Bob Hate

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Bob was a rock and roll musician who had a failed career playing in clubs in and around Dallas, Texas. He was born in Bossier City, Louisiana in 1958, but then disappeared and was rumored dead in 1999 and later in 2014.

Bob had a fever, and the only thing that could cure that fever was techno.

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Bob Hate December 23, 2020

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In mid August I began recording techno / ambient / electronic music at the rate of about a new song every 2 days. It continued for 4 months. The project was called Droning Keyboard Group. Over time I got a few thousand plays on Spotify,…

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Welcome Back to B2L2!

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Bob Hate December 2, 2020

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The Third Thing

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Bob Hate March 3, 2017

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“Wheel.” A Short Story by W.T. Pfefferle

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Bob Hate November 5, 2014

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A long time ago I worked as a carny throughout the south. I worked the booths sometimes, but one night a new kid got sick who ran the big ferris wheel. It was a giant of a thing, and the line was always two miles…

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Brother Lenny Calls.

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Bob Hate September 8, 2014

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Lenny calls from the airport. “Brother, there’s no one left to hold my hand.” I hear what sounds like slot machines in the background. “Arcade,” Lenny says. “I can be in Tucson by morning,” he says. I flip a coin in my imaginary mind. “Better…

Bob Hate, Poetry

The “Do We Have To?” Generation.

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Bob Hate June 27, 2013

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Photo credit: D. Sharon Pruitt (edited by B. Hate) I’ve taught college for nearly 30 years. I love it. I hate it. It was the first adult job I ever saw that I admired. I was a terrifically bad undergrad at a giant party school…

2013, Bob Hate, Education, June

Cactus American • A Story By W.T. Pfefferle

Bob Hate March 11, 2013

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I gave up a long time ago trying to be friendly to the neighbors. From the front window I can see the guy with the new black GMC, wiping the sides of it down with a soft chamois towel. He stops every once in a…

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Meet the Neighborhood • A Poem by W.T. Pfefferle

Bob Hate December 2, 2012

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Little child, my name is April, I have a dog named Pinky, we live in happy squalor, my seven brothers and I. What’s that man saying, over there by the burning car. Let me in the El Dubo Restaurant, for some water to ease the…

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Life Lessons with Bob Hate.

Bob Hate December 1, 2012

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In 2012 I put up 7 essential sets of life lessons. Of course, by life lessons, I mean “inane ramblings.” The original videos can now be accessed here.

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“Brown Eyed Girl.” A Short Story by W.T. Pfefferle

Bob Hate October 17, 2012

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There’s this drunk who keeps staring at us from some table in the back. I can’t tell what his problem is. At one of the breaks between sets he asked for some god-awful song that some of us didn’t know, and that the rest of…

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“Evenings” by W.T. Pfefferle. A Short Story.

Bob Hate October 8, 2012

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Chris and Tamara take me to dinner one weekend while I’m visiting Birmingham. They pick me up in their white Park Avenue and we drive for miles outside town to a place called Mangiani’s. The place is built into the first two floors of an…

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“Contemporary Morality: A Syllabus.” A Short Story by W.T. Pfefferle

Bob Hate October 2, 2012

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Professor: Dr. Richard Hate Office: McMillan Hall, Room 302 Hours: Mon & Fri 11-1 Class Time: Wed 2:30-5:45 pm. Reading List: Truth & Pity, Richard Hate, Random House, 1999; Panic & Mastery, Richard Hate, LSU Press, 2002; Avarice & Dissent, Dustcover Books, 2009; Courage, Richard…

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“Sleeper” by W.T. Pfefferle. A Short Story.

Bob Hate September 25, 2012

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She’s the kind of girl I know will give me trouble eventually. She’s sitting on the far left side of the room, her legs crossed under her, her shoes on the floor beneath her, bare feet in her lap. I look around at the rest…

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