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DJ Mike V

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Folks! 25 years and counting over at Gloriousnoise.com! Quite an achievement! Check it out.

Rock and Roll Can Change Your Life!

#MusicSky #GloriousNoise #Music #RockAndRoll #Life

Glorious Noise @gloriousnoise.com · 4h

Twenty-Five Years: How’d That Happen?

Twenty-five years. What the fuck? Time flies. It’s a cliche but it’s true. The older you get, the faster it goes. You blink and you’re old. I was still in my twenties when we star…

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February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (live '77)

Bob Marley would be 81 today! RIP. Gone too soon. We could use his voice now. He gave songwriting credit for this to Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown.

#BobMarley #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #ReggaeSky

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Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (Live At The Rainbow 4th June 1977)

YouTube video by BobMarleyVEVO

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February 6, 2026 at 1:19 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Bun B ft Devin the Dude and Mattie B - Feel Good

Sometimes, when the snow is coming down and the skies are grey and the trees are barren, you need some feel good summer time music. This song qualifies.

#BunB #DevinTheDude #MattieB #CoryMo #MusicSky #HipHopSky #Summer

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Bun B & Cory Mo - Feel Good ft. Devin The Dude, Mattie B

YouTube video by BunBVevo

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February 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (live '78)

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#GratefulDead

Day 6: A song about friends.

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February 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Outkast - Crumblin' Erb

#CatchThePhrase | 190
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#Outkast
#HipHopSky

"There's only so much time left in this crazy world"
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February 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Thunder Road (live '78)

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#Bruce
#BruceSpringsteen
#ThunderRoad

Day 6: a song with no clear chorus

"It's a town full of losers / I'm pulling out of here to win"

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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Thunder Road (Live in Houston, 1978)

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO

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February 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Bruce Springsteen - The Streets of Minneapolis (live '26)

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#Bruce
#BruceSpringsteen
#Minneapolis

Day 5: A song that makes you angry.

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February 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#PinkFloyd
#Animals
#Pigs
#Wing

Day 5: A song you wish was longer

Good thing there's a part 2!

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Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing (Part 1) [2018 Remix]

YouTube video by Pink Floyd

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February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Common Ft Black Thought and Seun Kuti - When We Move

This one represents that point on the horizon where hip hop and afrobeat meet. I bought this album on vinyl just for this song. Turns out it's all great!

#Common #HipHopSky #MusicSky #BlackThought #SeunKuti #Afrobeat

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Common - When We Move ft. Black Thought, Seun Kuti

YouTube video by CommonVEVO

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February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Threefer Thursday: Symphonic PFunk at the Detroit Opera House

My 5th Threefer Thursday post, if you're counting. Over at @gloriousnoise.com. It was a spectacular event! Long live the funk!

#PFunk #Parliament #Funkadelic #GeorgeClinton #MusicSky #FunkSky #Detroit

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Threefer Thursday: Symphonic PFunk at the Detroit Opera House

Funk is a style of music that can move you to the core of your being if you let it. It’s got groove, it’s musically sophisticated, it feels good, and it embodies a certain kind of musical hope for …

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February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next (live '73)

Alex Harvey was born today in 1935! RIP. Gone too soon! This is the song he's probably most known for - at least for me!

#AlexHarvey #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #ConcertSky #Next

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Alex Harvey - Next (BBC OGWT) 1982 rebroadcast

YouTube video by Blocks Videos

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February 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Quite a show, folks! I'm told people were opening their windows and proclaiming with glee "I didn't know jazz could be so sweet!". Is it true? I don't know. It's what people are saying, tho!

#WCBN #JazzSky #MusicSky #Radio #MiltJackson #KamasiWashington #GeorgeDuke

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February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Playing some Lonnie Liston Smith right now! Sampled by Digable Planets.

#MusicSky #JazzSky

DJ Mike V @djmikev.bsky.social · 2d

I am hosting Jazz Till Whenever today - Wednesday - from 3 to 5 PM EST! Stream it at WCBN.org and enjoy some soul jazz, funk jazz, and maybe a couple of other subgenres. Les will be represented!

#JazzTIllWhenever #WCBN #JazzSky #SoulJazz #FunkJazz #MusicSky #LesMcCann

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Talk to the People

YouTube video by Les McCann - Topic

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February 4, 2026 at 8:17 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Tank and the Bangas ft Pell - Hey Sunshine

This is new from Tank and the Bangas!

#TankAndTheBangas #Pell #SoulMusic #HipHopSky #NOLA #MusicSky #Porch #Poetry #Sunshine

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Tank and The Bangas - Hey Sunshine (Poetry On A Porch) ft. Pell

YouTube video by TankandtheBangas

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February 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

MJ Lenderman and The Wind - Lotta Love (live)

Today is singer/songwriter MJ Lenderman's birthday! I don't know him well, but I know the kids dig him, and this cover is a jam.

#MJLenderman #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #MusicCover #NeilYoung #LottaLove

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MJ Lenderman & The Wind - Lotta Love (Neil Young cover)

YouTube video by MVP Presents

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February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

I am hosting Jazz Till Whenever today - Wednesday - from 3 to 5 PM EST! Stream it at WCBN.org and enjoy some soul jazz, funk jazz, and maybe a couple of other subgenres. Les will be represented!

#JazzTIllWhenever #WCBN #JazzSky #SoulJazz #FunkJazz #MusicSky #LesMcCann

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Talk to the People

YouTube video by Les McCann - Topic

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February 4, 2026 at 9:56 AM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed

"Some things are too hot to touch / The human mind can only stand so much"

#BobDylan #MusicSky #WonderBoys #FilmSky

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Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed (Official Video)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

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February 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

War - Why Can't We Be Friends (live '18)

#CatchThePhrase | 188
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#War
#JamInTheVan

It's a legit question.

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February 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Paul Simon has announced some summer tour dates. Including a stop at Meadow Brook! Tickets go on sale Friday.

#PaulSimon #MusicSky #ConcertSky #MeadowBrook #SummerTour

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Paul Simon Announces A Quiet Celebration North American Tour 2026

Paul Simon extended his A Quiet Celebration Tour with summer 2026 dates across North America.

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February 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Peter Frampton, Trey Anastasio, Grace Bowers - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (live '25)

#ElectricGuitarForAll
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#GraceBowers
#TreyAnastasio
#PeterFrampton

An epic assemblage of electric guitar players for Love Rocks 2025. Grace Bowers is a force!

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February 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Johnny "Guitar" Watson - A Real Mother for Ya

Johnny "Guitar" Watson was born today in 1935. RIP. This song is such a groove. Play it loud!

#Johnny"Guitar"Watson #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Guitar

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A Real Mother For Ya

YouTube video by Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Topic

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February 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Common ft PJ - Set It Free

I picked up a copy of this 2021 Common record on Sunday at a local record store. So good! This R&B meets Hip Hop jam is super smooth. PJ is the female vocalist on the track.

#Common #MusicSky #HipHopSky #R&B #PJ #SetItFree #VinylSky #RecordSky

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Common - Set It Free ft. PJ (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Common

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February 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM

DJ Mike V

@djmikev.bsky.social

Billy Strings' Psychedelic Circus - Right Place Wrong Time / That's What Love Will Make You Do (live '19)

#MusicChallenge
#ElectricGuitarForAll
#BillyStrings
#LindsayLou

Featuring Lindsay Lou on vocals! Three electric guitars on stage.

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