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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · 4d

Sept Top 5 #chopsfives
1) Wednesday 2-5) the motherload from 26 Sept: Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, Automatic, & The Cords 🙌

Cover image for “Bleeds” LP by the band Wednesday.

Cover images for new LP’s by Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, Automatic, and The Cords.

Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · 23d

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” 🙃

Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · 26d

Grandaddy hitting liftoff… (Software Slump 25th anniversary tour at The Glass House, Pomona, CA)

Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Sep 8

Early arrival to assess the ‘security situation’ w a jaundiced but practiced eye. Back out the door to smoke until the bell rings. Cross-country flight, wouldn’t dream of checking a bag, zero error margin. So, both? 😝

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Sep 6

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

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Sep 1

For pure jangle, they never topped “Bandwagon” tbh 🙃

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Aug 21

youtu.be/XARqoTAJFuM?...

Welcome To The Occupation

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Aug 21

Loved Stay True 👍

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Aug 17

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

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Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social · Aug 17

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

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Aug 13

New single from Toronto band Poor You 👻

pooryou.bandcamp.com/album/alread...

Already Won, by Poor You

1 track album

pooryou.bandcamp.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Jul 18

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...

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Jul 9

Bought those tracks as a digital EP back then, and noticed awhile back that Apple disappeared them from my library. Nice lesson in the importance of physical media…

Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Jul 8

@kzknowles.bsky.social

Elaine Anselmi @elaineanselmi.bsky.social · Jul 8

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!

Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Jul 5

#nowplaying

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Jun 24

Beach book!

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · Jun 15

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 -

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Jun 14

#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

Chops Top Fives @chopstopfives.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · Jun 11

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

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Jun 10

Sly 😢

youtu.be/AoDiYTUVVa8?...

Sly & The Family Stone - The Midnight Special, Everybody Is A Star

YouTube video by The Rustee Allen Youtube Show

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Jooli-AHH! Ghoulia 🎃🍂🔪 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · Jun 3

The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · Jun 4

Buddy Guy!

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · May 29

Keep meaning to check out that Tubs record (loved Joanna Gruesome). I’ll consider that a nudge 😝

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Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · May 27

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

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Wayne Jessup @waj.bsky.social · May 25

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