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Rob Chapman

@scribblerrob.bsky.social

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My next novel will be called Drum. It will be set mostly in the 1980s world of alternative comedy. Available Jan 1st 2026. More details coming soon. https://www.rob-chapman.com

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1h

I think The Worker has as many echoes of Pinter as Steptoe and Son does Beckett.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 2h

Seen it before. Yes astounding. So much year zero shit gets talked about comedy (more so than film or music) He was a true originator, right up there with Stanley Baxter, Benny Hill, Eric Morecambe. I remember when his shows were unmissable.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 2h

The trouble with that 'unhinged' post is the word unhinged. I don't think any of my opinions are unhinged, out of step maybe. But I'm always surprised when people suggest Tarantula is some kind of aberration throwaway or novelty when I think it's a peak 60s fog amphetamine pearler. #shouldabinafilm

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2h

Lord of the Flies is not a timeless fable about human nature: it's just how you would expect a group of boys who had been subjected to a Fifties prep-school education to behave.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 2h

He's been completely written out hasn't he? A complete one off. No one else like him. I've always liked this record. It's mental.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 4h

Mid October and I'm still popping cherry tomatoes fresh off the vine like it's mid August. Bliss.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 5h

I'd better get them registered with PLR too, pronto. It had never occurred to me that any library would stock a self published book.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 5h

It was most unexpected. They'd got my Faber books as well but I didn't think for one minute they would have bought in my self published stuff. Hats off to Calderdale Libraries. Well chuffed.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 5h

In the library just now, on the display rack promoting authors who are appearing at the Tod Lit Festival I noticed Ad Lib, it's been borrowed too! I asked them if they like a copy of Unsung Unsaid. Oh, we've already bought that in, it's out at the moment they said. That's really made my day.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 21h

I feel the same about Nick Drake cover versions.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 21h

You know what I mean

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 21h

You know what I mean.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 21h

You should be able to remix novels and it's not unhinged. Why should a novel be the same every time you read it?

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 22h

And I couldn't stand most indie music so mixed messages

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, I used to get a lot of that funnily enough

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 22h

You spelt "deep and meaningful" wrong.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 22h

Post you from a different era. 1984. Winston looking for his Julia. (Or Julian. I wasn't fussy tbh)

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Truth to materials 101
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hqg...

Young Girl Talking About Color While Tripping on LSD

YouTube video by Propaganda Time

www.youtube.com

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody ever built a statue to anyone who ever said nobody ever built a statue to a critic.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Lunchtime listening. Music for Schools Programmes Jazz. Autumn term. Sombre scenic interludes for reflective scenarios, tower blocks and windswept underpasses, graffiti both fresh and faded.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Todmorden, home of psychfolk wyrdness, numerous avant-gardners, ufologists and ancient wisdom in the bridestones and the ice age rock formations.
In other news, Cheeky Girls are playing the Unitarian Church on Halloween.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

I tried to read this article but the print faded before my eyes like a....something something....metaphor goes here...

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

The salt content in the supermarket long life versions is ridiculously high too. I know several ex-vegans who have seen the light and sussed the con, and the health risks.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Pauline from up my road in same caff from the Paul Graham book and Moma exhibition. "Café Waitress, John’s Café Sandy, Bedfordshire, May 1982" says the caption cos proles don't have names. Pauline the girl who lent me her tiny record player so I could play My People Were Fair as mentioned in Ad Lib.