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Do you often sing or whistle, just for fun?

Thursday, December 28, 2023

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


The day we saw the Loch Ness Monster


I only drink at funerals now


Wold Newman (or: The Ubiquitous Doctor Shade)


Teh-mook-ah


The secret origin of the Tearoom of Despair


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


Me and Robert Smith


This marriage is getting dorkier by the day


How to find new music: No context, all feeling


I still think digital watches are neat


Happy to be the token boy


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


No fear like a nuclear fear


I have very strong opinions about pies


Life inside the Kiwi culture clash


Music videos in the dead of night


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


Wrestling with Superstars


I was a teenaged arsehole


True Stories


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


This lack of bookshop is bad for everybody


Spider solitaire: You have to cheat to win


Censorship can really fuck you up


Iron Maiden: Barren wastes and decaying grins


Lament for an Empire


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


Baird's Bookshop was the best bookshop


Mothmen and missing girls: When the mysteries were just down the road


The ancient and lovely shelving of Skara Brae


Fred Dagg's Meaning Of Life


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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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