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Joel Hopton
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on here now | writer/reader/fivewhofans guy | co-writer/producer: @afarseries.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is 9 books too many to read about one band?

Yes. Yes it is. But I did it anyway.

Fingers crossed something constructive will come out of this.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
about to Do It* Again (Remastered 2001)

*read about the Beach Boys, the lamest, coolest, sellout-est, strangest, saddest, most joyful rock and roll group in history 📚💙
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
October 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Currently reading. Absolutely all of the chatter I've seen about this is people furious that the series still isn't finished, which seems to be the norm for fantasy tbh. 📚💙
September 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Discovered a potential ancestor cameo in HG Wells's autobiography (from what I know of the family history and dynamics this is probable)
August 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE: the first half is a bitter, derivative account of the life of Brian Wilson up to the 1970s. The second is an unrestrained hagiography of Dr. Landy, his abusive psychotherapist. If you know the true story, this becomes a wild ride.
July 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
NEAREST FARAWAY PLACE: thorough to an insane degree. This book spends more time on the history of the hula hoop than it does on several albums. Great insight into family history/dynamics but the closing chapters suffer from being repurposed articles.
July 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
CATCH A WAVE: the one to go for if you only want to read one book on this band instead of seven like I did.
July 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
#NowPlaying in mono - just like Brian Wilson did

💚💛🐐
June 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What a life. What a legacy. ❤️
June 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Absolutely astounding cover design on Nearest Faraway Place. Very 90s.
June 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Going to figure out what the Beach Boys' deal is if even if it kills me 💙📚
June 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
7 years between these two
May 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Going to find out if every 35 to 45 year old I've ever met was right or whether they'd just had their brains ruined by alcopops and dial-up internet.
April 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Don't know what you’re all complaining about, the Beatles casting is perfect ❤️
April 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
👀👂👃☝️👅 #nowplaying
February 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Saw this on Ebay a while ago and now I can't stop thinking about a parallel universe Only Fools and Horses that's exactly the same as this universe's but everything is train themed.
February 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Don't talk to me or my son ever again
February 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
February 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
February 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
February 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Scratch that. Science Fiction is actually about booing and throwing things at this dogshit AI creature
February 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
👋 hello again #NowPlaying
February 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Back in business 😎
February 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM