Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
Author/editor/'cultural historian'/carer, S Wales, probably autistic:
NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW.
Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/ (new eps on Sundays)
Email: [email protected]
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NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW.
Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/ (new eps on Sundays)
Email: [email protected]
ko-fi.com/firstlastanything
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FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025)
As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
Very miserable at the moment, and I need a holiday, and I can't have one.
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Very miserable at the moment, and I need a holiday, and I can't have one.
Tense day at home. Sometimes, not everything is one's own fault.
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tense day at home. Sometimes, not everything is one's own fault.
It's really odd living in a country that you like a lot more than the cardboard patriots seem to. And ironically, the worst thing about the country is the cardboard patriots.
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It's really odd living in a country that you like a lot more than the cardboard patriots seem to. And ironically, the worst thing about the country is the cardboard patriots.
I don't understand why Hitchens still lives here. He clearly hates everything about it.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I don't understand why Hitchens still lives here. He clearly hates everything about it.
Reposted by Justin Lewis
It's Christmas Eve in one month. Why not solve at least one of your Christmas present headaches with this fascinating book of mine about 80s pop history?
#IntoTheGroove
#IntoTheGroove
It's got everyone in it from Paul Young to Young Marble Giants, and from Salt-N-Pepa to Chas & Dave.
#IntoTheGroove, my new book, the month-by-month story of 1980s pop, out on Thurs 2 Oct from @eandtbooks.bsky.social. Pre-order from everywhere and anywhere, eg: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/into...
#IntoTheGroove, my new book, the month-by-month story of 1980s pop, out on Thurs 2 Oct from @eandtbooks.bsky.social. Pre-order from everywhere and anywhere, eg: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/into...
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It's Christmas Eve in one month. Why not solve at least one of your Christmas present headaches with this fascinating book of mine about 80s pop history?
#IntoTheGroove
#IntoTheGroove
Think that was the US title of the one where Marcie made egg soup.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Think that was the US title of the one where Marcie made egg soup.
Do You Remember Eggs, Charlie Brown, For God’s Sake
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Do You Remember Eggs, Charlie Brown, For God’s Sake
Hugely Trumpian.
"I'm hugely impartial" BBC board member and former spinner for Theresa May, Robbie Gibb, tells the DCMS select committee. He has friends across the spectrum, apparently.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hugely Trumpian.
I can see Cummings being on some board one day, and McSweeney too and it really shouldn’t be like that.
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I can see Cummings being on some board one day, and McSweeney too and it really shouldn’t be like that.
And as for Robbie Gibb… once you’ve been a Director of Communications for a PM, that should immediately block you from being in an influential position in news media. If Ofcom had teeth…
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
And as for Robbie Gibb… once you’ve been a Director of Communications for a PM, that should immediately block you from being in an influential position in news media. If Ofcom had teeth…
‘Robert Dougall’s Ablutions Cast’
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘Robert Dougall’s Ablutions Cast’
As for Draylon Fusk, you could make him sob and faint by branding him a twerp.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As for Draylon Fusk, you could make him sob and faint by branding him a twerp.
Would like Farage to be eaten by tigers in both a hurtful and insulting way.
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Would like Farage to be eaten by tigers in both a hurtful and insulting way.
It's Christmas Eve in one month. Why not solve at least one of your Christmas present headaches with this fascinating book of mine about 80s pop history?
#IntoTheGroove
#IntoTheGroove
It's got everyone in it from Paul Young to Young Marble Giants, and from Salt-N-Pepa to Chas & Dave.
#IntoTheGroove, my new book, the month-by-month story of 1980s pop, out on Thurs 2 Oct from @eandtbooks.bsky.social. Pre-order from everywhere and anywhere, eg: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/into...
#IntoTheGroove, my new book, the month-by-month story of 1980s pop, out on Thurs 2 Oct from @eandtbooks.bsky.social. Pre-order from everywhere and anywhere, eg: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/into...
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It's Christmas Eve in one month. Why not solve at least one of your Christmas present headaches with this fascinating book of mine about 80s pop history?
#IntoTheGroove
#IntoTheGroove
ICYMI Productions proudly present. #FirstLastAnything
NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025)
As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…
firstlastanything.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
ICYMI Productions proudly present. #FirstLastAnything
I've been very lucky with social media!
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I've been very lucky with social media!
Another reason: sometimes either me or the guest is trying to identify something, and we can't quite think of it in the moment. The joy comes later when you can slot it into the conversation. Which is cheating a bit, but also, it really helps the thing along.
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Another reason: sometimes either me or the guest is trying to identify something, and we can't quite think of it in the moment. The joy comes later when you can slot it into the conversation. Which is cheating a bit, but also, it really helps the thing along.
There are lots of reasons, but I'm really a text editor, not a sound editor. That's one quite big reason.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
There are lots of reasons, but I'm really a text editor, not a sound editor. That's one quite big reason.
Don't get me wrong, I still have immense fondness for that period, but they become an extraordinary force later, which I simply could not have anticipated.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Don't get me wrong, I still have immense fondness for that period, but they become an extraordinary force later, which I simply could not have anticipated.
I generally don't, because the point is kind of that they're collaborations and I work on the edit with the guest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I generally don't, because the point is kind of that they're collaborations and I work on the edit with the guest.
I've been a bit too online of late. Thanks, TGV.
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I've been a bit too online of late. Thanks, TGV.
Most hits in a single day for #FirstLastAnything in quite some time. Thank you, everyone who spreads its words.
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Most hits in a single day for #FirstLastAnything in quite some time. Thank you, everyone who spreads its words.
I keep encountering them. Though I think HMHB's 80s stuff might be their weakest. They're really on a roll from about 1997-2005.
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I keep encountering them. Though I think HMHB's 80s stuff might be their weakest. They're really on a roll from about 1997-2005.
The likelihood that you and a customer might have been listening to the same radio station earlier that morning... #forgotten80s
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The likelihood that you and a customer might have been listening to the same radio station earlier that morning... #forgotten80s