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Former NT administrator, musician and author Ted Egan dies aged 93 Folk music legend, author and former Northern Territory administrator Ted Egan has died aged 93.

Another RIP - Ted Egan, big on the folk festival circuit among other things. Beer box virtuoso. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Legendary guitarist and songwriter Steve Cropper dies aged 84 Steve Cropper, was best known as the guitarist for Booker T and the MG's, but also co-wrote the classics Green Onions, and In the Midnight Hour.

RIP Steve Cropper - not necessarily a household name but he played on a lot of songs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Amazon, please stop asking me if books I bought month ago met my expectations. I still have unread books I bought in 2012. Be real.

I love Scottish folk music ❤️

Sucker for punishment 😀

The Feds have just released their IT policy, I can't comment because I haven't actually read it yet www.industry.gov.au/publications...

So easily avoidable😢

World Population Clock: 8.3 Billion People (LIVE, 2025) - Worldometer How many people are there in the world? World population has reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022 according to the United Nations. World population live counter with data sheets, graphs, maps, and c...

The root cause of every environmental problem:
www.worldometers.info/world-popula...

Michael Faraday…flute
Albert Einstein …. violin
Werner Heisenberg ….piano
Max Planck …..piano, organ
Pythagoras …. lyre
Johannes Kepler ….lute (and music theorist)
Nikola Tesla ….piano
Erwin Schrödinger ….piano (composer as well)
Brian May… guitar
All historical physicists

YouTube video by Pink Floyd Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (Live at Knebworth 1990)

Better late than never www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGX7...

ANU backflips on plan to axe the School of Music after public pressure The Australian National University has abandoned a controversial plan to absorb its School of Music into a single course after extraordinary public pressure.

Yay!! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

If at first you do succeed, try not to look surprised. (borrowed from FB)

rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"

YouTube video by Chrome Waves Sinead O'Connor - The House Of The Rising Sun (Live On The Danny Baker Show 1994)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEOz...

YouTube video by fionaappleVEVO Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (Official HD Video)

This is a multiple favourite for me
*One of my favourite singers
*One of my favourite covers of a Beatles song
*One of my favourite Beatles songs
and
*One of my favourite music videos - she is just this island of calm in the middle of a riot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmln...

YouTube video by YUNGBLUDVEVO Changes (Live From Villa Park / Back To The Beginning)

My niece sent me this link, he does a pretty good job of it. Some of his own stuff is pretty good too, Sorry if I've posted it already, I don't keep records. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZm...

Mom Jeans: "My kid came home from school today and told me his class is supposed to dress up as Elvis for morning assembly. I told him I think he means elves. He disagreed. I can't wait to hear how his day went when 'The King" returns home" Mom Jeans "Update: He just got home and he doesn't want to talk about it"

#RealHeroes Vs #ClimateCriminals, #Australia - #auspol.

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Hungarian Flashmob Group Cityrocks Put Unforgettable Spin on Pink Floyd Classic When members of CityRocks – the biggest live rock flashmob group in Central Europe – came together to perform the classic Pink Floyd track ‘Another Brick in the Wall’, the result was a performance…

Needs more drums www.themusicman.uk/cityrocks-re...

I thought that might appeal to you! Sounds pretty wild!

One to look out for, @leemoviemeister.bsky.social

He's not even USA's greatest ally.

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

Paul McCartney Invents a New Kind of Protest Song The culture war of the future has just started

AI is a plagiarising parasite, it will never create anything original www.honest-broker.com/p/paul-mccar...

Photo of racist Australian politician Pauline Hanson: "Pauline Hanson condemns use of term 'Black Fridays', saying 'all Fridays matter'"

Jimmy Cliff, reggae music pioneer, dies at 81 Cliff was known for singles You Can Get It If You Really Want It and Many Rivers To Cross, as well as for his cover of Johnny Nash's I Can See Clearly Now.

RIP Jimmy Cliff www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

YouTube video by Mattias Krantz I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)

Just another clip in a long line of clips of octopuses learning to play the keyboard... www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...