Robert
@robertd1.bsky.social
(failing) writer; @loudandquiet @thequietus @clash
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
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.
...Let alone the letters, the book on Moby Dick, all the other poems, the works on the Mayans. I'm the same, I've read The Kingfishers and I'm this far into the Maximus Poems despite having it for years and telling Iain Sinclair I would read it after chatting with him like 8 months ago
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
...Let alone the letters, the book on Moby Dick, all the other poems, the works on the Mayans. I'm the same, I've read The Kingfishers and I'm this far into the Maximus Poems despite having it for years and telling Iain Sinclair I would read it after chatting with him like 8 months ago
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.
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.
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
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:
Thankfully the good people of Bol (sort of Dutch equivalent of Amazon) who sent it, recognised it was a factory error and sent me a replacement the next day (no bowie pun intended)
Good customer service!
Good customer service!
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thankfully the good people of Bol (sort of Dutch equivalent of Amazon) who sent it, recognised it was a factory error and sent me a replacement the next day (no bowie pun intended)
Good customer service!
Good customer service!
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.
Article 6 is the one I came across
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Article 6 is the one I came across
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).
Now you mention it. There's not many that I can recall and fewer that serve a purpose. I guess an example of good chapter titles would be Don Delillo's Ratner Star. Single word chapter titles, all loosely linked to an overall mathematical theme that adds to the books feeling and chapters narrative
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Now you mention it. There's not many that I can recall and fewer that serve a purpose. I guess an example of good chapter titles would be Don Delillo's Ratner Star. Single word chapter titles, all loosely linked to an overall mathematical theme that adds to the books feeling and chapters narrative
One of literature's beautiful accidents.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One of literature's beautiful accidents.
Me to my partner when they ask if they snored last night
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Me to my partner when they ask if they snored last night
Had this beautiful, beguiling book for over ten years. Re-read it more often than any other and it looks like it
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Had this beautiful, beguiling book for over ten years. Re-read it more often than any other and it looks like it
Sunday morning writing music
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Sunday morning writing music
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
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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