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Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 10h

I've always been mesmerised by how much of a shadow he is to Tom Cruise. Like if you laid an inverse TC tarot card down

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 10h

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Moderate Chaos: Jerskin Fendrix Interviewed | The Quietus

Jerskin Fendrix is back with an epic LP about life & death in Shropshire; he explains the boundaries between this and his role in Hollywood

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 10h

I wish I hadn't already written about this, so I could write about it again.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 17h

Album of the goddamn year

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Cal Cashin @calcash.in · 11h

The Jerskin Fendrix is a late(ish, I guess) album of the year shout. I think an album about the profoundest grief, by someone who is genuinely very very funny, is exactly what the doctor ordered

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 17h

Album of the goddamn year

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, like top two

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 1d

Jordan Pickford kept his eighth clean sheet in a row for England in the 3-0 win over Wales, breaking the record previously held by Gordon Banks.

Where does he rank among England's best-ever goalkeepers?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 1d

Never bettered

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 2d

Luke, you just described my weekend, every weekend

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 2d

That's my beast

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 2d

I have an electric cargo bike (so the kid sits at the front). It's a game changer. You're right, it's huge. And if I didn't have a dedicated bike lane and had to weave in and out of traffic, I'd be toast. We have a garage so I can store it, but not sure how that would be possible in London.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 3d

I read the article. He was being all precious about which managerial jobs he would take niw, essentially saying only a big club competing for trophies. That's actually the reason they never won anything, they assumed it was already theirs without the hard work.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 3d

Also AI data centres. There's a short story there at least. Concrete Island-esque

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 3d

Having said that, I haven't read all the final novels and Super Cannees was nearly 15 years ago when I read it. Maybe he covers it

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I've read that, Running Wild is almost like a proto sketch for that novel in some respects. But I think the combination of Brits / Europeans living in this constructed environment in a place of zero crime in the middle of a desert is the perfect confluence of everything he was amazing at

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sad / happy that JG Ballard didn't live to see the tax-free seclusion zones / communitues in Dubai and elsewhere. There would have been the greatest stories there for his fucked-up, acute mind to articulate

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 7d

After many months of only reading Iain Sinclair, Schattenfroh, and American 20th century poetry, I'm welcoming a change of scene

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not saying they're related - but you can't ignore the rise of drone warfare as a geopolitical disorientation and the re-emergence of long throws in football. It's all fox in the box, getting it in the mixer, etc

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 4d

This was really good. If it comes by town, definitely go

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 9d

Seeing Xiu Xiu play the Eraserhead soundtrack on Saturday. Not coming back the same guy am i

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, I used to listen to that many moons ago! I had no idea, but that was a lot of fun. And definitely, will do!

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 4d

Finally checked out the new Suede record. Assumed people were saying the polite thing, but it is really up there with anything from the earlier days.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 4d

Really enjoyed this. I'm long past expecting / wanting GR continuum (stylistic or plot wise) but I really liked the weaving you did. And I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I enjoyed IV & BE more than the other gargantuans (M&D, AtD). So happy to see this Pynchon-lite trilogy through with ST.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 5d

Life-changing

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 6d

You just know Arteta has fully integrated Chat-GTP into his coaching and managerial set-up and views it as his 'silent weapon'.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 6d

Returning to this. I think probably one of the primary influences on Gravity's Rainbow.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 7d

No millennial should write such staid lyrics about the internet.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 7d

After many months of only reading Iain Sinclair, Schattenfroh, and American 20th century poetry, I'm welcoming a change of scene