Rob Chapman
@scribblerrob.bsky.social
My next novel will be called Drum. It will be set mostly in the 1980s world of alternative comedy. Available Jan 1st 2026. More details coming soon.
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Brynamman on the Swansea St Thomas line long long gone. Round that bend lay a land where the engines all went Perchecoof (other phonetics are available) and misty vales full of children waiting for daddy my daddy and miners rattling with silicosis and oh now look what you've done, you've spoiled it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Brynamman on the Swansea St Thomas line long long gone. Round that bend lay a land where the engines all went Perchecoof (other phonetics are available) and misty vales full of children waiting for daddy my daddy and miners rattling with silicosis and oh now look what you've done, you've spoiled it.
Woo-hoo! My author copy of Drum has arrived. Just need to check now for any last minute glaring typos and we're good to go. Out on January 1st 2026.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Woo-hoo! My author copy of Drum has arrived. Just need to check now for any last minute glaring typos and we're good to go. Out on January 1st 2026.
Also, been in that Huddersfield today taking advantage of alumni status at the Uni to use their splendid library to save myself a few quid and indulge in a little light reading before Christmas. Derek and Edwin.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Also, been in that Huddersfield today taking advantage of alumni status at the Uni to use their splendid library to save myself a few quid and indulge in a little light reading before Christmas. Derek and Edwin.
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It seems to defeat the point of having a social platform. If I want to receive broadcast media with no right of reply I'll watch the TV. Sadly one of my favourite posters often does this (Brummy constitutional lawyer!)
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It seems to defeat the point of having a social platform. If I want to receive broadcast media with no right of reply I'll watch the TV. Sadly one of my favourite posters often does this (Brummy constitutional lawyer!)
Just love it when a drive by famouser reposts you with a pithy quip but you can't respond to them. Yeah we all love that Chris.
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Just love it when a drive by famouser reposts you with a pithy quip but you can't respond to them. Yeah we all love that Chris.
I took out a guest special offer subscription to the NYRB for C for her birthday. We both miss that kind of longform writing. It's great having access to their archive again. There's a really good recent piece by Matthew Aucoin on the future of criticism. I might quote a passage or two in a bit.
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I took out a guest special offer subscription to the NYRB for C for her birthday. We both miss that kind of longform writing. It's great having access to their archive again. There's a really good recent piece by Matthew Aucoin on the future of criticism. I might quote a passage or two in a bit.
Remember I asked on here a while back, which shops buy classical cds off you? The answer is nobody. Nobody does. I shall lug them up to London next time I visit and take them to Record & Tape in Notting Hill for a pittance. It will be just like old times.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Remember I asked on here a while back, which shops buy classical cds off you? The answer is nobody. Nobody does. I shall lug them up to London next time I visit and take them to Record & Tape in Notting Hill for a pittance. It will be just like old times.
From the other place. April 2024. "Had an amazing multi layered dream about Nick Drake during the course of which I was compiling a new doc and unearthed previously unseen footage of him heading up an anti school bullying campaign sponsored by ty phoo tea in the early 1960s."
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
From the other place. April 2024. "Had an amazing multi layered dream about Nick Drake during the course of which I was compiling a new doc and unearthed previously unseen footage of him heading up an anti school bullying campaign sponsored by ty phoo tea in the early 1960s."
No, but you're on to something. The Beatles phenomenal development at their peak is totally skewed by the two 'half albums' of MMT and YS. There's an epic bridging album in there between Pepper and The White album that makes a mockery of all the contrived narratives about 'development'.
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
No, but you're on to something. The Beatles phenomenal development at their peak is totally skewed by the two 'half albums' of MMT and YS. There's an epic bridging album in there between Pepper and The White album that makes a mockery of all the contrived narratives about 'development'.
While C was cooking I rewatched that Songs of Nick Drake from the other night. Apart from the OOTTF instrumental and every moment Green Gartside stepped up to the mic I thought it was unmitigated cack. God spare us any more of this spineless reverence.
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
While C was cooking I rewatched that Songs of Nick Drake from the other night. Apart from the OOTTF instrumental and every moment Green Gartside stepped up to the mic I thought it was unmitigated cack. God spare us any more of this spineless reverence.
Little lad in Aldi just now, must have been 9/10 given it the 'oh dear dear dear' every time an Asian woman went past, much to the approval of his chortling mum. Hadn't heard that in years. Proof positive that racists aren't born they're made, usually by thick as pig shit 'adults'.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Little lad in Aldi just now, must have been 9/10 given it the 'oh dear dear dear' every time an Asian woman went past, much to the approval of his chortling mum. Hadn't heard that in years. Proof positive that racists aren't born they're made, usually by thick as pig shit 'adults'.
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Rewatching Shane Meadows’ Made Of Stone for a thing. It’s more love letter than documentary and works within those parameters but, man, that 2012 Heaton Park version of Fool’s Gold is utterly astonishing.
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The Stone Roses, Fools Gold Live at Heaton Park. Made of Stone DVD.
YouTube video by Jamie Hosey
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November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Rewatching Shane Meadows’ Made Of Stone for a thing. It’s more love letter than documentary and works within those parameters but, man, that 2012 Heaton Park version of Fool’s Gold is utterly astonishing.
youtu.be/jRswxxT3HQ8?...
youtu.be/jRswxxT3HQ8?...
C has been in the attic looking for a cardboard box to over winter some geraniums. She found a large flattened box with loads of my old posters in it. It's been up there since we moved here in 2012. Are you ready for some miscellaneous attic poster merch?
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
C has been in the attic looking for a cardboard box to over winter some geraniums. She found a large flattened box with loads of my old posters in it. It's been up there since we moved here in 2012. Are you ready for some miscellaneous attic poster merch?
Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless premiers on Talking Pics next Saturday night the 29th November. Talking Pics really is the Freeview gift (and Sky 328) that keeps on giving.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless premiers on Talking Pics next Saturday night the 29th November. Talking Pics really is the Freeview gift (and Sky 328) that keeps on giving.
Dreamed last night I was watching a doc about the making of The Monkees Head. It was v detailed with lots of outtake footage and there was that genuine moment of sadness when I first woke up that it hadn't actually happened.
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Dreamed last night I was watching a doc about the making of The Monkees Head. It was v detailed with lots of outtake footage and there was that genuine moment of sadness when I first woke up that it hadn't actually happened.
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It's today!!! 4pm UK time. Two hours of life's music, and you're going to love it.
I’m on Soho Radio tomorrow! Brilliant!! Listen in from 1600 to see if I’ve got any better at playing records sohoradio.com/schedule/
Schedule - Soho Radio
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November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's today!!! 4pm UK time. Two hours of life's music, and you're going to love it.
Last Night's Netflix gem was Sarah Silverman's Post Mortem based around the death of her mother and father. A hard one to pull off for comedy material but she manages it brilliantly. Her Dad sounds a total mensch and the home movie footage at the end was...well, you'll see.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Last Night's Netflix gem was Sarah Silverman's Post Mortem based around the death of her mother and father. A hard one to pull off for comedy material but she manages it brilliantly. Her Dad sounds a total mensch and the home movie footage at the end was...well, you'll see.
Those jeans! Like Kendall rapping in Succession it's burning my eyes but I cannot look away.
Morrissey, somehow managing to be a more ridiculous version of Stewart Lee’s ‘These days if you say you’re English’ parody
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Those jeans! Like Kendall rapping in Succession it's burning my eyes but I cannot look away.
This took root a few days ago when @andrewmale.bsky.social posted it. Just gave it a tea time spin. I'd forgotten just how good it was. Is.
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This took root a few days ago when @andrewmale.bsky.social posted it. Just gave it a tea time spin. I'd forgotten just how good it was. Is.
Our Alice trading licks (as the young people almost certainly don't call it anymore) during Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry Bout A Thing this morning at Piece Hall Halifax.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Our Alice trading licks (as the young people almost certainly don't call it anymore) during Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry Bout A Thing this morning at Piece Hall Halifax.
Groove provider.
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Groove provider.