bob stanley

@rocking_bob

Used to sell eggs on Surrey Street market. Author of Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Currently writing two books for Faber & Faber.

N6/BD18
bobstanley.co.uk
Joined May 2011
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  1. 4 hours ago

    My column this month is on sound manipulator and library/OST hero Basil Kirchin, ahead of the tribute weekend at .

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  2. 7 hours ago

    on Basil Kirchin, and on Swell Maps. And there's Ayshea Brough too. is a very good one this month.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    I wonder what James Brokenshire's ancestors did for a living. I bet they were behind the 1972 Local Government Act.

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  4. Jan 29

    Can't re-share this often enough. on the arrival of fascism.

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  5. 22 hours ago

    ICYMI: The quarter-final draw was made at Wembley this morning:

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  6. Jan 30

    'All things curiously cartographic' - this late event w/ at looks well worth a visit

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  7. Jan 25

    See 's brand new documentary ‘Alone With Chrissie Hynde’ 1st Feb

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  8. Jan 30

    Tremendous piece of writing - frightening, but heartening.

    This: : "This is one of those clarifying moments in American history."
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  9. Jan 28

    I wrote a piece for today's Times on (online + print) ahead of screenings at and

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  10. Jan 27

    THANK YOU BRIAN MATTHEW FOR +26 FAB YEARS OF "SOUNDS OF THE SIXTIES" * WE LOVE SOTS * & YOU WILL BE MISSED BY YOUR MANY "AVIDS"

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  11. Jan 26

    Theresa May just suggested NHS access could be part of huge US trade deal - pls RT if you oppose this

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  12. Jan 27

    Sounds Of The 60s alert... I'm guessing Dermot O'Leary gets a Saturday breakfast show, and will host SOTS from 6-8.

    Thanks for all the lovely messages re: today, For our last show in our current slot. Be back with a new show in a month or so. X
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  13. Jan 27

    Long since replaced, these stands were present when played at Gander Green Lane in 1970. Pic Bob Lilliman.

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  14. Jan 27

    On the newsletter:

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  15. Jan 27

    English Weather, we're feeling it.

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  16. Jan 27

    . Album Of The Week - English Weather, the sound of the morning after the 60s, compiled by me + :

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  17. Jan 26

    This ad for ' fourth LP appeared in a November 1967 issue of Cashbox:

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  18. Jan 26

    This narrow bill disguises the breadth of May's objective: she wants a mandate for hard-right Tory policies, which Labour should deny her.

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  19. Jan 26

    Never forget. This man created chaos because of internal Tory party feud. He then knighted all his mates & returned to his nice life

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  20. Jan 26

    English Weather, compiled by me and , is 's Album Of The Week:

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