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
Join me and the weird Whitby lot for a very festive Back Of The North Wind! These nights have been an absolute delight all year - songs, stories and all kinds of impromptu oddness with such a nice vibe. Be lovely to see anyone and everyone on Fri 12th Dec, when I'll be opening my Box of Delights...
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Join me and the weird Whitby lot for a very festive Back Of The North Wind! These nights have been an absolute delight all year - songs, stories and all kinds of impromptu oddness with such a nice vibe. Be lovely to see anyone and everyone on Fri 12th Dec, when I'll be opening my Box of Delights...
A week on Sunday! Free! Come join our little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social party at the Who-Ray shop in Stockton. Sandra Kerr singing songs from Patchwuff and Bagpuss, Fellfoul's Aja Dodd, Simon Perkins star Ethan Warren and all three head Mulgraves being seasonably jolly. Ho ho and - indeed - ho.
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A week on Sunday! Free! Come join our little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social party at the Who-Ray shop in Stockton. Sandra Kerr singing songs from Patchwuff and Bagpuss, Fellfoul's Aja Dodd, Simon Perkins star Ethan Warren and all three head Mulgraves being seasonably jolly. Ho ho and - indeed - ho.
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Our Christmas issue is now on sale! South Shields Poltergeist at 20; SAS vs Gnomes; Enys Tregarthen's Cornish tales; Europe's Yuletide spectres; Warminster Thing; Fortean TV 1988 Christmas Special; illustrious eunuchs; phantom twanger; Masonic Super Mario + much more
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November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our Christmas issue is now on sale! South Shields Poltergeist at 20; SAS vs Gnomes; Enys Tregarthen's Cornish tales; Europe's Yuletide spectres; Warminster Thing; Fortean TV 1988 Christmas Special; illustrious eunuchs; phantom twanger; Masonic Super Mario + much more
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Now spinning Patchwuuf ! @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social www.mulgraveaudio.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Now spinning Patchwuuf ! @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social www.mulgraveaudio.co.uk
Looking for a festive gift for 1970s weirdies? My play 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy' is set in 1974 and is stuffed full of vintage oddness, Open University modules and references to Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep. Out on CD from @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social... mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/album/simon-...
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Looking for a festive gift for 1970s weirdies? My play 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy' is set in 1974 and is stuffed full of vintage oddness, Open University modules and references to Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep. Out on CD from @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social... mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/album/simon-...
Few things give me greater pleasure than a dog with a serious face diligilently carrying a fluffy duck or panda down the street.
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Few things give me greater pleasure than a dog with a serious face diligilently carrying a fluffy duck or panda down the street.
Looking for festive nick-nacks for the 70s and 80s-obsessed weirdo in your life? All the Haunted Generation badges are (just about) in stock... School Assembly, Giant Hogweed, Hexham Heads and more. Here:
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November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Looking for festive nick-nacks for the 70s and 80s-obsessed weirdo in your life? All the Haunted Generation badges are (just about) in stock... School Assembly, Giant Hogweed, Hexham Heads and more. Here:
bobfischer.bigcartel.com/category/bad...
bobfischer.bigcartel.com/category/bad...
"I’m just seeing a shadow. But it’s definitely a humanoid figure..." Actual young people go 1970s haunto, bridging the gap from Rainbow to Pokemon. I spoke to Orbury Common for @electronicsound.bsky.social and it's fresh on the Haunted Generation site...
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Orbury Common and Sylvan Chute
“There’s an element of portals about this album,” explains Emlyn Bainbridge. “Basically, my friend looked through a tunnel of trees and said ‘Look at that sylvan chute’. It made complete sense, bec…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"I’m just seeing a shadow. But it’s definitely a humanoid figure..." Actual young people go 1970s haunto, bridging the gap from Rainbow to Pokemon. I spoke to Orbury Common for @electronicsound.bsky.social and it's fresh on the Haunted Generation site...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/26/o...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/26/o...
Eep!
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Eep!
I've seen a few Boro fans saying that if Tommy Conway had taken his chance last night, it would have completely changed the game. And they're right. We'd have got beat 4-3 instead.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I've seen a few Boro fans saying that if Tommy Conway had taken his chance last night, it would have completely changed the game. And they're right. We'd have got beat 4-3 instead.
Me and TV's own Stephen Brotherstone @scarredforlife.bsky.social are live on @bbc5live.bsky.social at 11.15pm celebrating the 50th anniversary of Protect and Survive and discussing our respective childhood phobias of global nuclear armageddon. And after that, all the latest travel news...
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Me and TV's own Stephen Brotherstone @scarredforlife.bsky.social are live on @bbc5live.bsky.social at 11.15pm celebrating the 50th anniversary of Protect and Survive and discussing our respective childhood phobias of global nuclear armageddon. And after that, all the latest travel news...
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The Stone Roses 'Second Coming' album re-evaluated. Released a few weeks before Christmas 31 years ago, the much misunderstood second album really does stand the test of time' louderthanwar.com/stone-roses-... via @louderthanwar
Stone Roses 'Second Coming' reevaluated
The Stone Roses overlooked second album is the classic that everyone missed at the time
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November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Stone Roses 'Second Coming' album re-evaluated. Released a few weeks before Christmas 31 years ago, the much misunderstood second album really does stand the test of time' louderthanwar.com/stone-roses-... via @louderthanwar
Yesterday's Paddy Kingsland feature went down well, so here's the huge Radiophonic Workshop feature I wrote for @electronicsound.bsky.social in 2023. I spoke to Paddy, Roger Limb, Dick Mills, Peter Howell, Brian Hodgson and Mark Ayres and joyousness abounds.
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2024/11/19/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2024/11/19/t...
The Radiophonic Workshop – Adventures In Time And Space
“I first came across Desmond Briscoe on the moon!” laughs Dick Mills. “Plot On The Moon was a radio serial about two mad scientists who went to the moon and – as you do – fell in love with a Moon M…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yesterday's Paddy Kingsland feature went down well, so here's the huge Radiophonic Workshop feature I wrote for @electronicsound.bsky.social in 2023. I spoke to Paddy, Roger Limb, Dick Mills, Peter Howell, Brian Hodgson and Mark Ayres and joyousness abounds.
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2024/11/19/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2024/11/19/t...
Does everyone just think of OMD when they see 'Sugar Tax' headlines?
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Does everyone just think of OMD when they see 'Sugar Tax' headlines?
Want to know how Paddy Kingsland's track 'Reg' became the B-Side to the 1973 7" of the Doctor Who theme? Here's Paddy himself telling the story in his own words... I wrote this for @electronicsound.bsky.social and it's fresh on the Haunted Generation site.
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hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/24/p...
Paddy Kingsland, Fourth Dimension and Reg
“The BBC World Service had a producer called Benny Ammar, who asked if the Radiophonic Workshop could write a theme tune for his show. Desmond Briscoe – who was the Workshop’s Organiser – just dish…
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Want to know how Paddy Kingsland's track 'Reg' became the B-Side to the 1973 7" of the Doctor Who theme? Here's Paddy himself telling the story in his own words... I wrote this for @electronicsound.bsky.social and it's fresh on the Haunted Generation site.
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/24/p...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/24/p...
Here's my latest Haunted Generation column from @forteantimes.bsky.social, so a cheery hello to @pneumatictubes.bsky.social, David Boulter, @swansither.bsky.social, Sunny Smiles Three, Me Lost Me, @adamsleslie.bsky.social @btlabel.bsky.social and more...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/21/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/21/t...
The Haunted Generation In The Fortean Times (Issue 463)
“In the 1960s and ‘70s, running was a slightly hippy-ish subculture in America,” explains Jesse Chandler. “I have a book from that period, and it actually talks about what runners should do when th…
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Here's my latest Haunted Generation column from @forteantimes.bsky.social, so a cheery hello to @pneumatictubes.bsky.social, David Boulter, @swansither.bsky.social, Sunny Smiles Three, Me Lost Me, @adamsleslie.bsky.social @btlabel.bsky.social and more...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/21/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/21/t...
Oh, this feels awful. The Stone Roses were a massive part of my teens, those delicious years of expanding horizons and gentle freedoms. I got the first album for Christmas when I was 18, and it became the soundtrack to all of the above. I'm so, so sad to hear this.
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Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses bassist dies aged 63
The musician, known as 'Mani', played on both Stone Roses albums and later joined Primal Scream.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Oh, this feels awful. The Stone Roses were a massive part of my teens, those delicious years of expanding horizons and gentle freedoms. I got the first album for Christmas when I was 18, and it became the soundtrack to all of the above. I'm so, so sad to hear this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Troubled 80s kids! Grab yourselves the new @electronicsound.bsky.social. I've written about Threads (helped by @reecedinsdale.bsky.social), When The Wind Blows (film editor John Cary) and also chatted with John for a full feature about his dad - electronic pioneer Tristram Cary. Lovely jobs, all.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Troubled 80s kids! Grab yourselves the new @electronicsound.bsky.social. I've written about Threads (helped by @reecedinsdale.bsky.social), When The Wind Blows (film editor John Cary) and also chatted with John for a full feature about his dad - electronic pioneer Tristram Cary. Lovely jobs, all.
Now wishing I was in Barnstaple on Saturday...
If you’re in the West Country stuck for something to do on Saturday You could pop into Barnstable for this. Will be playing few tunes from new album out Feb 2026 on Castles in Space. @castlesinspace.bsky.social @bellprover.bsky.social @theburningtrestle.bsky.social #PatternRecognition #Barnstable
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Now wishing I was in Barnstaple on Saturday...
I've just put a second pair of socks on. In so many ways, this feels like a turning point.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've just put a second pair of socks on. In so many ways, this feels like a turning point.
More of my @electronicsound.bsky.social reviews... hello Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman, @claypipemusic.bsky.social, Nicholas Langley, @philheeks.bsky.social, @plentywenlock.bsky.social @pgofton.bsky.social @ajaysaggar.bsky.social and Jodie Nicholson
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hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/20/e...
Electronic Sound – Reviews (Issue 115)
(First published in Issue 115 of Electronic Sound magazine, July 2024)
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
More of my @electronicsound.bsky.social reviews... hello Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman, @claypipemusic.bsky.social, Nicholas Langley, @philheeks.bsky.social, @plentywenlock.bsky.social @pgofton.bsky.social @ajaysaggar.bsky.social and Jodie Nicholson
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hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/20/e...
I can't place this, but can anyone help @pgofton.bsky.social?
For decades, I've had a section of a postapocalyptic(?) 80s(?) teen(?) novel stuck in my mind. IIRC there's an opening bit where a kid is on a cliff overlooking the sea and a Navy vessel goes by covered in dead bodies. Anyone? @bobfischer.bsky.social ?
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I can't place this, but can anyone help @pgofton.bsky.social?
Leeds and West Yorkshire weirdies! We are bringing the @scarredforlife.bsky.social Folk Horror show to @oldwoollen.bsky.social in Farsley on Thu 12th Feb - one of our favourite venues, we had an absolute blast last time around. Join ussss.... oldwoollen.seetickets.com/event/scarre...
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Leeds and West Yorkshire weirdies! We are bringing the @scarredforlife.bsky.social Folk Horror show to @oldwoollen.bsky.social in Farsley on Thu 12th Feb - one of our favourite venues, we had an absolute blast last time around. Join ussss.... oldwoollen.seetickets.com/event/scarre...
Snow! It's snowing! I still get stupidly excited at the lightest flurry of flakes.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Snow! It's snowing! I still get stupidly excited at the lightest flurry of flakes.
Proud of this feature. I met Keeley Forsyth for coffee to talk about her brilliant album 'The Hollow', but we were both recently bereaved and ended up having quite a touching chat about grief. And Scott Walker. Written for @electronicsound.bsky.social... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/18/k...
Keeley Forsyth and The Hollow
Keeley Forsyth’s third album The Hollow is a bleakly beautiful masterpiece, an affecting symphony of operatic vocals and windswept soundscapes. Its inspirations? Scott Walker, a remarkable Oldham g…
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Proud of this feature. I met Keeley Forsyth for coffee to talk about her brilliant album 'The Hollow', but we were both recently bereaved and ended up having quite a touching chat about grief. And Scott Walker. Written for @electronicsound.bsky.social... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/18/k...