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Rob Chapman

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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. https://www.rob-chapman.com

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 7h

Have you ever read the book? It ends mid-sentence. Just as effective.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 7h

So did I when it came out. In Bristol.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 7h

I saw it at the cinema when it came out, on v limited release as I recall. I remember how it particularly divided feminists at the time, one camp saying it was repressive in its conclusion and another saying no this is what happens to women until we can reclaim the night. Very politically loaded.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 7h

I meant tv where they've gone into full icon overdrive but full marks to BBC news for the extensive coverage.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 7h

Nobody mentioning Looking For Mr Goodbar on these tributes. Never gets shown anywhere. It was a v brave and bleak film and it divided opinion but once seen never forgotten. And it was the first film to give disco nocturnal danger and edge.

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 9h

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 9h

I watched Annie Hall again recently. Nobody else could have played that comedy foil quite like Diane Keaton did. I've always thought she was hugely underrated. A great actress has left the stage. "Why are the drapes open?" RIP

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 9h

Giles Cheatle.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 10h

Dusk Music. Sides one and two.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 10h

Jim Laker.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, I remember Rays in its prime, a different time...

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 13h

Garden selfie with sky show.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 13h

Will do.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 14h

I'm building up to a London trip this autumn. Where's the best place to buy jazz these days, I mean proper specialist and wide stock. Does such a place still even exist.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 15h

Robin singular. There's never two. They will fight to the death for territory. That's real blood on their chests.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 16h

While in reflective mode my memories currently pivot around autumn 1975 and autumn 2005. In the former embarking on Humanities degree adventures, in the later living on porridge and melon till my ulcerated mouth heals. Music the common factor. Of course music. Anecdotal updates when we get them...

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 16h

Well yes your yoga and pilates but nothing quite beats turning the soil over in mid-October on a sunny day while carefully redistributing the disturbed worms to a safe spot cos I'm a soft get. #physicalmeditation

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

I don''t think he's ever crashed a record in his life either. He is one of the most technically proficient djs this country has ever produced.

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

lolz....

Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

She goes to see her at Cafe Oto, sits in the front row and Yoko smiles at her. She is too rivetted with face freeze to smile back.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

It goes all the way back to Michael Wale's earnest trailers for Sounds of The Seventies which I mentioned in Ad Lib and which T Blackburn used to royally take the piss out of on the breakfast show in 1970/71.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

every time I air a bolshie opinion on the sofa later and get push back I am going to start singing "Moldovan wine talking" to the tune of

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Make a film better by not airing your stupid opinion about it on here.
#gamechanger #moldovanwinetalking

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to that Nemone Journey into Sound with guest Viv Albertine. First 4 records all by blokes but then VA starts talking passionately about Yoko Ono. Oh good I think, we're going to get some Yoko. They play Ballad of John and Yoko. Never change, oh ever so slightly radical 6 Music.

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Harry Flowers @harryflowers.bsky.social · 1d

The missus is making some special brownies for a friend’s wedding reception tomorrow. Reminds me of the time her and her mate Kath almost ruined the Melbourne Comedy Festival in ‘96 with a stupidly strong batch.

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