Writer and mumbler. Haunted Generation, Fortean Times, Electronic Sound, Doctor Who Magazine, Shindig, Mulgrave Audio, Wiffle Lever To Full, Scarred For Life and Summer Winos. Summat to do innithttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mrfdkgguhc2lWhat he said - Ste and me are live on BBC Essex just after 2pm! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_essex [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfdkgguhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mrd344cxlk2tAlways a pleasure to interview @marghjenkin.bsky.social ... grab the new @electronicsound.bsky.social for our chat about his synth soundtracks and the formative experience of listening to the Inspiral Carpets live at G-Mex on Radio 1 in 1990. Check out his new film Rose of Nevada too, it's ace.23 Jul 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd344cxlk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mra5lrgiqs2eIt's been 42 years, and it's only just struck me that 'The Magnificent Evans' is a pun on 'The Magnificent Seven'.22 Jul 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra5lrgiqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mqjygz3ixk2dI feel duty bound to point out there are only 30 tickets left for the Black Shuck Bungay show, and they're selling at a fair old pace. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjygz3ixk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mq7jj2cgas2xNews Media: "England have won the toughest game in the tournament! It's Easy Street from now on! All the way to the final. To the WORLD CUP! A doddle! Give us a Bank Holiday, Prime Minister! We've done all the hard work - what can possibly go wrong now?!?!?" Middlesbrough fans: "Hmmmmmmmm..."09 Jul 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7jj2cgas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mq56urhdbs2yI'm very much a novice gardener, but I've had fun this summer building my own little dingly dell. My lillies have come up a treat.08 Jul 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq56urhdbs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mpydonpims2lIf Donald Trump is overturning former Boro strikers' red cards, can he do Uwe Fuchs against Sheffield Utd in 1995? That was a nailed-on three points with Uwe on the pitch.06 Jul 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpydonpims2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mplnkrzsoc2qWow... and there it is! Go Bluesky. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplnkrzsoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mpln5xrl5s2bFound this weighty tome in a bus shelter book exchange in Middleton-One-Row, and it appears to have been signed by Stan Boardman (Buttons). The book is from 1978, so when did Stan Boardman play Buttons at (I'm guessing) Darlington Civic Theatre? Could be a mission for @pantosplaining.bsky.social01 Jul 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpln5xrl5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mplephvxnc2rFresh on the Haunted Generation website... some more of my older @electronicsound.bsky.social reviews, so hello @mikiberenyi.bsky.social @alisonodonnell.bsky.social @pefkin.bsky.social @bonfirehill.bsky.social @david-soulscorch.bsky.social and more. https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2026/07/01/electronic-sound-reviews-issue-124/01 Jul 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplephvxnc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mpjekfebbs2hGrab the new @forteantimes.bsky.social! It has my latest Haunted Generation column, with thoughts on work by @willmac23.bsky.social @waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com @goldensamphireband.bsky.social @heartwood9.bsky.social @famishedforblonds.bsky.social @gidouille.bsky.social and more...30 Jun 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjekfebbs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mpjak3dezc2hI recommend anyone heading to the Edinburgh Fringe this year to check out Scott Turnbull's Surreally Good... I saw it at the Waiting Room in Eaglescliffe on Sunday and it's beautiful, strange, touching, funny and VERY Teesside. Chufty Badges all round. https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/surreally-good30 Jun 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjak3dezc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mpj4sa4l7c2dToday is the day for discovering that, in 1981, Tim Rice added lyrics to an instrumental track from the 'McCartney' album and gave it to Noosha Fox to sing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vmDM0KgQls30 Jun 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj4sa4l7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mpghsvhpls2yImportant historical question... after late-night BBC closedowns in the 1970s and 80s, what was actually shown on the TV screen overnight? Was a test card (with accompanying "light music") broadcast, or was it simply static and white noise until the following morning?29 Jun 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpghsvhpls2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mp6wmk75ok2wAs an unreformed 80s/90s indie kid I'm thrilled to be the onstage MC for this Whitby weekender in October... Cud, The Wedding Present, The Primitives, Bis and more. It was brilliant fun last year, and it looks like this year's event is (checks notes, counts on fingers) 85% sold out!26 Jun 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6wmk75ok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mp6vqcjzzk2wI'd like to set up an Influential Think Tank, but all we think about is niche Beatles trivia, old episodes of Doctor Who and 1980s Middlesbrough matches. Which is pretty much all I do all day anyway, but it'd be good to put things on a formal footing.26 Jun 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6vqcjzzk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mp2chxwei226My office for the afternoon. Agnes Hebbrom (1763 - 1825) will be around soon with the cake trolley.24 Jun 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2chxwei226https://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mozt3gfvhk2lI'm going to plug this again because I don't think enough people have heard an online radio show that has music from Basil Kirchin, Renaissance and members of the 1973 Girl Guides Association, plus Ross Millard from The Futureheads leading the jury in Crown Court. https://www.mixcloud.com/hauntedgeneration/the-haunted-generation-radio-show-9-in-the-dock/24 Jun 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozt3gfvhk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mozltqmul22lEven the Giant Hogweed is looking a bit limp today.24 Jun 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozltqmul22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mozk43x4kk2lFresh on the Haunted Generation website... a new Felt Trips entry! @johndredge.bsky.social talks us through the only issue of Dredge Comic, hand-drawn in 1989. Professor Plinn is my favourite, but I would happily send off for a Bison washing machine... https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2026/06/24/felt-tips-dredge-comic-by-john-dredge/24 Jun 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozk43x4kk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfischer.bsky.social/post/3mox2fyczd22oAlways love writing about my old BBC Tees favourites, so it was great to interview Kingsley and Robbie of @benefitstheband.bsky.social for @electronicsound.bsky.social last year. Includes hobbits, dumpling-related algorithms and Pete Doherty's massive dog... https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2026/06/23/benefits-and-constant-noise/23 Jun 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:7bctloumdl3ql75odioun75m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox2fyczd22o