Robert
@robertd1.bsky.social
(failing) writer; @loudandquiet @thequietus @clash
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
Bowie around the time of 'Heathen' and 'Reality' really was just full of penetrating insights. My fav period of his to revisit interview-wise.
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bowie around the time of 'Heathen' and 'Reality' really was just full of penetrating insights. My fav period of his to revisit interview-wise.
Taken time away from TS Eliot and Ted Hughes to re-visit The Cantos. Some of the most vitriolic poetry about the great artistic loss that is WWI
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Taken time away from TS Eliot and Ted Hughes to re-visit The Cantos. Some of the most vitriolic poetry about the great artistic loss that is WWI
The greatest liberation of owning a record player is feeling like taking a punt on a record just because it looks fucking bad ass. Today's find in Maastricht
October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The greatest liberation of owning a record player is feeling like taking a punt on a record just because it looks fucking bad ass. Today's find in Maastricht
Is beautiful to receive the new Legss LP - as well as their accompanying book, which they kindly asked me to write the afterword for.
It's been a long time coming, but finally someone allowed me to talk about Grace Lake, Hollow London, and why the algorithm is the 21st century's T.S. Eliot
It's been a long time coming, but finally someone allowed me to talk about Grace Lake, Hollow London, and why the algorithm is the 21st century's T.S. Eliot
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Is beautiful to receive the new Legss LP - as well as their accompanying book, which they kindly asked me to write the afterword for.
It's been a long time coming, but finally someone allowed me to talk about Grace Lake, Hollow London, and why the algorithm is the 21st century's T.S. Eliot
It's been a long time coming, but finally someone allowed me to talk about Grace Lake, Hollow London, and why the algorithm is the 21st century's T.S. Eliot
Still the most utterly deranged and beautiful leap for a singular meaning across Shakespeare's oeurve
October 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Still the most utterly deranged and beautiful leap for a singular meaning across Shakespeare's oeurve
Album of the goddamn year
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Album of the goddamn year
Returning to this. I think probably one of the primary influences on Gravity's Rainbow.
October 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Returning to this. I think probably one of the primary influences on Gravity's Rainbow.
After many months of only reading Iain Sinclair, Schattenfroh, and American 20th century poetry, I'm welcoming a change of scene
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
After many months of only reading Iain Sinclair, Schattenfroh, and American 20th century poetry, I'm welcoming a change of scene