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Happy #InternationaWomensDay to Helena Nichols, #foodhistorian /writer (& soon to be back on ‘The Food That Built America’!), Associate Major Gifts Officer, home reno whiz, #singer / songwriter in this little music project, loving mother, wonderful wife, & all around fab person.✨✌️🙂❤️ #pittsburghband

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Music nonstop. Techno-pop. Kraftwerk Multimedia Tour 2025 Stage AE, Pittsburgh PA 7 March 2025. #kraftwerk #stageae

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Happy birthday, Ralph Ellison. #ralphellison #ralphellisonfoundation #author #whatthesechildrenarelike #americanliterature #education #educationisallamatterofbuildingbridges #diversity #language

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RIP Peter Elbow (1935-2025). His work on free-writing and personal reflection were instrumental in my dissertation research. 'Writing Without Teachers' and 'Everyone Can Write' should be read by anyone who teaches writing, at every level. #peterelbow #teachingwriting #eveyonecanwrite #freewriting

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RIP to Pittsburgh-born and CMU educated conceptual artist Mel Bochner (1940-2025). Here’s a 2013 pic of Helena standing in front of Bochner’s “Measurement Plant” (1969) at the Carnegie Museum of Art & a few others. Fab stuff. #melbochner #conceptualart #carnegiemuseumofart #art #pittsburghartist

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2025 heavy reconstruction of our ‘Love My Way’ cover originally recorded in 2012. Film source: ‘Rainbow Dance’ (1936), short animation by Len Lye. Full video on our YouTube page.✨✌️🙂🌈🕺 Enjoy! #coversong #musicvideo #pittsburghmusic #psychedelicfurs #lovemyway #lenlye #experimentalfilm #rainbowdance

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Happy birthday today to the late Tony Wilson (here with Vini Reilly). Today’s listening is The Durutti Column’s fab, “A Paean for Wilson”. #tonywilson #anthonyhwilson #factoryrecords #thedurutticolumn #apaeanforwilson #manchester #manchestermusic

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RIP Rick Buckler. What a powerhouse of a drummer. The inimitable sound of The Jam. 🥁 #rickbuckler #thejam #drummer #thesoundofthejam #rickbucklerthejam

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Reading/discussing ‘Invisible Man’ in class. Finally participating in the annual door decoration contest for #blackhistorymonth with a classroom door dedicated to the work and legacy of #ralphellison . #ralphellisonfoundation #invisibleman

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Humored that this little practice amp from the early 1980s has gained a cult following & is being offered at ridiculous prices. Peavey reissued an updated version. Mine lives underneath a desk & hasn’t been used in ages. But, if you give me $1K, I may part w/ it.😆 #peavey #peaveydecadeamp #guitaramp

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Life. Art. History. Fiction. Dystopia. #itcanthappenhere #sinclairlewis #dystopia

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Used CD adoption day continued: Couldn’t not take home this copy of @thelilactime.bsky.social ‘s ‘Lilac6’, something I never owned. Fab! Now, if I could only find a physical copy of ‘Keep Going’… gotta be out there somewhere. 🙂✌️✨💿🎶 #cdcollection #thelilactime #stephenduffy #lilac6 #cookingvinyl

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Went record shopping & it ended up being used CD adoption day. Picked up a copy of ‘En-Tact’ by The Shamen—my copy disappeared long ago—& a copy of ‘Drop’. Found my vinyl copies of ‘Drop’ and ‘In Gorbachev We Trust’ at home. I love these eras of The Shamen. #cdcollection #theshamen #electronica

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Drum loop for new song. Built up from semi-modular sounds & plugins. Opening percussive sequence & bass drum are #korg #volcamodular. Metallic clap & chirpy hi-hats are #cre8audio #eastbeast. Other high hats are #logicpro. Bass drum & snare at end are from #crowhill Circuit Drums. #drumloops #synth

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Working on new music. Here’s a sample of the drum track from an upcoming song. Features a sampled Univox JR-5 loop & some 606 & vintage electronic drum sounds via Logic. Groovy. #pittsburghmusic #pittsburghband #logicpro #drumtracks #univoxjr5 #tr606 #electronicdrums #drumloop #homestudio

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Finally got a copy of ‘Tractus’. Beautiful. (Seems like good music for this cold, snowy day to take my mind off how tomorrow will likely usher in the new era of robber barons taking full control of the country. Sigh.) #arvopärt #tractus #ecmrecords #contemporaryclassical #minimalism #tintinnabuli

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A very happy birthday to Paul Webb. ✨✌️🙂 [original 📷: Paul Webb] #paulwebb #rustinman #talktalk #orang

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A clip from our annual David Bowie birthday cover. Helena gets her wish & we cover a song from ‘Labyrinth’—‘As the World Falls Down’. Video uses ‘Les Fantaisies D’ Agénor Maltracé’ (1911), directed by Émile Cohl. Full video on our YouTube page. Link in bio.✌️🙂 #davidbowie #coversong #musicvideo

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Recording is finished. Time to mix and master and figure out a video for our upcoming annual David Bowie birthday cover song. Premieres on 8 January 2025. Stay tuned. ✨✌️🎶 #coversong #astheworldfallsdown #davidbowie #davidbowiecover #homestudio #pittsburghmusicscene #pittsburghband #music

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As always, remembering Mark Hollis on his birthday today. (📷 Paul Bergen/Redferns/Getty Images) #markhollis #markhollistalktalk #talktalk

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This arrived in the post today. Very excited to have found a copy—one of the 500 with all 6 of the maps, etc. Beautiful music (featuring @keelinmusic.bsky.social ). Beautiful packaging. And the download code for the extra materials via the Kooky site still works, 10+ years later. #vinireilly

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Please enjoy this clip from the music video for our cover of ‘Silver Raven’ (Gene Clark). Full video on our YouTube page. #musicvideo #geneckark #coversong #pittsburghband

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Happy Christmas, happy first night of Hanukkah, & happy new Doctor Who episode. Here’s our cover of “I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek” (The Go-Go’s, 1964). A little silliness. Full video on our YouTube page. Cheers! ✌️✨🙂🎄🎶🕎 #christmasmusic #musicvideo #pittsburghmusic #doctorwho #dalek

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Xmas vibes: Definitely what our children think. 🎅🎄🙂 #holidayvibes #xmasvibes #calvinandhobbes #calvinandhobbeswisdom #festiveseasonvibes #onechristmasforyourthoughts

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Very excited to dig into Johnny Marr’s “Marr’s Guitars”. And it’s a signed copy! Fab holiday present from Helena. ❤️ ✨🎸✌️ #marrsguitars #johnnymarr #johnnyfuckinmarr #bookstigram #bookcollection #signedbooks #manchestermusic #thesmiths #thethe #deystpublishing

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Work-in-progress. Solo: Stylophone Theremin & the trusty old VL-1. (I played the theremin using the antenna, but pitch-corrected a few notes.)✌️🙂🎹🎶✨ #pittsburghmusic #workinprogress #synth #stylophone #theremin #casiovl1 #homestudio #homerecording

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As always, remembering the wonderful and kind Pat Fish on his birthday today. Miss ya. ✌️✨🎶 #jazzbutcher #patfish #thejazzbutcher #jazzbutcherconspiracy

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One of my faves from 2023, I was finally able to find a domestic copy of @lloydcole.bsky.social ‘s ‘On Pain’ at a reasonable price (been streaming it since it was released). Fab. #lloydcole #onpain #cdcollection #earmusic

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Excited to pick up our copy of Jon Macy’s fantastic graphic novel, “Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes” from White Whale Books. Fab read & very highly recommended. 🙂✌️✨📖 #djunabarnes #graphicnovel #modernistliterature #independentbookstore #whitewhalebookstore #streetnoisebooks

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There are some days you want to listen to Satie (most for me), and then there are some days that call for John Hackett and Steve Hackett’s “Sketches of Satie”. Lovely. #eriksatie #stevehackett #johnhackett #sketchesofsatie #cdcollection #flute #guitar

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We got a new mic! #warmaudio #wa47jr #microphone #homestudio #pittsburghband

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Look what arrived from across the pond! The 2024 @needlemythology.bsky.social ‘s 3 CD remaster of @thelilactime.bsky.social ‘s fab 1991 album, ‘Astronauts’, all dreamy, jazzy, lush, and groovy. #thelilactime #stephenduffy #needlemythology #cdcollection #remaster

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Before we forget, today is #bandcampfriday. All of or original work (& a Durutti Column cover) is available at very low prices (apparently we’re not only in it for the $). Please consider giving it a listen & a good home. Already housebroken & plays well with others. ✌️🙂 #pittsburghmusic #indiemusic

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Also: We have recorded a cover of a classic slice of Americana, albeit as ambient electronica w/ pseudo-psychedelic backwards guitar & lots of reverb & delay. Currently mixing & mastering & figuring out a video. More soon. ✌️🙂 #homestudio #coversong #pittsburghband #silverraven #geneclark #logicpro

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Yesterday was all patching & turning of dials to create percussion sounds & ambient pads. Went old-school (w/ modern equipment). Bass drum/percussion via #volcamodular, hi-hat & white noise snare via #cre8audio #eastbeast, & grainy ambient pad via #volcakeys .✌️🙂 #pittsburghband #semimodularsynth

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Feeling inspired to create/record today. Not saying it’s the Electric Heaters hat that is responsible, but also not saying it isn’t. Might also be the guitar. ✌️🙂🎸 #danelectro #danelectrou2 #korgvolcamodular #korgvolcakeys #homerecording #homestudio #pittsburghband #pittsburghmusic

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We recently collaborated w/ Jon Macy to celebrate the release of his graphic novel, ‘Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes’. Here’s the #musicvideo for our song, ‘Djuna’, released in 2016, updated/remixed in 2024, the video contains images from Macy’s fab book. #pittsburghmusic #djunabarnes

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It’s cold outside. Here’s a delay pedal. #nuxtapeecho #delaypedal

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Hello, new (to us) social media app. Here’s a video clip from our cover of ‘Red Shoes’, originally performed by #thedurutticolumn , recorded earlier this year to celebrate #vinireilly ‘s birthday. (Vini kindly provided us with a few of his photos for an album cover a while a back. Fab human.). ✌️🙂

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