Mark 👨🎤
@arkbythesea.bsky.social
Husband. Son. Brother. Seasider. Record/CD collector. I edit books for 💰 but aim to one day write my own. Here for 🎶, 🎞️, 📖, 🖼️, 🎮 & ⚽ #YNWA
A couple of 2023 listens from recent days, The Returner by Allison Russell & Everything Is Alive by Slowdive 🎶
December 1, 2023 at 2:39 PM
A couple of 2023 listens from recent days, The Returner by Allison Russell & Everything Is Alive by Slowdive 🎶
#5CoverSongsGratitude
One More Cup of Coffee
“But I don’t sense affection, no gratitude or love”
Original by Bob Dylan (1976)
youtu.be/95cufW4h-gA?...
Covered by the White Stripes (1999)
youtu.be/DZfVbvSVUbw?...
Thanks to @indigobunting.bsky.social & @pops1971.bsky.social for hosting!✌️🎶🙌❤️
One More Cup of Coffee
“But I don’t sense affection, no gratitude or love”
Original by Bob Dylan (1976)
youtu.be/95cufW4h-gA?...
Covered by the White Stripes (1999)
youtu.be/DZfVbvSVUbw?...
Thanks to @indigobunting.bsky.social & @pops1971.bsky.social for hosting!✌️🎶🙌❤️
November 30, 2023 at 1:32 PM
#5CoverSongsGratitude
One More Cup of Coffee
“But I don’t sense affection, no gratitude or love”
Original by Bob Dylan (1976)
youtu.be/95cufW4h-gA?...
Covered by the White Stripes (1999)
youtu.be/DZfVbvSVUbw?...
Thanks to @indigobunting.bsky.social & @pops1971.bsky.social for hosting!✌️🎶🙌❤️
One More Cup of Coffee
“But I don’t sense affection, no gratitude or love”
Original by Bob Dylan (1976)
youtu.be/95cufW4h-gA?...
Covered by the White Stripes (1999)
youtu.be/DZfVbvSVUbw?...
Thanks to @indigobunting.bsky.social & @pops1971.bsky.social for hosting!✌️🎶🙌❤️
#5CoverSongsGratitude
#MusicChallenge
Station to Station
“It’s too late to be grateful
It’s too late to be late again
It’s too late to be hateful
The european cannon is here”
Original by David Bowie (1976)
youtu.be/bnEc91KRKrc?...
Covered by Melvins (2013)
youtu.be/TDzQRnpB3bs?...
#MusicChallenge
Station to Station
“It’s too late to be grateful
It’s too late to be late again
It’s too late to be hateful
The european cannon is here”
Original by David Bowie (1976)
youtu.be/bnEc91KRKrc?...
Covered by Melvins (2013)
youtu.be/TDzQRnpB3bs?...
November 29, 2023 at 11:29 AM
#5CoverSongsGratitude
#MusicChallenge
Station to Station
“It’s too late to be grateful
It’s too late to be late again
It’s too late to be hateful
The european cannon is here”
Original by David Bowie (1976)
youtu.be/bnEc91KRKrc?...
Covered by Melvins (2013)
youtu.be/TDzQRnpB3bs?...
#MusicChallenge
Station to Station
“It’s too late to be grateful
It’s too late to be late again
It’s too late to be hateful
The european cannon is here”
Original by David Bowie (1976)
youtu.be/bnEc91KRKrc?...
Covered by Melvins (2013)
youtu.be/TDzQRnpB3bs?...
A couple of listens for on the road tonight, In Times New Roman… by QOTSA & V by Unknown Mortal Orchestra 🎶🚙🛣️
November 28, 2023 at 5:28 PM
A couple of listens for on the road tonight, In Times New Roman… by QOTSA & V by Unknown Mortal Orchestra 🎶🚙🛣️
#5CoverSongsGratitude
#MusicChallenge
Bit late to the party but here goes…
The Big Light
“And I’m thankful that I didn’t open another bottle of inspiration”
Original by Elvis Costello (1986)
youtu.be/-tU_Nhu0Hf8?...
Covered by Johnny Cash (1987)
youtu.be/jaE9380xzbM?...
#MusicChallenge
Bit late to the party but here goes…
The Big Light
“And I’m thankful that I didn’t open another bottle of inspiration”
Original by Elvis Costello (1986)
youtu.be/-tU_Nhu0Hf8?...
Covered by Johnny Cash (1987)
youtu.be/jaE9380xzbM?...
November 28, 2023 at 9:47 AM
#5CoverSongsGratitude
#MusicChallenge
Bit late to the party but here goes…
The Big Light
“And I’m thankful that I didn’t open another bottle of inspiration”
Original by Elvis Costello (1986)
youtu.be/-tU_Nhu0Hf8?...
Covered by Johnny Cash (1987)
youtu.be/jaE9380xzbM?...
#MusicChallenge
Bit late to the party but here goes…
The Big Light
“And I’m thankful that I didn’t open another bottle of inspiration”
Original by Elvis Costello (1986)
youtu.be/-tU_Nhu0Hf8?...
Covered by Johnny Cash (1987)
youtu.be/jaE9380xzbM?...
#NowPlaying Bird Machine by Sparklehorse 🎶
November 27, 2023 at 5:10 PM
#NowPlaying Bird Machine by Sparklehorse 🎶
A few jazz albums from 2023 that I’ve listened to this morning. All worth checking out but the first (Bad With Names by corto.alto) & last (the self-titled Nite Bjuti) were my faves of these. Two standout moments for me were
Mechanisms
youtu.be/uNyWJMGeDl4?...
Stolen Voice
youtu.be/UIbsLroyNL0?...
Mechanisms
youtu.be/uNyWJMGeDl4?...
Stolen Voice
youtu.be/UIbsLroyNL0?...
November 23, 2023 at 2:04 PM
A few jazz albums from 2023 that I’ve listened to this morning. All worth checking out but the first (Bad With Names by corto.alto) & last (the self-titled Nite Bjuti) were my faves of these. Two standout moments for me were
Mechanisms
youtu.be/uNyWJMGeDl4?...
Stolen Voice
youtu.be/UIbsLroyNL0?...
Mechanisms
youtu.be/uNyWJMGeDl4?...
Stolen Voice
youtu.be/UIbsLroyNL0?...
A listen from earlier today, Blur’s The Ballad of Darren 🎶
November 22, 2023 at 5:45 PM
A listen from earlier today, Blur’s The Ballad of Darren 🎶
A listen from earlier today, Drop Cherries by Billie Marten 🎶❤️
November 18, 2023 at 12:48 PM
A listen from earlier today, Drop Cherries by Billie Marten 🎶❤️
November 14, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Still on a high after seeing Weyes Blood last night at O2 Academy Leeds with @jamesthewhit.bsky.social. Second time lucky at catching the In Holy Flux tour and it was well worth the wait. Meant a lot to me 🎶💗
November 13, 2023 at 12:12 PM
Still on a high after seeing Weyes Blood last night at O2 Academy Leeds with @jamesthewhit.bsky.social. Second time lucky at catching the In Holy Flux tour and it was well worth the wait. Meant a lot to me 🎶💗
Played a new arrival on my dinner, the 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.’s Up ⬆️ Still think this is one of the band’s most underrated albums. The likes of Hope & Falls to Climb are among my fave of their latter-day songs 🎶
November 10, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Played a new arrival on my dinner, the 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.’s Up ⬆️ Still think this is one of the band’s most underrated albums. The likes of Hope & Falls to Climb are among my fave of their latter-day songs 🎶
Thanks to @indigobunting.bsky.social & @pops1971.bsky.social for the wonderful challenge & to all who’ve taken part!
#CraftyTunes
Day 31: Any Craft
Aimee Mann: Goose Snow Cone (2017)
“Thought I saw at my feet an origami crow
It was only the street hidden under the snow”
youtu.be/fhThS-PJOFE?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 31: Any Craft
Aimee Mann: Goose Snow Cone (2017)
“Thought I saw at my feet an origami crow
It was only the street hidden under the snow”
youtu.be/fhThS-PJOFE?...
October 31, 2023 at 12:03 AM
Thanks to @indigobunting.bsky.social & @pops1971.bsky.social for the wonderful challenge & to all who’ve taken part!
#CraftyTunes
Day 31: Any Craft
Aimee Mann: Goose Snow Cone (2017)
“Thought I saw at my feet an origami crow
It was only the street hidden under the snow”
youtu.be/fhThS-PJOFE?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 31: Any Craft
Aimee Mann: Goose Snow Cone (2017)
“Thought I saw at my feet an origami crow
It was only the street hidden under the snow”
youtu.be/fhThS-PJOFE?...
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 30: Turn/Carve
Tom Waits: Walk Away (1996)
“Carve my initials in an old dead tree
I’m going away but I’m going to be back when
It’s time to walk away and start over again”
youtu.be/ccVC5MjZEfs?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 30: Turn/Carve
Tom Waits: Walk Away (1996)
“Carve my initials in an old dead tree
I’m going away but I’m going to be back when
It’s time to walk away and start over again”
youtu.be/ccVC5MjZEfs?...
October 30, 2023 at 1:24 AM
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 30: Turn/Carve
Tom Waits: Walk Away (1996)
“Carve my initials in an old dead tree
I’m going away but I’m going to be back when
It’s time to walk away and start over again”
youtu.be/ccVC5MjZEfs?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 30: Turn/Carve
Tom Waits: Walk Away (1996)
“Carve my initials in an old dead tree
I’m going away but I’m going to be back when
It’s time to walk away and start over again”
youtu.be/ccVC5MjZEfs?...
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: Forge/Blacksmith
Motörhead: Ridin’ with the Driver (1986)
“Iron child out of Vulcan’s forge
Metal scream and thrash
Red steel in the driving wheel
Hear the pistons clash
Black dragon breathin’ big black smoke
Howlin’ up the tracks”
youtu.be/gwNu0x04V_c?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: Forge/Blacksmith
Motörhead: Ridin’ with the Driver (1986)
“Iron child out of Vulcan’s forge
Metal scream and thrash
Red steel in the driving wheel
Hear the pistons clash
Black dragon breathin’ big black smoke
Howlin’ up the tracks”
youtu.be/gwNu0x04V_c?...
October 29, 2023 at 6:37 PM
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: Forge/Blacksmith
Motörhead: Ridin’ with the Driver (1986)
“Iron child out of Vulcan’s forge
Metal scream and thrash
Red steel in the driving wheel
Hear the pistons clash
Black dragon breathin’ big black smoke
Howlin’ up the tracks”
youtu.be/gwNu0x04V_c?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 29: Forge/Blacksmith
Motörhead: Ridin’ with the Driver (1986)
“Iron child out of Vulcan’s forge
Metal scream and thrash
Red steel in the driving wheel
Hear the pistons clash
Black dragon breathin’ big black smoke
Howlin’ up the tracks”
youtu.be/gwNu0x04V_c?...
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 28: Tile/Mosaic
3EB: My Hit and Run (2003)
“A car turns left & I slide
I can’t turn back
I make contact
Blinkers smash into mosaic
Then I start flying
Always think we get more time
Now flying through the air
Maybe living, maybe dying”
youtu.be/JkCI-wGDKNY?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 28: Tile/Mosaic
3EB: My Hit and Run (2003)
“A car turns left & I slide
I can’t turn back
I make contact
Blinkers smash into mosaic
Then I start flying
Always think we get more time
Now flying through the air
Maybe living, maybe dying”
youtu.be/JkCI-wGDKNY?...
October 28, 2023 at 1:04 PM
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 28: Tile/Mosaic
3EB: My Hit and Run (2003)
“A car turns left & I slide
I can’t turn back
I make contact
Blinkers smash into mosaic
Then I start flying
Always think we get more time
Now flying through the air
Maybe living, maybe dying”
youtu.be/JkCI-wGDKNY?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 28: Tile/Mosaic
3EB: My Hit and Run (2003)
“A car turns left & I slide
I can’t turn back
I make contact
Blinkers smash into mosaic
Then I start flying
Always think we get more time
Now flying through the air
Maybe living, maybe dying”
youtu.be/JkCI-wGDKNY?...
Happy birthday to my wonderful wife Kathryn ❤️🥳
October 27, 2023 at 12:14 PM
Happy birthday to my wonderful wife Kathryn ❤️🥳
#CraftyTunes
Day 27: Dye/Colour
Madness: Primrose Hill (1982)
“Green splashed with white
And red going brown
Children baiting animals
Running up and down
I stare out of this window
See the world go past”
youtu.be/QdJNAD7BrRM?...
Day 27: Dye/Colour
Madness: Primrose Hill (1982)
“Green splashed with white
And red going brown
Children baiting animals
Running up and down
I stare out of this window
See the world go past”
youtu.be/QdJNAD7BrRM?...
October 27, 2023 at 12:41 AM
#CraftyTunes
Day 27: Dye/Colour
Madness: Primrose Hill (1982)
“Green splashed with white
And red going brown
Children baiting animals
Running up and down
I stare out of this window
See the world go past”
youtu.be/QdJNAD7BrRM?...
Day 27: Dye/Colour
Madness: Primrose Hill (1982)
“Green splashed with white
And red going brown
Children baiting animals
Running up and down
I stare out of this window
See the world go past”
youtu.be/QdJNAD7BrRM?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 26: Fabric/Embroider
Dead Kennedys: California Über Alles (original single 1979, re-recorded for album in ’80)
“Now it is 1984
Knock, knock at your front door
It’s the suede denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece”
youtu.be/QVcNfiRWS6U?...
Day 26: Fabric/Embroider
Dead Kennedys: California Über Alles (original single 1979, re-recorded for album in ’80)
“Now it is 1984
Knock, knock at your front door
It’s the suede denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece”
youtu.be/QVcNfiRWS6U?...
October 26, 2023 at 1:29 AM
#CraftyTunes
Day 26: Fabric/Embroider
Dead Kennedys: California Über Alles (original single 1979, re-recorded for album in ’80)
“Now it is 1984
Knock, knock at your front door
It’s the suede denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece”
youtu.be/QVcNfiRWS6U?...
Day 26: Fabric/Embroider
Dead Kennedys: California Über Alles (original single 1979, re-recorded for album in ’80)
“Now it is 1984
Knock, knock at your front door
It’s the suede denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece”
youtu.be/QVcNfiRWS6U?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 25: Cast/Sculpt
Patti Smith Group: Citizen Ship (1979)
“I was caught like a moth with its wings outta sync
Cut the chord
Overboard
Just a refugee
Lady Liberty, lend a hand to me
I’ve been cast adrift
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift”
youtu.be/jLB8cMaSIJM?...
Day 25: Cast/Sculpt
Patti Smith Group: Citizen Ship (1979)
“I was caught like a moth with its wings outta sync
Cut the chord
Overboard
Just a refugee
Lady Liberty, lend a hand to me
I’ve been cast adrift
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift”
youtu.be/jLB8cMaSIJM?...
October 24, 2023 at 10:18 PM
#CraftyTunes
Day 25: Cast/Sculpt
Patti Smith Group: Citizen Ship (1979)
“I was caught like a moth with its wings outta sync
Cut the chord
Overboard
Just a refugee
Lady Liberty, lend a hand to me
I’ve been cast adrift
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift”
youtu.be/jLB8cMaSIJM?...
Day 25: Cast/Sculpt
Patti Smith Group: Citizen Ship (1979)
“I was caught like a moth with its wings outta sync
Cut the chord
Overboard
Just a refugee
Lady Liberty, lend a hand to me
I’ve been cast adrift
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift”
youtu.be/jLB8cMaSIJM?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 24: Book/Bind
Weyes Blood: Used to Be (2016)
“It’s getting hard to get along with your new love song so soon
Can it really be true?
Binds that break and shatter off when you fall down from the top
And your heart stops
Used to be the one that knew me”
youtu.be/t83p6BWF8w4?...
Day 24: Book/Bind
Weyes Blood: Used to Be (2016)
“It’s getting hard to get along with your new love song so soon
Can it really be true?
Binds that break and shatter off when you fall down from the top
And your heart stops
Used to be the one that knew me”
youtu.be/t83p6BWF8w4?...
October 23, 2023 at 9:52 PM
#CraftyTunes
Day 24: Book/Bind
Weyes Blood: Used to Be (2016)
“It’s getting hard to get along with your new love song so soon
Can it really be true?
Binds that break and shatter off when you fall down from the top
And your heart stops
Used to be the one that knew me”
youtu.be/t83p6BWF8w4?...
Day 24: Book/Bind
Weyes Blood: Used to Be (2016)
“It’s getting hard to get along with your new love song so soon
Can it really be true?
Binds that break and shatter off when you fall down from the top
And your heart stops
Used to be the one that knew me”
youtu.be/t83p6BWF8w4?...
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 23: Knitting/Crochet
Flight of the Conchords: The Prince of Parties (2008)
“‘Oh pretty prince of parties, where do you get your clothes?’
They’re made of snow
Pretty party clothes crocheted of snow”
youtu.be/4LLRk3_nogo?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 23: Knitting/Crochet
Flight of the Conchords: The Prince of Parties (2008)
“‘Oh pretty prince of parties, where do you get your clothes?’
They’re made of snow
Pretty party clothes crocheted of snow”
youtu.be/4LLRk3_nogo?...
October 23, 2023 at 5:21 AM
#CraftyTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 23: Knitting/Crochet
Flight of the Conchords: The Prince of Parties (2008)
“‘Oh pretty prince of parties, where do you get your clothes?’
They’re made of snow
Pretty party clothes crocheted of snow”
youtu.be/4LLRk3_nogo?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 23: Knitting/Crochet
Flight of the Conchords: The Prince of Parties (2008)
“‘Oh pretty prince of parties, where do you get your clothes?’
They’re made of snow
Pretty party clothes crocheted of snow”
youtu.be/4LLRk3_nogo?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 22: Patch/Quilt
Air: Electronic Performers (2001)
“We search new programs for your pleasure
I want to patch my soul on your brain
BPMs control your heartbeats
We are the synchronisers
We are electronic performers”
youtu.be/OdwfeZMMFL4?...
Day 22: Patch/Quilt
Air: Electronic Performers (2001)
“We search new programs for your pleasure
I want to patch my soul on your brain
BPMs control your heartbeats
We are the synchronisers
We are electronic performers”
youtu.be/OdwfeZMMFL4?...
October 22, 2023 at 1:04 AM
#CraftyTunes
Day 22: Patch/Quilt
Air: Electronic Performers (2001)
“We search new programs for your pleasure
I want to patch my soul on your brain
BPMs control your heartbeats
We are the synchronisers
We are electronic performers”
youtu.be/OdwfeZMMFL4?...
Day 22: Patch/Quilt
Air: Electronic Performers (2001)
“We search new programs for your pleasure
I want to patch my soul on your brain
BPMs control your heartbeats
We are the synchronisers
We are electronic performers”
youtu.be/OdwfeZMMFL4?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 21: Canvas/Graffiti
U2: Walk to the Water (1987)
“She said it wasn’t cold
She left her coat at home that day
She wore canvas shoes
White canvas shoes
Around her neck
She wore a silver necklace
‘It was given to me by my father,’ she said”
youtu.be/WDty-0wP3Bc?...
Day 21: Canvas/Graffiti
U2: Walk to the Water (1987)
“She said it wasn’t cold
She left her coat at home that day
She wore canvas shoes
White canvas shoes
Around her neck
She wore a silver necklace
‘It was given to me by my father,’ she said”
youtu.be/WDty-0wP3Bc?...
October 21, 2023 at 7:44 PM
#CraftyTunes
Day 21: Canvas/Graffiti
U2: Walk to the Water (1987)
“She said it wasn’t cold
She left her coat at home that day
She wore canvas shoes
White canvas shoes
Around her neck
She wore a silver necklace
‘It was given to me by my father,’ she said”
youtu.be/WDty-0wP3Bc?...
Day 21: Canvas/Graffiti
U2: Walk to the Water (1987)
“She said it wasn’t cold
She left her coat at home that day
She wore canvas shoes
White canvas shoes
Around her neck
She wore a silver necklace
‘It was given to me by my father,’ she said”
youtu.be/WDty-0wP3Bc?...
#CraftyTunes
Day 20: Basket/Wicker
Young Fathers: Turn (2018)
“So gimme gimme a chance to change
So take the basket to collection
Here’s the thing about progression
I didn’t work this damn hard to stay where I belong”
youtu.be/nlxz-AUh7A0?...
Day 20: Basket/Wicker
Young Fathers: Turn (2018)
“So gimme gimme a chance to change
So take the basket to collection
Here’s the thing about progression
I didn’t work this damn hard to stay where I belong”
youtu.be/nlxz-AUh7A0?...
October 19, 2023 at 10:33 PM
#CraftyTunes
Day 20: Basket/Wicker
Young Fathers: Turn (2018)
“So gimme gimme a chance to change
So take the basket to collection
Here’s the thing about progression
I didn’t work this damn hard to stay where I belong”
youtu.be/nlxz-AUh7A0?...
Day 20: Basket/Wicker
Young Fathers: Turn (2018)
“So gimme gimme a chance to change
So take the basket to collection
Here’s the thing about progression
I didn’t work this damn hard to stay where I belong”
youtu.be/nlxz-AUh7A0?...