@clivechip.bsky.social
New here. Trying it out as a release from the hatred and racism of X-Twitter. Interested in music, football (round ball), cricket. Blog at cliveblogs.wordpress.com
@clivechip.bsky.socialSLS: Some Girls Stole Your Heart
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think this week's Song Lyric Sunday theme is the hardest challenge Jim has ever set us. As his post International Day of the Girl Child says, we are invited to play a song that mentions girls, for a very good reason. The hardest…
@clivechip.bsky.socialWorld Mental Health Day 2026 Those of you who are newer followers may not be aware that I originally began my blog fourteen years ago to share my experience of mental health issues, in the hope that this would offer some encouragement to others going through what I did. That seemed to go well, and…
@clivechip.bsky.socialTuesday Tunes 322: October After I played a set of songs for the month during September I thought I'd try that again now. I'm guessing that most of these will probably be unfamiliar to you, but don't let that stop you diving in and enjoying them: there are some good tunes here. October is the…
@clivechip.bsky.social@clivechip.bsky.socialSLS: Now That I’m Getting Older
As is usual for the first Sunday, Jim's invitation for Song Lyric Sunday is to play a song written or performed by someone who was born in this month: that's October, if you hadn't noticed the change. His post Crisp Autumn Weather tells more, and its good to see the…
@clivechip.bsky.socialFrom The Graveyard I wasn't planning on posting again until Sunday, but then WordPress kindly reminded me of a piece I wrote nine years ago today. Sadly, it still feels relevant, perhaps even more so, and it isn't often that I go on a little rant so I thought you might like to see one. And it is…
@clivechip.bsky.socialSomething Classical
Last week's Tuesday Tunes was themed around Autumn - here, if you missed it - and I closed the set with Vivaldi's Autumn from his Four Seasons suite. Several readers remarked on how much they liked it and, as ever, I took an idea from that. I have played a huge amount of music…
@clivechip.bsky.socialTuesday Tunes 321: Cruel A few weeks ago I played a Nick Lowe song and one of the comments mentioned another of his that I also liked. As so often happens, that sparked an idea, so this week I am taking something from that song as my theme: these are my cruel tunes. I'm starting with what to me…
@clivechip.bsky.social@clivechip.bsky.socialSLS: Lives In The Balance
As he tells us in his post Power Dynamics etc Jim is inviting us to play a song that relates to civil rights, oppression, protest, revolution or social change for this week's Song Lyric Sunday. I used 'protest' as a theme for a mini-series of Tuesday Tunes posts a while…
@clivechip.bsky.socialNew Music September 2026 It has been a couple of months since I last did one of my round ups of what I had seen and heard on YouTube, so it feels about time for another. In no particular order, here are some of the tunes I've enjoyed hearing, all of which have been uploaded to YouTube within the…
@clivechip.bsky.socialTuesday Tunes 320: Autumn I'm going seasonal for this week's Tuesday Tunes as today, 22 September, is the Autumn Equinox in the US, which falls(!) at 1am tomorrow here in the UK. This is officially the first day of autumn. Ignore the meteorologists who tell you that it begins on 1 September: what…
@clivechip.bsky.socialIt was!
@clivechip.bsky.social@clivechip.bsky.socialSLS: Eat Your Lunch All By Yourself Jim has given us a long list of related words for this week's Song Lyric Sunday, inviting us to play a song 'that mentions abandoning, departing, deserting, exiting, leaving, resigning, or retiring.' Is it National Bugger Off Day, or something? Nope, his post…
@clivechip.bsky.socialThank you, Robert. Sorry, only just found this! I overdosed on cake, and have just finished the last of it!
@clivechip.bsky.socialAn Oldie But Goodie I have a couple of things for some of my occasional series in the works, but neither is quite ready yet, so for this week's midweek-ish offering I'm going back to the early days of my time with Song Lyric Sunday. As regulars will know this has become a core part of my schedule,…
@clivechip.bsky.socialIt’s My Birthday So I thought I'd drop in an extra post to celebrate. According to WordPress I have posted seven times previously on this date - it's not as though I'm predictable, is it! I looked back through them to decide on one to share again, and liked the one I played last year best, so I'm…
@clivechip.bsky.socialTuesday Tunes 319: New York While I was putting together Friday's post to mark the anniversary of 9/11 the thought occurred to me that I knew several good songs about New York which might make for a happier piece, so that is where I'm going this week: five songs with New York in their title. And…
@clivechip.bsky.socialA bit late, but thank you, Debbie!