Rob Chapman
@scribblerrob.bsky.social
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.
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Huddersfield flea market finds. A quid each. She doesn't look that lonely to me.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Huddersfield flea market finds. A quid each. She doesn't look that lonely to me.
Also, been in that Huddersfield today taking advantage of alumni status at the Uni to use their splendid library to save myself a few quid and indulge in a little light reading before Christmas. Derek and Edwin.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Also, been in that Huddersfield today taking advantage of alumni status at the Uni to use their splendid library to save myself a few quid and indulge in a little light reading before Christmas. Derek and Edwin.
Coupled of course with my 'found' Yves Tanguy from a few months back. (It's actually our clothes horse) I'm going to have to make this a thing aren't I?
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Coupled of course with my 'found' Yves Tanguy from a few months back. (It's actually our clothes horse) I'm going to have to make this a thing aren't I?
It occurs that a panel from this would make a great Abstract Expressionist era found painting. But who is it? The colour palette isn't right for Rothko or Barnett Newman. Kline?
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It occurs that a panel from this would make a great Abstract Expressionist era found painting. But who is it? The colour palette isn't right for Rothko or Barnett Newman. Kline?
Attic #4. Change of pace. Does anyone else remember this early AIDS campaign poster? One of the more effective ones I thought.
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Attic #4. Change of pace. Does anyone else remember this early AIDS campaign poster? One of the more effective ones I thought.
Attic #3. Ibeefa 1994. Fabulous Pacha poster. Sexy Sexy Woman. There was no chance of getting a siesta in our hotel full of knobheads so me and C used to go round the quiet streets mid-afternoon liberating old Pacha posters off the walls. Works of art every one of them. Brought back loads.
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Attic #3. Ibeefa 1994. Fabulous Pacha poster. Sexy Sexy Woman. There was no chance of getting a siesta in our hotel full of knobheads so me and C used to go round the quiet streets mid-afternoon liberating old Pacha posters off the walls. Works of art every one of them. Brought back loads.
Attic find #2. Glaxos at the Uni student union. Dec 78. Art Objects were Gerard, Wojtek and Jonjo and evolved into Blue Aeroplanes. No idea who Maelstrom were. This gig was 'eventful'. See next post.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Attic find #2. Glaxos at the Uni student union. Dec 78. Art Objects were Gerard, Wojtek and Jonjo and evolved into Blue Aeroplanes. No idea who Maelstrom were. This gig was 'eventful'. See next post.
Starting with a Tears For Fears STSOL plastic bag, crumpled and slightly perished like its owner.
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Starting with a Tears For Fears STSOL plastic bag, crumpled and slightly perished like its owner.
Our Alice trading licks (as the young people almost certainly don't call it anymore) during Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry Bout A Thing this morning at Piece Hall Halifax.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Our Alice trading licks (as the young people almost certainly don't call it anymore) during Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry Bout A Thing this morning at Piece Hall Halifax.
Groove provider.
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Groove provider.
Not a nudge but likewise this. With a track on the same Harvest comp as S&D too. Picnic. Do you know it? Genuinely one of the weirdest turn of the decade records I know.
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Not a nudge but likewise this. With a track on the same Harvest comp as S&D too. Picnic. Do you know it? Genuinely one of the weirdest turn of the decade records I know.
Google photos reminding me a year ago today we had snow. Plus the reappearance of the enigmatic Ray (aka Exxy)
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Google photos reminding me a year ago today we had snow. Plus the reappearance of the enigmatic Ray (aka Exxy)
"Copy editing's not what it was"
"It never was"
This from the introduction to the updated edition of Thomas Beecham's biography of Frederick Delius.
"It never was"
This from the introduction to the updated edition of Thomas Beecham's biography of Frederick Delius.
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Copy editing's not what it was"
"It never was"
This from the introduction to the updated edition of Thomas Beecham's biography of Frederick Delius.
"It never was"
This from the introduction to the updated edition of Thomas Beecham's biography of Frederick Delius.
"Oh, the throat of winter is upon us". Lunchtime listening. My roots music. My portal. Before Joy of a Toy. Before Madcap. This. ❤️ Marc and Steve. #folkmusic
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Oh, the throat of winter is upon us". Lunchtime listening. My roots music. My portal. Before Joy of a Toy. Before Madcap. This. ❤️ Marc and Steve. #folkmusic
Yeah, you folks and John Lennon too. This from his mid-70s Letters. I've never seen it referenced anywhere by Beatles 'experts'- an oxymoron if I ever encountered one - probably because they didn't even know what windowpane was.
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yeah, you folks and John Lennon too. This from his mid-70s Letters. I've never seen it referenced anywhere by Beatles 'experts'- an oxymoron if I ever encountered one - probably because they didn't even know what windowpane was.
Latest pop news from the pre-Murdoch Sun September 64. "The Locarno has switched from Beat to Bingo".
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Latest pop news from the pre-Murdoch Sun September 64. "The Locarno has switched from Beat to Bingo".
This taken 10 minutes later. I think we're in for the long haul here. (Long toast?)
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This taken 10 minutes later. I think we're in for the long haul here. (Long toast?)
Me and my best writer buddy who approves of my new heat the room policy.
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Me and my best writer buddy who approves of my new heat the room policy.
One of the best ensemble casts since MASH. And I mean this guy, one of the finest comic creations ever.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
One of the best ensemble casts since MASH. And I mean this guy, one of the finest comic creations ever.
Ditto the hanging basket toms. Don't think we've ever picked them so late to ripen in a bag. This is all that's left. Even the trailing lobelias are still going. The bees loved them.
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ditto the hanging basket toms. Don't think we've ever picked them so late to ripen in a bag. This is all that's left. Even the trailing lobelias are still going. The bees loved them.
Weather is set to turn wintry with frost forecast for tonight so that may be it for the kale on the left and the ruby chard on the right but it's been a great year for both of them. No iron deficiency in this house.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Weather is set to turn wintry with frost forecast for tonight so that may be it for the kale on the left and the ruby chard on the right but it's been a great year for both of them. No iron deficiency in this house.
"You don't go blind but very short sighted". Guess what we're watching again.
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"You don't go blind but very short sighted". Guess what we're watching again.