Guru – The Marconium

Songs From or About Japan

Nov. 6, 2024
Blog
Column
Writer: ajostu

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Battle Without Honour or Humility	Tomoyasu Hotei	Shoegazer
2	Bling-Bang-Bang-Born	Creepy Nuts	Marconius7
3	Life	Gen Hoshino	Loud Atlas
4	Point of View Point	Cornelius	Uncleben
5	The Bamboo Princess	Wednesday Campanella	pejepeine
6	Iuta Upopo (Pestle Song)	Oki ft. Umiko Ando	Nicko
7	Shirahama Blues	Yara Family	TarquinSpodd
8	Flowers	Yanawaraba	TarquinSpodd
9	Sukiyaki	Kyu Sakamoto	SweetHomeAlabama
10	New World	Tamurapan	TarquinSpodd
11	Overtake	AKB48	Marconius7
12	Fin Girl	Seiko Oomori	TarquinSpodd
13	Twiggy Twiggy	Pizzicato Five	Uncleben
14	Carbon Rose	Uyama Hiroto	Nilpferd
15	Meguru	Kodo	bluepeter

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Tokyo	Nitin Sawhney	severin
2	Copy	Plastics	Fred Erickson
3	C'Mon and Feel the Terrible Noise	The Wankys	Carpgate
4	Riff Man	Zazen Boys	Malcolm Short
5	Fu-Ren	Kazumi Watanabe	BanazirGalbasi
6	Tsugaru Jongara Bushi	Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans	Traktor Albatrost
7	Tsugaru Jongara Bushi	Chizukan Takahashi	Nicko
8	Is Not All One	Tony Scott	Nicko
9	Kiso-Bushi	Koichi Sugii	Nicko
10	Shin-Sekai	DJ Krush ft Rino	Traktor Albatrost
11	Tokyo After Dark	GBH	Carpgate
12	Ebisu Animal Anthem	Ebisu Muscats	TarquinSpodd
13	Soapland Serenade	Veda Hille	TatankaYotanka
14	Midnight Pure Heterosexual Relations	Seiko Oomori	TarquinSpodd
15	(I Miss the) Tokyo Skyline	Manic Street Preachers	happyclapper

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Songs About Castles and Palaces

Oct. 30, 2024
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Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Versailles	Thylacine	Maki
2	Al Pie de la Alhambra	Medina Azahara	Maki
3	Phillip My Dear	Mighty Sparrow	tincanman
4	Blues Palace	John Gorka	Fred Erickson
5	Just the Two of Us	Grover Washington Jr. ft Bill Withers	Nicko
6	Keeper of the Castle	Four Tops	Fred Erickson
7	Castle Walls	Styx	Fred Erickson
8	Ooh My Love	Stevie Nicks	Fred Erickson
9	West Canterbury Subdivision Blues	The Stonemans	Fred Erickson
10	Château de Sable	Rokia Traoré	Nicko
11	There Goes Mavis	Richard Shindell	Suzi
12	The Queen and the Soldier	Suzanne Vega	tincanman
13	Bedtime Story	Tammy Wynette	Fred Erickson

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Outside the Palace	Violent Femmes	happyclapper
2	Castles in the Air	Don McLean	bluepeter
3	Burn the Castle	New Model Army	happyclapper
4	March to the Witch's Castle	Funkadelic	TarquinSpodd
5	Alhambra	Estrella Morente	Maki
6	Chateau Lobby # 4	Father John Misty	Vikingchild
7	I Am Michael Fagan	The C33s	Maki
8	Xica da Silva	Jorge Ben	pejepeine
9	Castles in the Air	Hoodoo Gurus	Nicko
10	Palace of the King	Freddie King	Uncleben
11	Sanssouci	Rufus Wainwright	SweetHomeAlabama
12	Concrete Castle King	Dennis Brown	Nicko
13	Sand Castles	Elvis Presley	Nicko
14	Gruesome Castle	The Wake	vanwolf2
15	Andalucia	John Cale & Terry Riley	TarquinSpodd
16	Palace of Gold	Blue Rodeo	Fred Erickson
17	Buckingham Palace	Dillinger	Nicko
18	The Lady of Shalott	Loreena McKennit	tincanman
19	Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?	Tommy Dorsey	Nicko
20	Castle Rock	Sy Oliver	Nicko
21	Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann	Nena	Vikingchild
22	Old Castles	Paul Weller	Fred Erickson
23	Castles and Tassels	Adam Green	TarquinSpodd
24	Castles and Dreams	Blackmore's Night	Fred Erickson
25	Darby's Castle	Kris Kristofferson	Fred Erickson

C List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ritual (Palace)	Jon Hopkins	severin
2	Frente A Palacio (In Front of the Palace)	Los Pekenikes	pejepeine
3	Where Eagles Dare	Ron Godwin	BanazirGalbasi
4	Merry-Go-Rpund of Life	Joe Hisaishi	BanazirGalbasi
5	The Palace	David Arkenstone & Andrew White	Fred Erickson
6	Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle	Carbon Leaf	Fred Erickson

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Songs About Underdogs

Oct. 23, 2024
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Column
Writer: Loud Atlas

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Underdog	Sly and the Family Stone	Traktor Albatrost
2	Down City Streets	Archie Roach	Nicko
3	Always Lift Him Up and Never Knock Him Down	Blind Alfred Reed	TarquinSpodd
4	You Don't Mess Around with Jim	Jim Croce	AltraEgo
5	The Underdog	Spoon	vanwolf2
6	Sink the Bismarck	Johnny Horton	Marconius7
7	Small Axe	Bob Marley & the Wailers	severin
8	Eve Was Black	Allison Russell	tincanman
9	Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?	Peter Sarstedt	bluepeter
10	I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'	Todd Duncan	Nicko
11	Pick Yourself Up	Nat King Cole	Marconius7
12	Joe Hill	Paul Robeson	Suzi
13	Gonna Fly Now	Bill Conti	Marconius7

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Big Time Operator	Keith Hampshire	Marconius7
2	Tubthumping	Chumbawamba	Shoegazer
3	Underdog	Alicia Keys	BanazirGalbasi
4	In the City	Joe Walsh	Maki
5	Power to the People	Public Enemy	MussoliniHeadkick
6	Tobacco Road	The Nashville Teens	bluepeter
7	Joey's on the Streets Again	The Boomtown Rats	Maki
8	Weeds	Pulp	happyclapper
9	I'm Not Down	The Clash	Nicko
10	Fight Dirty	Guignol and Mischief Brew	EnglishOutlaw
11	Underdogs	Manic Street Preachers	BanazirGalbasi
12	The Ugly Duckling	Danny Kaye	bluepeter
13	Love Song of the Beta Male	Stornaway	happyclapper

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Songs About Chairs & Other Sitting Furniture

Oct. 16, 2024
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Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (DiscoMonster)

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'	Ella Fitzgerald	Nilpferd
2	My Tennessee Mountain Home	Dolly Parton	Marconius7
3	No Mama - No Papa	Patti Jerome	Nicko
4	Folding Chair	Regina Spektor	Marconius7
5	Chaise Longue	Wet Leg	Uncleben
6	Rockin' Chair	Gwen McCrae	AltraEgo
7	Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair	Bessie Smith	Nicko
8	Picture on the Wall	Natural Ites	Uncleben
9	Historia de las Sillas	Silvio Rodríguez	pejepeine
10	A House is Not a Home	Dionne Warwick	Suzi
11	Shine On	The House of Love	Shoegazer
12	On the Pale Silver Sofa	Cold Gawd	vanwolf2
13	For Pat (on the Chaise Longue Dreaming)	The Bevis Frond	TatankaYotanka
14	Rocking Chair (It's Gonna Be All Right)	Dean Friedman	ToffeeBoy
15	My Chair	Jill Sobule	tincanman
16	I'll Keep Sittin' on It	Georgia White	Nicko
17	The Bauhaus Chair	The Nits	Vikingchild
18	Are You Sitting Comfortably?	Harry Beckett	Shoegazer
19	Sitting on a Poor Man's Throne	Copperpenny	SweetHomeAlabama
20	Rockin' Chair	Hoagy Carmichael	Marconius7
21	Tree and Two Chairs	Underworld	Shoegazer

No B List

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Album Tracks Better Than the Singles

Oct. 9, 2024
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (DiscoMonster)

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go	Curtis Mayfield	pejepeine
2	Light My Fire	The Doors	SweetHomeAlabama
3	Suavecito	Malo	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Black Magic Woman	Santana	AltraEgo
5	"Heroes"	David Bowie	severin
6	Bluebird	Buffalo Springfield	AltraEgo
7	Come and Get Your Love	Redbone	SweetHomeAlabama
8	Cosmic Slop	Funkadelic	TarquinSpodd
9	The Look of Love	Isaac Hayes	Uncleben
10	This is What She's Like	Dexys Midnight Runners	Carpgate
11	La Folie	The Stranglers	Maki
12	Nightporter	Japan	Vikingchild

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Close to Me	The Cure	happyclapper
2	Integral	Pet Shop Boys	Vikingchild
3	Being Boiled	The Human League	severin
4	Like a Motorway	Saint Etienne	happyclapper
5	King of My Castle	Wamdue Project	Uncleben
6	Strawberry Letter 23	The Brothers Johnson	AltraEgo
7	Slippin' into Darkness	War	AltraEgo
8	Time Has Come Today	The Chambers Brothers	Shoegazer
9	(Don't Fear) The Reaper	Blue Öyster Cult	Fred Erickson
10	Welcome to the Pleasuredome	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Maki

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Songs About the Frozen North

Oct. 2, 2024
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	North to Alaska	Johnny Horton	SweetHomeAlabama
2	Iditarod Trail	Hobo Jim	BanazirGalbasi
3	Northwest Passage	Show of Hands	Suzi
4	Trans Siberian Express	Momus	Vikingchild
5	Siberia / Sibirijá	Torgeir Vassvik	Traktor Albatrost
6	Sámiid ædnan	Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta	Traktor Albatrost
7	Sivulivinivut	Tanya Tagaq	tincanman
8	People of the Deer	The Trews	tincanman
9	People of the Snow	Techno Sound Group	Fred Erickson
10	Arctic Fox	Jenny Räisänen	Suzi
11	Midnight Sun	Redgum	Nicko
12	Marooned	Wire	vanwolf2
13	Elegy for the Arctic	Ludovico Einaudi	severin

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Northern Lights	Lucinda Belle Orchestra	severin
2	Great Skua	British Sea Power	happyclapper
3	Return to Tunguska	Alan Parsons	BanazirGalbasi
4	Martin Hartwell Story	Stompin' Tom Connors	Maki
5	Greenland Whale Fisheries	The Pogues	severin
6	Kaelen Mikla	Sólstöður	Vikingchild
7	Jojk	Kornet	pejepeine
8	Song of the Iceberg	Billy Bragg	Maki
9	Tuktoyaktuk Hymn	Veda Hille	TatankaYotanka
10	Shores of Prudhoe Bay	Bill Staines	BanazirGalbasi
11	Lord Franklin	Martin Carthy	Suzi
12	American Child	John Denver	Fred Erickson
13	Be the Rain	Neil Young	Uncleben
14	Alaska Country	Shocking Blue	Nicko
15	The Alaska Song	Lucy J. Dalton	Fred Erickson
16	Anchorage	The Church	Nicko
17	Guovssahasaid ájagáttis	Mari Boine	AltraEgo
18	Poutapilvet	Kardemimmit	Suzi
19	Flight of the Snow Goose	Camel	AltraEgo
20	The Kursk	Matt Elliott	TatankaYotanka
21	Min drøm er midnattsolens land	Jet Blacks	Traktor Albatrost
22	Magnetic North	Alestorm	Badu
23	Alaskan Pipeline	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Loud Atlas
24	Murmansk Run / Ellis Island	Al Stewart	TatankaYotanka
25	When It's Springtime in Alaska	Johnny Horton	TarquinSpodd
26	Les Esquimaux	Jocelyne Dorian	TatankaYotanka
27	Seal Hunt version A	Pamyua	TarquinSpodd
28	Dear Old Greenland	Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire	Fred Erickson

C List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Pohjola’s Daughter	Jean Sibelius	Vikingchild
2	Land of the Midnight Sun	Al di Meola	BanazirGalbasi
3	Northwest Passage	Oregon	BanazirGalbasi
4	Svalbardtema	Geir Bøhren & Bent Åserud	Traktor Albatrost
5	Northwest Passage	Woody Herman	BanazirGalbasi
6	Chuckchi	Boreal Taiga	BanazirGalbasi
7	Chukhon Fantasia	Alexander Dargomyzhsky	BanazirGalbasi
8	Midnight Sun	Australian Allstars	Nicko
9	Lappland	Finn Eriksen	Traktor Albatrost
10	Aurora Borealis	Sun Ra	Loud Atlas
11	Polka des Esquimaux	Charles Verstraete et Son Orchestre	TatankaYotanka
12	Igloo	Terje Isungset	TatankaYotanka

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Songs About Bad Boys & Bad Girls

Sept. 25, 2024
Blog
Column
Writer: tincanman

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Super Freak	Rick James	SweetHomeAlabama
2	I Know What Boys Like	The Waitresses	Loud Atlas
3	Just for Kicks	Mike Sarne	TarquinSpodd
4	Lazy Line Painter Jane	Belle and Sebastian	ParaMhor
5	Scallywag	Jake Thackray	Suzi
6	Jet Song (from West Side Story)	Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim	Marconius7
7	Your Mamma Won't Like Me	Suzi Quatro	SweetHomeAlabama
8	He's Gonna Step on You Again	John Kongos	Traktor Albatrost
9	Sister	She Wants Revenge	Vikingchild
10	Trouble	Elvis Presley	Suzi
11	Crawdaddy Simone	The Syndicats	Traktor Albatrost
12	Automatic Love	The Vibrators	Carpgate
13	Nice Boys	Rose Tattoo	Nicko

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Don't Call Her No Tramp	Betty Davis	severin
2	Poison Ivy	The Coasters	MussoliniHeadkick
3	Black Magic Woman	Fleetwood Mac	AltraEgo
4	It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry	Glasvegas	vanwolf2
5	Good Girls Don't	The Knack	Marconius7
6	I'm a Leather Boy	Leather Boy	TarquinSpodd
7	Till the Cows Come Home	Lucille Bogan	Nicko
8	Bad Girls	M.I.A.	Vikingchild
9	Maneater	Nelly Furtado	TatankaYotanka
10	Trouble	P!nk	CraftyYarnster
11	Live with Me	The Rolling Stones	AltraEgo
12	I Wouldn't Lie	Splodgenessabounds	Carpgate
13	Rose of Killer	十四代目トイレの花子さん (14th Generation Toilet Hanako-san)	TarquinSpodd

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Songs About Bears

Sept. 18, 2024
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Column
Writer: Carpgate (Wyngate Carpenter)

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Teddy Bears' Picnic	Anne Murray	Marconius7
2	Rupert	Jackie Lee	Vikingchild
3	House at Pooh Corner	Loggins and Messina	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Bird Mad Girl	The Cure	Noodsy
5	The Grizzly Bear	Shel Silverstein	Loud Atlas
6	Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park	The Tragically Hip	Marconius7
7	Dakota the Dancing Bear, Part 2	David Allan Coe	Fred Erickson
8	Les Ours	Nick Cave & Warren Ellis	Uncleben
9	Grizzly Bear Blues	Corb Lund	tincanman
10	Bear by the Bonfire	Mudslide	Traktor Albatrost
11	Bear on the Beach	A Camp	happyclapper
12	L'ours	Christophe Maé & Youssou N'Dour	TatankaYotanka
13	Right to Arm Bears	Paul Westerberg	tincanman
14	Bears	Zebra	Fred Erickson

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Edward the Bear	The Damned	Vikingchild
2	Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair	Arctic Monkeys	Vikingchild
3	Eisbär	Grauzone	Badu
4	Bear Cage	The Stranglers	happyclapper
5	A Guide to Men	Future of the Left	happyclapper
6	Di Eagle an' Di Bear	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Uncleben
7	Sometimes You Get the Bear (And Sometimes the Bear Gets You)	Sugaray Rayford	BanazirGalbasi
8	Convoy	C.W. McCall	Shoegazer
9	Bears Don't Dig on Dancing	Tim Minchin	Noodsy
10	Paddington	Blancmange	Vikingchild
11	Eaten by Bears	Nervous Nellie	BanazirGalbasi
12	Oso Polar	Niños Mutantes	Maki
13	The Bear and the Maiden Fair	Tall Like Tyrion	Suzi
14	Have You Got Any News of the Iceberg	The Mrs. Ackroyd Band	Suzi
15	Me and My Teddy Bear	Peter Gabriel	RicharDeLyne
16	Teddy Bear	Yoko Ono	Uncleben
17	Ursa Major	The Cosmic Dead	BanazirGalbasi

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Songs About Makeup and Cosmetics

Sept. 11, 2024
Blog
Column
Writer: Suzanne Saxby (Suzi)

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Lipstick, Powder and Paint	Big Joe Turner	TarquinSpodd
2	Make-Up	Prince	Vikingchild
3	No More Cake	Chai	ajostu
4	Art-I-Ficial	X-Ray Spex	TarquinSpodd
5	Walking Make-Up Counter	Soft Cell	Vikingchild
6	Magic's in the Makeup	No Doubt	Fred Erickson
7	Crush with Eyeliner	R.E.M.	Uncleben
8	Make Up	Lou Reed	Noodsy
9	The Lipstick on His Collar	Caro Emerald	Fred Erickson
10	Lipstick	Suzi Quatro	BanazirGalbasi
11	Make Up to Break Up	Siouxsie and the Banshees	TarquinSpodd
12	Little Mascara	The Replacements	Uncleben
13	Goodnight Kiss	Black Box Recorder	ParaMhor

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Lipstick in the Night	Joe Ely	Fred Erickson
2	False Eyelashes	Dolly Parton	Vikingchild
3	Mascara	Jazmine Sullivan	tincanman
4	Unpretty	TLC	Loud Atlas
5	Run Mascara	The Exciters	pejepeine
6	Mascara Tears	Richard Thompson	Chris7572
7	Maquillaje	Mecano	pejepeine
8	Double Decker Eyelashes	Cornershop	happyclapper
9	Painted Lady	Abbey Lincoln	Fred Erickson
10	L.I.P.S.T.I.C.K.	Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band	Traktor Albatrost
11	Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eyeshadow	Jonathan Richman	severin
12	Painted Face	Glen Lewis	Nicko

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Songs About the Colour Brown

Sept. 4, 2024
Blog
Column
Writer: Loud Atlas

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Brown	Ken Nordine	Fred Erickson
2	Brown Rice	Don Cherry	pejepeine
3	Chocolate Drop	Howlin' Wolf	Nicko
4	Worried Brown Eyes	Jake Thackray	severin
5	Hickory, Walnut & Pine	The Po' Ramblin' Boys	tincanman
6	Muddy Water	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	Shoegazer
7	Little Brown Jug	Glenn Miller & his Orchestra	Suzi
8	The Nut Brown Maiden	The Corries	Suzi
9	Brown Skin Girl	Sonny Rollins	Nicko
10	Cravo e Canela	Milton Nascimento	pejepeine
11	Brown Sugar	D'Angelo	nosuchzone
12	Greetings to the New Brunette	Billy Bragg	ParaMhor
13	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	tincanman
14	Brown Baby	Oscar Brown Jr.	Fred Erickson
15	Ebony Eyes	Stevie Wonder	Fred Erickson

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Brown Eyed Girl	Van Morrison	nosuchzone
2	Brown Skin Girl	Leon Bridges	Nicko
3	Chocolate Whale	Kaleidoscope	TarquinSpodd
4	Hemingway's Whiskey	Guy Clark	tincanman
5	Brown and Proud	Los Mocosos	Nicko
6	Brown Shoes	The Purple Gang	TarquinSpodd
7	Soul Sister, Brown Sugar	Sam & Dave	AltraEgo
8	Brown Gal	Lil Hardin Armstrong	Nicko
9	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Buddy Holly	Suzi
10	Brown Skin	India Arie	Fred Erickson
11	Mud on the Tires	Brad Paisley	Fred Erickson
12	Couleur Café	Serge Gainsbourg	pejepeine
13	Metal Chestnut	Slash	Vikingchild
14	Hot Chocolate	Shonen Knife	TarquinSpodd
15	Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss	Heino	TarquinSpodd

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Sept. 11, 2024 Blog Column Writer: Suzanne Saxby (Suzi)

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Nov. 6, 2024
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Writer: ajostu

Oct. 30, 2024
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Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

Oct. 23, 2024
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Writer: Loud Atlas

Oct. 16, 2024
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Writer: Paul Hayes (DiscoMonster)

Oct. 9, 2024
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Writer: Paul Hayes (DiscoMonster)

Oct. 2, 2024
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Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

Sept. 25, 2024
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Writer: tincanman

Sept. 18, 2024
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Writer: Carpgate (Wyngate Carpenter)

Sept. 11, 2024
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Writer: Suzanne Saxby (Suzi)

Sept. 4, 2024
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Writer: Loud Atlas