Robin Allender

Love the way he sings ‘suddenly the sweetest music filled the air’ before his own chorus

Absolutely brilliant that Nick Knowles has been honoured as a Sir by the King himself. Rightly justified - and about time too! Sir Nick Knowles.

What I want is far away Some thoughts on the Cameron Winter album

I was really happy with this thing I wrote about Cameron Winter earlier this year so I’m posting it again now

open.substack.com/pub/robinall...

No matter how many streets you walk down in London there is always another pub

We need to see the photos!

If I saw that Paddington Bear puppet in real life I’d throw it off a bridge I can tell you that for nothing

A post from ViperThreat: Worked as an on-call computer tech for about a year, and I've seen some weird shit. Plenty of Hoarders, elderly men with interesting sexual fantasies, Multimillonaire Lawyers with closets full of gay porn, etc. The weirdest one was this cool old dude who had retired and lived in a double-wide trailer in a fairly nice retirement trailer park. His house had one of those trains that traveled along the walls from room to room, occasionally poking through walls and such. The primary purpose of this train was to carry his bird (a blue macaw IIRC) around the house. From his explanation, the bird had some birth defects and had difficulty flying, so they built the train for the bird to cruise around the house on. This may not sound all that weird to you, but let me set the stage for you: You're a college student removing a stupid browser hijack from some old guy's computer. You're nearly done with the job when you hear a clacking sound and look up to see a toy train crossing your vision. Aboard the train is a decently sized bird that makes eye contact with you and says "choo choo motherfucker" before disappearing into the next room. One of the most surreal moments of my life.

Get a load of this. 😆

I’m standing in between carriages on a very busy train and, as ever, I am amazed by how long some men take in the loo. 15 minutes, 20 minutes. Just insane. Not ticket dodging either.

For some reason my Instagram feed is all American barbecue blokes in black gloves cooking the most disgusting food imaginable e.g. beef shin glazed with Pepsi and Dorito dust

Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.

Robin Allender

It’s Bandcamp Friday so why not enjoy some of my music (please)

robinallender.bandcamp.com

Just realised the A section of Penny Lane is in B and the B section is in A, wheels within wheels

It’s used in Portishead’s Numb

Here at Instagram we’ve decided to make it easier than ever to accidentally video call someone

Albums of the year I’m not kidding this time

A few more thoughts on my albums (and books of the year)

open.substack.com/pub/robinall...

Very good point! I don’t think it was written in India, but I’m sure it was played around with then when Dear Prudence. Lots of cross-pollination for sure. And Donovan to help out with the fingerpicking!

I am deep within @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social

In good company! Thanks Kieran

Ooh no I’ve haven’t heard it! Will listen. Thanks!

AOTY!

Gift Songs – Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
The Making – Lavinia Blackwall
Interior Live Oak – Cass McCombs
Blurr – Joanne Robertson
Like a Ribbon – John Glacier
Night Fishing on a Calm Lake – Jerkcurb
Big city life – Smerz
Salt River – Sam Amidon
Getting Killed – Geese
private music – Deftones

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

YouTube video by Beat-Club Fanny - Hey Bulldog (1971) | LIVE

There are lots of very good covers of Beatles songs out there. But I still reckon one of the best is by the wonderfully named female group Fanny, absolutely kicking the shit out of 'Hey Bulldog'. Lovely stuff!

Gig of the year for me! Enigmatic, moving, funny. A true one off.

Part 1 of yer season finale is LIVE and of course, it's the polished up Beatles Anthology. We'll cover episode 9 next week but for now:

🍏Episodes 1-8: what's new and what's gone?
🍏How will this be received by the intended audience? (ie people younger than us)
🍏AI faces and The Beatles Ontology

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans is a good one - was around for 20 odd years before the Lennon song

Did anyone else notice Shirley going dub last night

If The Green Knight appeared before me and my uncle and his friends and promised that whatever I did to him he would repay me in one years time I would simply give him an ice cold Modelo Especial.

Sorry I deleted because there was a typo ha

All Back to Philip Duffy’s A short story I wrote in (I think) 2018

This is a not-in-any-way-autobiographical short story I wrote a few years ago. Also included the audio which was on a Moon Under Water patreon episode.

open.substack.com/pub/robinall...

Haha this is better than what I expected (fart pants)