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The Tearoom of Despair

Do you often sing or whistle, just for fun?

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

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


True Stories


Teh-mook-ah


Me and Robert Smith


Life inside the Kiwi culture clash


The secret origin of the Tearoom of Despair


The day we saw the Loch Ness Monster


How to find new music: No context, all feeling


I still think digital watches are neat


This marriage is getting dorkier by the day


Wold Newman (or: The Ubiquitous Doctor Shade)


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


No fear like a nuclear fear


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


I was a teenaged arsehole


Paperbacks From Hell: The sweet smell of rot


Pulp: Catch us at it, in the front room


No time for computer games


Old toys are the best toys


Wrestling with Superstars


This lack of bookshop is bad for everybody


Censorship can really fuck you up


Iron Maiden: Barren wastes and decaying grins


The ancient and lovely shelving of Skara Brae


Lament for an Empire


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


Baird's Bookshop was the best bookshop


Fred Dagg's Meaning Of Life


Music videos in the dead of night


Happy to be the token boy


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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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