Mark Thomas
@markpenparc.bsky.social
Ex at sparkie71 on the tweeting place - too old to carry that name now. West Wales immigrant living in Cardiff.
This was Day 9 sorry (I’m not very good at this keeping up with what say it is lark).
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This was Day 9 sorry (I’m not very good at this keeping up with what say it is lark).
Snow is Falling in Manhattan
YouTube video by Purple Mountains - Topic
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#24SongsOfChristmas
Day 4
Should save this till last but I can’t resist…
Peak-period Flaming Lips
youtu.be/Y3mRC-foSZs?...
Day 4
Should save this till last but I can’t resist…
Peak-period Flaming Lips
youtu.be/Y3mRC-foSZs?...
The Flaming Lips - Christmas At The Zoo [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by flaminglips
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#24SongsOfChristmas
Day 4
Should save this till last but I can’t resist…
Peak-period Flaming Lips
youtu.be/Y3mRC-foSZs?...
Day 4
Should save this till last but I can’t resist…
Peak-period Flaming Lips
youtu.be/Y3mRC-foSZs?...
#24SongsOfChristmas
Day 2
Gone with the Galaxie500 version as it’s an easier listen than the original.
youtu.be/RGY_b093UR4?...
Day 2
Gone with the Galaxie500 version as it’s an easier listen than the original.
youtu.be/RGY_b093UR4?...
Listen, The Snow Is Falling
YouTube video by Galaxie 500 - Topic
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#24SongsOfChristmas
Day 2
Gone with the Galaxie500 version as it’s an easier listen than the original.
youtu.be/RGY_b093UR4?...
Day 2
Gone with the Galaxie500 version as it’s an easier listen than the original.
youtu.be/RGY_b093UR4?...
#24SongsOfChristmas
#MusicChallenge
I’m late for the Advent. Pretend I posted this yesterday.
Day 1
youtu.be/uR17UCapKFg?...
#MusicChallenge
I’m late for the Advent. Pretend I posted this yesterday.
Day 1
youtu.be/uR17UCapKFg?...
Cornershop featuring TRWBADOR - Every Year So Different
YouTube video by starsandspit
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#24SongsOfChristmas
#MusicChallenge
I’m late for the Advent. Pretend I posted this yesterday.
Day 1
youtu.be/uR17UCapKFg?...
#MusicChallenge
I’m late for the Advent. Pretend I posted this yesterday.
Day 1
youtu.be/uR17UCapKFg?...
Reposted by Mark Thomas
This is just a spontaneous idea, because I didn't find something like this in the #MusicChallenge.
Would you like to join me for a music advent calendar, posting a daily Christmas song from December 1st to 24th?
No rules, just what's your soundtrack of the season.
#24SongsOfChristmas
Would you like to join me for a music advent calendar, posting a daily Christmas song from December 1st to 24th?
No rules, just what's your soundtrack of the season.
#24SongsOfChristmas
a cartoon of santa claus playing a rock guitar
Alt: a cartoon of santa claus playing a rock guitar
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is just a spontaneous idea, because I didn't find something like this in the #MusicChallenge.
Would you like to join me for a music advent calendar, posting a daily Christmas song from December 1st to 24th?
No rules, just what's your soundtrack of the season.
#24SongsOfChristmas
Would you like to join me for a music advent calendar, posting a daily Christmas song from December 1st to 24th?
No rules, just what's your soundtrack of the season.
#24SongsOfChristmas
Reposted by Mark Thomas
The vote for the 2025 Festive 50 is officially OPEN!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
a sign that says sorry we 're closed hangs on a glass door
ALT: a sign that says sorry we 're closed hangs on a glass door
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The vote for the 2025 Festive 50 is officially OPEN!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December.
Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM.
Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
#90sTop30
Day 30
Cue “Britain’s Number One” jingle.
Pavement - “Loretta’s Scars”
Now and again my favourite Pavement swung towards Wowee Zowee or even bits of Crooked Rain but honesty always returns me to Slanted & Enchanted. It’s always Mercury Rev v Pavement in the final.
youtu.be/J0cRxyVgbFc?...
Day 30
Cue “Britain’s Number One” jingle.
Pavement - “Loretta’s Scars”
Now and again my favourite Pavement swung towards Wowee Zowee or even bits of Crooked Rain but honesty always returns me to Slanted & Enchanted. It’s always Mercury Rev v Pavement in the final.
youtu.be/J0cRxyVgbFc?...
Loretta's Scars
YouTube video by Pavement - Topic
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#90sTop30
Day 30
Cue “Britain’s Number One” jingle.
Pavement - “Loretta’s Scars”
Now and again my favourite Pavement swung towards Wowee Zowee or even bits of Crooked Rain but honesty always returns me to Slanted & Enchanted. It’s always Mercury Rev v Pavement in the final.
youtu.be/J0cRxyVgbFc?...
Day 30
Cue “Britain’s Number One” jingle.
Pavement - “Loretta’s Scars”
Now and again my favourite Pavement swung towards Wowee Zowee or even bits of Crooked Rain but honesty always returns me to Slanted & Enchanted. It’s always Mercury Rev v Pavement in the final.
youtu.be/J0cRxyVgbFc?...
Super Furry Animals - Hometown Unicorn (Video)
YouTube video by SFAVEVO
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#90sTop30
Day 26
“Merched yn Neud Gwallt Eu Gilydd”
Peak Gorkys. Peak everything.
Why’s that Stevie (video version)?
youtu.be/9TkoRZHuKxQ?...
Day 26
“Merched yn Neud Gwallt Eu Gilydd”
Peak Gorkys. Peak everything.
Why’s that Stevie (video version)?
youtu.be/9TkoRZHuKxQ?...
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - 01. Merched Yn Neud Gwallt Eu Gilydd
YouTube video by Dean Birkett
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#90sTop30
Day 26
“Merched yn Neud Gwallt Eu Gilydd”
Peak Gorkys. Peak everything.
Why’s that Stevie (video version)?
youtu.be/9TkoRZHuKxQ?...
Day 26
“Merched yn Neud Gwallt Eu Gilydd”
Peak Gorkys. Peak everything.
Why’s that Stevie (video version)?
youtu.be/9TkoRZHuKxQ?...
Madame Deputy Speaker
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Madame Deputy Speaker
Reposted by Mark Thomas
Datblygu - Gazpacho [Welsh, UK ; Minimal Synth / Experimental] (1993) The NME described them as "Kraftwerk with a hangover". From 'Libertino' EP .
https://redd.it/1gi5knc
https://youtu.be/_MKr1K5cs5s
https://redd.it/1gi5knc
https://youtu.be/_MKr1K5cs5s
Datblygu - Gazpacho [Welsh, UK ; Minimal Synth / Experimental] (1993) The NME described them as "Kraftwerk with a hangover". From 'Libertino' EP .
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Datblygu - Gazpacho [Welsh, UK ; Minimal Synth / Experimental] (1993) The NME described them as "Kraftwerk with a hangover". From 'Libertino' EP .
https://redd.it/1gi5knc
https://youtu.be/_MKr1K5cs5s
https://redd.it/1gi5knc
https://youtu.be/_MKr1K5cs5s
#90sTop30
Day 25
Flaming Lips’ noisy nursery rhymes entering my life like a dishevelled INXS and nuking the very idea of that association as soon as they plugged the guitars in. Thanks JP. Chose one with a video that won’t attract accusatory cries of “sexist perv”.
“Frogs”
youtu.be/ohSJv901UdI?...
Day 25
Flaming Lips’ noisy nursery rhymes entering my life like a dishevelled INXS and nuking the very idea of that association as soon as they plugged the guitars in. Thanks JP. Chose one with a video that won’t attract accusatory cries of “sexist perv”.
“Frogs”
youtu.be/ohSJv901UdI?...
The Flaming Lips - Frogs [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by flaminglips
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#90sTop30
Day 25
Flaming Lips’ noisy nursery rhymes entering my life like a dishevelled INXS and nuking the very idea of that association as soon as they plugged the guitars in. Thanks JP. Chose one with a video that won’t attract accusatory cries of “sexist perv”.
“Frogs”
youtu.be/ohSJv901UdI?...
Day 25
Flaming Lips’ noisy nursery rhymes entering my life like a dishevelled INXS and nuking the very idea of that association as soon as they plugged the guitars in. Thanks JP. Chose one with a video that won’t attract accusatory cries of “sexist perv”.
“Frogs”
youtu.be/ohSJv901UdI?...
#90sTo30
Day 24
These lovely Dublin boys deserve a mensh. Never got to see them unfortunately, and this is the first time I’ve watched the video to this song.
“Violence to Violence” by Rollerskate Skinny.
youtu.be/B_z2wddh2uk?...
Day 24
These lovely Dublin boys deserve a mensh. Never got to see them unfortunately, and this is the first time I’ve watched the video to this song.
“Violence to Violence” by Rollerskate Skinny.
youtu.be/B_z2wddh2uk?...
Rollerskate Skinny - Violence to Violence HD
YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#90sTo30
Day 24
These lovely Dublin boys deserve a mensh. Never got to see them unfortunately, and this is the first time I’ve watched the video to this song.
“Violence to Violence” by Rollerskate Skinny.
youtu.be/B_z2wddh2uk?...
Day 24
These lovely Dublin boys deserve a mensh. Never got to see them unfortunately, and this is the first time I’ve watched the video to this song.
“Violence to Violence” by Rollerskate Skinny.
youtu.be/B_z2wddh2uk?...
#90sTop30
Day 23
Super-electric by Stereolab
Too good to be true. Too pure to be true. If the French were German
youtu.be/owXdicVKXTE?...
Day 23
Super-electric by Stereolab
Too good to be true. Too pure to be true. If the French were German
youtu.be/owXdicVKXTE?...
Stereolab - Super-Electric
YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#90sTop30
Day 23
Super-electric by Stereolab
Too good to be true. Too pure to be true. If the French were German
youtu.be/owXdicVKXTE?...
Day 23
Super-electric by Stereolab
Too good to be true. Too pure to be true. If the French were German
youtu.be/owXdicVKXTE?...
#90sTop30
Th’Faith Healers - Gorgeous Blue Flower in My Garden.
Could just as easily have been “Reptile Smile” or, let’s face it, any track off any of their records.
youtu.be/hDA8Ceto-5Y?...
Th’Faith Healers - Gorgeous Blue Flower in My Garden.
Could just as easily have been “Reptile Smile” or, let’s face it, any track off any of their records.
youtu.be/hDA8Ceto-5Y?...
Gorgeous Blue Flower in My Garden
YouTube video by Th' Faith Healers - Topic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#90sTop30
Th’Faith Healers - Gorgeous Blue Flower in My Garden.
Could just as easily have been “Reptile Smile” or, let’s face it, any track off any of their records.
youtu.be/hDA8Ceto-5Y?...
Th’Faith Healers - Gorgeous Blue Flower in My Garden.
Could just as easily have been “Reptile Smile” or, let’s face it, any track off any of their records.
youtu.be/hDA8Ceto-5Y?...
Reposted by Mark Thomas
RIP Mani
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Live On The Other Side Of Midnight) 1989 1080p 60fps
YouTube video by Mucky Fingers
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RIP Mani
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0