Robert
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Robert
@robertd1.bsky.social
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In a year of mostly highs, I thought the highest high would be meeting my favourite writer to talk about one of my favourite books for an article. But having received a 50th anniversary reissue of said book, im happy to see a reminder of that day etched into it and a new high
Yeah, you could say I'm a bit of a music writer
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Yeah, you could say I'm a bit of a music writer
Is it like widely acknowledged that LRB is on one of the most absurd run of high quality publications of recent times? Just every issue is front to back interesting / essential / insightful reading. Get a sub for sure, prices are now criminally low
‘Many things about “The Waste Land” seem to have annoyed Frost, some of which stemmed from his old disagreements with Pound. He disliked free verse, which he considered a lot of hot air and revealing of ignorance.’
Clare Bucknell on Robert Frost.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Clare Bucknell on Robert Frost.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Clare Bucknell · Discord and Fuss: Robert Frost’s Ugly Feelings
Robert Frost’s poetry has a way of lifting its gaze – with a heightening of register, a grand image, a weighty...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Is it like widely acknowledged that LRB is on one of the most absurd run of high quality publications of recent times? Just every issue is front to back interesting / essential / insightful reading. Get a sub for sure, prices are now criminally low
Yearly pilgrimage to see, for my money, the most beautiful artwork ever realised. Seen it countless times but got a there early this time to see it with its panels closed, as would have been the case 95% of the time in the middle ages. Stunning.
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yearly pilgrimage to see, for my money, the most beautiful artwork ever realised. Seen it countless times but got a there early this time to see it with its panels closed, as would have been the case 95% of the time in the middle ages. Stunning.
Ah yes, Geese, the beautiful sound of the privately educated New York indie scene re-blossoming around the dawn of a new financial collapse
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Ah yes, Geese, the beautiful sound of the privately educated New York indie scene re-blossoming around the dawn of a new financial collapse
Out of all tracks on Bowie's 'the next day', 'if you can see me' is the track that most paves way for ★; a loose bridging of Earthlings' screeching accelerationism and Young Americans confused porousness. Yet, can't think of a song I remembered less on first go. What a gamble by Bowie on that sound
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Out of all tracks on Bowie's 'the next day', 'if you can see me' is the track that most paves way for ★; a loose bridging of Earthlings' screeching accelerationism and Young Americans confused porousness. Yet, can't think of a song I remembered less on first go. What a gamble by Bowie on that sound
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No-one read poems like Olson: youtu.be/gAYxpSjkyAg?...
Charles Olson reads 'Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27 [withheld]' (Mar 1966)
YouTube video by generoix
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
No-one read poems like Olson: youtu.be/gAYxpSjkyAg?...
Happy this one got a vinyl release. My favourite album of 2025. UK rap has always been good, but I can't remember the last time something genuinely exciting was happening. This is that record.
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Happy this one got a vinyl release. My favourite album of 2025. UK rap has always been good, but I can't remember the last time something genuinely exciting was happening. This is that record.
One of the truly great and bizarre non-fiction books in existence.
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One of the truly great and bizarre non-fiction books in existence.
Kurt Vonnegut novels.
Underrated: Bluebeard
Perfectly rated: Slaughterhouse 5
Overrated: Breakfast of Champions
Underrated: Bluebeard
Perfectly rated: Slaughterhouse 5
Overrated: Breakfast of Champions
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Kurt Vonnegut novels.
Underrated: Bluebeard
Perfectly rated: Slaughterhouse 5
Overrated: Breakfast of Champions
Underrated: Bluebeard
Perfectly rated: Slaughterhouse 5
Overrated: Breakfast of Champions
In a world of mediocre things that are popular, Stranger Things is very good.
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In a world of mediocre things that are popular, Stranger Things is very good.
I've only read a few books whose sole objective appears to be 'every single sentence needs to be revelatory'. Ulysses, Lolita, and Under The Volcano stand out most. Reading Permanent Earthquake by Evan Dara, it feels like a similar objective,maybe not execution - but Jesus it's unrelenting.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I've only read a few books whose sole objective appears to be 'every single sentence needs to be revelatory'. Ulysses, Lolita, and Under The Volcano stand out most. Reading Permanent Earthquake by Evan Dara, it feels like a similar objective,maybe not execution - but Jesus it's unrelenting.
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The Quietus would not exist were it not for our subscribers. We're not doing a Black Friday sale as we can't afford to, but if you subscribe today, you'll be helping actual humans share their joy in music with independent editorial that's guaranteed AI-slop-free:
thequietus.com/subscribers/
thequietus.com/subscribers/
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Quietus would not exist were it not for our subscribers. We're not doing a Black Friday sale as we can't afford to, but if you subscribe today, you'll be helping actual humans share their joy in music with independent editorial that's guaranteed AI-slop-free:
thequietus.com/subscribers/
thequietus.com/subscribers/
William Gaddis on ChatGPT 75 years ago.
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
William Gaddis on ChatGPT 75 years ago.
Why don't people do stuff like this with literature anymore? And if they do, why am I never coming across it. Every hopeless, wayward schematic has the potential to be a new Tree of Life
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Why don't people do stuff like this with literature anymore? And if they do, why am I never coming across it. Every hopeless, wayward schematic has the potential to be a new Tree of Life
For some reason I always thought Tangerine Dream were from that Canterbury scene. Rectified that and been listening through the records. Absolutely astonishing music. In the era of Stranger Things-core, no idea how this hasn't been more in the purview.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For some reason I always thought Tangerine Dream were from that Canterbury scene. Rectified that and been listening through the records. Absolutely astonishing music. In the era of Stranger Things-core, no idea how this hasn't been more in the purview.
"To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has. To simulate is to feign to have what one doesn't have."
Baudrillard should be required reading in the days of LLM...
Baudrillard should be required reading in the days of LLM...
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has. To simulate is to feign to have what one doesn't have."
Baudrillard should be required reading in the days of LLM...
Baudrillard should be required reading in the days of LLM...
Me when people ask what my book is about:
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Me when people ask what my book is about:
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It seems The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club by @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social is part of the M&S winter campaign.
Didn’t see this one coming…
Didn’t see this one coming…
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It seems The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club by @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social is part of the M&S winter campaign.
Didn’t see this one coming…
Didn’t see this one coming…
I'm coming to the opinion that Don Delillo is US's great post-war writer not Pynchon. Delillo is everywhere in his writing, got his hands wrapped around all the cables being coursed thru by electricity. Yes, some of his novels suck, but how can one man write Libra, Cosmopolis, Mao II & Ratners Star?
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm coming to the opinion that Don Delillo is US's great post-war writer not Pynchon. Delillo is everywhere in his writing, got his hands wrapped around all the cables being coursed thru by electricity. Yes, some of his novels suck, but how can one man write Libra, Cosmopolis, Mao II & Ratners Star?
Shakespeare plays
Under-rated: Troilus and Cressida
Perfectly rated: Macbeth
Over-rated: Richard III
Under-rated: Troilus and Cressida
Perfectly rated: Macbeth
Over-rated: Richard III
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Shakespeare plays
Under-rated: Troilus and Cressida
Perfectly rated: Macbeth
Over-rated: Richard III
Under-rated: Troilus and Cressida
Perfectly rated: Macbeth
Over-rated: Richard III
Waited years to get my hands on blackstar. Repress of course, but it turned up like this.
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Waited years to get my hands on blackstar. Repress of course, but it turned up like this.
Finally secured the bag
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Finally secured the bag
My personal fav Bark Psychosis record. So much closer to the textured, electronic bedroom rock-y sound of today (Caroline, Alex G etc).
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
My personal fav Bark Psychosis record. So much closer to the textured, electronic bedroom rock-y sound of today (Caroline, Alex G etc).