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Jesse

@jesseross.bsky.social
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Australian in Rovaniemi. Knows where to find a cat. Mild Finnish language skills. 🇫🇮💜🇫🇮

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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh come on now, this is just getting silly.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They've gone too far this time
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of my little projects this weekend was setting up my new little toy. I bought a HiBy R1 MP3 player to use as an offline podcast device, and loaded it with my Get This and Three Bean Salad archives. It's no iPod, but the price was right and it does what I want it to. 🎧👍
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think it's a real shame that Any Trouble's 'Where Are All The Nice Girls?' isn't on Apple Music. It's a classic power-pop album that deserves wider recognition. I bought the record on Discogs just to make sure I had a decent quality copy in my collection.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Where's the "30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard" guy when you need him?? 🐗 yle.fi/a/74-20248396
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yesterday I spent half an hour recording my standard process in a new system we're using at work. Checked the video this morning. I'd forgotten to share my screen. It's a 30 minute silent Teams meeting with my stupid face. ☹️
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My parcels arrived! It's a very Australian music afternoon! Pinky Beecroft's new album 'Lonesome Wolf' plus Tom Clarke's history of the Triple J Hottest 100. 🎧💜🇦🇺
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow, the K-Ruoka app *finally* supports Apple Wallet and NFC. It's about time! I'm also glad they've finally recognised my status. 😎
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SENSITIVE HAM
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yeah, it's been in my library since 2005… 🤨
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why is it that when things from Australia arrive in Finland so much faster if they're sent via Sydney Airport rather than Melbourne? Sometimes stuff sits at Melbourne Airport for a week before it's even loaded onto a plane. But two parcels sent 6 days ago from Sydney are already in Helsinki. 🧐
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm enjoying the new album from Railcard - a bunch of old indie-poppers who formed a new band. I reckon if you're into Belle & Sebastian or Camera Obscura, Railcard would be your kind of thing. 💜🎧
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Railcard - When You Say You Love Me Something's Wrong
From the Railcard album 'Two Steps At A Time', on Skep Wax Records and Slumberland Records. (Released 18th September 2026.) Railcard are Rachel Love (Dolly Mixture), Ian Button (Death In Vegas), Peter Momtchiloff (Heavenly/Would-be-goods) and Allison Thomson (Trashcan Sinatras). FB: Railcard - est. 2025 | IG: railcard_band https://railcardband.bandcamp.com
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The latest Dankpods video makes me want to dig my old 4th gen iPod out of the cupboard and resurrect it with new internals. Or at least just open it up and get rid of its old battery so it doesn't explode. Assuming it hasn't already.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My dad had an operation this week to remove his left thyroid. He said it was the size of the surgeon's fist. 😐 The op was on Monday, but they gave him fentanyl afterwards so he was still feeling completely out of it when we talked yesterday. That's powerful stuff.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you were a pop star in the late 90s/early 00s, it was pretty much guaranteed that you'd ride a futuristic CGI motorbike through a futuristic CGI city in a music video.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maybe Will Smith wouldn't have had such a car crash career if he'd stuck to releasing songs where he summarised the basic plot points of his films.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This morning I'm watching the Rage ARIA countdown from 25/08/2002. Did you know that Daniel Bedingfield had *another* song?
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ARIA Top 30 Countdown (Rage) - 25th August 2002
Top 30 songs from the Rage Top 50 countdown (Australian/ARIA music chart), 25th August 2002. Digitised from VHS with audio upgraded. A few songs beyond No.30 were also included as they were part of this week's recording. A few songs were missing and were added from other countdowns or sources. Shout out to @tassietv7530 who uploaded a few countdowns in recent times, of which a few songs have been used to fill gaps. Please be aware that the video only contains 1-2 mins of each song, generally due to Copyright restrictions. Heavy Copyright restrictions applied to Michelle Branch unfortunately in this video. @ClassicARIACountdowns
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So my wife is away for work again this weekend. Because she wasn't here to stop me I spent a couple of hours last night watching bits of On The Buses and then some Carry On Doctor. My YouTube recommendations are absolutely *fucked* this morning. 😤
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I cannot believe I only found out YESTERDAY that two of my favourite UK bands - Yard Act and Home Counties - are touring Europe TOGETHER in September/October. 😭 *EVEN WORSE* is that all venues are general admission only! No seats for the oldies! 😭😭
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rowing has never been so exciting. 🐊🐊🐊🐊
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What's going on in Rovaniemi this week? Yesterday we helped a woman who was clearly going through a rough patch and had fallen over. Now someone's unconscious in the supermarket doorway. And my wife just passed a kid being loaded into an ambulance. 😐
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Someone also went to the effort of uploading all the Get This podcasts *and* full (music-free) episodes as a podcast feed. What a legend. 📻💜🇦🇺 #imrichard pca.st/podcast/20ff5db0-5ff2-...
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can't believe it took me so long to find out about it, but I've really been getting into the People Want Ducks podcast - the unauthorised history of Get This. It's one for the @tonymartin.bsky.social, Ed Kavalee and Armitage Shanks fans. 📻💜🇦🇺
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People Want Ducks
The unauthorised history of Get This. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big respect for these people who've chosen humanity over money. Also lol.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some guy is hula-hooping around Rovaniemi this afternoon. I've encountered him twice so far. Absolutely bizarre behaviour.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Does the Pope go to church every day? Or, as the head of the Catholic Church, is wherever he is considered 'the church'?
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is all that's running through my head when I see a customer located in Richmond VIC. The funkiest postcode in Australia. 🇦🇺
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Provided to YouTube by Legacy Recordings 3121 · Prince 3121 ℗ 2006 NPG Records, Inc. Manufactured and Distributed by Legacy Recordings Released on: 2006-03-21 Drums: Michael B. Bass: Sonny T. Horn: Maceo Parker Horn: Candy Dulfer Horn: Greg Boyer Horn: Ray Monteiro Auto-generated by YouTube.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Confessions like this make me feel a little better that I only learned in September 2008 that Lapland is a real place.
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Fesshole 🧻 (@fesshole@mastodon.social)
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
To me, this is the obvious place to display the AirPods battery status. But as far as I can tell, the only way to see that info in iPadOS is either the Batteries widget or the Apple Music app. Have I missed something?
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Has anyone else checked out the new stuff from Bloc Party? My face while listening: 😐 It's not for me, to be perfectly honest. Think I'll give the album a miss.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My @maximumfun.org MaxFunDrive 2026 @beefanddairy.bsky.social supporter keychain arrived this week! I'll now always be reminded to remain in fear of Talbot. 💜🎧 pca.st/podcast/bd639d80-1740-...
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's fairly horrifying that 'Get Krackin' was on TV almost a decade ago yet is still extremely relevant. Nothing's changed! Everything is still on fire! Nice to see it getting a bit of international exposure, though. 💜🇦🇺
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last night I watched the 1989 Australian classic 'Houseboat Horror'. It was fascinatingly dreadful. I immediately rewatched it with the audio commentary from @tonymartin.bsky.social. 5 stars. (I have the Bluray but the full thing is now on YouTube!)
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Houseboat Horror (1989) Official HD Trailer
Before Tommy Wiseau entered THE ROOM and James Nguyen took flight with BIRDEMIC, Ollie Martin welcomed audiences aboard HOUSEBOAT HORROR. This trailer has been sourced a new 1080p master upscaled and color corrected from producer Ollie Martin's original archival materials. Shot on video, banned in Queensland and distributed with the world's first 'Gratuitous Violence & Blood Gush Guarantee', HOUSEBOAT HORROR is pure homegrown hilarity and quite possibly the most quotable film in (SOV) cinematic history! Starring a veritable who's who of 80s Australian talent including Alan Dale (NEIGHBOURS), Christine Jeston (THE YOUNG DOCTORS), Gavin Wood (COUNTDOWN), Des 'Animal' Mckenna (HEY HEY, IT'S SATURDAY) and John Michael 'Hollywood’ Howsen, HOUSEBOAT HORROR also features a slew of knockout song hits by THE UNCANNY X-MEN's Brian Mannix!
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
My wife is away for work again this weekend, so we all know what that means, don't we? Yes! I'm going to curate my iTunes music library and fix some playlists which I've been trying to get to for a while! I'll also do some vacuuming and a load of washing! 🤘GETTIN WILD ON THE WEEKEND OH YEAH🤘
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who's up for a 🥔 POTATO ADVENTURE? 🥔
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I had a dream last night where I met John Lennon. I had a sleeve for 'The Beatles' but the records were missing. He suggested I put a copy of 'Abbey Road' in it because they 'belong together'. He refused to elaborate further. He also told me that he enjoys ice cream.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Has anyone actually *told* the koalas about the underpass? 🐨
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I have great nostalgia for when music videos were important. When I got really into pop music as a kid, the ARIA Top 50 on Saturday morning Rage was everything. As a teenager into alternative music, I'd stay up for Friday/Saturday night Rage. Those videos were a gateway. It was a good time. 🎧
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Backstreet Boys style was cool in 1998, but if you saw a bunch of guys looking like this now, you'd have to assume at least one of them was really into crypto and assaulting women.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Artist: "Make sure we look super cool in our music video" Director: "Sure. Go do your dance under that massive sign"
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My wife is away for work this weekend so we know what that means! That's right! I got up an hour ago and instead of making breakfast like I'd planned, I got distracted and wrote an email to a podcast! I could never live by myself. I'd die of neglect in a matter of days. 😅
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Quite often, when I discover a new song/band from hearing them on BBC 6Music or soma.fm or my Apple Music 'New Music' playlist, I worry about ruining it by watching their videos or even just learning anything about them.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The video for 'Everybody Have Fun Tonight' by Wang Chung has somehow never come to my attention before this morning. It's one of the most irritating videos I've ever seen. If I weren't already a fan of the song, this would have turned me right off it.
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Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Official Music Video for Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung. #WangChung #Everybodyhavefuntonight
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Whoever runs the "Classic ARIA Chart Countdowns" YouTube channel is this weekend's hero. 💜🇦🇺🎵📺💜
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
When's the last time you listened to Spod's classic 2003 album 'Taste the Radness'? It's available on Bandcamp for just AUD $7.00. Get into it. 🎸🎹🇦🇺💜
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SPOD 'Totally Rad' (2003)
2003. What a year! My first (only) clip from my first album, Taste The Radness. Made by Kris Moyes, like a magic trick megamix of the different outfits & setups i'd have in live shows back then. Think it was Kris' first clip too. Wild stuff! Finally got a full res (480p, baby) version of this, thanks to Lightning Blue uploading it 5 years ago, and me only just finding it. Stoked!
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This morning's unexplained scent drifting in from outside which triggers an *extremely specific* sense memory: 💥 Fresh pastry/sausage rolls! 💥 It smells *exactly* like the Balfours bakery shop, Westfield Tea Tree Plaza, early 1990s.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Could Australians please tell me what melons are available in your local supermarkets? What's on offer aside from the standard watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew?
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We rewatched 'Project Hail Mary' this evening. Rocky is one of the greatest film aliens ever. Love that little guy.
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Rovaniemen Keskuskentällä ⚽️🇫🇮
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Jesse @jesseross.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Fazer makes a really nice fruit bread but it's not sold in Finland. We have to go to Sweden to buy it. Is it too extreme to call this treason? Keep in mind it's *really nice* bread.
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