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@whenisbirths.bsky.social

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Author/editor/carer, S Wales, probably autistic: NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, out on 2 Oct 2025. Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/ (next run of eps from late Oct) Email: [email protected] ko-fi.com/firstlastanything

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 5d

OUT NOW, my month-by-month guide to 1980s pop, from ABC to XTC, and from Madonna to Neneh. #IntoTheGroove, published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social.

Cover of
INTO THE GROOVE: THE 1980s:
THE ULTIMATE DECADE IN MUSIC HISTORY
by Justin Lewis (me)

'An epic compendium of stories and trivia from the 80s music scene'

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 24m

'it is a lot of stairs though'

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 30m

RIP Toxic, you with the angles now.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 31m

Do the murders on #celebritytraitors include those of much-loved pop songs?

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 10h

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 42m

I know people's voices change over time, but it really doesn't sound like him.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 42m

Have a lovely day! x

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 43m

Given that Eleanor lives in NZ, this is an early and strong contender for the copy of #IntoTheGroove that has travelled the furthest.

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 57m

Very excited to kick off my birthday with a signed copy of @whenisbirths.bsky.social's brand new book Into the Groove 😊💖

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 53m

'ONLY 68 CELEBRITIES ARE LEFT'

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 57m

Very excited to kick off my birthday with a signed copy of @whenisbirths.bsky.social's brand new book Into the Groove 😊💖

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 56m

Yaaaay, it got there! Happy birthday, Eleanor! x

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 58m

LRT: Very well done, and I feel slightly guilty for saying the only reason I haven't laughed more is that Viz did that idea as a full strip in the late 90s.

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 4h

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1h

There is immediately 'too much acting'

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1h

Celebrity versions of things can be very annoying.

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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 2h

Because I know you were wondering, the 2 rhythms I tap out with a wooden spoon on the rim of a saucepan to get any sauce off it into the pan are (a) the 6-beat figure that ends the Henry the Horse waltz in Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite or (b) the drum pattern that opens Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2h

It’s back on the radio these days with Merton and a single guest but it’s all a bit generic now, the dislikes. I loved it when the targets were very specific.

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Rob Corp @robcorp.bsky.social · 2h

Tonight on #TheRepairShop: restoring a childhood face flannel that brings back fond memories of teenage acne; a transistor radio built by a hobbyist in Halifax who died in a freak tumble dryer accident; and a tablecloth that really just needs a boil wash and it’ll be fine

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ChartLife @chartlifepod.bsky.social · 2h

NEW EPISODE! The UK Top 40 as it was on 8 October 1995! Join Juliet and Ed as they disagree over a Britpop band, enjoy the soundtrack to Juliet’s school sports day and endure the worst record either of them have ever heard… available via usual podcast places but also here linktr.ee/ChartLife

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2h

Join me tomorrow when I’ll be critiquing There Was An Old Man Called Michael Finnegan.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2h

The Tiger That Came Too Soon by Judith Kerr.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2h

You know the lyric, ‘If you’re happy and you know it, shout “we are”’, well that response only applies to the first half, it then doesn’t make sense.

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Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · 12h

A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, read the epic story of a decades-in-the-making diss track, support the podcast. VIVA PET!

This week: Petula Clark, 'George Orwell' (1984)

www.patreon.com/backlisted

INVENTORY: AN UNRELIABLE GUIDE TO MY RECORD COLLECTION by Andy Miller

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3h

I love Skinner but the format became meaningless then.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3h

‘Great’ would, in Tony’s world, have four or five more r’s in it.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t help but remember something Nick Hancock said in a very offhand way (and it was Tbf about Peter Sarstedt’s ah-ha-ha-ha): ‘Songs where you can hear the words, you’re meant to think they’re clever’.