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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

This is still the Tearoom of Despair: Writing about books, music and other weird shit


Writing about writing: Everything I've ever done, everything I ever do


Teh-mook-ah


I was a teenaged arsehole


The secret origin of the Tearoom of Despair


The day we saw the Loch Ness Monster


Baird's Bookshop was the best bookshop

How to find new music: No context, all feeling


This marriage is getting dorkier by the day


Me and Robert Smith


Wold Newman (or: The Ubiquitous Doctor Shade)

Faith No More: Do you often sing or whistle, just for fun?

Spider solitaire: You have to cheat to win


I'm not a foodie, but I'm up for anything



Tying the world together (and getting your end away) with Philip Jose Farmer


Life inside the Kiwi culture clash


I hate my computer and my computer hates me


Paperbacks From Hell: The sweet smell of rot


Pulp: Catch us at it, in the front room


No time for computer games


Happy to be the token boy


This one-person book club is harder than it looks


Wrestling with Superstars


This lack of bookshop is bad for everybody

Censorship can really fuck you up

The curse of the SSAE


Iron Maiden: Barren wastes and decaying grins


The ancient and lovely shelving of Skara Brae


True Stories


Fred Dagg's Meaning Of Life


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Bob Temuka
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This is the blog of Bob from Temuka. This is what happens after a lifetime spent reading comic books. Contact: bobtemuka@hotmail.com, or on Twitter at @bobfromtemuka
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