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It's me, Del
I 💞 music, poetry, photography & fun!
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Taking a break; back soon. I adore this community, thank you people x

🎶We're just like-minded souls, swimming in a fish bowl...I like your ears...🎶
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge
#DubNoBassWithMyHeadMan

13/20
Album art for Talking Book by Stevie Wonder. The artist name is written in bright letters within a dark band at the top. Ditto the album name at the bottom. Between the dark bands is a picture. Overview: The album art for Stevie Wonder's Talking Book features Wonder in African-style robes and cornrows against a desert landscape. The cover was photographed by Robert Margouleff in Los Angeles. Features: Braille: The original vinyl pressings of Talking Book had the album title and Wonder's name embossed in braille on the front cover. The inside gatefold also had a message embossed in braille. Cornrows: Wonder is depicted with cornrows in his hair. Jewelry: Wonder is wearing jewelry. Gatefold sleeve: The inner photo of the gatefold sleeve shows Wonder in silhouette against a sunrise. Message: The inside gatefold of the original vinyl pressings had a message embossed in braille. The message read, "Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong. -- Stevie". Talking Book was released in 1972 and was Wonder's first Top 5 Billboard album hit. The album included the hit songs "Superstition" and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life".
January 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge
#DubNoBassWithMyHeadMan

12/20
Album art: Black and white block shapes with the typed copy: Artist: Underworld Album: Dubnobasswithmyheadman
January 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge
#FontainesDC

12/20
Album cover art for Romance by Fontaines DC (2024). A pink heart takes up the majority of the frame. Inside the heart, a face with a tear coming from its right eye. The background is blue from bright sky blue at the top to misty horizon blue at the bottom.
January 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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#vss365 #poetry #prose

An instant
A snapshot found
A fortunate
coincidence of parlez
So they say...

It's blooming
Awakening
A moment of
aesthetics at play
and they pray...

A sense found
Timelessness
unfortunately
brief this day
And!
we all end up
wallowing in life's
#unctuous clay

#healing
A visual representation of unctuous. Original root meaning = healing or annoint or care
January 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

11/20
A black background. In the centre is a triangle that represents a prism. Light passes toward prism from left and a rainbow of light frequencies colours cmes out and extends to the right. At first glance, the Pink Floyd prism is a simple geometric design, but like the album itself, it carries deeper meaning. The triangle, which forms the core of the design, symbolizes thought and ambition—both major themes in Roger Waters’ introspective lyrics. Some fans and critics even associate the triangle with the Egyptian pyramids, hinting at grander ideas like vaulting ambition and greed, concepts that run through the album’s tracks. The spectrum of light breaking through the prism can also be seen as a metaphor for the many layers of human experience, much like the band’s groundbreaking soundscapes
January 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

10/20
Album cover of The Blues Brothers motion picture soundtrack. The two protagonists of the film are sat on the bonnet of a stationary car, looks like an old cop car from the 70's.
January 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
#vss365 #poetry #prompt #lace

Late
Haste
Hands on
Waist

Race
to the Place
with Taste
Your Grace

Chase
Pace
Bang 😵‍💫
He's Chaste

Stars in Space
blood on his Face
rests on a kindred
neighbours Bass

Late
Haste
Hands on
Waist

Shoulda heeded Mum
and tied that #Lace
A group of 5 children running around a corner in a suburban neighbourhood in the 1950's. There are houses and picket fences in the back ground. There is a picket fence on the right of the picture, there is a path next to that. The children are running on the path. It looks like they just left school after the rnd of the school day. The photo is light and dark, it has no colour.
January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

9/20

One of just two bands with more than one entry on this. Haps, Michael Hutchence ✨️🎶🙏
Cover art for 'Welcome To Wherever You Are' by the Australian band, INXS. I saw this tour at de montfort hall, Leicester England on the 2nd anniversary of their Wembley show in 91. Maybe 1500 people present in a rammed venue versus 80k at Wembley. Intimate. Fun. Live. Close up. La Dolce Vita. Beautiful. I was 19 at the time. It was a very good night for a 19 year old me 💋 Saw my then idols and got pulled by a gorgeous woman. Info below is via Wikipedia: Welcome to Wherever You Are features a different album cover on each format. The most recognised cover art is the design on CD, which features the Artane Boys Band from Ireland. Atlantic records also released a limited edition of the album on deluxe digipak. The vinyl edition featured a black & white picture of a sea cadet, while the cassette cover features a group of boy scouts from 9th/10th Dublin Aughrim Street Scouts performing a human pyramid.At the time of its release, Welcome to Wherever You Are entered the UK Albums Chart at number one,[27] making INXS the first Australian band to reach the top spot since AC/DC's Back in Black in 1980.[18] The album was certified gold less than two months later by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales in excess of 100,000 units.[28] The album charted well in other parts of Europe, reaching number one in Sweden,[7][29] number two in Switzerland,[7][30] number three in Norway[7][31] and number eight in Germany.[7][32] The album attained gold status in both Sweden[33] and Switzerland.[34] In the band's native Australia, the album debuted on the Australian Albums Chart at number two on 16 August 1992 and remained at that position for two weeks.[35] In total, it remained in the Australian charts for 13 weeks.[35] It subsequently received a gold accreditation from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 35,000 units.[36] In New Zealand, the album entered at number 46 on the RIANZ Chart, eventually peaking at number eight.[37] It was …
January 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
#vss #vss365

Lewis was a canny lad
He coined adjective #slithy
And then
Once people spoke his word
Lewis joined the odd committee

The squid did squeeze
Light yet tight
As it wrapped around
It's prey

But as for toves?
These hybrid beasts
Were sure to come
And play

#MLK
#FuckTrump
#BeKind
A copy of the painting called More Progress By Niall Conlon 162cm by 117cm Mixed media on canvas. It features a black background with a red fierce cartoon dog on it. The dog is an angry clour and it had huge triangular teeth and it's eyes run with fluorescent yellow tears. Above the fierce dog are the words: "MORE IRISH MORE DOGS MORE BLACKS MORE PROGRESS" in a custom font that is red and white and as angry as the dog and easily readable I personally interpret the art as a call for more inclusion and understanding and respect for those who need it the most; the vulnerable of society. Del x https://www.niallconlonartist.com/products/more-progress
January 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

8/20
Seminal. Heartfelt. Class. Positive. Vibes. Only.
And all that jazz
Album art for Jazzmatazz volume 1 by Guru (and friends). An experimental fusion of black music. There's a big stripe at the top in blue background that says Jazzmatazz and some other words. But primarily Jazzmatazz. There is a b&w profile photo of a male, with a 🎤 in front of him. He is blowing smoke through his nose. He looks cool as fuck like a 50's jazz singer.
January 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

7/20
Album art from Levellers second album called Levelling the Land. It features hand drawn art which is ethereal and abstract. It is clear it is a clarion call against the Establishment. ☯️
January 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

6/20
Album art for Kick by INXS. The picture features the words INXS and KICK and 4 gold stars between the words. There are photos of the band members dotted around the edges
January 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

5/20
Album art for Endtroducing.... by DJ Shadow. The image is a photo of people rifling through records at a vinyl store. There is a lighter sticker bottom right that provides the album name and artist. A seminal and eclectic album. Give it a listen! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mGy2XHO_iuRHzN_QHcOcz9R5_yowNEp-c&si=nSt5HM4tCwTbgKkN
January 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

4/20 💚
Album art for the double LP from pink floyd entitled A Nice Pair, a gatefold sleeve of their first two albums, 'the gates of dawn' and ' a saucerful of secrets'. Personal fave is Boris the Spider but proper avant garde as a comp album. Cheers Sid, you crazy diamond x
January 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
delstar99.bsky.social
#vss365 #vssdaily

There's not much says more
Than the thunderous sound
Of silence...

There's something: look there!
A giraffe on a pear
Oh?
Silence...

The rush when you laugh
To a pear on giraffe
Oh!
Silence...

That feeling right there
Whether wish, say or dare
Oh...
Silence...
A lonely bare tree sitting in a wintery silhouette with snow on the ground and grey snow filled clouds in the background. The tree is dark the snow is light. The photo is not in colour. Just light and dark..
January 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

3/20
Album art for the music album Ten by Pearl Jam
January 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

2/20
A photo of the vinyl album entitled Remember my Song by the musician, writer, equality activist, and composer, Mr Labi Siffre Remember My Song is the fifth studio album by British musician Labi Siffre. Released in 1975, it was the first of Siffre's two albums released that year, the other being Happy. Despite having some notable backing musicians such as Big Jim Sullivan co-producing, Brian Bennett of the Shadows on drums, and Chas & Dave who would become well known in their own right, the album did not chart. The album garnered a resurgence of interest in 1999, when its opening track "I Got The..." was sampled by American rapper Eminem on his first hit "My Name Is", eventually leading to the whole album being reissued in 2006. It was co-produced by session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan and record producer Derek Lawrence.[4] Siffre wrote or co-wrote all tracks on the album with the exception of "Old Time Song", which was written by studio musicians Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock,[4][5] who later became known as the duo Chas & Dave.[2] Like all of Siffre's albums from before, Remember My Song was released on the Pye International record label.
January 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Yet they mostly look inward
Or seek outward folly
It breaks them down
And makes them less jolly

The here the now is where it's at
What you see smell sense or feel
Live in the moment, savour the show
It's all that is real
It's all that is real
It's all that is real

2/2
A quote from Osho which explains that living in the present moment is the only reality. Everything else is either remembering the past or fantasising about the future. Now is the only reality there is. Past is no more, Future is not yet. Osho summary: Rajneesh, also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho, was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He rejected institutional religions,[5][1][6] insisting that spiritual experience could not be organized into any one system of religious dogma.[7] As a guru, he advocated meditation and taught a unique form called dynamic meditation. Rejecting traditional ascetic practices, he advocated that his followers live fully in the world but without attachment to it.
January 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#MusicChallenge

1/20
Cover art from 3 feet high and rising by De La Soul ✌️ peace sign
January 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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#vss365

In English lore
We say before
The loss feels gone
We wander, sore

The moon? So bright!
Luminescence
Seen tonight
For you another
Time is right
Tomorrow's light though
What a sight!

Wrap up
Look up
Step out
The back door
Or the front

You'll wonder too
My favourite Punk

I'm #turning
The infamous Groot tree in Cannock Chase AONB, England. Recently named after a tree-based philosophical character from Guardians of the Galaxy movie franchise. The tree is also known as The Green Man, and was inspiration for JRR Tolkein's Treebeard from Lord of the Rings. A natural wonder.
January 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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A gif file showing the Fonz nodding at Richie Cunningham in approval
January 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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#vss365

Hanging in the air
like wisps
of hanging mist
a fire crackles
sharing warmth, flickering light
a hypnotic popping soundtrack
plays just right

Elmer the elephant
needs leading
from this room
he asks from the soul
and yet people chat about this
and they #question that...

Please say yes 🙏
A black and white photograph. It shows a woman and a man embracing tentatively. The man places a gentle kiss on the woman's forehead. They are sat outdoors in a field of long grass and summer wild flowers. It makes me think about love, far flung and yet so strong.
January 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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#vss365

The trumpeter played,
Oh When the saints
60000 people
in the crowd
sang it loud
and sang it proud
With #decorum

The universe conspired;
scattering fuchsia pink wolves
And bonny blue
And by the end
A draw: 2-2
Some people booed
They're clearly new!
I wish, I wish,
You were there too 🤍
A picture taken from the park lane end at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during an English Premier League game. The result was Tottenham 2 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday 29 December 2024
December 29, 2024 at 9:54 PM
delstar99.bsky.social
#vss365 #haiku

emotions released
not always in the right place
#schism clouds love
Love, forbidden, stays in the shadows until it is set free. Represented by a black and white image of two spectres embracing one another.
December 28, 2024 at 3:09 PM