Secret Agent 75
@somethingwickedtwd.bsky.social
People on Bluesky to ask for money, I also would like money. Musicians are quite known for not having money. Composition of music is a particularly unrewarding task, financially speaking. Asking me for money is a fairly pointless exercise. Slava Ukraini!
I do understand that humans gravitate to conspiracy theories. In a way they’re comforting, they tell us that the world isn’t bad, it’s just *those people*. But I have been endlessly frustrated with people here trying to claim that Virginia Giuffre didn’t commit suicide. My heart breaks for her again
Battered, bruised, then banned from seeing her kids. How did Virginia Giuffre get here?
Three months before she took her own life, a court order prevented the prominent Epstein accuser from returning to her beachfront Perth home or contacting her son and daughter. It could happen to othe...
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Graffiti/wall art from Petersham, Sydney. These five pics are all on one wall.
Hey BlueSky people, I’ve just read that Trump has hiked tariffs on us (Australia) over “concerns” about “forced labour”, which we don’t do. Remind me, does the US still utilise labour from prison inmates at super cheap? Also, does the US still have thousands of full time workers on SNAP?
Did you know that funk bands that feature a violinist make the best covers of rock songs? #JulyMusicChallenge is songs with the word “seven” in the title and everyone was thinking about it: Seven Nation Army
Alice Russell - Seven Nation Army (Live in Paris 2009)
YouTube video by Alice Russell
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How far can one push one’s luck in the #JulyMusicChallenge? Hopefully it’s ok to post Seventh String by Makaya McCraven when the challenge is songs with Seven in the title:
Makaya McCraven - Seventh String
YouTube video by Makaya McCraven
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This month’s #MusicChallenge, the #JulyMusicChallenge is a piece of music with Seven in the title and please give this a chance because it’s beautiful: Bachianas Brasileiras no 7 by Villa Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7 • Villa-Lobos • São Paulo State Youth Orchestra
YouTube video by Villa-Lobos Channel
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I’ve just discovered that the #JulyMusicChallenge is to post a song with Seven in the title. Is there an upper limit for how many I post? Seven Seas by Avishai Cohen:
Avishai Cohen - 'Seven Seas' live (Jazz in Marciac, 2014)
YouTube video by Avishai Cohen
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Apparently, the #JulyMusicChallenge is a piece of music with 7 in the title. I was born for this! Here is Seven Brings Return by Trilok Gurtu:
Trilok Gurtu - Seven Brings Returns (Live at Blue Frog)
YouTube video by Bassinnova
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I’m going to try to sneak some Ukrainian music onto the playlist at work. Unfamiliar music can be a useful conversation opener (seeing as the invasion of Ukraine doesn’t make the news much lately).
Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦@insideukraine.bsky.social · last mo.🕯️ July 3rd has been declared a Day of Mourning for the victims of the massive attack by Russia in Kyiv
Captain Underpants has lost his appeal. Figuratively and literally. To cheer himself up, maybe he can go to Martha’s Vinyard and have a pierogi. OH WAIT www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court declines to hear Alan Dershowitz appeal in defamation case
The choice leaves intact the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which recognized protections for news media covering public figures.
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@ournewhomecoach.bsky.social had a thread about meeting famous people, and I alluded to this story. I’m posting it separately because it’s kind of long! This happened at a WOMADelaide festival in the mid 1990s. (WOMAD is World Of Music Art and Dance)
“.. Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” she wrote in her comment, according to Reuters. @variety.com variety.com/2026/music/n...
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I’d just like to state my plan now, perhaps other people will take inspiration from this: For the Fourth of July this year, I plan to listen to as much Cuban music as I possibly can.
A giant has left us. I am legit crying right now. R.I.P. Sonny Rollins #jazzsky
Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner - In a Sentimental Mood
YouTube video by Ellington Reflections
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Slightly increase a band: Counting Murders
Jennifer Crawford@ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · 3mo agoSlightly increase a band: Blink 183.
USA, WTF?
David Farrier@davidfarrier.com · 3mo agonew zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
Did anyone else watch any of the #skateboarding at Jackalope over the weekend? For anyone who missed it, here’s Juno Matsuoka’s match winning performance
JUNO MATSUOKA WINNING RUN AT JACKALOPE BLOCK PARTY VENTURA 2026
YouTube video by JACKALOPE
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Going home from hearing the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, they played Ives’s The Unanswered Question, Westlake’s Percussion Concerto with solist Rebecca Lagos and Holst’s The Planets (with an accompanying film titled Loss, starring Emma Thompson. Yes, the Emma Thompson!). Fabulous all round!
Help me out people. Haven’t we already had the 86 47 nothingburger? I’m sure this happened months ago (and nothing happened then either).
When discussing the words of #trump, is it too much to ask for proper honesty from the media? What if every word vomitted forth was preceded by a sort of disclaimer? 1/2
Yesterday, @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social asked us to nominate our five best live music experiences (that wasn’t the exact words). As per usual, I nominated some less typical musicians (and regretted not mentioning more!). I thought I might say a few words about Cezary Konrad, who people won’t know.
Ai is the Japanese word for love. They must feel so cheated.
When you follow someone and they quickly follow you back, it’s like a virtual high five!
From my walk to work this morning. It turns out that we *are* living in the matrix!
