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Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 7h

Luke, you just described my weekend, every weekend

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 8h

That's my beast

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 5d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 6d

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

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

Life-changing

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 5d

No millennial should write such staid lyrics about the internet.

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

And so it ends. Famous last song is out now. open.spotify.com/track/2tLmy0...

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 5d

A gigantic error in judgement, but I saw him live earlier this year. It was the worst thing I've ever seen and he was the most vile human being I've ever been in the presence of

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 6d

Soooo many new bridges in Ghent last couple years. People on the streets calling it New Bruges

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 6d

Late to it - but I greatly greatly enjoyed this, both the read and the album. Never heard of him, but man that was a great record. Like the review said, it's pure atmosphere

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 6d

"They're speed holes, they make the car go faster"

Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 7d

The endlessly ambitious @fuckedupband.bsky.social announce 'Grass Can Move Stones', the ten-part finale of their two-decade Zodiac series; hear an excerpt from 'Year Of The Goat'

Fucked Up Announce Ten-Part End To Two-Decade Zodiac Series: Hear An Excerpt

Perhaps nothing illustrates Fucked Up’s wild-eyed ambition better than their series of Zodiac singles. For 19 years, the great Toronto rockers have released a progression of long, twisty, genre-explod...

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