Bob Fischer
@bobfischer.bsky.social
Writer and mumbler. Haunted Generation, Fortean Times, Electronic Sound, Doctor Who Magazine, Shindig, Mulgrave Audio, Wiffle Lever To Full, Scarred For Life and Summer Winos. Summat to do innit
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Thank you again to @michaelspicer.bsky.social and @bobfischer.bsky.social for being excellent sports! 🐴 🐝 ✉️ 🍷
The exquisite @michaelspicer.bsky.social (The Room Next Door) and the luxurious Bob Fischer (@hauntedgeneration.bsky.social ) have a part to play in ‘Clopper’!
Which is our special sketch in the Xmas eve special of ‘Listen Through the Brown Window’!
Which is our special sketch in the Xmas eve special of ‘Listen Through the Brown Window’!
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Thank you again to @michaelspicer.bsky.social and @bobfischer.bsky.social for being excellent sports! 🐴 🐝 ✉️ 🍷
Delighted for Aja, and I'm going to continue the trail of thanks... she was recommended to us by the great @jaymoussamann.bsky.social!
Lovely interview in the Northern Echo with Aja Dodd, who plays Jenny in @b7media.bsky.social’s “The Truth About Phyllis Twigg” on BBC Radio 4 this Christmas Eve. Shoutout to @bobfischer.bsky.social and @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social who found her first! 😁
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2570055...
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2570055...
The young Darlington woman playing a part in radio history on Christmas Eve
The surprise message that led to a Darlington woman’s starring role in a new Christmas Eve drama on BBC Radio 4. PETER BARRON reports
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Delighted for Aja, and I'm going to continue the trail of thanks... she was recommended to us by the great @jaymoussamann.bsky.social!
Ah, Kirsty MacColl. Just wonderful. I managed to see her live once, at the old Arena nightclub in Middlesbrough on 19th August 1992. And took these photos...
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Ah, Kirsty MacColl. Just wonderful. I managed to see her live once, at the old Arena nightclub in Middlesbrough on 19th August 1992. And took these photos...
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It's here! Joel Morris and I wrote a ghost story for the long winter nights, and Rosie Cavaliero, Carrie Quinlan, Josienne Clark and Victoria Moss breathed strange life into it. Turn off the lights and gather round the fire's glowing embers...
OUT NOW
A #BrokenVeil ghost story for Christmas.
Rosie Cavaliero and Carrie Quinlan in
TOND
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A #BrokenVeil ghost story for Christmas.
Rosie Cavaliero and Carrie Quinlan in
TOND
pod.link/1745494718/e...
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It's here! Joel Morris and I wrote a ghost story for the long winter nights, and Rosie Cavaliero, Carrie Quinlan, Josienne Clark and Victoria Moss breathed strange life into it. Turn off the lights and gather round the fire's glowing embers...
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That is beautiful and quite the nostalgia rush. If I may add my own little contribution. Me on Christmas Day 1975, age 8, very much the 'Action Man' Christmas I remember.
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
That is beautiful and quite the nostalgia rush. If I may add my own little contribution. Me on Christmas Day 1975, age 8, very much the 'Action Man' Christmas I remember.
FIVE GOLD RINGS Teesside style. Written for @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social again...
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
FIVE GOLD RINGS Teesside style. Written for @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social again...
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I'll add my annual Christmas pic of me in maybe '75 or '76?
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I'll add my annual Christmas pic of me in maybe '75 or '76?
Jer-jer-jer-jer-Jamaican ger-ger-ginger c-cake.
I took a road-trip with @Bob_Fischer yesterday in preparation for a project that will be announced next year. This was one of our numerous stops. Please SOMEBODY buy the Open All Hours shop and ensure that it remains operating as a business of some kind. Or give it to us... we have plenty of ideas!
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Jer-jer-jer-jer-Jamaican ger-ger-ginger c-cake.
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This is brilliant, Andy's lucky to have a trove like that. I don't think there are many pics of me opening presents, but there are snippets of cine film from 1977 - including the fleeting disappointment on my face when I realise someone had bought me an Action Man Dinghy before I had an Action Man!
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is brilliant, Andy's lucky to have a trove like that. I don't think there are many pics of me opening presents, but there are snippets of cine film from 1977 - including the fleeting disappointment on my face when I realise someone had bought me an Action Man Dinghy before I had an Action Man!
One of my favourite things on the Haunted Generation website... a festive selection of the 20,000 photographs left to Andy Heggs by his Dad. Memories of some very 1970s Christmases: Basil Brush, Lego, Space 1999 and the Matchbox Cascade! Amazing pics.
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/12/24/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/12/24/t...
The Dark Room: “Christmas In The 1970s” By Andy Heggs
Fragmented, fading memories of tinsel-laden Christmas trees from Woolworths, and the tantalising tower of luridly-wrapped presents stacked beneath. The impossible wait for dawn, and the frenzied ri…
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
One of my favourite things on the Haunted Generation website... a festive selection of the 20,000 photographs left to Andy Heggs by his Dad. Memories of some very 1970s Christmases: Basil Brush, Lego, Space 1999 and the Matchbox Cascade! Amazing pics.
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/12/24/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/12/24/t...
Was anyone else told urban myths about telephone boxes and weird phone numbers? Another 100-word horror story written for @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Was anyone else told urban myths about telephone boxes and weird phone numbers? Another 100-word horror story written for @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social
Tonight! This is lovely regular night in Whitby, and amidst all the singing and mummery I'll be giving a little talk about how my 1980s Christmases were infused with strange, snowy magic - and how a lot of it came from The Box of Delights.
Tomorrow! Come for folklore, performance, stories about Christmas, and a genuinely spooky haunted raffle! Hosted by the fantastic @bobfischer.bsky.social, you won't want to miss this.
December 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Tonight! This is lovely regular night in Whitby, and amidst all the singing and mummery I'll be giving a little talk about how my 1980s Christmases were infused with strange, snowy magic - and how a lot of it came from The Box of Delights.
100-word Christmas horror story. Written for @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
100-word Christmas horror story. Written for @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social
I have a shambling, ridiculous band called Old Muggins and we are doing our first free Christmas gig at The Waiting Room in Eaglescliffe since 2019. And just confirmed as support... the mighty Rick Dobbing of Dressed Like Wolves. This is going to be jolly... Sunday 21st December, all welcome.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I have a shambling, ridiculous band called Old Muggins and we are doing our first free Christmas gig at The Waiting Room in Eaglescliffe since 2019. And just confirmed as support... the mighty Rick Dobbing of Dressed Like Wolves. This is going to be jolly... Sunday 21st December, all welcome.
Also... I spoke to the mighty Alan Parsons for this issue. We started with 'I Robot' then moved onto Magic Alex and Pilot. Lovely bloke.
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We’re marking 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’ in this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the mag with a yellow vinyl seven-inch featuring THE DIVINE COMEDY’s epic version of the album title track. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Also... I spoke to the mighty Alan Parsons for this issue. We started with 'I Robot' then moved onto Magic Alex and Pilot. Lovely bloke.
It's 45 years today since Flash Gordon was released in the UK. Here's me with Sam J Jones in Darlington, chanelling my inner Hans Zarkov.
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's 45 years today since Flash Gordon was released in the UK. Here's me with Sam J Jones in Darlington, chanelling my inner Hans Zarkov.
Saw this show in Whitby last month, and it was terrific.
Very much looking forward to bringing 'Wren's Nest' to London tonight, onstage around 9.15pm at The Horse Hospital.
Photo by @pefkin.bsky.social from last week's sold out show at Bishops' House in Sheffield.
Last tickets for London : wegottickets.com/event/678061
Photo by @pefkin.bsky.social from last week's sold out show at Bishops' House in Sheffield.
Last tickets for London : wegottickets.com/event/678061
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Saw this show in Whitby last month, and it was terrific.
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THE BRITISH STEREO COLLECTIVE
'Horizon 9' - Music Inspired by Blake's 7 and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Available to pre-order or download now, a month ahead of schedule due to the 'Marked to Kill' 12 inch single being released today #Blakes7
thebritishstereocollective.bandcamp.com/album/horizon-9
'Horizon 9' - Music Inspired by Blake's 7 and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Available to pre-order or download now, a month ahead of schedule due to the 'Marked to Kill' 12 inch single being released today #Blakes7
thebritishstereocollective.bandcamp.com/album/horizon-9
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
THE BRITISH STEREO COLLECTIVE
'Horizon 9' - Music Inspired by Blake's 7 and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Available to pre-order or download now, a month ahead of schedule due to the 'Marked to Kill' 12 inch single being released today #Blakes7
thebritishstereocollective.bandcamp.com/album/horizon-9
'Horizon 9' - Music Inspired by Blake's 7 and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Available to pre-order or download now, a month ahead of schedule due to the 'Marked to Kill' 12 inch single being released today #Blakes7
thebritishstereocollective.bandcamp.com/album/horizon-9
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Tomorrow! Come for folklore, performance, stories about Christmas, and a genuinely spooky haunted raffle! Hosted by the fantastic @bobfischer.bsky.social, you won't want to miss this.
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Tomorrow! Come for folklore, performance, stories about Christmas, and a genuinely spooky haunted raffle! Hosted by the fantastic @bobfischer.bsky.social, you won't want to miss this.
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My first all-ages book. This one's special.
We’re so pleased to share the gorgeous cover for Imagine a Friend by Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social out March 10, 2026! Wonderful cover art via @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social . Read more:
www.starsandsabers.com/2025/12/09/c...
#books #coverreveal #fantasy #2026books #literature
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#books #coverreveal #fantasy #2026books #literature
Cover Reveal for Imagine a Friend by David Quantick – Stars and Sabers
Stars and Sabers Publishing gives the cover reveal for the book Imagine a Friend by David Quantick, with cover art by Kim Herbst.
www.starsandsabers.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My first all-ages book. This one's special.
A few more of my @electronicsound.bsky.social reviews on the Haunted Generation site... hello Witchboard, Drew Mulholland, @gardengate.bsky.social, @subexotic.bsky.social, @martynaudio.bsky.social, Clevelode, @woodfordhalse.bsky.social
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/12/10/e...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/12/10/e...
Electronic Sound – Reviews (Issue 116)
From a neon-lit New York basement bar comes actual horror director Glenn McQuaid, whose moody new album is a loving tribute to the blood-spattered VHS delights of the 1980s. ‘
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A few more of my @electronicsound.bsky.social reviews on the Haunted Generation site... hello Witchboard, Drew Mulholland, @gardengate.bsky.social, @subexotic.bsky.social, @martynaudio.bsky.social, Clevelode, @woodfordhalse.bsky.social
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/12/10/e...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/12/10/e...
Delighted to be MC-ing this again - early bird tickets on Eventbrite now.
Get it in your diary, folks! Switched On 2026, 6/7/8th November. Early bird tickets only £50 for a full weekend of electronic frivolities and mischief. Are you Switched On? #SwitchedOn #SwitchedOn26 #Whitby #ElectronicMusic
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Delighted to be MC-ing this again - early bird tickets on Eventbrite now.
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As the tech bro, social media age hollows us all out from within, it’s reassuring to learn there are still around 3500 black and white TV licences issued in the UK each year
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
As the tech bro, social media age hollows us all out from within, it’s reassuring to learn there are still around 3500 black and white TV licences issued in the UK each year
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George Harrison meets Tony Sheridan again in Germany, 1977.
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
George Harrison meets Tony Sheridan again in Germany, 1977.
I do a lot of hosting at gorgeous Flowergate Hall in Whitby - home of the Switched On electronic weekender, the Back of the North Wind haunto club and a forthcoming Folklore weekender too. They've now got dedicated socials - please give 'em a follow if you're interested in all this stuff.
Hi everyone! Want to know now about this initiative? Drop us a message, or chat to our team at The Common Room!
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I do a lot of hosting at gorgeous Flowergate Hall in Whitby - home of the Switched On electronic weekender, the Back of the North Wind haunto club and a forthcoming Folklore weekender too. They've now got dedicated socials - please give 'em a follow if you're interested in all this stuff.