#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 5 - Gluttony "All U Can Eat," Ben Folds

All U Can Eat

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · yesterday

#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 4 - Envy "Want What You Got," The Beaches

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax - #EastBay Indie edition #MusicChallenge Track 5: "I Drew a Line" Madeline Kenney (Oakland) from A NEW REALITY MIND (2023) #dreampop #artrock Kenney has so many strong options, I had to figure out most of the other track numbers before I could figure out where to slot her in.

Madeline Kenney - "I Drew A Line" (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Carpark Records

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · yesterday

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax - #EastBay Indie edition #MusicChallenge Track 4: "Wifi Beach" Brijean (Oakland at the time, but now Los Angeles 😞) from FEELINGS (2021) #electronic #indiepop #disco I always say this album is the musical manifestation of a warm Saturday afternoon with friends at Lake Merritt.

I think the only people I would have had earnest “who is better, Placebo or Squirrel Nut Zippers” conversations with in 1996 are all participating in this poll

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax - #EastBay Indie edition #MusicChallenge Track 4: "Wifi Beach" Brijean (Oakland at the time, but now Los Angeles 😞) from FEELINGS (2021) #electronic #indiepop #disco I always say this album is the musical manifestation of a warm Saturday afternoon with friends at Lake Merritt.

Brijean – Wifi Beach (Official Video)

YouTube video by Brijean

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · 2d ago

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax - #EastBay Indie edition #MusicChallenge Track 3: "Problem Addict" Once and Future Band (Oakland) from DELETED SCENES (2020) #progrock #psychedelicpop #jazzrock Love the mirrored lyrics about the sailor who lost his way & jailer who lost the key. Good stuff. Well done, O&FB.

#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 4 - Envy "Want What You Got," The Beaches

The Beaches - Want What You Got (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by TheBeachesVEVO

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · 2d ago

#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 3 - Lust "You Lust," The Flaming Lips In the context of the song, it's a lust for success, which is probably more pride or greed, but whatever. It's a good, creepy-ass, 10-minute song.

Covered this in my Regional Transportation class and, yeah, it makes for a good story, but a whole bunch of streetcar lines that GM didn't own also got shut down at roughly the same time, which points to the fact that the companies had simply become unprofitable and couldn't maintain infrastructure.

Ian@woolie.meowmeow.city · 2d ago

Did GM buy the streetcars in San Francisco?

#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 3 - Lust "You Lust," The Flaming Lips In the context of the song, it's a lust for success, which is probably more pride or greed, but whatever. It's a good, creepy-ass, 10-minute song.

You Lust

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · 3d ago

#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 2 - Greed “Money Makes the Monkey Dance,” Nil Lara

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax - #EastBay Indie edition #MusicChallenge Track 3: "Problem Addict" Once and Future Band (Oakland) from DELETED SCENES (2020) #progrock #psychedelicpop #jazzrock Love the mirrored lyrics about the sailor who lost his way & jailer who lost the key. Good stuff. Well done, O&FB.

ONCE & FUTURE BAND - PROBLEM ADDICT - OFFICIAL VIDEO

YouTube video by Once & Future Band

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · 3d ago

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax - East Bay Indie edition #MusicChallenge Track 2: "The Hourglass" Shannon and The Clams (Oakland) from THE MOON IS IN THE WRONG PLACE (2024) #garagepunk #soul #altrock I nominated this for #peoplespop24 and at least a few folks seemed to like it.

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax - East Bay Indie edition #MusicChallenge Track 2: "The Hourglass" Shannon and The Clams (Oakland) from THE MOON IS IN THE WRONG PLACE (2024) #garagepunk #soul #altrock I nominated this for #peoplespop24 and at least a few folks seemed to like it.

The Hourglass

YouTube video by Shannon & The Clams - Topic

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · 4d ago

Joining the party and doing a theme for #ArtistFaveAlbumTrax: East Bay Indie. That means a bunch of obscure SF Bay artists making great music, scraped from the depths of Bandcamp, a habit I got into at the start of the pandemic. Track 1: "No Mutuals," Fake Fruit (Oakland) #postpunk #indierock

#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 2 - Greed “Money Makes the Monkey Dance,” Nil Lara

Money Makes The Monkey Dance

YouTube video by Nil Lara - Topic

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · 3d ago

Catching up… #7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 1 - Pride “Pride,” Flock of Dimes 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦

Catching up… #7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Day 1 - Pride “Pride,” Flock of Dimes 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦

Pride

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Yutzerfutz@yutzer-futz.bsky.social · 3w ago

#MusicChallenge @newmusicchallenges.bsky.social Hello there, my fellow music-obsessed friends. I invite you to join me from August 1st through August 7th for a mini-challenge called #7DeadlySins. Just simply post a song that pertains to the "sin." Take care & hope to see you there!

Andrew Bird with the San Francisco Symphony. Magical show. Performed THE MYSTERIOUS PRODUCTION OF EGGS in its entirety. Really really glad we went. The guy has talent!

Joining the party and doing a theme for #ArtistFaveAlbumTrax: East Bay Indie. That means a bunch of obscure SF Bay artists making great music, scraped from the depths of Bandcamp, a habit I got into at the start of the pandemic. Track 1: "No Mutuals," Fake Fruit (Oakland) #postpunk #indierock

Fake Fruit "No Mutuals" Official Video

YouTube video by Rocks In Your Head Records

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Yuri@olgalovesyuri.bsky.social · 6d ago

Join @geodrew.bsky.social & me TODAY (7/31) after 5pm EDT for early posting in our #ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge! See deets below & can't wait to see everyone's picks!!! 👇️

in the spirit of today’s @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social match, what are four albums from 1988 that you’ll defend to the death*?

Lynwood Dunseith@yossarianlives.bsky.social · 4d ago

in the spirit of today’s @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social match, what are four albums from 1988 that you’ll defend to the death*? *defend to the death=snort derisively in reply to any negative comment and then go back to enjoying my adult beverage

#readandplay (767) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky “No rules. The only limit is our imagination.” Read 📚 & Play🎶 #RIPGlenHansard

I keep hearing AI is “getting better all the time” and also keep reading stories like this, so … uh, which is it?

Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 6d ago

Incredible story: With the help of AI, U.S. officials created a map that mislabeled every country in Africa. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 5 "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," Uncle Tupelo feat. Joe Ely (covering Waylon Jennings) A bonus track from ANODYNE'S 2003 reissue, a year after Waylon's death. It also pays tribute to Hank Williams, of course, and guest vocalist Ely left us in 2025.

Uncle Tupelo feat. Joe Ely | Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?

YouTube video by Hans Settler

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · last wk.

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 4 "Well May the World Go," John McCutcheon feat. Hot Rize (covering Pete Seeger) From an entire album of songs by Seeger, whom McCutcheon calls a "friend and mentor." All the more poignant for being a song about your hopes for the world after you're gone.

As we pay our final respects to the covered artists during the final day of #5CoverSongsTribute, my co-hosts and I invite you to join us next month for #5CoverSongsOdds. You don't have to be odd to participate (but it helps!), just prep some cover songs that reference odd numbers.

All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · last mo.

Pour one out for #5CoverSongsHues, because it's time to move on and get your affairs in order for #5CoverSongsTribute. The only rule is the song has to originally be by an artist who is no longer with us. Join us for the final five days of July!

CEQA being used to halt a mixed-income housing development because it's going to block the views of wealthy Marin homeowners?! Quelle surprise! But also: NINE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR parking spaces for 337 homes?! wtaf

San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 6d ago

A group of neighbors is challenging approval of a major housing development project, arguing in a lawsuit that the county violated environmental laws when it approved this plan.

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 4 "Well May the World Go," John McCutcheon feat. Hot Rize (covering Pete Seeger) From an entire album of songs by Seeger, whom McCutcheon calls a "friend and mentor." All the more poignant for being a song about your hopes for the world after you're gone.

Well May the World Go

YouTube video by John McCutcheon - Topic

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · last wk.

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 3 "They Don't Know," Lydia Loveless (covering Kirsty MacColl) It's likely that Loveless, like most of us, was more familiar with Tracey Ullman's charting version, but whatever. I am choosing to believe that Loveless was honoring the memory of MacColl.

#PowerPopOfTheDay #PowerPop #BestSongHeardToday #MusicChallenge Thanks again, music friends, for introducing me to great music! I felt inspired to write about some of my current favorite power pop songs discovered here—just a few of many! 🥰👊🎵 medium.com/@melanie1701...

The Power Pop Songs I Can’t Stop Playing

Thank you for the discoveries, Bluesky Social!

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Big vindication for my theory that every horse is just a projection of a single horse across infinite probabilities, and some sort of space-time fissure is causing them to appear in our universe as the barriers between quantum realities break down.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.

TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.

"Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project...?" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)

Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?

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What in exactly is the business model for taking a paywalled opinion piece from your own paper, running it through some automated rephrasing software that’s known to introduce errors, and posting it for free with a similar headline But Now With Jargon! ???

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · last wk.

here's the original story that was later slopped by AI www.miamiherald.com/opinion/arti...

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 3 "They Don't Know," Lydia Loveless (covering Kirsty MacColl) It's likely that Loveless, like most of us, was more familiar with Tracey Ullman's charting version, but whatever. I am choosing to believe that Loveless was honoring the memory of MacColl.

They Don't Know

YouTube video by Lydia Loveless - Topic

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · last wk.

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 2 "Nod Over Coffee," Pierce Pettis (covering Mark Heard) Pettis was on stage performing with Heard when the producer/songwriter had a heart attack. He died a few weeks later. Ever since, Pettis has made it his mission to keep his friend's legacy alive.

This never would have happened to Wayne Coyne

Blue sky nice ghost@rajandelman.bsky.social · last wk.

Me: I had the WORST day. Nothing can come close Katy Perry, recently trapped in a giant bottle because fans refused to roll her towards the stage: Hm

#readandplay (764) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky “No rules. The only limit is our imagination.” Read 📚 & Play🎶 Alice Roosevelt Longworth on her father, Teddy Roosevelt. (h/t to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social)

I don’t know how many times—twice a week for months—I walked past this thing outside the Veterans Memorial Building in Oakland before I stopped to read what it is. It’s a torpedo port from the USS Maine, the battleship whose mysterious sinking in 1898 precipitated the Spanish-American War.

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 2 "Nod Over Coffee," Pierce Pettis (covering Mark Heard) Pettis was on stage performing with Heard when the producer/songwriter had a heart attack. He died a few weeks later. Ever since, Pettis has made it his mission to keep his friend's legacy alive.

Pierce Pettis Nod Over Coffee

YouTube video by John Hill

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All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · last wk.

#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge Day 1 "Stormy Weather," Reigning Sound (covering Ethel Waters) I gave myself a bonus challenge of only selecting covers released *after* the original artist's death. In this case, Greg Cartwright's garage-rock version came out 25 years after Waters passed.

And here are my 50 honorable mentions for #TheN0ughtie5 (including the 5 HMs I posted at the end of June).

All The City Lights@atcl.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 50 12 POINTS 1. “This Year” The Mountain Goats 2005 Single ❌ JCC ✅ NKC ❌ Saving my 12-pointer for my third non-single. My mother requested this at a campfire singalong a few weeks ago, which I think is the primary measure for when a song has achieved iconic status.