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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 17h

Easter egg for this video:

I am wearing my PREFAB SPROUT - PROTEST SONGS t-shirt, which you can only really make out around 0:37 then again around 1:21

𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

Video for my song “Death-Wax Girl”.

Yes we filmed it at the Italian Cemetery in Colma because 1. Italian stuff 2. It’s spooky.

⎛|㇏₍^. ̞.^₎ノ|⎞

Joel Cusumano - "Death-Wax Girl" OFFICIAL VIDEO

YouTube video by DandyBoy Records

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 21h

Good show alert

Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com · 22h

If you're in the Bay Area then be sure to drop by for The Telephone Numbers' album release show on October 24th, featuring special guests Big Top, Latitude and The Heart Wants, plus Eli G and Kid Frostbite on the decks. All happening at the excellent Make Out Room, doors at 6pm!

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Jason Myles @agarr45.bsky.social · 1d

#NowPlaying

There was only ever one place to start today. The glorious return of The Telephone Numbers @slumberlandrecords.com
Just waiting for the vinyl to arrive now 🙏🎶🎶🎶

open.spotify.com/album/1o94o0...

Scarecrow II

open.spotify.com

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 1d

Funniest spam mail I’ve received in a while

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Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday my site turned 18 years old. Starting year 19 with a review of a fab @slumberlandrecords.com release from The Telephone Numbers.
www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2025/10/be-r...

Be Right Down: A Quick Review Of The New Album From The Telephone Numbers On Slumberland Records

www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s my silly lil neocities page, not sure what it’s good for but I like it

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Will!! 🫡🙏🫡

Will Craven @wkcraven.bsky.social · 4d

10am sharp, on @bff.fm :

--Mox
--Sachi's Mirror
--Pocket Full of Crumbs
--Spa
--Joel Cusumano
--Whitney's Playland

bff.fm/shows/i-luv-...

I Luv Mondays

I Luv Mondays with Will on BFF.fm. Listen to show archives, or tune in live Monday 10:00 – 11:00am. BFF.fm is a San Francisco community radio station supporting emerging and underground artists and br...

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Will Craven @wkcraven.bsky.social · 4d

10am sharp, on @bff.fm :

--Mox
--Sachi's Mirror
--Pocket Full of Crumbs
--Spa
--Joel Cusumano
--Whitney's Playland

bff.fm/shows/i-luv-...

I Luv Mondays

I Luv Mondays with Will on BFF.fm. Listen to show archives, or tune in live Monday 10:00 – 11:00am. BFF.fm is a San Francisco community radio station supporting emerging and underground artists and br...

bff.fm

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BFF.fm #nowplaying @nowplaying.bff.fm · 4d

🎵 #NowPlaying on BFFdotFM: Two Arrows by Joel Cusumano. Tune in now at https://bff.fm/now/@1759770791

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BFF.fm #nowplaying @nowplaying.bff.fm · 5d

🎵 #NowPlaying on BFFdotFM: Two Arrows by Joel Cusumano. Tune in now at https://bff.fm/now/@1759674892

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Help Mohammed and Heba @mohammedandheba68.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so hungry .. but does it even matter? 😔
I'm in pain. no one care? 💔

We are without shelter, we sleep on the sand 💔

Maybe these are my last words.
My children scream from hunger.

If you see this, reply with a dot.and repost.

gofund.me/c2a2bb620

@mommunism.bsky.social
@lexialex.bsky.social

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · 5d

JUST IN! 'Scarecrow II' by The Telephone Numbers

Feature key members of the modern San Fran indie pop scene, their second LP hears them link jangle pop, power pop, C86, and Dunedin indie sounds.

@slumberlandrecords.com
www.normanrecords.com/records/2105...

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 5d

🙏🙏🙏

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Boneaux @boneaux.bsky.social · 5d

Yo. Check this out. Did you know that there are more dead people than alive people in Colma, CA?

Bet. Outstanding choon, outstanding video.

Get it on your HiFi.

𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

Video for my song “Death-Wax Girl”.

Yes we filmed it at the Italian Cemetery in Colma because 1. Italian stuff 2. It’s spooky.

⎛|㇏₍^. ̞.^₎ノ|⎞

Joel Cusumano - "Death-Wax Girl" OFFICIAL VIDEO

YouTube video by DandyBoy Records

youtu.be

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 5d

What a dumbfuck

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

Video for my song “Death-Wax Girl”.

Yes we filmed it at the Italian Cemetery in Colma because 1. Italian stuff 2. It’s spooky.

⎛|㇏₍^. ̞.^₎ノ|⎞

Joel Cusumano - "Death-Wax Girl" OFFICIAL VIDEO

YouTube video by DandyBoy Records

youtu.be

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you @magnetmagazine.bsky.social!!

MAGNET Magazine @magnetmagazine.bsky.social · 8d

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of @joelcusumano.bsky.social’s “Death-Wax Girl” (@dandyboyrecords.bsky.social). “It’s my attempt at the spookiest songs by the Church, Sound or Chameleons—moody Anglo post-punk groups who were interested in writing classic ‘song’ songs”: magnetmagazine.com/2025/10/03/m...

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Slim Hiney @timdaggerboy.bsky.social · 6d

My review of the new single from The Goods. Out now on Dandy Boy!

www.tumblr.com/daggerzine/7...

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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 2 · The Goods- "April Fools" single (Dandy Boy Records) · Over the years I've called a number of songs "the perfect pop song," and, well, here's another one that could fit into that ca…

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Fran Carlyon @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social · 7d

Hi all 🤍 glistening new Bay Area power pop over at the blog today from @robgood999.bsky.social. Learn more about April Fools (@dandyboyrecords.bsky.social) at the link…

The Goods – April Fools

Returning with a gently uplifting yet melancholic sigh as we wave goodbye to summer, Oakland based Rob Good (Ryli) announces his band The Goods’ full length debut Don’t Spoil The Fun with shimmerin…

heavymetalkids.music.blog

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks John! I agree 😎

John KingMob𓅯𓅯𓅯 @jokingmob.bsky.social · 7d

Very nice, great tune

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

Holy shit! 😳😳😳 I beat Taylor Swift on the iTunes chart! I'm RICH!! THANK YOU FANS !!!!!

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djm @thewildkindness.bsky.social · 7d

2019 seablite in tacoma 💜

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

I was sweating my ass off in that coat!!

Also I used the bathroom in a little neighboring museum, and the nice caretaker told me where Wyatt Earp’s grave was 🪦🤠🔫

𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

Video for my song “Death-Wax Girl”.

Yes we filmed it at the Italian Cemetery in Colma because 1. Italian stuff 2. It’s spooky.

⎛|㇏₍^. ̞.^₎ノ|⎞

Joel Cusumano - "Death-Wax Girl" OFFICIAL VIDEO

YouTube video by DandyBoy Records

youtu.be

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𝒥𝑜𝑒𝓁 "𝓒𝓸𝓸𝔃" 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜 @joelcusumano.bsky.social · 7d

It’s Bandcamp Friday!! Pre-order my LP Waxworld!!!!

Dandy Boy Records @dandyboyrecords.bsky.social · 22d

Coming October 24th- @joelcusumanomusic "Waxworld" LP! 90's alt-rock meets power pop in the vein of early-REM, Ash, Superdrag and Weezer meets modern power pop ala Supercrush and Young Guv!

dandyboyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/waxworld

Waxworld, by Joel Cusumano

14 track album

dandyboyrecords.bandcamp.com

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