Justin Lewis

My 80s pop history book, #IntoTheGroove: '...tells pop's never-ending story brilliantly.' DAVID QUANTICK 'Like a treasure chest of pop riches.' SAMIRA AHMED 'It reminded me of how much I loved the 1980s.' GIDEON COE 'A delightful, curious compendium.' JUDE ROGERS eandtbooks.com/books/into-t...

My favourite niche reference ever in a film is the bit in Porridge where they're struggling to assemble a showbiz football XI and Fletch goes "we've got Tony Macaulay."

Yeah it is:

I did an interview with @seanhannam.bsky.social for his excellent blog, Say It With Garage Flowers. Cheers! sayitwithgarageflowers.com/2026/10/23/i...

Also, an email headed 'Ooh Justin you've got a mystery offer'. Wasn't that by Herman's Hermits?

Pushing some of my lesser appreciated pieces today. marswasrubbish.etsy.com

Marvellous chat, and if you haven't read Penny's book, Untypical Girl, I recommend it wholly.

I recently recorded a 40-minute conversation with Bill Drummond for his sort-of podcast series Spoke in the Wheel. I don't know how long it will be live - a lot of his stuff appears only once a year on the date it was first published. So it may or may not be here: www.penkilnburn.com/spoke-in-the...

What a line-up! A must, I would have thought, for anyone in or near London.

In this hour... #IntoTheGroove

For fans of #RonGeesin: from last year:

I don’t have a new anniversary for today, so happy 11th birthday to the comprehensive history of the adjustable spanner

LRP: Continues to get played on Radio 1, it seems, regularly.

Always a pleasure to be invited to talk about my work. This afternoon (from around 3.20pm UK time), you can hear me chatting with Andy Noax on his @switchradio.bsky.social show. You can listen live here: www.switchradio.co.uk #IntoTheGroove

Eric Bauza’s final film performance, as of right now, is Coyote VS ACME. Roadrunner’s testimony is one of his final character performances in the film. He says “Beep” around 46 times, that’s all he says. Yet it says everything about his strengths and passion as a voice actor, with just one word.

On Saturday afternoon I picked up Nick Heyward’s newly published autobiography and I simply couldn’t put it down until the small hours of the following morning. Here’s why. www.patreon.com/posts/173424...

Hey you. Christmas is coming sooner than you think. Why not buy the book lover in your life the first two parts of what literally nobody is calling my Outsider Trilogy. Details on my website. www.rob-chapman.com

Ha ha, let's hope this doesn't find the fash conflicted. Perhaps the RBL will be added to their hate list along with the RNLI. Perhaps in due course everything with a 'Royal' prefix will be deemed traitorous.

We are as a society expected to be definitive every time and sincerity can’t be definitive. I presume a lot of eulogies are now being ‘written’ with the ‘help’ of AI. Don’t do that.

Also listened to you on Song vs Song while catching up/binging yesterday, been a fan of Todd for a while, I sat bolt upright when a Bluesky/twitter friend was on! Great episode

The first of a series of #IntoTheGroove related 'textwalls' to give anyone who hasn't dived in yet, a rough idea as to what you can expect. Will also be sharing these on IG (@whenisbirths) and TikTok (@justin.lewis.when). Do share if you like it. Thanks.

As BBC local radio proposes yet more change despite ample budget in decent hands - is the game all over? How has it come to this? Who's responsible? I've tried to pull it together. www.davidlloydradio.com/post/why-do-...

The first of a series of #IntoTheGroove related 'textwalls' to give anyone who hasn't dived in yet, a rough idea as to what you can expect. Will also be sharing these on IG (@whenisbirths) and TikTok (@justin.lewis.when). Do share if you like it. Thanks.

This place - excellent service and good value. Not sure whether they do Nanos but you can ask.

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I have a few of these wee Elsa Lanchester mini prints of art I drew of The FrankenHotty… if you buy any of my prints/art in the next week, I’ll put one in with your order - cos Halloween For other art see Dippyfishcards.etsy.com Fineart Artofnote.sumupstore.com Misc ko-fi.com/dippyfish/shop

40 years ago one of our hosts got a good review in Crash for a ZX Spectrum game he made. Considered lost we found it and played it - this Patreon episode is a recording of the first time he saw it in 4 decades www.patreon.com/houseofsplai... Here's a FREE preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkw2...

Earthworks discontinuednotes.com/2026/10/25/i...

Blog update: In August 1988, S'Express returned to the top of the NME Indie Charts with "Superfly Guy". It's been overshadowed by its predecessor since, but - hear me out on this - is it perhaps actually the better single? indienumber1s.blogspot.com/2026/10/121-...

Sorry!: The Rabbit and the Pussycat. A mad rush to find a buried golden rabbit by solving cryptic clues in the local paper, broadcast a mere six months after news broke of the discovery of the Masquerade hare. That's an astonishingly quick turnaround, right? historyoftv.substack.com/p/week-68-24...

The way Anton always gives one mark higher than everyone else so he gets the applause.

Not sure you improve Rockafeller Skank by shoehorning in My Sharona, a song that's mysteriously still played on the radio. #scd

Avalanches new album is a perfect tonic for the fearful weather out there. Track 23 (many of them are interludes), I just heard the voice of Carly Simon and the BBC Video electronic jingle from the mid-80s. I have bought very few albums this year - RAYE was one obviously - but will invest in this.