www.thepensivequill.com/2026/01/have... My thoughts on Paul Hanley's book 'Have A Bleedin Guess: The Story of Hex Enduction Hour'. As ever, thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #bookreview #thefall #markesmith #postpunk #hexenductionhour

Very sad to read that Petesy Burns is no longer with us. As a member of Stalag 17, FUAL, A-Political and his work in The Anarchy Centre and Giros/Warzone Centre helped to build and nurture an alternative way of life in Belfast during severe conflict. Eternal respect for that. #LestWeForget #Belfast

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/12/tpq-... My choices for the best books of 2025. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. @keithkahnharris.bsky.social @tiffanyjenkins.bsky.social @jasonburke2.bsky.social

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/11/porn... My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/11/porn... My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy

OUT NOW ShitNoise ‘Charades’ cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/charades “More of this sort of thing please.” @mrowens212.bsky.social “unhinged and deranged in the best possible way” @monolithcocktail.bsky.social

#BookSky #AuthorCommunity #IndieBooks #BelfastSky

Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26 on Down by Law Books. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast. #ComingSoon #IndieBook #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor

Thanks for the support Tay-Tay! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport, Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast. #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor #IndieBook

The celebrity endorsements are coming thick/fast! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown due 28/02/26. After having their flights diverted Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast. #booksbooksbooks #indieauthor #indiepublishing

Have you ever wondered what were the books that inspired me when I was working on my own? Well wonder no more. #readinglist #books #indieauthor #indiepublishing #irishwriters #irishbooks #belfastauthor #downbylawbooks #soineantamaskirovka #dethronegod #avortexofsecurocrats #soviethoteldressinggown

Word! Available at the usual outlets. #booksliterature #IndieAuthor #irishwriting #booksky

A nice review of Soineanta Maskirovka. Available at Amazon and No Alibis Bookstore. #Booksky #novella #indieauthor #WritingCommunity

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/11/1999... My thoughts on '1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America And Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times'. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #BookReview #WWE #DonaldTrump #PopCulture #Belfast

PRE-ORDER ShitNoise ‘Charades’ cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/charades “their most eclectic to date, it blends bro-step, alt-rock, noise, metal, pop and electronica in such a cohesive manner that it is genuinely breath taking. More of this sort of thing please.” @mrowens212.bsky.social

Thank you @mrowens212.bsky.social for the review! www.thepensivequill.com/2025/11/pred... Pre-order the album cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/charades

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/11/pred... The new #Predominance column looking at new releases from @publicenemyno1.bsky.social, #Cathedral and @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social as well as biggies from #Laibach, #DeadCanDance and ESG. As ever, thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.

Thanks to Christopher Owens for taking the time to write this review of my book. 👍

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/10/im-e... My thoughts on @ianjhoey.bsky.social's 'I'm Eighteen And School's Out' looking at a crucial period of the Alice Cooper band. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #FridayFeeling #BookReview #glamrock #metal #frankzappa #booksky

thebrokenelbow.com/2025/10/19/e... #lestweforget

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/10/a-co... My thoughts on Benzo Monroe's new collection of poetry 'A Condescending Wound'. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #booksky #bookreview #FridayThoughts #poetrysky

A thing of beauty. #PsychicTV #GenesisBryerPOrridge #Godstar

Thank you @mrowens212.bsky.social for the @ddrome.bsky.social review www.thepensivequill.com/2025/09/pred... Album out now cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sillily

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/09/pred... The new #Predominance column looking at new releases from @marissanadler.bsky.social and @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social as well as biggies from #BadBrains #Hexis #NomadicRituals and #ParanoidVisions. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.

Word! Available at the usual outlets. #booksliterature #IndieAuthor #irishwriting #booksky

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/09/the-... My thoughts on 'The Point is to Change It'. A product of its time but as the beginning of what became Spiked it’s key to understanding the shift that took place in the 90’s among some. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #books

Monday night motivation. #belfasthour #autumnvibes #nowlistening

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/09/arre... My thoughts on 'Arrested Development: Pop Culture And The Erosion of Adulthood' by Andrew Calcutt. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #FridayThoughts #BookReview #PopCulture #CurrentConditions #politicalculture

Wrapping up the first draft of Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown and now it's time to kick back. #nowreading #NowPlaying #saturdayfun #Belfast #soviethoteldressinggown

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/09/the-... My thoughts on Eoin McNamee's recently published novel 'The Bureau'. As ever, thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #FridayThoughts #BookReview #IrishFiction #CrimeFiction #RecentHistory #booksky

Thank you @mrowens212.bsky.social for the Volk Soup review www.thepensivequill.com/2025/08/pred... New single ‘Professionalism Debunked’ is available to stream now cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/10p-jazz

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/08/airl... My thoughts on Airless Spaces by #ShulamithFirestone. Reissued this year, it reminds us to say no to processed progress as being poor and mentally ill isn’t a recipe for progression. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #bookreview #novel

Have you ever wondered what were the books that inspired me when I was working on my own? Well wonder no more. #readinglist #books #indieauthor #indiepublishing #irishwriters #irishbooks #belfastauthor #downbylawbooks #soineantamaskirovka #dethronegod #avortexofsecurocrats #soviethoteldressinggown

The celebrity endorsements are coming thick/fast! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown due 28/02/26. After having their flights diverted Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast. #booksbooksbooks #indieauthor #indiepublishing

Thanks for the support Tay-Tay! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport, Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast. #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor #IndieBook

Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26 on Down by Law Books. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast. #ComingSoon #IndieBook #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor

www.thepensivequill.com/2020/08/runn... #OTD 11 years ago Runnin' Riot front man Colin died on tour. This piece written a few years ago is my attempt to honour the man and the legacy of the band. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #InMemory #Oi #Skinhead #Belfast

Another Saturday night indulging in the mathematics of chaos. #comicsof2025 #nowspinning #saturdaynight #belfast #summer2025

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/08/dr-w... My thoughts on "Dr. Werthless", published by @darkhorse.com. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #bookreview #graphicnovel #comicbookhistory #seductionoftheinnocent

Sunshine in old Belfast town and these formed part of the soundtrack and the reading down by Clarendon Dock. #TuesdaysinAugust #NowSpinning #NowReading #SunshineinBelfast

Praise for the works of Christopher Owens: "Belfast Noir par fheabhas." Brandon Sullivan (The Pensive Quill) "if you don't read this book you deserve to be beaten senseless with rolled up copies of the Sacred Heart Messenger." Patrick McCabe (The Butcher Boy) www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...

A little flyer that should be doing the rounds at the Feile an Phobail. #feileanphobail #christopherowensauthor #avortexofsecurocrats #dethronegod #soineantamaskirovka #belfast #2025writing #indiebooks #irishwriters

First part of Feile an Phobail over. Time to relax. #nowspinning #nowreading #postpunk #heavymetal #anarchopunk #dronerock

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/08/pred... The new #Predominance column, with a one off exclusive focus on older albums from #ManicStreetPreachers #KillingJoke #ScottWalker #TrashTalk and #XTG. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #FlashbackFriday #ClassicAlbums #postpunk #hardcore

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/07/stud... My thoughts on 'Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp'. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.

www.erratumpress.com/three-recent... You may remember that I announced that David Vichnar at Charles University, Prague would be hosting a seminar on indie presses and 'dethrone god' would be one of the books discussed. Well, he's now done a writeup. #booksky #indiebooks #indieauthor #Belfast

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/07/gimm... Gimme some Motorhead. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #Motorhead #metal #rocknroll #punkrock