Robert Barry
@monsterbobby.bsky.social
Freelance writer (The Wire, Tribune, Art Review, Mubi Notebook, &c.). Musicker (Far Rainbow, The Pipettes). Reviews Editor at The Quietus. Author of The Music of the Future (Repeater, 2017), Object Lessons: Compact Disc (Bloomsbury, 2020). Idiot.
someone has grafittied the word ‘honte’ (shame) on the wall text in the Palais de Tokyo’s current Echo Delay Reverb exhibition where they explain why they felt they had to remove Cameron Rowland‘s artwork Replacement from the show
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
someone has grafittied the word ‘honte’ (shame) on the wall text in the Palais de Tokyo’s current Echo Delay Reverb exhibition where they explain why they felt they had to remove Cameron Rowland‘s artwork Replacement from the show
this album has such a specific vibe. i don’t feel like listening to it all that often these days, but nights when i do want to, there’s nothing else quite hits the spot.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
this album has such a specific vibe. i don’t feel like listening to it all that often these days, but nights when i do want to, there’s nothing else quite hits the spot.
beautiful set from rafael toral @cafeotodalston.bsky.social tonight
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
beautiful set from rafael toral @cafeotodalston.bsky.social tonight
any time you see one of these machines at the hotel breakfast you know you’re going to spend your morning in a series of endless queues.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
any time you see one of these machines at the hotel breakfast you know you’re going to spend your morning in a series of endless queues.
Look, all respect to the translator of Plutarch's Moralia and all, but I think if my first names were William Clark I would simply not go by an initialism that makes me sound like somewhere people visit to take a piss.
July 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Look, all respect to the translator of Plutarch's Moralia and all, but I think if my first names were William Clark I would simply not go by an initialism that makes me sound like somewhere people visit to take a piss.
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ee... What is going on this photo? did one of them nearly fall over or something? Is Starmer falling into a k-hole and needing to reassure himself of the continuing existence of reality?
July 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ee... What is going on this photo? did one of them nearly fall over or something? Is Starmer falling into a k-hole and needing to reassure himself of the continuing existence of reality?
some pics from Charlemagne Palestine’s installation for the My Teddy Bear show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (just closed yesterday, i’m afraid)
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
some pics from Charlemagne Palestine’s installation for the My Teddy Bear show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (just closed yesterday, i’m afraid)
Today I learnt that this picture of Wayne Shorter from @thewiremagazine.bsky.social #38 (April 1987) was taken by Normski, later of DEF II and Dance Energy.
April 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today I learnt that this picture of Wayne Shorter from @thewiremagazine.bsky.social #38 (April 1987) was taken by Normski, later of DEF II and Dance Energy.
not sure how Dave Mustaine from Megadeath ended up in 13th century Siena…
March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
not sure how Dave Mustaine from Megadeath ended up in 13th century Siena…
scene report: granada
March 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
scene report: granada
order is restored.
March 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
order is restored.
burning the giant anchovy is the community’s way of asserting their agency over the chaos of the world
March 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
burning the giant anchovy is the community’s way of asserting their agency over the chaos of the world
even though the anchovy parade was cancelled, they did still burn the the giant anchovy on the beach
March 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
even though the anchovy parade was cancelled, they did still burn the the giant anchovy on the beach
Despite owning a copy for years, I somehow only just realised that the classic self-titled 1973 João Gilberto is (exec-)produced and mixed by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind.
February 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Despite owning a copy for years, I somehow only just realised that the classic self-titled 1973 João Gilberto is (exec-)produced and mixed by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind.
extremely exciting book post this morning. Brand new Tate Publishing book on the legend Larry Achiampong, feat. my essay “AFK Gone Crate Digging”
February 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
extremely exciting book post this morning. Brand new Tate Publishing book on the legend Larry Achiampong, feat. my essay “AFK Gone Crate Digging”
kind of love that @cafeotodalston.bsky.social have the name "Jürg Frey" graffitied on the wall of the cubicle in the gent's toilets, as if the composer of "Landschaft Mit Wörtern" were your mate's ska-punk band.
January 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
kind of love that @cafeotodalston.bsky.social have the name "Jürg Frey" graffitied on the wall of the cubicle in the gent's toilets, as if the composer of "Landschaft Mit Wörtern" were your mate's ska-punk band.
exciting post! thrilled to receive this books featuring 3 of my little text scores, alongside absolute legends like annea lockwood, raven chacon, pamela z and maria chavez.
January 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
exciting post! thrilled to receive this books featuring 3 of my little text scores, alongside absolute legends like annea lockwood, raven chacon, pamela z and maria chavez.
Wake up, new kiwi just dropped
December 4, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Wake up, new kiwi just dropped