Robin Allender
@robinallender.bsky.social
What’s going on
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 AM
What’s going on
Please enjoy this opening to a chapter of Nabokov’s Pnin
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Please enjoy this opening to a chapter of Nabokov’s Pnin
Book cover trends
January 26, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Book cover trends
I am deep within @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am deep within @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
Did anyone else notice Shirley going dub last night
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Did anyone else notice Shirley going dub last night
I’m fascinated to find out more about the ‘Denim Delinquents’
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I’m fascinated to find out more about the ‘Denim Delinquents’
Just went up to the top deck of the bus but there weren’t any seats
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Just went up to the top deck of the bus but there weren’t any seats
Why does this man always look so confused
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Why does this man always look so confused
Unrelated but the strapline of this book is… curious
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Unrelated but the strapline of this book is… curious
Just trying to play along and wondering if they did it like this, sort of Hendrixing the bar chords with your thumb. The bass definitely sounds like it’s fretted and not using an open string. Curiously it’s quite a sharp Eb/flat E on the record.
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just trying to play along and wondering if they did it like this, sort of Hendrixing the bar chords with your thumb. The bass definitely sounds like it’s fretted and not using an open string. Curiously it’s quite a sharp Eb/flat E on the record.
I suppose you could interpret this as an olive branch to Only Connect
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I suppose you could interpret this as an olive branch to Only Connect
It’s happening again!
October 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s happening again!
The minstrel filled with visions sang to his love to look against the stormy sky
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The minstrel filled with visions sang to his love to look against the stormy sky
The new Big Thief is very global village coffeehouse
September 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The new Big Thief is very global village coffeehouse
Just going through some stand-up notes on my phone. Lots of potential here.
September 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Just going through some stand-up notes on my phone. Lots of potential here.
Ah! Weirdly the remastered Anthology 3 is there on Tidal. 1 and 2 are not remastered and are weirdly not linked to the artist profile (so when you go to Beatles they’re not there) but you can find them when you search? (Listening to Deftones)
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ah! Weirdly the remastered Anthology 3 is there on Tidal. 1 and 2 are not remastered and are weirdly not linked to the artist profile (so when you go to Beatles they’re not there) but you can find them when you search? (Listening to Deftones)
Struggling to work out how a typo can slip into the first word of a new book but what doth I know
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Struggling to work out how a typo can slip into the first word of a new book but what doth I know
Seeing the same people in the pub every day and thinking ‘how can they afford to go to the pub every day’
August 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Seeing the same people in the pub every day and thinking ‘how can they afford to go to the pub every day’
We sell boxes. Who sells boxes? Maybe he sells boxes.
August 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We sell boxes. Who sells boxes? Maybe he sells boxes.
Standing outside shouting what’s on disc 4
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Standing outside shouting what’s on disc 4
Little guitar cover of Missionary Bell from the new Cass McCombs album
August 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Little guitar cover of Missionary Bell from the new Cass McCombs album
The waiter just showed me to my table?
August 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The waiter just showed me to my table?
Excited to hear the Taylor Swift song about Elizabeth Taylor
August 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Excited to hear the Taylor Swift song about Elizabeth Taylor
Who gives an F about an Oxford comma
August 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Who gives an F about an Oxford comma