Dylan and the Band (Basement Tapes) youtu.be/QJMICxSEEi8?...

I Forgot to Remember to Forget

YouTube video by Bob Dylan - Topic

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Marsha @mmshere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2 is the memories themselves. Bob Seger is reminiscing of a time in his youth with Night Moves. Busy Saturday I'll be popping in and out. youtu.be/xH7cSSKnkL4

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (Official Video)

YouTube video by BobSegerVEVO

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Morning all! And gentle head bumps to Kitty. Just back from a coffee & now sitting down to edit a ghost story I've been working on... Comically, I found any songs about Memory difficult to remember... but finally landed my TOKEN 1 - Vintage Pulp bop 'Do You Remember The First Time?

Pulp - Do You Remember the First Time?

YouTube video by PulpVEVO

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Up Hill Down Dale Walks @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2: George Harrison - When We Was Fab: youtu.be/AVu6nPTVbBQ?...

George Harrison - When We Was Fab

YouTube video by GeorgeHarrisonVEVO

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Justine Harvey @justineharvey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Something niche for my second pick - from my obsession with the cult film Dogs in Space and early INXS Token 2 Rooms for the memory - Michael Hutchence www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhFj...

Michael Hutchence - Rooms For The Memory (Dogs In Space) (1986)

YouTube video by Music From Movies

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Jay the Ent-Larch 💛🤍💜🖤 @entlarchjay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good Morning, WAIAC and Kitty! Token 1: The Horror and the Wild by The Amazing Devil Repeatedly says “remember me” in the lyrics youtu.be/NAskjmeIvg0

The Horror and the Wild

YouTube video by The Amazing Devil - Topic

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RW Scott @rrwscott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

morning beautiful people, kitty, M. ☕🐈‍⬛🎶 💙 going w/a favorite sleeper track (I put it to the movie Contact because the song is about calling out in darkness). "I REMEMBER being young & wanting to be a cheetah" TOKEN 1, TURTLE SONG/Hugo Largo www.youtube.com/watch?v=IASP...

Turtle Song/Hugo Largo (Contact)

YouTube video by RW Scott

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MJMcG (he/they) @mjmcg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't normally pull from the more extreme ends of my collection, and especially not anything with a double figure runtime, but I will make an exception for TOKEN 2, since they are one of my faves. Krallice Go Be Forgotten

Go Be Forgotten

YouTube video by Krallice - Topic

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Paul Dorey @jackadorey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Morning, host with most and all Lots to do today so going to go early with the Orb “what were the skies like when you were young” Token One youtu.be/2Ng9Pf_p7Fw?...

The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Not and Now Available on Youtube!

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Mark of the Beesting @spinoff44.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

token 2 is more disco dates! "As I recall it ended much too soon" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTUh...

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

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Liz @lizknownasdoris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Morning all. My first thought was a song for all the kids out there… Token one: Frank Ifield doing his best yodelling impression in 1963 with I Remember You. My mum loved this. youtu.be/nKC4N43ynCw?...

Frank Ifield "I Remember You" on The Ed Sullivan Show

YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show

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Still Honest @stillhonest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TOKEN 2 Don't You Forget It by The Kundalini Genie youtu.be/ade-tTyeIiM?...

The Kundalini Genie - Don't You Forget It

YouTube video by The Kundalini Genie

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George @retiredbroker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Token 2 going to one of my all time favourite tracks. It's My Life (Don't You Forget...) - Talk Talk youtu.be/cFH5JgyZK1I?...

Talk Talk - It's My Life (Official Video)

YouTube video by Talk Talk band

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Ytsrïk @ytsrik.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thank you for hosting, great opening track! I should listen to more of their music. Easy pick for Token 1: Depeche Mode and In Your Memory; an early banger by Alan Wilder. youtu.be/l8uaNlWd540?...

YouTube video by Depeche Mode - Topic

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Melony Klein @melonyklein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good morning Why, good morning Kitty, good morning jukeboxers! Token 1 The Memory Band - Why One of thee greatest covers ever youtu.be/LL7l85dRB9E?...

YouTube video by The Memory Band - Topic

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Jan @townsendtowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Morning Kitty, WAIAC & all! The first track that came to mind is this one - I hope I’ve got in first!! Token 1 goes to Maroon 5 & ‘Memories’ youtu.be/SlPhMPnQ58k?...

Maroon 5 - Memories (Official Video)

YouTube video by Maroon5VEVO

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mmch.bsky.social @mmch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Morning to you and thanks for hosting. For Token 1, here’s Michael Mc Donald, with “I Keep Forgettin’”

Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

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Snowfloe @snowfloe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Morning all, and thank you, Yamiacat and Kitty. Hope doing this didn't put you out too much then. Token 1. Has to be The Caretaker, obvs! The Caretaker: It's Just a Burning MEMORY.

The Caretaker - A1 - It's just a burning memory (Official Audio)

YouTube video by The Caretaker