Rob Maher
banner
eponymist.bsky.social
Rob Maher
@eponymist.bsky.social
Reader, Writer, Music Lover. Interests include (but not ltd. to) James Joyce, Star Trek (DS9 FTW), H2G2 & Sci-Fi, Heavy Metal, Jazz & Prog, as well as words, words, words. See my blog for more:
https://eponymistuk.blogspot.com/
Pinned
Ok, well now I've finished the 1st draft of a 900 page novel & then wrote an 80 page short story, time to get back to Reading the Wordl that has taken a backseat for the last 18 months. Zimbabwe, Tsitsi Dangarembga and NoViolet Bulawayo:

worldthereading.blogspot.com/2025/07/zimb...
Zimbabwe - Nervous Conditions et al.
worldthereading.blogspot.com
The real genius of Pluribus is how Vince Gilligan convinced Apple to make an allegory about Apple being a benevolent dictatorship.
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Reposted by Rob Maher
🤘NEW EPISODE🤘

Listen Here
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
open.spotify.com/episode/4s5h...
The Heaviest Songs of the Universe (Part 3- Side B2): Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Linkin Park, and more!
open.spotify.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#np Yup. Still perfect.
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Goodreads has clearly started using AI to generate its pages and it is peak AI: Takes twice as long to load as it used to, but is in all other respects identical.
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I prefer King Size. As in, the length of a Stephen King novel:
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#np Tom Waits - Rain Dogs. Happy 40th you mad bastard.
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Rob Maher
Don't miss Buddy Nutzack's set in Riyadh. youtu.be/lRXn-g1s4T8
Every Edgy Millionaire Comedian
YouTube video by Alasdair Beckett-King
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Share your favourite black and white movie (Strangelove a close 2nd).
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@av4apod.bsky.social I'm writing something about Chekhov (part of piece on Russian writers) and was curious to know if you've seen Drive My Car.
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Reposted by Rob Maher
New Reading the World blogpost - Uzbekistan, Hamid Ismailov and the Soviet Era:
#readingtheworld

worldthereading.blogspot.com/2025/09/uzbe...
Uzbekistan - The Railway et al.
worldthereading.blogspot.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Reposted by Rob Maher
August 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Reposted by Rob Maher
🤘NEW EPISODE🤘

I had some tech ghosts that I couldn't banish on this one (echoey but audible). Please like, share, and follow!

The Heaviest Songs of the Universe (Part 1) Side B featuring a nominee from BiggSluggathor!

LISTEN HERE
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
open.spotify.com/episode/6CL2...
The Heaviest Songs of the Universe (Part I) Side B: Thorr's Hammer, Mastodon, Imperial Triumphant, The Beatles
...And Volume For All · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
One more reason why Kiss suck.
August 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Light Purple
Dairy Queen
The Beat-less
Slightly diminish a band:

They Might Be Of Average Height
Slightly diminish a band:

The Style Parish Council.
August 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In the future, everyone will have done a colab with Babymetal.
#andywarholaintgotnothingonme
August 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Jean-Jacques U Off
#philosopherprince
August 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by Rob Maher
A Tribute to #OzzyOsbourne

'Best Of' AV4A honoring the late, great, Prince of Darkness.

Thank you, Ozzy. You were, and still remain, the greatest front man of all time! 🤘 #MetalSky
open.spotify.com/episode/3QZB...
Best of AV4A: Ozzy Osbourne
...And Volume For All · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Rob Maher
Funny and yet horrifically true summing up. Do watch; they’re very good at what they do.
July 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM