The Chills - Pink Frost YouTube video by thechillstv

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Day 8: A song with a circle of fifths progression

♫ i'm so scared

going out on a big limb here but maybe the intro..

Winston - I'm here for our Pacific neighbours.
Rubio - I called him here for NZ's mineral resources.

They could have aligned their stories a bit better.

Even as They Praise Iran Cease-Fire, World Leaders Are Whipsawed by Trump

“The government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket. What is needed now: diplomacy, international law and PEACE.” - Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister of Spain

#nzpol
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/w...

Or whoever on the left is likely to get in, in your electorate. Vote this coalition out!

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OceanaGold Commences Trading on the New York Stock Exchange /PRNewswire/ - OceanaGold Corporation (TSX: OGC) (NYSE: OGC) ("OceanaGold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the Company's common shares have commenced...

Thought it might be minerals 🙄

Just by chance OceanaGold (Waihi gold mine) listed on the NY stock exchange today, too!

Coastal view with very low cloud

The wind has changed.
Warm, humid walk today.

I never understood a minds eye until I found out everyone else in the family can see images - some movie-like, in glorious technicolour - in their heads. I have blurry monochrome somethings when recalling old memories, but that's it. It was astounding for us to find out the experience of others.

Janey Godley speaking for the whole world with her sign saying "TRUMP IS A CUNT"

Today seems an apt one to post this

This is the track I will be listening to as the nuclear apocalypse begins

If history is judging, then it means that people didn't do their job at the time...

Filthy that he's there at this time.

🫨Did he actually say that?

That does feel wholesome - we spend far too much time watching this little bird and the swifts plucking them out of thin air - and handily, from our windows 😍

I didn't know them at all, but they sound great!

Thank you 🎶🫶

Also, wildly appropriate prompt and song lyric combination for today.

If only 🕊️☮️

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Day 8: it smells “interesting”

Greg Johnson – Red Geranium

🎶She Smelt like red geranium wore hibiscus in her hair

It's great when an old, but loved, lyric pops into the head 🤩

Welcome kids, to the ever-present background existential dread that just one stupid leader's decision might cause a catastrophic war outcome. Some of us have been carrying this around since the Cold War.
Really wish none of us had to feel this ever

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Day 8: Song with a circle of fifths progression

Dispatch – The General
“the circle of fifths progression begins at the chorus, when he sings, "I have seen the others...."” Thanks reddit contributor (if you’re correct, I like the song anyway and didn’t know it)

I can't stand this man's spineless ethics. Despite his telling people he's Christian.

They're not so much 'what would Jesus say?' As 'what would Trump say?'

Children of a different religion, colour and on the wrong side. Soooo 🤷‍♂️

😍

You'd think if Luxon has a charity he feels needs support he should be happy to give them a shout-out.

T. Rex - Telegram Sam (Official Music Video) YouTube video by T.Rex

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Day 7: Something square

T Rex – Telegram Sam

Square? Straight hair
- because Marc Bolan says...

🎶I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair
Telegram Sam, you're my main man

😉

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Day 7: A song with a clear chord change between verse and chorus

Addict - Monster Side

Personally that's my personal decision.

Sounds very defensive. Which charities? The Luxon Foundation maybe?

😊

Absolutely!

I think they're confusing Act's wasteful mass production of written questions for question time when they were in opposition with OIAs enhance open democracy.