Rob Munn

YouTube video by BarnstoneworthTown Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry (BBC Live 1968)

Happy birthday to the amazing Bobbie Gentry
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Overtourism: Does Edinburgh's Royal Mile need 72 gift shops? People living in the area say they are seeing the overtourism problems being experienced across Europe.

A fascinating, data-driven story from Andrew Picken.

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Released on this day in 1982: Too-Rye-Ay #DexysMidnightRunners
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'Old habits die hard': Irvine Welsh's Porno comes home This brief run of Davie Carswell’s stage version of Welsh’s Trainspotting sequel is a welcome addition.

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Irvine Welsh’s PORNO, Davie Carswell’s hit stage version of Welsh’s Trainspotting sequel which came home to Leith for a short run this weekend. @leiththeatre.bsky.social

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New on The Noise of Art…

Shop Local! #98

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Edinburgh’s weekend starts here…

Fruitmarket: Dundas Street Gallery: Leith Depot: Voodoo Rooms: Outhouse: Sett Studios: Whitespace: Argyle Cellar Bar: Wee Red Bar: Elvis Shakespeare: Staggs Bar: Cabaret Voltaire:

Photo of umbrellas with crochet shades hanging between buildings over a street in a Portuguese town

Street decoration, Coimbra, Portugal as part of the country's flourishing Movimento Yarn Bombing #WomensArt

Vintage Obscura Radio T shirts

New t-shirts in the shop... shop.vintageobscura.net

Oh, passed 4,000 followers on here! Cheers folks. Thanks to everyone who helps spread the word about Edinburgh’s newsletter 💚

DOT Testimony: Removing Bedford Ave. Bike Lane Will 'Reduce Safety' - Streetsblog New York City "Removing the protected bike lane won’t remove cyclists — it will only make the street less safe," the DOT said. "The city risks legal liability for knowingly reducing safety on a Vision Zero priority...

"Removing the protected bike lane won’t remove cyclists — it will only make the street less safe."

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise on the car-free streets of Pontevedra, which are lined with buildings, trees, benches, and patios.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise on the car-free streets of Pontevedra, which are lined with buildings, trees, benches, and patios.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise on the car-free streets of Pontevedra, which are lined with buildings, trees, benches, and patios.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise on the car-free streets of Pontevedra, which are lined with buildings, trees, benches, and patios.

“Owning a car does not give you the right to take up public space.” When Pontevedra Mayor Miguel Lores was elected on a car-free platform in 1999, he wasted no time getting to work. The city was in severe decline, with pollution, health, safety, and quality-of-life all trending the wrong direction.🧵

Behind the Cobalt, Main Street, Vancouver. #vancity #nighttimephotography

For better mental health, researchers recommend walking and biking Staying grounded and mentally fit can be challenging these days. While some people turn to meditation or self-medication, a large and growing body of research points to a simpler solution: walkable ne...

The researchers concluded that “parents using active transport modes (walking or biking) consistently report healthier body mass index values, higher life satisfaction, greater travel satisfaction, and better academic performance in their children.”
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Walter Scott - She’s Gone [USA, Lounge](‘67) This guy was murdered by his wife’s lover, crazy story, amazing record!

Walter Scott - She’s Gone [USA, Lounge](‘67) This guy was murdered by his wife’s lover, crazy story, amazing record!
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https://youtu.be/9ZW7bbxjWxY

Perfection

💫Released on this day 1984💥

#huskerdu
#musicsky #recordingsky #recordingstudiosky #musicproduction
#punk

Need a haha 😄 response, oh that'll do!

YouTube video by rutaloot R. Dean Taylor- I Gotta See Jane

#Julyyouareasong
#musicchallenge

Day 1 (June 30th)

Song by a Canadian artist

R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane

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Then and now of Wick Road in Hackney where the car parking was removed to create a cycleway with a floating bus stop

Before and after the upgrade of Wick Road in @meghillier.bsky.social constituency, with cycle tracks and floating bus stops which now allows parents with kids to safely cycle separated from dangerous motor traffic and keeps buses moving without having to negotiate around bikes

If you come across a beautiful pedestrian street in Europe, chances are it was a mundane street for cars until recently.

Echo & The Bunnymen: The Back of Love

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@bunnymen.com
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
@punkandnewwave.bsky.social

The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop over reacting

There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand.

Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.

Documentaries about these two heroes are being shown on Sky Arts this Tuesday (17 June). Pauline Black: a 2-Tone Story is at 21:00, followed by Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche at 22:50. Photo taken by Michael Putland in 1980.

With limited powers, we’re taking bold action to eradicate child poverty:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Child Payment
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ending the two-child cap
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Mitigating the bedroom tax

Labour’s shameful failure to match our action is keeping two million families in poverty. It’s time they follow Scotland’s lead - now.

Books of Scotland: Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh (1993). A group of young friends in Leith navigate the highs and lows of drug use, poverty, and desperation.

What a find thanks to Almond River Records for this one! I had this on cassette but lost it in a flat move. Original LP from 1969, weathered sleeve and some pops and crackles but Scott's voice - immense! #thelookoflove #scottwalker

Let’s build a Scotland that’s united, that aspires to be better, that rejects hate.

Farage doesn’t have a clue about Scotland - and Labour is too weak to stop him.

In the by-election next Thursday, only @katyloudonsnp.bsky.social and the SNP can stop Farage.

Vote for hope. #VoteSNP

YouTube video by Jimmy Webb - Topic Galveston (feat. Lucinda Williams)

#musicsky
#musicplaces
Galveston, TX
Jimmy Webb w. Lucinda Williams
Galveston

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The cover of Aimee Mann's 1995 album 'I'm With Stupid'.

Day 19, #2: Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid

A musical and lyrical genius. I am a true and adoring Aimee Mann fan man.

Long Shot
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Ray
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#1995AlbumsTop20

YouTube video by Jane Siberry - Topic At The Beginning of Time

#MayMusicMasterpieces
#MusicChallenge

May 25 - The Night Watch - #Rembrandt

At the Beginning of Time (1993)
#JaneSiberry

“Waiting in the darkness
And you know what I miss most about that time?
Was the quality of the blackness
It was soft somehow in the absence of fear”

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YouTube video by Aimee Mann - Topic At the Frick Museum

#MayMusicMasterpieces
#MusicChallenge

Day 22: Girl With A Pearl Earring - Vermeer

Aimee Mann - At The Frick Museum

"We were in New York
At the Frick museum
End of junior year
Bottle, glass and cork
At the Frick museum
When I saw this one Vermeer"