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Many names have I and many faces…

Some of you may know me as @shootthescreen

Hi, I'm Paul. Pleased to meet you.
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colemooreodell.bsky.social
What’s missing from the James Bond conversation (and too much current pop culture in general) is the extent to which this shit works best as a *lark* and the best answer to continuity questions is grow up, who fucking cares, just give me a guy in a tux jumping out of an airplane on a snowmobile
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
pgj.bsky.social
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 11: Decay as Threshold

'We Can't Stop What's Coming' - The The

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THE THE - We Can't Stop What's Coming - from the film The Inertia Variations
YouTube video by THE THE
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November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
pgj.bsky.social
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 10: Cracked Husk Offering

"Split me open
With devotion
You put your hands in"

'Eat The Music' - Kate Bush

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Kate Bush - Eat The Music - Official Music Video
YouTube video by KateBushMusic
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November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
pgj.bsky.social
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 9: The Slow Undoing

'Stripped' - Depeche Mode

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Depeche Mode - Stripped (Remastered)
YouTube video by DepecheModeVEVO
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November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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scarredforlife.bsky.social
Cyber Baroque chamber orchestra RONDO VENIZIANO's incredible animated video, 'La Serenissima', would often pop up unannounced on afternoon telly in the early 80s. Here they are performing live on Kafka-esque gameshow 3-2-1, and it's an amazing sight to see (and hear)!
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
pgj.bsky.social
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 8: Growing in the Soil

"Coming up, coming up everywhere
Coming up, like a flower
Coming up for all to share"

'Coming Up' - Paul McCartney

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Paul McCartney - Coming Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO
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November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 7 - Hollowing Season

'Big Hollow Man' - Danielle Dax

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1. Big Hollow Man (Remix) - Big Hollow Man (12 inch, 1987) / Danielle Dax
YouTube video by Live Is Better
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
pgj.bsky.social
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 6: Veins of Rot

"Blood runs through your veins,
That's where our similarity ends"

'Blood' - Editors

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Editors - Blood
YouTube video by AlternativeMusicOx
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November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social
I mean, you’ve got to laugh.
News story on the BBC website: State official has to explain why polls are closed in Kentucky After getting calls about polls being closed in Kentucky, Secretary of State Michael Adams just took to X to explain why. "They are closed because we do not have elections today," Adams writes. "Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 5: Frost-Laced Resistance

'Glass Candle Grenades' - Cocteau Twins

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Glass Candle Grenades
YouTube video by Cocteau Twins - Topic
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November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 4: A Soft Collapse

"The gentle collapsing
Of every surface
We travel on the quiet road
The overload"

I posted Talking Heads yesterday. Surely I can't post them again.

Yes. Yes, I can.

'The Overload' - Talking Heads

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The Overload (2005 Remaster)
YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic
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November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
pgj.bsky.social
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 3: The Unrooting

'Pull Up The Roots' - Talking Heads

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Pull up the Roots (2005 Remaster)
YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic
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November 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
pgj.bsky.social
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Day 2: Ashfall Memory

"All desire
The ashes and the fire
Turning this night inside
And the light from you"

'This Big Hush' - Shriekback

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Shriekback - This Big Hush
YouTube video by Rui Oliveira
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November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy

Okay, so I thought I wasn't going to do any music challenges this month but this one is too enigmatic to pass up.

Day 1: Molting Silence

'Your Silent Face' - New Order

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Your Silent Face (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by New Order - Topic
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November 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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markdonaldson.bsky.social
Somehow missed the sad news that Peter Watkins has died. A pioneer of blurring the lines between fact and fiction on screen. Culloden, The War Game, Privilege, Edvard Munch are all incredible pieces of work. One of the best and most unique filmmakers in British cinema.
Peter Watkins, Oscar-winning director of The War Game, dies aged 90
Radical English director who clashed with the BBC over his ‘horrifying’ film about nuclear war, was forced to look abroad to continue working
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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gaijinrando.bsky.social
Images from the films of the remarkable director Peter Watkins - RIP

The War Game (1966)
La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
Privilege (1967)
Punishment Park (1971)
The War Game (1966) La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000) Privilege (1967) Punishment Park (1971)
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt
Print featuring a bare hedgerow in silhouette on curved land over which a flock of birds fly in an orange sky
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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#Totentanz2025

31: 'Halloween' - The Splash Band

John Carpenter's 'Halloween' theme doesn't really lend itself to the disco treatment. That didn't stop these German italo-disco chancers giving it a go.

Many thanks to
@davidxaviergentry.bsky.social for a great challenge

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The Splash Band / Halloween I
YouTube video by Vinyle Archéologie
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October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
pgj.bsky.social
Guess which idiot left his work shoes outside in the rain all night.

Guess who has to leave for work 30mins early to avoid roadworks.

Done with this trick or treat bullshit already.

Anyway, Happy Friday the Halloweenth everyone 🎃
Pulling at the mask in Halloween 3
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Halloween Week at Centuries of Sound - Day 5

Halloween Records From The 50s

Mixcloud - www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of...

Blog post - centuriesofsound.com/2024/10/29/c...

Tomorrow (if I can get it finished) a new Halloween mix for the early 60s!
Cover image for "Centuries of Sound Presents Halloween Records From The 50s" 0:00:00 Jeff Alexander & Alfred Hitchcock - Music to Be Murdered By (1958) 0:01:36 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (1956) 0:04:00 Clip from Invasion of The Body Snatchers (1956) 0:04:22 Bert Convy - The Monster Hop (1958) 0:06:47 Clip from Diabolique (1955) 0:06:48 Tony & The Monstrosities - Igor's Party (1959) 0:09:02 Clip from The Fly (1958) 0:09:13 The Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den (1958) 0:11:18 Clip from Them! (1954) 0:11:35 The Swinging Phillies - Frankenstein's Party (1957) 0:14:10 Nelson Olmstead - Excerpt from The Mummy's Foot by Theophile Gautier (1956) 0:14:35 Bob McFadden & Dor - The Mummy (1959) 0:16:32 Clip from Horror Of Dracula Trailer (1958) 0:16:58 The Duponts - Screamin Ball (At Dracula Hall) (1958) 0:19:12 Clip from Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) 0:19:17 Calypso Carnival featuring King Flash - Zombie Jamboree (Back To Back) (1956) 0:21:46 Clip from House on Haunted Hill (1959) 0:22:05 Jack Rivers - Haunted House Boogie (1951) 0:24:47 Clip from The Thing (1951) 0:25:02 The Five Blobs - The Blob (1958) 0:27:29 Clip from Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) 0:27:43 Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater (1958) 0:29:53 Nelson Olmstead - Excerpt from The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson (1956) 0:30:05 The Poets - Dead (1958) 0:31:57 Clip from Night of The Demon (1957) 0:32:12 Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil (1953) 0:35:41 Clip from Sleeping Beauty (1959) 0:35:55 Howlin' Wolf - Evil Is Goin' On (1954) 0:38:43 Clip from The Quatermass Xmeriment (1955) 0:39:04 Paul J Smith - The Monster! (From 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea) (1954) 0:40:15 Clip from Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) 0:40:25 Akira Ifukube - Horror in the Water Tank (1954) 0:40:40 Clip from The Headless Ghost (1959) 0:41:02 Nightmares - The Headless Ghost (1959) 0:42:41 Clip from Bell, Book and Candle (1958) 0:42:59 Kip Tyler - She's My Witch (1958) 0:45:13 Clip from Bell, Book and Candle (1958) 0:45:26 Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft (1957) 0:48:09 Clip from The Night o…
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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#Totentanz2025

30: 'Amityville Frenzy' - Lalo Schifrin

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lalo schifrin - amitvylle frenzy
YouTube video by Sergio Zappala'
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October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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centuriesofsound.bsky.social
Halloween Week at Centuries of Sound - Day 3

Halloween Between The Wars - Original Recordings from 1927-1938

Mixcloud - www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of...

Bandcamp - centuriesofsound.bandcamp.com/album/hallow...
Halloween Between the Wars 1927-1938 00:00 Bela Lugosi - Clip from Dracula (1931) 00:02 Gennett Sound Effects - Rainfall and Thunder (1936) (Clip from Frankenstein - 1931) 00:44 Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski - Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1927) 01:26 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra - Nightmare (1938) (Clip from Dracula - 1931) 04:20 Borrah Minnevitch - The Ghost Walk (1933) 06:40 Manny Gould and Ben Harrison - Scrappy’s Ghost Story (1935) 07:51 Five Jones Boys - Mr Ghost Goes To Town (1936) 10:43 Putney Dandridge - Skeleton In The Closet (1936) (Clip from Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf) 13:19 Prairie Ramblers - Ghost in the Graveyard (1938) (HMV Weather Effects - Wind - 1935) 15:59 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra - The Haunted House (1931) (Clip from The Shadow - Circle of Death - 1937) 19:32 Raymond Scott - War Dance For Wooden Indians (1937) (Clip from The Mummy - 1932) 21:59 Truett & George - Ghost Dance (1927) (Clip from Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1931) (Clip from Mediale Musik - The Speech Of Ancient Egypt, 18th Dynasty - 1938) 24:55 Washboard Rhythm Kings - Call Of The Freaks (1931) (Clip from Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1931) 27:50 Victor Arden, Phil Ohman, & their Orchestra - Dancing the Devil Away (1930) (Clip from Reverend Johnny Blakey - Warming By The Devil's Fire - 1928) 31:07 Fletcher Henderson - Hotter Than 'ell (1934) (Clip from Island of Lost Souls - 1932) 34:01 Rev. A.W. Nix - Black Diamond Express to Hell (1927) 34:41 Cab Calloway - The Nightmare (1931) (Clip from Murders in the Zoo - 1933) (Clip from Tomatoes Another Day - 1930) 37:27 Henry Hall BBC Dance Orchestra - Here Comes The Bogey Man (1932) (Clip from The Old Dark House - 1932) 40:39 Bertha Idaho - Graveyard Love (1928) (Clip from Vampyr - 1932) 44:02 Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (1931) (Clip from Bride of Frankenstein - 1935) 47:08 Victoria Spivey - Blood Thirsty Blues (1928) (Clip from Gennett Sound Effects - Night Noises - 1936) (Clip from The Shadow - Circle of Death - 1937)
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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#Totentanz2025

29: 'Howlin' For You' - The Black Keys

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The Black Keys Howlin' for You Remastered 10th Anniversary Edition Official Audio
YouTube video by Keely Ironside
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October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM