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Wayne Gooderham
@wbgooderham.bsky.social
Freelance writer. Blog about books (https://bookdedications.co.uk & https://livesinlit.com). Co-run @tpfilmclub.bsky.social‬. All links to all bits: https://linktr.ee/wbgooderham
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Had a blast/went a bit mad writing this for @thequietus.bsky.social
On the release of a new compilation of Lou Reed’s 1960s compositions at Pickwick Records, Wayne Gooderham surveys the sprawling solo career that was to come later, and picks out ten key tracks

The Strange World Of… Lou Reed

buff.ly/3BVCsbi
I’m doing a thing / having a midlife crisis…

wegottickets.com/event/683908/
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Ace ep on Lou Reed n John Cale’s Songs for Drella podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
'LOU REED/JOHN CALE: SONGS FOR DELLA' w/ Michael Layne Heath
Podcast Episode · REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE · 20/11/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Same vibes…
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ace ep on Lou Reed n John Cale’s Songs for Drella podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
'LOU REED/JOHN CALE: SONGS FOR DELLA' w/ Michael Layne Heath
Podcast Episode · REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE · 20/11/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Same vibes…
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Cannot over stress how much I HATED this adaptation…
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This Whisperer in the Darkness film over on Prime is really quite poor. But I’ve started so I’ll finish…
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tres gut second-hand haul…
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Woke in the early hours to a R4 adaptation of The Good Soldier in which Dowell seemed to *murder* Leonora. But hopefully it was just a horrible horrible nightmare…
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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From this Sunday at 7pm onwards I'll be hosting a regular show on @untidyradio.bsky.social. I'll be playing indie pop & adjacent stuff & am, as always, here to help if you have jangly stuff to share. The first show features The Felt Tips, Hazelene, The Lovely Basement, Armstrong, R.M.F.C & others x
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So long, then, Guermantes Way and your interminable SALONS…
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Not a bad little inscription found inside second-hand copy of Brain Biochemistry by H.S. Bachelard:

"LRM

15/12/76

Not a bad little year"

bookdedications.co.uk/brain-bioche...
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Idea for horror movie trilogy: The Monkey’s Paw - including two prequels detailing the first 6 wishes.
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“You should’ve seen the cover they *wanted* to do…”
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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In addition to Scott Walker’s The Drift turns out my cat is also freaked out by The Shadows’ Man of Mystery…

youtu.be/aHjoi_0YhGA
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ooh, another decent Cheever cover that kicks the shit out of the horrible red spined ed.
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ernnui
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In addition to Scott Walker’s The Drift turns out my cat is also freaked out by The Shadows’ Man of Mystery…

youtu.be/aHjoi_0YhGA
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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*cov*
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
*cov*
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Proust rarely mentions the age of his characters, so am tres chuffed to be able to add 14 year-old Albertine to The Project/Folly:

"Mme Bontemps had been unable to refrain from looking across at her husband, whose comment was: 'Well, well, and she’s only fourteen.'"

livesinlit.com/fourteen-yea...
Fourteen Years Old – Albertine Simonet
It was evident that Albertine had ceased to be a little girl when one day, to express her thanks for a present which a strange lady had given her, she had said: “I’m quite overcome.” Mme Bontemps h…
livesinlit.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Proust rarely mentions the age of his characters, so am tres chuffed to be able to add 14 year-old Albertine to The Project/Folly:

"Mme Bontemps had been unable to refrain from looking across at her husband, whose comment was: 'Well, well, and she’s only fourteen.'"

livesinlit.com/fourteen-yea...
Fourteen Years Old – Albertine Simonet
It was evident that Albertine had ceased to be a little girl when one day, to express her thanks for a present which a strange lady had given her, she had said: “I’m quite overcome.” Mme Bontemps h…
livesinlit.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Wayne Gooderham
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”

#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”

#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM