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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 2h

The coolest by far. In every way.

Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 5h

This was one of the worst things I ever read about. Horrible man.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 14h

Who were Boys Wonder, and why is everyone so excited about their album coming out several decades late...?

Here's the answers...

timworthington.org/2024/11/06/d...

Don’t Write An Essay On It, Mate

Who were Boys Wonder, and why are so many people excited about their album coming out decades after it was supposed to? Get your friend to buy a copy!

timworthington.org

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 14h

I had a biology teacher the spitting image of John Nettles (esp in the top right pic) who did himself no favours by driving an ancient Citroen 2CV. Predictably he was called Bergerac. Brilliant teacher though. Biology was the only science I really had any competence in, and it was all down to him.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Birthday John Nettles, born this day in 1943.

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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 14h

I'd love to know what every comedian who played the Riyadh Comedy Festival thinks of this piece by Jonathan Liew. It's an electrifying read. And really hard to think what any counter-justification from the participating comics would consist of. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Lion & Unicorn @lionunicorn.bsky.social · 16h

Happy National Sausage Pizza Day to all those who celebrate.
For everyone else, here's a literary anthology of sausage-based material.
thelionandunicorn.com/2024/09/25/s...

Sausages: an anthology

ALWYN TURNER selects some passages from British literature that concern sausages.

thelionandunicorn.com

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

For the authentic reel to reel experience, bake it in a special oven before playing it once as you copy it into ProTools at 24/96, or better still onto a DSD recorder.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

The more disparate the genres, the more fun it is...

Walk On The Wild Side (Jimmy Smith) 9/10
Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) 9/10

Total score 18

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

I Surrender (Eddie Holman) 10/10
I Surrender (Rainbow) 9/10

Total score 19

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Fun music game.

Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get?

No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love)

My first effort, which i think is hard to beat...

Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10
Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10

Total score: 17

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

First band to sample The Big Country?

Yes.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

A bloke across the road from me has a didgeridoo, which he plays in his garden. First time I heard it I thought the council were jetting the drains.

He also has some kind of chime thing that sounds delightful which he played once.

But it's always the sodding didgeridoo. Always.

#Didgeridon't

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s Invisible Man I think is the one with the vault that oxygen gets sucked out of. I watched it, and Dad’s Army, in Barnet on our Granada B&W set. We wouldn’t get a colour tv for another 11 years.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 1975. The Invisible Man, Dad's Army and The Liver Birds are on BBC1. Fawlty Towers is on BBC2 with Larry Grayson and Beryl's Lot on ITV.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

I love this album. Never mind In A Gaga... this and Most Anything You Want are absolutely mindblowingly good.Never made the Love connection before, but it absolutely could be Arthur Lowe singing. Or whatever his name was.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

What used to be a famous music venue called The Porterhouse in Retford is now one of these ghastly places.

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Exc: High street slot machine shops pay bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

Right. Makes sense in that context.

Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

I have read this twice and watched the video and I still don't get it. Is it for when there's trams or buses going straight across a junction? Because it makes absolutely zero sense otherwise.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

This reads to me very much like the tale of somebody who once said PRIMM-er by mistake in front of people and got the piss absolutely ripped out of them, and who after many many years of hard work and perseverance finally achieved control of the Merriam-Webster social media accounts

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 2d

Mine too

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 2d

Neither did I. But I have been taken up the OXO tower.

Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 2d

We went for dinner at the Top Of The Tower and watched the world go round three times an hour looking down on the city lights. A perfect Friday night. And from the summit of our modernist steeple we were a long way up from the little people, but though it was a wonderful view I only had eyes for you

Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 2d

Writing this card at the Post Office Tower. We have just been up the top looking at a lovely view, you could see Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge & lots of other famous places. On Monday we went to the cinema and had dinner at a Wimpy Bar.

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Hush-Kit aviation news, history & satire @hushkit.bsky.social · 3d

I want to grow on here. If you enjoy what I (and we) do, please do recommend us. Much appreciated (Corsair edition of this tweet)

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Help the community of Peacehaven mosque rebuild after the hate crime that targeted them last weekend

Donate to Rebuilding stronger after the recent Arson Attack, organized by Peacehaven Mosque

View our statement here: https://www.peacehavenmosque.co.uk/ S… Peacehaven Mosque needs your support for Rebuilding stronger after the recent Arson Attack

www.gofundme.com

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 2d

Goon Pod talked to Jonathan Coe.

He chatted about his influences such as David Nobbs, B.S Johnson and Flann O'Brien and one of his earliest exposures to freewheeling comic prose via Spike Milligan's 1963 novel Puckoon. Take a listen:

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 2d

This is a fucking good record and should've been absolutely huge.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2d

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 2d

I'd have Macmillan above Cameron. I'd have Sunak above Cameron come to that. I'd have Cameron somewhere at the bottom. A good deal of the problems the country faces stem from his leadership as much as his premierships.

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