Wayne Jessup
@waj.bsky.social
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”
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
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”
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”
Hi Richard!
Some absolute life-changers in this lot👻
#5debutalbums8084
1) Dream Syndicate: Days of Wine and Roses
2) Mission of Burma: Vs
3) Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
4) REM: Murmur
5) Violent Femmes: (s/t)
(Hon mention: X, Heaven 17, Pretenders, Tears For Fears, & Pylon)
Some absolute life-changers in this lot👻
#5debutalbums8084
1) Dream Syndicate: Days of Wine and Roses
2) Mission of Burma: Vs
3) Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
4) REM: Murmur
5) Violent Femmes: (s/t)
(Hon mention: X, Heaven 17, Pretenders, Tears For Fears, & Pylon)
October 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hi Richard!
Some absolute life-changers in this lot👻
#5debutalbums8084
1) Dream Syndicate: Days of Wine and Roses
2) Mission of Burma: Vs
3) Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
4) REM: Murmur
5) Violent Femmes: (s/t)
(Hon mention: X, Heaven 17, Pretenders, Tears For Fears, & Pylon)
Some absolute life-changers in this lot👻
#5debutalbums8084
1) Dream Syndicate: Days of Wine and Roses
2) Mission of Burma: Vs
3) Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
4) REM: Murmur
5) Violent Femmes: (s/t)
(Hon mention: X, Heaven 17, Pretenders, Tears For Fears, & Pylon)
Scores from the local library book sale (RZA, TC Boyle, Keri Hulme, & Martin Limón)
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Scores from the local library book sale (RZA, TC Boyle, Keri Hulme, & Martin Limón)
Sept Top 5 #chopsfives
1) Wednesday 2-5) the motherload from 26 Sept: Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, Automatic, & The Cords 🙌
1) Wednesday 2-5) the motherload from 26 Sept: Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, Automatic, & The Cords 🙌
October 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sept Top 5 #chopsfives
1) Wednesday 2-5) the motherload from 26 Sept: Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, Automatic, & The Cords 🙌
1) Wednesday 2-5) the motherload from 26 Sept: Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, Automatic, & The Cords 🙌
Grandaddy hitting liftoff… (Software Slump 25th anniversary tour at The Glass House, Pomona, CA)
September 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Grandaddy hitting liftoff… (Software Slump 25th anniversary tour at The Glass House, Pomona, CA)
Grumpy old men summit, Santa Barbara, CA 2025 @ghostgirl411.bsky.social @heyalicia.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Grumpy old men summit, Santa Barbara, CA 2025 @ghostgirl411.bsky.social @heyalicia.bsky.social
Thank you so much for this post. I worked w Marc in Tucson AZ in early ‘90’s-absolute one off. He gave me a cassette of a project in progress billed as “The Illuminati”; sorry it never came to be.
April 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Thank you so much for this post. I worked w Marc in Tucson AZ in early ‘90’s-absolute one off. He gave me a cassette of a project in progress billed as “The Illuminati”; sorry it never came to be.
This was my take on the one LP Sandinista! challenge…
February 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This was my take on the one LP Sandinista! challenge…
@chopstopfives.bsky.social @richards7370.bsky.social
(Combined for efficiency)
#chopsfives
#5albums24
1️⃣ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Woodland
2️⃣ Peel Dream Magazine: Rose Main Reading Room
3️⃣ Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Your Life
4️⃣ Corridor: Mimi
5️⃣ Mo Dotti: Opaque
(Combined for efficiency)
#chopsfives
#5albums24
1️⃣ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Woodland
2️⃣ Peel Dream Magazine: Rose Main Reading Room
3️⃣ Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Your Life
4️⃣ Corridor: Mimi
5️⃣ Mo Dotti: Opaque
December 27, 2024 at 3:19 PM
@chopstopfives.bsky.social @richards7370.bsky.social
(Combined for efficiency)
#chopsfives
#5albums24
1️⃣ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Woodland
2️⃣ Peel Dream Magazine: Rose Main Reading Room
3️⃣ Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Your Life
4️⃣ Corridor: Mimi
5️⃣ Mo Dotti: Opaque
(Combined for efficiency)
#chopsfives
#5albums24
1️⃣ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Woodland
2️⃣ Peel Dream Magazine: Rose Main Reading Room
3️⃣ Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Your Life
4️⃣ Corridor: Mimi
5️⃣ Mo Dotti: Opaque
Egret sighting at work yesterday… random AF
December 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Egret sighting at work yesterday… random AF
Sunday housework essential
November 17, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Sunday housework essential
If you see this, post a concert pic you took
November 11, 2024 at 2:13 AM
If you see this, post a concert pic you took
Ballots surfaced in the mail this week, making today Voting Day, and as tradition dictates: there is a playlist
October 13, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Ballots surfaced in the mail this week, making today Voting Day, and as tradition dictates: there is a playlist
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #162,405!
September 19, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #162,405!
Turns out I’m a “target audience” 👻
Sold!
Sold!
August 30, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Turns out I’m a “target audience” 👻
Sold!
Sold!
Baby opossum chilling in the garden…
August 22, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Baby opossum chilling in the garden…
Made it to the Permanent Records Roadhouse in Cypress Park for a mighty set from Portland’s The Shivas 👻
August 13, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Made it to the Permanent Records Roadhouse in Cypress Park for a mighty set from Portland’s The Shivas 👻
Big Lizard In My Break Area…
July 16, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Big Lizard In My Break Area…