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Magnetic Fields - Kiss Me Like You Mean It (Live 11/2/2024)

January 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM

z.

@zanadu.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#DavidsMonthOfMusic

A song with kiss (etc.) in the title

Shonen Knife - Cruel to be Kind (Live 9/30/2018)

September 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM

Lakshmi Hutchinson

@lakshmihutchinson.bsky.social

#5CoverSongsPunk
Day 5
Shonen Knife - Cruel to Be Kind
(original Nick Lowe)

Thanks for the fun challenge @indigobunting.bsky.social @pops1971.bsky.social

youtu.be/aNv6A4XlwNQ?...

Kim Deal - Cannonball (Live 8/16/2025)

March 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Double Choco Choquant 🔻☮ ⏚ ★

@doublechocochoq.bsky.social

#BestSongHeardToday
#MusicChallenge

Kim Deal (The Breeders) - Cannonball

youtu.be/XS2nORSc7-g?...

The Vaselines - Monsterpussy (Live 9/3/2012)

August 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM

John Quays (the II) 🍉🇵🇸YNWA

@johnquays.bsky.social

Καλημέρα παιδιά
Πρωτομαγιά του ‘92 το Σκωτσέζικο ντουέτο των The Vaselines κυκλοφορούν το … Monsterpussy.
Όχι, δεν είναι αυτό που νομίζετε (lol)
Σε διάρκεια 1:42 έχουμε αρκετούς σουρεάλ και επαναλαμβανόμενους στίχους που βγήκαν μετά από ένα 3ημερο κρυφτό της γάτας της Frances μέσα στο σπίτι της.

Death Cab for Cutie - Tiny Vessels (10/6/2023)

February 18, 2026 at 4:04 AM

wallbie

@wallbie.bsky.social

Nightrunner? More like Nightdriver.

January 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM

Raelle

@jazchaz.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#Howl-A-Ween

Day 3 -Unrequited Love

Tiny Vessels -Death Cab For Cutie

"When tiny vessels oozed into your neck
And formed the bruises
That you said you didn't want to fade
But they did, and so did I that day..."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX90...

Replacements - Takin' a Ride

October 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Elaine S

@2airportkitties.bsky.social

Takin’ A Ride - The Replacements
youtu.be/2OF0V-Ip3_U

St. Vincent - Masseduction (Live 7/19/2018)

May 23, 2026 at 9:43 AM

shima

@shimakiron.bsky.social

\\ｾｲｹﾝﾉﾌﾊｲ//

youtu.be/a-V0pm-HFvU?...

Shonen Knife - Cruel to be Kind (Live 9/30/2018)

March 24, 2026 at 10:03 AM

Tamsin the Sword ⚔️ Mother

@tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com

TIL that Shonen Knife have covered Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind" and it's AWESOME. 🥰

Cybertronic Spree - Run With Us (Live 10/7/2021)

March 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM

Adam Hartling

@xenosns.bsky.social

Oh they're still active! that's awesome. Love this video of them playing a Canadiana classic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Ls...

John Hodgman - Ayn Rand Columns (Live 11/22/2013)

January 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Zach Nocturnal Artist

@geishaartist.bsky.social

A colored pencil drawing of Night Driver on the Atari 2600 in my Canson XL black sketchbook. Source image from Google Images
#nightdriver #retrogaming #Atari #atari2600 #Canson #Cansonxl #coloredpencil #coloredpencildrawing #coloredpencilart

July 4, 2024 at 12:30 PM

distanttrains.bsky.social

@distanttrains.bsky.social

#FindASongToExplain 105
#MusicChallenge

Weird Al Yankovic - Foxy Lady

This was the best I could do.

youtu.be/zVBEaVIgKbg?...

July 3, 2026 at 7:35 AM

Keith Avery

@slabgorb.com

Sorry, Parade magazine which is only slightly funnier
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Ps...

Alkaline Trio - Fuck You Aurora (Live 3/23/2024)

January 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM

PaxtonPullman

@paxtonpullman.bsky.social

When it's too cloudy for Matt Skiba to see the Northern Lights

youtu.be/fUjzjGOxkUs?...

GitHub - PlummersSoftwareLLC/NightDriverStrip: NightDriver client for ESP32

November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Hannah

@occasionallycow.bsky.social

Not that I know leds superwell but Dave Plummer's night driver might be a good start.
github.com/PlummersSoft...
It can drive a lot of leds off a esp32

NightDriver client for ESP32. Contribute to PlummersSoftwareLLC/NightDriverStrip development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

June 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM

𝓐𝓼𝓱𝓵𝓮𝔂 𝓝 𝓐𝓲𝓓𝓸𝓵𝓵🍼

@kawiiwee.bsky.social

Ok OK oK
No recording can capture the energy of the live.

But their encore song 🦝
youtu.be/L5Ls-OKTbAo?...

Cybertronic Spree - Run With Us (Live 10/7/2021)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDS...

May 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM

Patrick Hellio

@patrickhellio.bsky.social

What If Rocky IV Was an Anime? (No Easy Way Out montage)

YouTube video by Nightdriver

GitHub - historicalsource/nightdriver: a night racing game

May 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM

Extent of the Jam

@extentofthejam.bsky.social

It’s at github.com/historicalso... and they also have Red Baron (the arcade game). And Donald Duck’s Playground and more :) but many of the other arcade ones are just ROMs in hex with a readme.

a night racing game. Contribute to historicalsource/nightdriver development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

May 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM

Gaia Jane

@gaiajane.bsky.social

Something to restore your spirits.

#MusicSky #LiveSky
#TheMountainGoats

Mountain Goats - Up The Wolves (Live 6/10/2014)

Andrew Bird - Tables and Chairs (Live 9/25/2025)

June 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM

Alex wants musubi.

@alexandraknew.bsky.social

- for Bird himself, who had forgotten to take his capo off his guitar and was playing entirely in the wrong key lol. It was extremely funny. youtu.be/oLCN_USWM5w?...