Jesse Hawken
@jessehawken.bsky.social
Host and producer of the Junk Filter podcast. Toronto born and raised.
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Gordon Lightfoot album cover from 1978 where he looks like Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad with a perm
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Gordon Lightfoot album cover from 1978 where he looks like Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad with a perm
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
Recording a @junkfilterpod.bsky.social this evening contrasting Kathryn Bigelow's brand-new apocalyptic nuclear war thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE with Sidney Lumet's all-timer FAIL-SAFE (1964)
Out in a few days!
Out in a few days!
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Recording a @junkfilterpod.bsky.social this evening contrasting Kathryn Bigelow's brand-new apocalyptic nuclear war thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE with Sidney Lumet's all-timer FAIL-SAFE (1964)
Out in a few days!
Out in a few days!
“Don’t boo, vote!”
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“Don’t boo, vote!”
“She’ll be alright, she just doesn’t understand how government works”
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“She’ll be alright, she just doesn’t understand how government works”
“Look, you just don’t understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“Look, you just don’t understand how the Senate works”
They’re one of the best to ever do it
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
They’re one of the best to ever do it
Steve McQueen: if you don’t fall in love with them listening to this album… the whole first side feels like a greatest hits collection.
For me however it was From Langley Park To Memphis where I fell hard for them, and it sent me down the rabbit hole
For me however it was From Langley Park To Memphis where I fell hard for them, and it sent me down the rabbit hole
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Steve McQueen: if you don’t fall in love with them listening to this album… the whole first side feels like a greatest hits collection.
For me however it was From Langley Park To Memphis where I fell hard for them, and it sent me down the rabbit hole
For me however it was From Langley Park To Memphis where I fell hard for them, and it sent me down the rabbit hole
I feel like Steve McQueen sits in between Swoon and Protest Songs and not just chronologically by recording dates: Swoon through Protest Songs have songs shaped by guitar chords where it really becomes dominated by piano / electronic chord structure from Langley Park onward
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I feel like Steve McQueen sits in between Swoon and Protest Songs and not just chronologically by recording dates: Swoon through Protest Songs have songs shaped by guitar chords where it really becomes dominated by piano / electronic chord structure from Langley Park onward
Great question. I feel like I Trawl The Megahertz is not exactly PS canon because it’s just Paddy, in general I feel the work doesn’t exactly feel like Prefab Sprout anymore once Wendy is gone. But Megahertz is fantastic
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Great question. I feel like I Trawl The Megahertz is not exactly PS canon because it’s just Paddy, in general I feel the work doesn’t exactly feel like Prefab Sprout anymore once Wendy is gone. But Megahertz is fantastic
Coming this month to @junkfilterpod.bsky.social…
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Coming this month to @junkfilterpod.bsky.social…
My four word review of Ukrainian paprika chips
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
My four word review of Ukrainian paprika chips
Schumer going into "Mrs Bailey"'s room to thank her for helping him make a decision on the deal
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Schumer going into "Mrs Bailey"'s room to thank her for helping him make a decision on the deal
“But House of Dynamite, I sell drugs to the community!”
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“But House of Dynamite, I sell drugs to the community!”
Hey @karengeier.com - new Ukrainian chip variation just dropped
(Paprika)
(Paprika)
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hey @karengeier.com - new Ukrainian chip variation just dropped
(Paprika)
(Paprika)
The Little Green Sprout from the Green Giant ads. Bean sprouts. That’s it
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Little Green Sprout from the Green Giant ads. Bean sprouts. That’s it
Me when I see people posting on here about how they just discovered Prefab Sprout and can’t believe how good they are
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Me when I see people posting on here about how they just discovered Prefab Sprout and can’t believe how good they are