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Wayne Jessup
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Found at ‘Burned All My Notebooks, What Good Are Notebooks’; Toppermost contributer; alumni at The Owl Mag
Spent the week at work building a shortlist for #5debutalbums1014

LoneLady: “Nerve Up”
Warpaint: “The Fool”
Tamaryn: “The Waves”
SISU: “Blood Tears”
Cold Beat: “Over Me”
Upset: “She’s Gone”
Ringo Deathstarr: “Colour Trip”
East Brunswick All Girls Choir: “Seven Drummers”
Chasms: “Subtle Bodies”
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Snocaps, by Snocaps
13 track album
snocaps.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Scores from the local library book sale (RZA, TC Boyle, Keri Hulme, & Martin Limón)
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sept Top 5 #chopsfives
1) Wednesday 2-5) the motherload from 26 Sept: Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, Automatic, & The Cords 🙌
October 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Some people have no sense of humor when they overshare your ass with info on their Urinary Tract Infection and you respond by singing Tacocat’s “UTI” 🙃
September 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Grandaddy hitting liftoff… (Software Slump 25th anniversary tour at The Glass House, Pomona, CA)
September 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
KEXP has unleashed an in studio performance from @tropicalfuckstorm.bsky.social
that’s absolutely 🤯

youtu.be/UCantJzv05k
Tropical Fuck Storm - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Welcome To The Occupation
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
RIP Terence Stamp 😢
For me, this monologue from The Limey ranks right up there w Orson Welles’ cuckoo-clock riff from The Third Man

youtu.be/JsdQYWs3nM4?...
The Limey - Soderbergh - Terry Stamp monologue
YouTube video by Henrique Noronha
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Wayne Jessup
Terence Stamp, the distinctive English actor who came to prominence in 1960s films such as BILLY BUDD and THE COLLECTOR but also excelled in latter day films such as THE HIT and THE LIMEY, has died at 87. Stamp interviewed in 1988. #RIPTerenceStamp m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Wr...
Terence Stamp on the Late late Show 1988
YouTube video by Lucy Hall
m.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New single from Toronto band Poor You 👻

pooryou.bandcamp.com/album/alread...
Already Won, by Poor You
1 track album
pooryou.bandcamp.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.

By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕

lataco.com/ice-raids-pe...
July 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Media friends (and otherwise), I'm looking to assign a photographer in Timmins, Ont. If anyone knows of someone awesome, please send them my way!
July 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
July 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Beach book!
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#chopsfives
(Sly)
Everybody Is A Star
Underdog
Everyday People
Brave & Strong
Stand!

(Brian)
The Warmth Of The Sun
God Only Knows
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Don’t Worry Baby
The Lonely Sea
Friday Top 5.

I’ve not prepared either but don’t feel I can let the passing of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week go without running a top 5 so hit me up with your favourite five tunes by either Sly or Brian or both.

‪#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT‬ to share yours
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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A mysterious woman known as September Jones has mesmerized Northern Soul fans in the U.K. for decades with her raw, haunting voice. Fans have been trying to track her down for years.
The search for a lost Detroit soul singer whose music still lives on overseas
A woman known as September Jones has mesmerized Northern Soul fans in the U.K. for decades with her raw, haunting voice. Fans have been trying to track her down for years.
www.metrotimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by Wayne Jessup
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
June 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Toppermost launches its new-look website today with a special post on Plastic Ono Band from @mikepress.bsky.social

Exciting times for us - new features - a better read on the mobile - why not have an explore - big thanks to all our contributors - anyone can join in.

www.toppermost.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Current reading…
May 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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At a Buffalo Tom gig at Town & Country in London in the '90s, J Mascis was hanging w/us in the dressing room in his typically laconic way. But then George Wendt popped his head in to say hello, J rose out of his chair and exclaimed, “NORM!” I've never seen him as animated before or since. RIP NORM!
May 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In The Neighborhood
Potter’s Field
Take It With Me
Diamonds On My Windshield
I Wish I Was In New Orleans
What are the 5 best Tom Waits songs?

If you don't know who Tom Waits is, please re-post this until you find someone who wants to share their answer (while you're listening to every album).
May 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM