C.D. Rose
@cdrose.bsky.social
Writer of stories. 'We Live Here Now.' 'Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea,' 'The Blind Accordionist,' 'Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else,' 'The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure.' (@melvillehouse.bsky.social)
How strange that these two messages should appear right next to each other.
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
How strange that these two messages should appear right next to each other.
Everyone in this house has gone for a snooze so I’m listening to this at very low volume.
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Everyone in this house has gone for a snooze so I’m listening to this at very low volume.
Anyhow, here’s one of the Geister. Prost!
December 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Anyhow, here’s one of the Geister. Prost!
Tonight you will be visited by two spirits.
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Tonight you will be visited by two spirits.
Marc Almond and the mighty Loveless putting garage/glam/trash rock into Christmas at @thetradesclub.bsky.social this afternoon. (And a mighty post-punk dj set from @adellestripe.bsky.social to kick off.)
December 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Marc Almond and the mighty Loveless putting garage/glam/trash rock into Christmas at @thetradesclub.bsky.social this afternoon. (And a mighty post-punk dj set from @adellestripe.bsky.social to kick off.)
A 45-minute space disco version of 'Little Drummer Boy'? With a 50 piece Norwegian male voice choir? And Martin Horntveth as the drummer? Yes please!
Lindstrøm bringing in the festive season in sublime fashion last night at Aviva Studios in Manchester.
Lindstrøm bringing in the festive season in sublime fashion last night at Aviva Studios in Manchester.
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A 45-minute space disco version of 'Little Drummer Boy'? With a 50 piece Norwegian male voice choir? And Martin Horntveth as the drummer? Yes please!
Lindstrøm bringing in the festive season in sublime fashion last night at Aviva Studios in Manchester.
Lindstrøm bringing in the festive season in sublime fashion last night at Aviva Studios in Manchester.
Good to see a hefty pile of @andrewgallix.bsky.social in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Good to see a hefty pile of @andrewgallix.bsky.social in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate.
Sylvia would like to say thank you to everyone for awarding her the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social.
(And so would I.)
(And so would I.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sylvia would like to say thank you to everyone for awarding her the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social.
(And so would I.)
(And so would I.)
Sylvia casually hanging with Glenn Gould. That cat is so damn cultured.
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sylvia casually hanging with Glenn Gould. That cat is so damn cultured.
Co-op garlic showing its fine (musical) taste.
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Co-op garlic showing its fine (musical) taste.
Pleasingly complementary covers.
October 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Pleasingly complementary covers.
Joy Williams, from 'Train.'
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Joy Williams, from 'Train.'
I own this very record. Have just put it on and the cats are freaking out.
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I own this very record. Have just put it on and the cats are freaking out.
Quid each. God bless charity shops.
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Quid each. God bless charity shops.
Regular readers will know that I collect short stories set on trains. This one by Agota Kristof is a fine addition to the canon.
August 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Regular readers will know that I collect short stories set on trains. This one by Agota Kristof is a fine addition to the canon.
Thanks to @wjdavies.bsky.social for this review in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social - a ‘surreal joyride’ indeed.
August 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thanks to @wjdavies.bsky.social for this review in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social - a ‘surreal joyride’ indeed.
Quite the strangest 7" I might have ever found: a-side is a recording of French baroque composer Marin Marais' 'Tableau of a Lithotomy', then the b-side is a recording of a drug salesman telling a doctor why he should use their new laxative.
August 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Quite the strangest 7" I might have ever found: a-side is a recording of French baroque composer Marin Marais' 'Tableau of a Lithotomy', then the b-side is a recording of a drug salesman telling a doctor why he should use their new laxative.
I'm biased, but it has had some very good reviews.
August 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm biased, but it has had some very good reviews.
'We Live Here Now' is now in shops. You know what to do.
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
'We Live Here Now' is now in shops. You know what to do.
'Next Episode,' a short novel by revolutionary and Grand Prix driver Hubert Aquin. A tale of an imprisoned revolutionary trying (and failing) to write a novel. Little known, and highly recommended.
July 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
'Next Episode,' a short novel by revolutionary and Grand Prix driver Hubert Aquin. A tale of an imprisoned revolutionary trying (and failing) to write a novel. Little known, and highly recommended.
Nomeansno featured at the Royal BC Museum, Victoria. (@jahduran.bsky.social might be impressed?)
July 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nomeansno featured at the Royal BC Museum, Victoria. (@jahduran.bsky.social might be impressed?)
Less than a month to wait.
July 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Less than a month to wait.
Dudley Moore on piano, Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, and Mátyás Seiber and Igor Stravinsky composing. Yes please!
July 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Dudley Moore on piano, Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, and Mátyás Seiber and Igor Stravinsky composing. Yes please!