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michael spins
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I like things, also can play some jazz guitar chords, I prefer the demo versions

https://michaelspins.wixsite.com/spinthemusic
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man, how could I forget this too, '89 really was a great year for new music- although at the time it felt like a very transitional period bw the '80s and then the grunge and hip hop of the early '90s
The cover of Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, shows a store front in Brooklyn with the sign for Paul's Boutique hanging to the left of a building, and a sign that says "Lee's Sportswear" to the right over an awning
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
the cover of the Doolittle album by the Pixies, shows a monkey with a halo with the numbers 6 and 7 floating around it
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Gonna go with this one 🦆
A mallard standing on a fence blowing air mist looks like it’s smoking
October 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Some Clouseau-esque detective already fell off of it while investigating
#louvre #ladder #heist #photography
An archway with a sign above it at the Louvre museum in Paris, a ladder is on the right side running up to a balcony above the archway
October 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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at the David Byrne show last night in Philly-
#live #music #photography #nokings
An image is projected onto a screen on stage that says “NO KINGS” and looks like a Burger King logo, musicians in blue jumpsuits play in front of it
October 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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This pic from the High Line below doesn’t seem to be loading so gonna give it another shot- seem to be having issues with media loading here today, don’t know if it’s just me
#photography #highline #streetart
A mural on the side of a building depicts two female figure in yellow, with yellow halos around their heads, it looks as if tree roots are growing from the bottoms of their dresses, a white heron or crane looks on from the left side
October 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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On the High Line , a walking path in New York with gardens that was built on an abandoned elevated rail track-
#photography #highline
A view of the High Line path in NYC with various building behind and next to it Meredith walks the High Line path in front of me, her long hair in a pony tail, with greenery on either side of the path A type of stone bench with colorful imagery on it and a small tree or bush growing through a hole in the middle A mural on the side of a building depicts two female figure in yellow, with yellow halos around their heads, it looks as if tree roots are growing from the bottoms of their dresses, a white heron or crane looks on from the left side
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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One of the 9/11 Memorial fountains-
#nyc #photography
October 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Checking out the view before we took the ferry over to Wall Street-
#photography #brooklynbridge #manhattan #nyc
View of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline Me with the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline behind me Bare tree branches with river, Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline behind it Me with sunglasses on and a sweat jacket over my shoulders with part of the Brooklyn Bridge behind me
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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At the Brooklyn flea market on Saturday-
#brooklynflea #photography
Banner sign for the Brooklyn flea market with people walking underneath and shopping Denim material with a round Stars and Stripes logo that says American Butt Clothing Vintage pez dispensers on a shelves, a Partridge Family lunch box and a StarTrek Scottie and vampire doll are on top A Howdy Doody marionette
September 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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In the Park Slope area of Brooklyn last Friday 🥔
#photography #brooklyn
A picture of a sign that looks like a loaded potato and says Spudz Slope
September 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🎷
#coltrane #birdland #nyc #jazzsky
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Saw a Coltrane tribute set at Birdland in NYC this past weekend-
#nyc #birdland #jazz #photography
The signs outside the Birdland jazz club, two signs say “Birdland” vertically A jazz quintet playing inside a club with red lighting, two sax players in front, a piano player, upright bass player, and drummer are behind them
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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One of my most cherished possessions-
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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oh I gave them my feedback-
A screenshot confirming that I cancelled my Disney+ subscription, at the bottom it says “Thanks for your feedback!”
September 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Yep that was it- here’s my print
A black and white photograph of a group of cheetahs
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Still probably my favorite Redford film-
A move poster for Downhill Racer, Robert Redford wearing skis and a helmet getting ready to begin a run Robert Redford and Gene Hackman together in a movie still from Downhill Racer
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Not Stephens or Douthat, but the jagoff supposedly on the left-
The title of an opinion piece by Ezra Klein in the nytimes titled “Charlie Kirk was Practicing Politics the Right Way”
September 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Calling it
#decorativegourdseason #mug
#photography
A white mug with the words “It’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers” on it
September 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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A statue outside parliament in London with a bird on its head
August 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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I’d think science-denying, genocide-denying hacks like Stephens and fascist normalizing propagandists at the nytimes would be happy with this. You pathetic hacks worked so hard to get Trump elected.
August 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Blood orange Negroni
#negroni #cocktail #photography
Blood orange Negroni in a square shaped rocks glass on a black granite counter
August 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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The tall sunflowers are starting to bloom and the bees are already at work on them 🌻 🐝
#sunflowers #bees #photography
Tall sunflower plants in front of a white panel fence- the one on the left is blooming on top A sunflower with bees on it
August 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Harvested a lot of the corn and two big cantaloupes, also more zucchini, peppers and tomatoes to go with the rest 🌽 🍈 🫑 🍅 🧅 🥒
#garden #fruit #vegetables #homegrown #photography
Freshly picked corn in a bowl and on the counter of an outdoor kitchen A bowl of unhusked freshly picked corn Two large cantaloupes and three zucchinis on an electric stovetop- one zucchini is fairly big and well over a foot long Multiple fruit and vegetables on a kitchen counter, including squash and zucchini, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, corn, and cantaloupes
August 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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My sister was curating pics for a family reunion and found this one of my late Grandpa ❤️
#photography #summerreading
A shirtless man with dark hair and glasses, wearing in shorts and sandals, reads Elmer Gantry while sitting in a lounge chair
August 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM