Robert
@robertd1.bsky.social
(failing) writer; @loudandquiet @thequietus @clash
I was wondering why 'The Conformity Gate' Stranger Thing's ending theory rang a bell, it's just the ending of Tarkovsky's Solaris.
January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I was wondering why 'The Conformity Gate' Stranger Thing's ending theory rang a bell, it's just the ending of Tarkovsky's Solaris.
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Former Injury Reserve members announce their debut album as By Storm, 'My Ghosts Go Ghost'; hear "And I Dance"
By Storm Announce Debut Album 'My Ghosts Go Ghost': Hear "And I Dance"
By Storm are a group born out of tragedy. Six years ago, Jordan Groggs, a member of the experimental rap trio Injury Reserve, suddenly passed away at the age of 32. In 2023, surviving Injury Reserve m...
stereogum.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Former Injury Reserve members announce their debut album as By Storm, 'My Ghosts Go Ghost'; hear "And I Dance"
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I always understood why deathcrash wasn't for everyone (it's unrelentingly depressing), but their next album is going to surprise and speak to a lot of people. Maybe inspire a few
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
No more slowcore: the transfigured return of deathcrash
The foremost custodians of British slowcore discuss why it was time to put the sound to rest for their make-or-break third album, Somersaults. By Robert Davidson
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I always understood why deathcrash wasn't for everyone (it's unrelentingly depressing), but their next album is going to surprise and speak to a lot of people. Maybe inspire a few
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
The Last Act Bowie documentary played on TV here. Thought it was pretty good. It also just feels right to see Bowie on TV. Phonescreens, laptops. They're not the medium required
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The Last Act Bowie documentary played on TV here. Thought it was pretty good. It also just feels right to see Bowie on TV. Phonescreens, laptops. They're not the medium required
I always understood why deathcrash wasn't for everyone (it's unrelentingly depressing), but their next album is going to surprise and speak to a lot of people. Maybe inspire a few
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
No more slowcore: the transfigured return of deathcrash
The foremost custodians of British slowcore discuss why it was time to put the sound to rest for their make-or-break third album, Somersaults. By Robert Davidson
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I always understood why deathcrash wasn't for everyone (it's unrelentingly depressing), but their next album is going to surprise and speak to a lot of people. Maybe inspire a few
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
I spoke to them as they gear up for third album 'Somersaults' for Loud & Quiet
open.substack.com/pub/loudandq...
I've never been as uninvested in Tottenham Hotspur as I am now. And that includes when I supported Man Utd as an 8 year old.
Conor Gallagher is expected to fly to England on Tuesday to undergo a medical and finalise the details of a long-term contract with Tottenham Hotspur after the Premier League club agreed a €40million (£34.7m) deal with Atletico Madrid for the midfielder.
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More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social
Conor Gallagher set for Tottenham medical after €40m deal agreed with Atletico Madrid
Gallagher has spent 18 months in La Liga after joining Atletico from Chelsea in a £38million deal in the summer of 2024.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I've never been as uninvested in Tottenham Hotspur as I am now. And that includes when I supported Man Utd as an 8 year old.
Just one of those books that take an awful long time to actually pull the trigger on & buy. Been on the radar for probably two decades. Happy to have it at last.
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Just one of those books that take an awful long time to actually pull the trigger on & buy. Been on the radar for probably two decades. Happy to have it at last.
I only seem to listen to Stranger Things OSTs these days. Am I cheugy?
January 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I only seem to listen to Stranger Things OSTs these days. Am I cheugy?
Strangers when we meet (BoS version)
Teenage Wildlife
Time
Dollar Days
New Killer Star
Station to Station
Speed of life
Young Americans
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
Where are we now
Teenage Wildlife
Time
Dollar Days
New Killer Star
Station to Station
Speed of life
Young Americans
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
Where are we now
Fantastic Voyage
The London Boys
Wild is the Wind
Be My Wife
Absolute Beginners
London Bye Ta-Ta
Diamond Dogs
Ashes to Ashes
God Knows I'm Good
Life on Mars?
The London Boys
Wild is the Wind
Be My Wife
Absolute Beginners
London Bye Ta-Ta
Diamond Dogs
Ashes to Ashes
God Knows I'm Good
Life on Mars?
Moonage Daydream
New Career in a New Town
I Can’t Give Everything Away
Candidate/Sweet Thing
Soul Love
All The Young Dudes
Where Are We Now?
It’s No Game
Memory of a Free Festival
Right
As others have said - it’ll be different in ten minutes time.
New Career in a New Town
I Can’t Give Everything Away
Candidate/Sweet Thing
Soul Love
All The Young Dudes
Where Are We Now?
It’s No Game
Memory of a Free Festival
Right
As others have said - it’ll be different in ten minutes time.
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Strangers when we meet (BoS version)
Teenage Wildlife
Time
Dollar Days
New Killer Star
Station to Station
Speed of life
Young Americans
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
Where are we now
Teenage Wildlife
Time
Dollar Days
New Killer Star
Station to Station
Speed of life
Young Americans
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
Where are we now
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Excellent Sukhdev Sandhu piece on We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher. Nice that he picked up on the Patrick Keiller vibe of the film among other elements www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7186...
The permanent influence of Mark Fisher
A new film grapples with one of the finest—and broadest—minds of the 21st century
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Excellent Sukhdev Sandhu piece on We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher. Nice that he picked up on the Patrick Keiller vibe of the film among other elements www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7186...
I live in Belgium and this TV show finished TWENTY TWO years ago
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I live in Belgium and this TV show finished TWENTY TWO years ago
Bowie was everything to me from my early to late twenties. The only thing I want to post is my love of this book. It's by far the most complete look at his last 5 years, going beyond the shock of his death which I feel has overshadowed a lot of the actual music. No Bowie fan will regret reading this
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Bowie was everything to me from my early to late twenties. The only thing I want to post is my love of this book. It's by far the most complete look at his last 5 years, going beyond the shock of his death which I feel has overshadowed a lot of the actual music. No Bowie fan will regret reading this
X / Twitter feels like the type of future that Nick Land wanted. I'm hoping that it will be the deathknell for every political mutation of Accelerationism, which at every step of the way has been a terrible thought stream
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
X / Twitter feels like the type of future that Nick Land wanted. I'm hoping that it will be the deathknell for every political mutation of Accelerationism, which at every step of the way has been a terrible thought stream
I don't want this to happen - but IF there is a movie made about Man Who Sold the World to Hunky Dory era David Bowie, then it's Jamie Campbell Bower isn't it.
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I don't want this to happen - but IF there is a movie made about Man Who Sold the World to Hunky Dory era David Bowie, then it's Jamie Campbell Bower isn't it.
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Anyone wants to BUY the book, pre-orders have been available from @ortacpress.bsky.social for AGES. www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Anyone wants to BUY the book, pre-orders have been available from @ortacpress.bsky.social for AGES. www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
This was such a great listen when it came out all those years. Combo of Donny's laid-back character and Leah Kardos's studiousness was a rare bit of unlikely podcast magic. Have no doubt that it still stands up
It would have been David Bowie's 79th birthday today
It's also the tenth anniversary of David Bowie's ★
Here's my 2020 three-part podcast on the making and myriad possible meanings of ★, featuring its co-creator @donnymccaslin.bsky.social and Leah Kardos!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
It's also the tenth anniversary of David Bowie's ★
Here's my 2020 three-part podcast on the making and myriad possible meanings of ★, featuring its co-creator @donnymccaslin.bsky.social and Leah Kardos!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Donny McCaslin & Leah Kardos on ★
Podcast Episode · DAVIDBOWIE: ALBUMTOALBUM · 21/06/2020 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This was such a great listen when it came out all those years. Combo of Donny's laid-back character and Leah Kardos's studiousness was a rare bit of unlikely podcast magic. Have no doubt that it still stands up
I read that Ekow Eshun did a 15 week course on this book for his Goldsmith's class in 2016 or something. Would love to have the transcripts for that
All this oil-based tension is sending me back to this book. A wild treatise about oil as a conscious entity trying to overtake reality.
"Recall, however, that they spoke always of a buried terrestrial sun which must be exhumed, a rotting sun oozing black flame, the black corpse of the sun.”
"Recall, however, that they spoke always of a buried terrestrial sun which must be exhumed, a rotting sun oozing black flame, the black corpse of the sun.”
January 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I read that Ekow Eshun did a 15 week course on this book for his Goldsmith's class in 2016 or something. Would love to have the transcripts for that
All this oil-based tension is sending me back to this book. A wild treatise about oil as a conscious entity trying to overtake reality.
"Recall, however, that they spoke always of a buried terrestrial sun which must be exhumed, a rotting sun oozing black flame, the black corpse of the sun.”
"Recall, however, that they spoke always of a buried terrestrial sun which must be exhumed, a rotting sun oozing black flame, the black corpse of the sun.”
January 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
All this oil-based tension is sending me back to this book. A wild treatise about oil as a conscious entity trying to overtake reality.
"Recall, however, that they spoke always of a buried terrestrial sun which must be exhumed, a rotting sun oozing black flame, the black corpse of the sun.”
"Recall, however, that they spoke always of a buried terrestrial sun which must be exhumed, a rotting sun oozing black flame, the black corpse of the sun.”
Don Delillo topical as always
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Don Delillo topical as always
I am nudged out of my pervasive indifference to podcasts by this. I love Tom McCarthy. A writer who achieved the exact level of interest that he deserved.
From our Close Readings podcast series ‘The Man Behind the Curtain’: novelist Tom McCarthy joins @moonjets.bsky.social to discuss the machinery – narrative, theoretical, economic and literal (those windmills) – which underpins Cervantes’ ‘Don Quixote’. Listen free:
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January 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
I am nudged out of my pervasive indifference to podcasts by this. I love Tom McCarthy. A writer who achieved the exact level of interest that he deserved.
The beautiful thing about a book is it can take the writer 5 or 10 years to write it, but it can take you even longer to read it and nothing within all of that takes away anything from the book, but probably adds to it. Every book read is a story in itself
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The beautiful thing about a book is it can take the writer 5 or 10 years to write it, but it can take you even longer to read it and nothing within all of that takes away anything from the book, but probably adds to it. Every book read is a story in itself
Ruben Amorim will absolutely win a major European trophy with another club. The belief and conviction is there - but you know, Man Utd ain't a place for any of that. Too many lapsed Catholics in the squad, the faith is all gone there
January 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Ruben Amorim will absolutely win a major European trophy with another club. The belief and conviction is there - but you know, Man Utd ain't a place for any of that. Too many lapsed Catholics in the squad, the faith is all gone there
It's a shame that each of these is outrageously unaffordable now. Lookout Cartridge in particular is one of the transatlantic bridges of experimental literature from the US to England. Its narrative and thematic usage of Stonehenge is the best I've read. One of the few US authors who gets England
January 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
It's a shame that each of these is outrageously unaffordable now. Lookout Cartridge in particular is one of the transatlantic bridges of experimental literature from the US to England. Its narrative and thematic usage of Stonehenge is the best I've read. One of the few US authors who gets England
The biggest societal difference I can think of between the UK and Europe is the fact that public holidays can be any day in Europe, not just Monday and Friday
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The biggest societal difference I can think of between the UK and Europe is the fact that public holidays can be any day in Europe, not just Monday and Friday
