Stephen’s Notebook

Carving out my own web presence

Main menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Micro
  • Notes
  • On This Day
  • Archives
  • Feed

Tag: robertwyatt

Post navigation

Read ‘Always finding nice things in a tragic situation’ - Robert Wyatt at 75
MILES ELLINGHAM meets the unique left-wing singer with his partner and muse Alfreda Benge at their Lincolnshire redoubt

My On This Day page reminded me that it’s Robert Wyatt’s birthday. Here’s a new interview with him in The Morning Star.

Posted on January 28, 2020
by Stephen Pieper
in Music | Tagged robertwyatt
Read North Sea Radio Orchestra: Folly Bololey (Dark Companion) by philfacelift
I suspect that for most people reading this blog, the words ‘Foley Bololey’ will be an instantly recognisable part of their own Canterbury lexicon in a similar way to  ‘Punkweed’ or the Octave Doctors. Robert Wyatt’s Learesque lyrics from which this snippet was take...
Posted on September 12, 2019
by Stephen Pieper
in Music | Tagged robertwyatt | Leave a comment
Bookmarked Old music: Robert Wyatt – At Last I Am Free by George Chesterton (the Guardian)
In which a hero of the English counterculture embraces the hedonistic disco of Chic, and plays a blinder

An old article that I missed. One of my favourite cover versions.

Posted on April 3, 2018
by Stephen Pieper
in Music | Tagged guardian, robertwyatt | Leave a comment

Happy Birthday, Robert Wyatt

Posted on January 28, 2015
by Stephen Pieper

Here he is singing a piece from one of my favourite albums of all time, Rock Bottom.

Posted in Music | Tagged robertwyatt, youtube | Leave a comment

Different every time…

Posted on November 3, 2014
by Stephen Pieper

My copy of the new Robert Wyatt biography came with this beautiful, signed, bookplate attached.

robert wyatt - different every time

Posted in Books, Music | Tagged biographies, robertwyatt | Leave a comment

Post navigation

Stephen Pieper

    • twitterTwitter icon
    • microblogMicro.blog icon
    • flickrFlickr icon
    • letterboxd.comLetterboxd icon
    • last.fmLast.fm icon
    • bandcamp.comBandcamp icon

    Music lover, reader, tea drinker, film watcher, web dabbler. IndieWeb novice. Glasgow, Scotland.

    Posts

    • Replies (40)
    • Likes (59)
    • Bookmarks (19)
    • Photos (80)
    • Listens (21)
    • Checkins (40)
    • Reads (56)
    • Notes (209)
    • Articles (26)

    Tags

    100words apple apps art autumn bandcamp bigbigtrain birds cats checkin commonplace coronavirus facebook flickr foursquare games gigs Glasgow guardian indieweb instagram ios iPhone kingcrimson leaves Letterboxd Marillion microblog mixcloud places podcasts prog Reasons robertwyatt rush Sid Smith snippets song tfatd twitter vinyl web wordpress wow Yes
    ←IndieWeb Ring →
    This site is powered by WordPress and styled with SemPress