@richculver.bsky.social
Music obsessed, beer loving, middle aged grumpiness from near Manchester. Looking to not get triggered daily by right wing and porn site click bait. More dogs, cats, birdies and music chat please.
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#MusicChallenge
Day 1 π
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Been a pleasure!
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The first meeting in the United Kingdom took place at High Beech Speedway on 19 February 1928. Despite being described as "the first British Dirt Track meeting" at the time, the meeting at Camberley on 7 May 1927 differed in that the races were held in a clockwise direction.
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Day 28
Letβs end with the finest songwriter of heartbreak.
Song 2
You don't care now that you're gone
But do you know how much I miss you?
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One of the Illinois and adjacent bands from the scene that spawned Velvet Crush, Choo Choo Train, The Springfields et al who had a bit of success in the late 80s and early 90s over here.
Two singles from these. The second βBig Girlβ is a lovely bit of indie pop.
The b side to their only single. From 1966. They hailed from Athens, Greece, not Georgia!
27.02.2026 14:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The origin of the word "plumber" dates from the Roman Empire. Roman roofs used lead in conduits and was also used for piping and for making baths. The Latin for lead is plumbum. In medieval times, anyone who worked with lead was referred to as a plumber.
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Great choice. Love Lande!
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Day 27
Letβs end with the finest songwriter of heartbreak.
Song 1
Slowly your beauty is eaten away
By the scent of someone else in the blanket where we lay
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Love and Rockets contains several ongoing serial narratives, the most prominent being Gilbert's Palomar stories and Jaime's Hoppers 13 (aka Locas) stories. It also contains one-offs, shorter stories, surrealist jokes, and more.
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Day 26
But he's distant and you found him
On the phone pleading saying "Baby I love you
And I'll leave her and I'm coming out to California"
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In Agatha Christie's 1953 detective novel A Pocket Full of Rye, the first victim of the murderer is given poison hidden in orange marmalade consumed at breakfast.
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Day 25
I'll be complete when you're not mine
You are not big enough for my love
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Yep, a rare thing indeed.
24.02.2026 15:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Another flexi disc release.
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The Internet Archive is an American non-profit library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge".
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Day 24
Tell me fondly you love me, then how could I resist?
I'm in love with a girl who doesn't know I exist
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The English word beaver comes from the Old English word beofor or befor and is connected to the German word biber and the Dutch word bever. The ultimate origin of the word is an Indo-European root for 'brown'.
Hereβs some slightly tenuous beaver related garage fuzzβ¦
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The original is infinitely better musically but still a record that doesnβt stand up to scrutiny in 2025.
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Day 23
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The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. The scientific name, R. regulus, means 'petty king' or prince as well as being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore.
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Day 22
You deserve better
Than this here last letter
I never was one
To try
I never was any good
Was I?
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The word fado possibly comes from the Latin word fatum ("fate", "death" or "utterance"). The word is linked to the music genre itself, although both meanings are approximately the same in the two languages.
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Day 21
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The word kettle originates from Old Norse ketill, "cauldron". The Old English spelling was cetel with initial che- [tΚ] like 'cherry'.
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Day 20
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In 650 BC, the Babylonians predicted the weather from cloud patterns as well as astrology. In about 350 BC, Aristotle described weather patterns in Meteorologica. Later, Theophrastus compiled a book on weather forecasting, called the Book of Signs.
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Day 19
You disturb my natural emotions
You make me feel I'm dirt
And I'm hurt
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The word umbrella evolved from the Latin umbra, meaning 'shadow' or 'shade from light' as it provided a shade from the sun. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first recorded usage in this sense in 1611.
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Day 18
She'll say she doesn't want to be with anyone
Anyone and anyone only
But there is no only
She just don't want to
Be with you anymore
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