dave roberts, PhD
@dr-faustus.bsky.social
An American from Detroit who’s lived in the UK for a long time. Did my PhD on the ethics of war. Love music, especially on vinyl, art, wine, books and politics (I’m woke though prefer awakening and far left). DM=Blocked, no crypto and I’m happily married.
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
The older I get, the more I think the whole idea of nation states is bad.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The older I get, the more I think the whole idea of nation states is bad.
The Doors: Morrison Hotel. Saturday night with a good buzz going following great music and nice drinks, this is the perfect album to finish off on. All kinds of memories getting stuck in my head. This is the 2025 RHF pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #music
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Doors: Morrison Hotel. Saturday night with a good buzz going following great music and nice drinks, this is the perfect album to finish off on. All kinds of memories getting stuck in my head. This is the 2025 RHF pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #music
The Zombies: Odyessey & Oracle. An amazing album that just transports me to the psychedelic 60s. This is the 2025 mono release - highly recommended! #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Zombies: Odyessey & Oracle. An amazing album that just transports me to the psychedelic 60s. This is the 2025 mono release - highly recommended! #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
The Beatles: Help. My mono copy of this is in rough shape, so I need to play the stereo. Love this album - one of my favourite songs is on it: “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away.” Also love the movie in all its weirdness. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowspinning #music
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Beatles: Help. My mono copy of this is in rough shape, so I need to play the stereo. Love this album - one of my favourite songs is on it: “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away.” Also love the movie in all its weirdness. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowspinning #music
The Beatles For Sale. Carrying on listening to the Beatles studio album in orde. I’ve always thought, if there is an underrated Beatles album, this is it. Great tunes and covers and a nice vibe. This is my UK mono first pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #music
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Beatles For Sale. Carrying on listening to the Beatles studio album in orde. I’ve always thought, if there is an underrated Beatles album, this is it. Great tunes and covers and a nice vibe. This is my UK mono first pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #music
The Grateful Dead: The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, Oct 4 & 6, 1980. The ‘Dead is as good as music gets to me. Love getting gigs I haven’t heard before on vinyl. This is my other RSD purchase. I was good this year. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #GratefulDead
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Grateful Dead: The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, Oct 4 & 6, 1980. The ‘Dead is as good as music gets to me. Love getting gigs I haven’t heard before on vinyl. This is my other RSD purchase. I was good this year. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #GratefulDead
Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. This is the RSD release which hasthe original track listing. As the Freewheelin’ that was released is a classic, it’s hard to know how to take this. But it’s fantastic to have the opportunity to hear it as his Bobness intended. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #BobDylan
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. This is the RSD release which hasthe original track listing. As the Freewheelin’ that was released is a classic, it’s hard to know how to take this. But it’s fantastic to have the opportunity to hear it as his Bobness intended. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #BobDylan
The Grateful Dead: In The Dark. Not my fave ‘Dead album by a long shot. But still great and poignant. Can’t believe there are so few original band members left. RIP all. Your music continues to inspire. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The Grateful Dead: In The Dark. Not my fave ‘Dead album by a long shot. But still great and poignant. Can’t believe there are so few original band members left. RIP all. Your music continues to inspire. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
Patti Smith: Easter. The legend that is Patti Smith. Her music has been a part of my life almost as long as I can remember. Words and music is powerful stuff.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Patti Smith: Easter. The legend that is Patti Smith. Her music has been a part of my life almost as long as I can remember. Words and music is powerful stuff.
Yes: 90125. Heard Yes at Pine Knob when they toured this. Great gig with great friends. Love how music and memories interact. This is the stunningly good 45rpm Atlantic 75 AP pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Yes: 90125. Heard Yes at Pine Knob when they toured this. Great gig with great friends. Love how music and memories interact. This is the stunningly good 45rpm Atlantic 75 AP pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
Electric Light Orchestra: Out Of The Blue. Moving away from the Beatles for a bit. ELO have such a great sound - always loved the way they arranged their songs. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Electric Light Orchestra: Out Of The Blue. Moving away from the Beatles for a bit. ELO have such a great sound - always loved the way they arranged their songs. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night. Carrying on with my new Beatles project. Love the movie in all its goofy fun. And the soundtrack is a killer - those harmonies! This is a mono (according to Discogs) “early pressing”. But no further details. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night. Carrying on with my new Beatles project. Love the movie in all its goofy fun. And the soundtrack is a killer - those harmonies! This is a mono (according to Discogs) “early pressing”. But no further details. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl
The Beatles: With The Beatles. I’m sensing a new project - listening to all of the Beatles albums in order! Did R.E.M. so high time for the Fabs. This is my mono 2nd pressing - late ‘63 or early ‘64. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Beatles: With The Beatles. I’m sensing a new project - listening to all of the Beatles albums in order! Did R.E.M. so high time for the Fabs. This is my mono 2nd pressing - late ‘63 or early ‘64. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
The Beatles: Please Please Me. The Beatles Anthology is on Disney + with a new part. I’ve decided to watch all of it again - and was reminded just how good the early Beatles music is. This is my 1963 mono pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Beatles: Please Please Me. The Beatles Anthology is on Disney + with a new part. I’ve decided to watch all of it again - and was reminded just how good the early Beatles music is. This is my 1963 mono pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits. The music is a bit simple and the lyrics are very bubble gum. But sometimes that is absolutely perfect. This is an OG 1865 Australian pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits. The music is a bit simple and the lyrics are very bubble gum. But sometimes that is absolutely perfect. This is an OG 1865 Australian pressing. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
The Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead. Where it all started. Not my fave of theirs, but a very special place in my heart. This is the 50th anniversary pressing from 2020 (I know). #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead. Where it all started. Not my fave of theirs, but a very special place in my heart. This is the 50th anniversary pressing from 2020 (I know). #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority. Such a great and unique band. One of my favourite debut albums. This is a UK first pressing.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority. Such a great and unique band. One of my favourite debut albums. This is a UK first pressing.
The Grateful Dead: Terrapin Station. HAven’t spun this in a while - another Dead album to get lost in. For me this is music in my soul. This is the 2024 Rhino mastering. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Grateful Dead: Terrapin Station. HAven’t spun this in a while - another Dead album to get lost in. For me this is music in my soul. This is the 2024 Rhino mastering. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
John Lee Hooker: It Serve You Right To Suffer. Blues at its best. John Lee Hooker is my favourite blues musician and guitarist. Such a raw, driving sound that hits me in the soul. This is the 2023 45rpm AP pressing #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
John Lee Hooker: It Serve You Right To Suffer. Blues at its best. John Lee Hooker is my favourite blues musician and guitarist. Such a raw, driving sound that hits me in the soul. This is the 2023 45rpm AP pressing #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
Dr John, the night tripper: Gris-Gris. Sometimes this is the only album that will do. Pour a drink and turn it up. this is the 2024, Atlantic 75 45rpm pressing. Swamp music never sounded so good! #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Dr John, the night tripper: Gris-Gris. Sometimes this is the only album that will do. Pour a drink and turn it up. this is the 2024, Atlantic 75 45rpm pressing. Swamp music never sounded so good! #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
Muddy Waters: Hard Again. Masterpiece. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Muddy Waters: Hard Again. Masterpiece. #ArtIsResistance #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowspinning #music