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J.P. Robinson

The Long Ago Death of Samuel Oddy, Yeoman of Horsforth

What remains of the life of an ordinary man, in an ordinary place, from two and a half centuries ago?

19 min readAug 25, 2021

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The Long Ago Death of Samuel Oddy, Yeoman of Horsforth

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The Trial of Chuck Berry

A fourteen year old Apache girl testified that Berry raped her fourteen times in two weeks.

39 min readNov 12, 2019

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The Trial of Chuck Berry

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My Horn Don’t Dig Those Race Troubles

When white supremacists bombed Louis Armstrong.

17 min readJul 16, 2019

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My Horn Don’t Dig Those Race Troubles

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The Egging of Frank Sinatra

In 1944, an eighteen year old became famous for throwing eggs at Frank Sinatra. Then he disappeared.

18 min readMay 25, 2019

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My favourite writing about music

Aaron Gilbreath recently wrote about the state of longform music writing for Longreads, where he kindly tipped my Jesus Jellett story…

4 min readDec 29, 2018

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My favourite writing about music

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Sources for ‘The Rotten Etymology of Punk’

These are the sources and notes for The Rotten Etymology of Punk.

39 min readAug 20, 2018

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J.P. Robinson

The Rotten Etymology of Punk

“Punk” has been used to describe music since at least 1899.

29 min readAug 20, 2018

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The Rotten Etymology of Punk

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The mystery of Jesus, the naked hippie dancer

For decades, William Jellett danced at gigs and festivals, and told people he was the Son of God. Then, it seemed, he disappeared.

35 min readJan 3, 2018

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In Defence of “Yellow Submarine”

Yellow Submarine sculpture, Festival Gardens, Liverpool, 1984 (Credit: Tyger Who Came To Tea)

4 min readNov 13, 2017

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In Defence of “Yellow Submarine”

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Stories by J.P. Robinson

Twitter: @MrJPRobinson

2 min readJul 22, 2017

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J.P. Robinson

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