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@tomislive.bsky.social

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Minnesotan. 💜 He/Him. I'm as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce. My debut album 50/50 from Remember Today (me) found right here! ⤵️⤵️⤵️ remembertoday.bandcamp.com music.youtube.com/channel/UCSPMjpCT…

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks, @altmanaficionado.bsky.social hosting us again for a fun countdown! Went to a few nostalgia concerts in 2015, including Huey Lewis & The News. It didn't come to mind at the time, but we should have counted down 2015 in October of last year, ha. 😁 See you all in the future! 😎 #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1️⃣ Prince-Baltimore “To the families that lost loved ones; tonight, we are your servants. The system is broken. The way we fix it is to build a new one. It’s going to take young people to fix it. We need new ideas, new life.” Prince, addressing the crowd at Rally 4 Peace, 5/10/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2️⃣ Jason Isbell-24 Frames "The verses of the song deal with the relationship that I'm in with my wife and how quickly things can change, too. The time I spend wondering how to best support the people that I love can sometimes become knowing when to get out of the way." JI, 7/30/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

3️⃣ Courtney Barnett-Pedestrian At Best "I came up with it at the last minute. After we structured and recorded it, I wrote the lyrics that night to the recording, just singing over it. Doing it that way feels like you’re working on a song that’s already been written.” CB, 1/29/15. #2015SongsTop20

Pedestrian at Best

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

4️⃣ CHVURCHES-Leave A Trace "We probably get more trolls now. People say the same misogynist crap whether I wear shorts and a t-shirt and 95 denier tights, or a dress in a video. They do it because they don't think there should be a woman in that position." Lauren Mayberry, 9/26/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

5️⃣ Wolf Alice-Giant Peach "I wanted a name that was some way of saying 'home' and Roald Dahl's story was it, as the Giant Peach is James’ home. We chose it as our first single since its style is similar to 'Moaning Lisa Smile' and we love playing it live." Ellie Rowsell, 4/26/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

6️⃣ Adele-Hello "I knew 'Hello' was going to be the first thing I was going to come back with. It happened quickly when I was writing it, so I felt that was a good sign. I didn’t want to come back with some spectacular point, as I didn’t have any points to prove.” Adele, 10/23/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

7️⃣ Bully-Trying “I don’t think it necessarily makes the song lesser, but if you listen to ‘Trying’ it’s pretty much the same chord progressions except for the bridge. What changes is the vocal melody and dynamics, so lots of times, melody can do so much." Alicia Bognanno, 12/12/17. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

8️⃣ Wilco-More... "I think the muse for 'Star Wars' was my tweed Fender Champ amplifier. Almost all of the guitars on the album ran through that, and it just sounds like the biggest fuzzbox on earth. Some of those sounds reminded me of glam rock, which I love." Jeff Tweedy, 8/19/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

9️⃣ Sleater/Kinney-A New Wave "I think there’s a lot of songs on the new album that are about feeling like an outsider. You look for societal spaces or shapes to fit in. I think 'A New Wave' speaks to that. It’s just about finding your own mode of being." Carrie Brownstein, 2/20/15. #2015SongsTop20

Sleater-Kinney - A New Wave

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔟 Kurt Vile-Pretty Pimpin' "I don't say pimpin' much, but I knew me saying it was funny. I'm sure I say it sometimes, but it's not like a catchphrase. I guess now it is! Obviously it's associated with hip-hop traditionally, but it was cool to bring to the indie side." KV, 9/16/15. #2015SongsTop20

Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

1️⃣1️⃣ Death Cab For Cutie-Black Sun “I’ve always written about my life, the lives of people around me and how everything intersects. Death Cab has a platinum record and yet I never get bothered when I walk around Seattle. We're successful, but we’re not famous.” Ben Gibbard, 4/3/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1️⃣2️⃣ Tame Impala-The Less I Know The Better “I gave it to Mark Ronson for his album, but then took it back. When I told him, he said, ‘Oh yeah, dude, I was going to say this song is yours. I feel like I’ve stolen your hard drive!’ He was thinking the same thing anyway.” KP, 1/20/20. #2015SongsTop20

The Less I Know The Better

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

1️⃣3️⃣ Beach House-Space Song "Violence in music is always fascinating because I think there’s different layers of it. It ties back to the title of this record-a bit like, 'Yeah, I don’t care, it’s called 'Depression Cherry' and I just wanted it to exist.'" Victoria LeGrand, 10/29/15. #2015SongsTop20

Space Song - Beach House (OFFICIAL AUDIO)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

1️⃣4️⃣ Brandi Carlile-Wherever Is Your Heart “It’s a love song to our cultish little family, stating simply that while our environment and lives change, we grow, but don’t grow apart, and home is wherever we are all together. I can’t see living any other way." Brandi Carlile, 8/19/15. #2015SongsTop20

Wherever is Your Heart

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1️⃣5️⃣ Florence + The Machine-Ship To Wreck "I was thinking about my own self destructive side, and how you can make something only to tear it down, enjoy/destroy, create/devastate, etc. When you're in that whirlwind, you often end up breaking the thing you love the most." FW, 4/8/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

1️⃣6️⃣ Alabama Shakes-Don't Wanna Fight "It's about when you’re working to get ahead but you can’t-because every time you try, someone's gonna take it from you and you end up with not enough at the end of the day. There’s still lots of people living that way.” Brittany Howard, 7/3/15. #2015SongsTop20

Don't Wanna Fight

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

1️⃣7️⃣ Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats-S.O.B. "I kind of wrote the song as a joke. I sketched out the gospel sing-along idea and had the band play along, then wrote all of the words later. I ended up trying to make it lighthearted about a pretty intense situation." NR, 9/3/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

1️⃣8️⃣ Cage The Elephant-Mess Around “'Mess Around' almost didn’t make the album. Brad was playing the riff and I convinced him to pursue it as a song. We recorded it in a day and brought it to Dan Auerbach in the studio-who actually did the solo on that track." Matt Shultz, 10/29/15. #2015SongsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1️⃣9️⃣ My Morning Jacket-Big Decisions “Recording at Stinson Beach felt like being on the end of a different planet. It enhanced everything in a very strange way. We recorded around 24 songs, hoping this year we’ll put the unreleased ones together." Jim James, 6/16/15. #2015SongsTop20 #MusicChallenge

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2️⃣0️⃣ Big Grams-Lights On "We would go back and forth to Atlanta, and Big Boi would come to California and L.A. Some of the stuff was sent through email, but being in one room together makes a big difference, so we tried to get together as much as possible." Sarah Barthel, 10/12/15. #2015SongsTop20

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Mpls Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The first Dolly Parton performance I can find in the Twin Cities: November 30, 1968, at the Minneapolis Auditorium. RIP Dolly.

MINNEAPOLIS
AUDITORIUM
SAT. NOV. 30
8:30 P.M.
GIGANTIC
COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW
BLOCKBUSTER.
Number 24
SMOKEY SMITH,
* PRESENTS: ~
GRAND OLE OPRY PORTER WAGONER
AND THE
WAGONMASTERS!
DOLLY PARTON
Stonewall JACKSON
AND THE
MINUTEMEN
¿LORETTA LYNN:
E CHARLIE PRIDES
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TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT ALL DAYTON STORES
(Where You Can Charge Them)
EVERY SEAT RESERVED
$4.00-$3.50—$2,50

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton just passed away. My heart is breakin'.

TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thanks so much to @altmanaficionado.bsky.social for hosting us! This countdown felt like high school all over again-made me long for the days of cruisin' on the weekend! 🚗 See you all next time! #1992AlbumsTop20

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1992 Movie Name

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣ R.E.M.-Automatic For The People Song: 1️⃣ R.E.M.-Nightswimming "I was thinking a lot about death then. It wasn't a conscious decision to write a song or to write a series of songs or an album's worth of death songs. But that's what it turned into." Michael Stipe, 11/2/17. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Album: 2️⃣ Singles-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Song: 2️⃣ Pearl Jam-State Of Love And Trust “The soundtrack's concept is a mixtape that you would give to a friend and not something that you would sell. It defines Seattle's music, culture and community." Cameron Crowe, 9/18/17. #1992AlbumsTop20

State of Love and Trust

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Album: 3️⃣ Soul Asylum-Grave Dancer's Union Song: 3️⃣ Alice In Chains-Got Me Wrong “I played loud all my life and thought I was going deaf. That's when I first picked up the acoustic guitar. We made around 20 demos that were all acoustic for 'Grave Dancer's'.” Dave Pirner, 4/8/16. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Album: 4️⃣ Sugar-Copper Blue Song: 4️⃣ Tori Amos-Silent All These Years "At first, when I got together with David and Malcolm, we were learning the material for the third Bob Mould solo record. But we were getting on so well, it was feeling much more like a band." Bob Mould, 5/8/26. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Album: 5️⃣ Beastie Boys-Check Your Head Song: 5️⃣ Annie Lennox-Why "There were a lot of positive lyrics on 'Check Your Head.' My confidence has since gone on a back and forth route. When I hear people are into our message, that makes me feel more confident." MC Adam Yauch, 1/31/95. #1992AlbumsTop20

So What'Cha Want (Remastered 2009)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Album: 6️⃣ Alice In Chains-Dirt Song: 6️⃣ Beastie Boys-So What'cha Want "As an artist, that is the ultimate goal. To create something that gets handed down through generations of listeners. It’s not for everybody, but it still has a way of finding people.” Jerry Cantrell, 9/29/22. #1992AlbumsTop20

Would? (2022 Remaster)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Album: 7️⃣ Prince-Love Symbol Song: 7️⃣ Prince-7 "We designed the Love Symbol with influences of Venus, Mars, Eye of Horus 'scroll', Yin & Yang, circular elements for earth, sun and higher power. An abstract influence is the reversed '7.'" Mitch Monson, Love Symbol Designer, 5/4/16. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Album: 8️⃣ Social Distortion-Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell Song: 8️⃣ Nirvana-Sliver “Sure, there’s pressure to succeed-but you can’t think that way. Writing songs for that reason interferes with creativity. I’m writing for me and hoping other people like it.” Mike Ness, 2/14/92. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Album: 9️⃣ Tori Amos-Little Earthquakes Song: 9️⃣ Soul Asylum-Somebody To Shove "I thought about the most powerful thing I could do for myself. The truth is actually the most shocking thing. When you start saying things truthfully, there’s no greater freedom than that." TA, 2/27/95. #1992AlbumsTop20

Silent All These Years (2015 Remaster)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Album: 🔟 Gin Blossoms-New Miserable Experience Song: 🔟 Rage Against The Machine-Killing In The Name Of "There was joy making the album, but with Doug Hopkins' problems, it got terrifying. The title 'New Miserable Experience' is appropriate, because it was." Robin Wilson, 8/4/22. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣1️⃣ Stone Temple Pilots-Core Songs: 1️⃣2️⃣ The Lemonheads-It's A Shame About Ray 1️⃣1️⃣ The Jayhawks-Waiting For The Sun "Making 'Core' holds some of my greatest memories of Scott. He was so on his game, and healthy. There was determination within all of us.” Dean DeLeo, 9/29/22. #1992AlbumsTop20

Plush (2017 Remaster)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣2️⃣ Annie Lennox-Diva Songs: 1️⃣4️⃣ L7-Pretend We're Dead 1️⃣3️⃣ Social Distortion-Bad Luck "I’m singing about how people respond to the act of performing and also how I respond to it. 'Diva' is more of an ironic title; a concept to a diva who has seen better days.” AL, 4/11/92. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣3️⃣ Rage Against The Machine-ST Songs: 1️⃣6️⃣ Screaming Trees-Nearly Lost You 1️⃣5️⃣ Sugar-Helpless "I don't feel that our message is a distilled catchphrase. It's about questioning assumptions, not playing politics-as-theatre. Having said that, I'll do it." Tom Morello, 3/31/93. #1992AlbumsTop20

Killing In the Name

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣4️⃣ The Jayhawks-Hollywood Town Hall Songs: 1️⃣8️⃣ Stone Temple Pilots-Plush 1️⃣7️⃣ Toad The Wet Sprocket-Walk On The Ocean "We found the ‘Hollywood Town Hall’ building near Minneapolis in Hollywood, MN. Fitting pun, as we recorded it all in Hollywood, CA.” Gary Louris, 1/27/11. #1992AlbumsTop20

Waiting For The Sun

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣5️⃣ Peter Gabriel-Us Songs: 2️⃣0️⃣ En Vogue-Free Your Mind 1️⃣9️⃣ Neil Young-Harvest Moon “The personal stuff seemed to dominate my songwriting over the last 5 or 6 years. The look inside was central for me, and not to have written about it would have been a denial." PG, 9/30/92. #1992AlbumsTop20

Digging In The Dirt

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣6️⃣ Dr. Dre-The Chronic Songs: 2️⃣2️⃣ Mary J. Blige-Real Love 2️⃣1️⃣ Eric B. & Rakim-Don't Sweat The Technique "At first, I struggled working on the music for The Chronic. I started second-guessing my ability, but I pushed those doubts aside and persevered." Andre Young, 10/3/23. #1992AlbumsTop20

Nuthin' But A "G" Thang

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣7️⃣ Nirvana-Incesticide Songs: 2️⃣4️⃣ Cracker-Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) 2️⃣3️⃣ The Sundays-Wild Horses "If you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, don't come to our shows or buy our records." Kurt Cobain, Incesticde liner notes, 12/14/92. #1992AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣8️⃣ The Black Crowes-The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion Songs: 2️⃣6️⃣ Sonic Youth-100% 2️⃣5️⃣ Eric Clapton-Tears In Heaven "I think 'Southern Harmony' is probably overall the best record we made. Brother Rich said it solidified the Black Crowes.” Chris Robinson, 12/13/23. #1992AlbumsTop20

Remedy (2023 Remaster)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Album: 1️⃣9️⃣ The Cure-Wish Songs: 2️⃣8️⃣ 10,000 Maniacs-These Are Days 2️⃣7️⃣ P.J. Harvey-Sheela Na Gig "'Disintegration’ I knew how I wanted the songs to sound. For ‘Wish’ I had less of an overall idea. I wanted it to be kaleidoscopic somehow; this was ‘somehow’.” Robert Smith, 11/29/22. #1992AlbumsTop20

High (2022 Remaster)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Album: 2️⃣0️⃣ Uncle Tupelo-March 16-20, 1992 Songs: 3️⃣0️⃣ Dr. Dre-Nuthin' But A "G" Thang (w/Snoop Dogg) 2️⃣9️⃣ Indigo Girls-Galileo "The tones and sounds of the songs were so well done on producer Peter Buck's end. All good moments to have the 'record' button on." Mike Heidorn, 4/1/02. #1992AlbumsTop20

Black Eye (Album Version)

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.

TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.

TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thanks to @altmanaficionado.bsky.social for hosting this super-nostalgic journey of celebrating a lot of 40-year album anniversaries! So many memories of experiencing those records for the first time, so few BlueSky character spaces to describe them in. See you all next time! ✌🏻❤️👋🏻 #1986AlbumsTop20

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Album: 1️⃣ Crowded House-ST Song: 1️⃣ Crowded House-Don't Dream It's Over "Neil, Paul and Nick comprise Crowded House, whose concept from the very beginning was to make compact, sparsely populated uncrowded music. Their debut delivers punch with finesse, not brawn." Cashbox, 9/6/86. #1986AlbumsTop20

Don't Dream It's Over

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TB @tomislive.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Album: 2️⃣ Bruce Hornsby And The Range-The Way It Is Song: 2️⃣ Bruce Hornsby And The Range-The Way It Is "Bruce Hornsby's minimalistic, yet supreme keyboard artistry is what makes 'The Way It Is' the most refreshing, cerebral album making the rounds today." Wichita Eagle, 11/30/86. #1986AlbumsTop20

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