Martin Wright
@martinwright.bsky.social
Amateur rider, writer of appalling poetry and stories; love art, music and travel. Synesthesia paints my world.
First time this year, it is cold out there!
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
First time this year, it is cold out there!
Reposted by Martin Wright
📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" by Eels
"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" by Eels
Start the week with Mark Oliver Everett and Eels in upbeat mode. What do the lyrics mean, I have absolutely no idea, but this will stay in your head for the rest of the day!
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Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" by Eels
"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" by Eels
A good start to the week, threes keeping their place just ahead of the fours on my scoreboard. Good luck with Monday.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
A good start to the week, threes keeping their place just ahead of the fours on my scoreboard. Good luck with Monday.
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Start the week with Mark Oliver Everett and Eels in upbeat mode. What do the lyrics mean, I have absolutely no idea, but this will stay in your head for the rest of the day!
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
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November 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Start the week with Mark Oliver Everett and Eels in upbeat mode. What do the lyrics mean, I have absolutely no idea, but this will stay in your head for the rest of the day!
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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In a week where the BBC is under attack, for those who likes this kind of thing, this skewering of the current situation in the UK in the guise of a classic children’s story is pure gold.
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Drama on 4 - The Wind in the Willows: A Weasel’s Tale - BBC Sounds
Kenneth Grahame's classic reimagined from the margins. Narrated by Penelope Wilton.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In a week where the BBC is under attack, for those who likes this kind of thing, this skewering of the current situation in the UK in the guise of a classic children’s story is pure gold.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Frustrating, too many possibilities, never mind, safely home and dry. Good luck
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November 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Frustrating, too many possibilities, never mind, safely home and dry. Good luck
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Reposted by Martin Wright
📌 #3 Added to playlist:
"La Yugular" by ROSALÍA
"La Yugular" by ROSALÍA
Sunday morning with Spain’s Rosalia Vila Tobella, renowned for mixing traditional Spanish music with hip hop, reggae and electronics. This from her 2025 4th album Lux. She holds the record for the most Spanish number one hits (12).
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La Yugular
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November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📌 #3 Added to playlist:
"La Yugular" by ROSALÍA
"La Yugular" by ROSALÍA
Sunday morning with Spain’s Rosalia Vila Tobella, renowned for mixing traditional Spanish music with hip hop, reggae and electronics. This from her 2025 4th album Lux. She holds the record for the most Spanish number one hits (12).
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La Yugular
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November 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sunday morning with Spain’s Rosalia Vila Tobella, renowned for mixing traditional Spanish music with hip hop, reggae and electronics. This from her 2025 4th album Lux. She holds the record for the most Spanish number one hits (12).
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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Reposted by Martin Wright
📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Sho..." by Kirsty MacColl
"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Sho..." by Kirsty MacColl
Back to the ‘80s for the first single from Kirsty MacColl’s debut album. MacColl died after a speedboat accident whilst diving in Mexico aged just 41. In the USA this song’s chip shop was swapped for a truck stop.
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There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
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November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Sho..." by Kirsty MacColl
"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Sho..." by Kirsty MacColl
A steady four will do for me today, best of luck.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A steady four will do for me today, best of luck.
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Back to the ‘80s for the first single from Kirsty MacColl’s debut album. MacColl died after a speedboat accident whilst diving in Mexico aged just 41. In the USA this song’s chip shop was swapped for a truck stop.
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There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
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November 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Back to the ‘80s for the first single from Kirsty MacColl’s debut album. MacColl died after a speedboat accident whilst diving in Mexico aged just 41. In the USA this song’s chip shop was swapped for a truck stop.
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Sara Cox radio show I could take or leave, but her achievement this week overshadows that. I’m a fan, she is one cool woman.
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Sara Cox radio show I could take or leave, but her achievement this week overshadows that. I’m a fan, she is one cool woman.
Reposted by Martin Wright
📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"Casual" by Chappell Roan
"Casual" by Chappell Roan
From 2023’s The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, which I haven’t played for a while. Currently in the middle of a world tour and due back in the UK next summer.
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Casual
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"Casual" by Chappell Roan
"Casual" by Chappell Roan
That is a bit better, best of Friday luck.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
That is a bit better, best of Friday luck.
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From 2023’s The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, which I haven’t played for a while. Currently in the middle of a world tour and due back in the UK next summer.
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Casual
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November 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
From 2023’s The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, which I haven’t played for a while. Currently in the middle of a world tour and due back in the UK next summer.
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/3WSOUb...
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Sorry #thearchers why does a car dealer have to be a stereotypical “ruff diamond“ Arthur Daley character. Scriptwriting by numbers?
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Sorry #thearchers why does a car dealer have to be a stereotypical “ruff diamond“ Arthur Daley character. Scriptwriting by numbers?
Reposted by Martin Wright
📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"MacArthur Park - Single Version" by Donna Summer
"MacArthur Park - Single Version" by Donna Summer
Something bright and upbeat as we head towards the end of the week. The song was first recorded by Irish actor Richard. Harris in 1967, but this version by Donna Summer 11 years later is the most famous. Lyrics are famously weird.
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MacArthur Park - Single Version
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November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"MacArthur Park - Single Version" by Donna Summer
"MacArthur Park - Single Version" by Donna Summer
A little bit better than it has been so I will take that. Good luck.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A little bit better than it has been so I will take that. Good luck.
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Something bright and upbeat as we head towards the end of the week. The song was first recorded by Irish actor Richard. Harris in 1967, but this version by Donna Summer 11 years later is the most famous. Lyrics are famously weird.
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/42tYHq...
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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MacArthur Park - Single Version
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November 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Something bright and upbeat as we head towards the end of the week. The song was first recorded by Irish actor Richard. Harris in 1967, but this version by Donna Summer 11 years later is the most famous. Lyrics are famously weird.
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/42tYHq...
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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It was looking really dreary first thing this morning, and then this happened.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It was looking really dreary first thing this morning, and then this happened.
Reposted by Martin Wright
📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"(Feels Like) Heaven - Live at the BBC" by Manic Street Preachers
"(Feels Like) Heaven - Live at the BBC" by Manic Street Preachers
Something bright for a rather dreary UK Wednesday. From the 2022 covers album Sleep Next To Plastic by the Manic Street Preachers. Original was from 1982 by Scotland’s Fiction Factory one of the forerunners of the “shoegaze” movement.
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(Feels Like) Heaven - Live at the BBC
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November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"(Feels Like) Heaven - Live at the BBC" by Manic Street Preachers
"(Feels Like) Heaven - Live at the BBC" by Manic Street Preachers
Not feeling on top of this game this week, think the lack of daylight is affecting my brain. Good luck
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November 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Not feeling on top of this game this week, think the lack of daylight is affecting my brain. Good luck
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Something bright for a rather dreary UK Wednesday. From the 2022 covers album Sleep Next To Plastic by the Manic Street Preachers. Original was from 1982 by Scotland’s Fiction Factory one of the forerunners of the “shoegaze” movement.
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/7kzYEx...
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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(Feels Like) Heaven - Live at the BBC
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November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Something bright for a rather dreary UK Wednesday. From the 2022 covers album Sleep Next To Plastic by the Manic Street Preachers. Original was from 1982 by Scotland’s Fiction Factory one of the forerunners of the “shoegaze” movement.
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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Seat of the pants flying this morning, just avoiding bombing out two days running 😱. Best of luck with this one.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Seat of the pants flying this morning, just avoiding bombing out two days running 😱. Best of luck with this one.
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Original by Cat Stevens was released 1970, but this 1988 version by Maxi Priest, with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare is the one I remember. Priest was born Max Alfred Elliot in Lewisham 64 years ago.
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Wild World
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November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Original by Cat Stevens was released 1970, but this 1988 version by Maxi Priest, with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare is the one I remember. Priest was born Max Alfred Elliot in Lewisham 64 years ago.
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