Justin Lewis

@whenisbirths.bsky.social

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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)
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Justin Lewis is a Professor of Communication and Creative Industries at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. He is the Director of Clwstwr, an Arts and Humanities Research Council and Welsh Government funded Research & Development innovation centre for the Screen and News sectors and Media Cymru, a £50 million, 23 partner consortium, funded by UK Research and Innovation, Cardiff Capital Region and Welsh Government, designed to boost inclusive and sustainable media sector innovation in Wales. He is also Chief Field Editor for Frontiers in Communication, a global Open Access publisher. .. more

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1d

Merry Christmas, Blueskyers xx

December 1967 events:
Judd Apatow / Axis: Bold as Love / 'The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde' /
BBC2 in full colour / Joshua Bell / Billion Dollar Brain / 'black hole' / Carla Bruni / 'Comme d'Habitude' / Diabolically Yours / Do Not Adjust Your Set / Doctor Dolittle / Carry On Follow That Camel / Jamie Foxx / The Graduate / Guess Who's Coming to Dinner / Hyundai / Half a Sixpence (film) / John Wesley Harding / Harold Holt disappears / First heart transplant operation / 'I Wish It Would Rain' / In Cold Blood (film) / I'll Never Forget What'sisname / Just a Minute / 'La-La Means I Love You' / Bert Lahr RIP / Magical Mystery Tour (TV) / Katherine McCormick RIP / Mr Fantasy / Miranda Otto / Rodger Penzabene RIP / Playtime / Otis Redding RIP / 'Simon Says' / Smashing Time / 'Some Velvet Morning' / Son of Godzilla / Songs of Leonard Cohen / 'Tighten Up' / 'Tin Soldier' / Their Satanic Majesties Request / Scott Walker's 'Jackie' / Weekend (film) / Paul Whiteman RIP / The Who Sell Out / Wild Honey / The Youth International Party
MERRY CHRISTMAS
(C) WWT JSL MMXXI

December 1971 events:
$ / The Boyfriend / A Clockwork Orange (film) / Marie Collier RIP / The Concert for Bangladesh / The Devil Has Seven Faces / Diamonds are Forever / Dido / Dirty Harry / Pete Duel RIP / ELO Debut LP / Family Life (film) / 'Floy Joy' / Gumshoe / Corey Haim / 'Happy Xmas (War is Over)' / Harold and Maude / The Hospital / Hot Rocks 1964-1971 / Hunky Dory / Islands / 'Jungle Fever' / Jared Leto / Mars 3 lands on Mars / Ricky Martin / Minnie and Moskowitz / Emily Mortimer / 'Mother of Mine' / Ms magazine / Nicholas and Alexandra / 'Oklahoma Sunday Morning' / Deobia Oparei / Andrew Preview / Reflections in a Mud Puddle / Sometimes a Great Notion / 'Stay With Me' / Max Steiner RIP / UAR independence / Ten Man Mop, or Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again / Straight Up / Wild Life / 'You Want It, You Got It'
(C) WWT JSL MMXXI

December 1973 events:
1990 / Band on the Run / 'Boogie Down' / CBGB / Bobby Darin RIP / The Exorcist / The Goodies and the Beanstalk / The Gulag Archipelago / Hell Up in Harlem / Holiday on the Buses / I Got a Name / 'Jessica' / 'Joy (Part 1)' / The Last Detail / Livin' for You / Magnum Force / Matching Tie & Handkerchief / 'Merry Xmas Everybody' / My Name is Nobody / Papillon / The Payback / La Planete Sauvage / Radio Clyde / 'Seasons in the Sun' / Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Serpico / Short Stories / Sleeper / 'Step into Christmas' / The Sting / Superstars / Tales from Topographic Oceans / 'Teenage Lament '74' / ' Tiger Feet' / The Wicker Man / 'W.O.L.D.'
(c) WWT JSL MMXIX

December 1989 events:
'20 Seconds to Comply ' / Always / Samuel Beckett RIP / Lennox Berkeley RIP / 'Black Velvet' / 'Blew' / Born on the Fourth of July / Carrott's Commercial Breakdown / City of Angels / 'Dear Jessie' / Dekalog / The Delinquents / 'Dextrous' / Driving Miss Daisy / 'Getting Away With It' / Stella Gibbons RIP / Girls Will Be Girls / Glory / 'Got to Have Your Love' / The Great & Secret Show / 'Hot Lemonade' / 'The Magic Number/Buddy' / Meet the Feebles / National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation / Ninety / 'Roam' / Roger and Me / She Devil / The Simpsons / Taylor Swift / Tango & Cash / Lee Van Cleef RIP / The Wars of the Roses
(C) WWT JSL MMXIX

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Simon Tillotson @simontillotson.bsky.social · 2d

A happy Christmas is made of moments like this: Melvyn and Misha shaking hands in the Today studio. Thanks for listening in the past, present and future. We’re back on 15th January 🙂

Melvyn Bragg and Misha Glenny shake hands in the Today studio ahead of Misha’s first edition on 15th January

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Eleanor, I hope we can do it again soon, and I hope 2026 is much better for you. :)

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 2d

We hope everyone enjoys tonight's profile of Doctor Who producer Innes Lloyd on BBC Four. We're pleased to announce we'll be publishing Innes' recently discovered memoirs. Innes Lloyd: Memory Box is edited by Charles Norton from Innes' surviving manuscripts and diaries, and will be released in 2026.

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 2d

Just up on the Telegraph, a thorough and thoughtful piece about the wrongheaded policy changes at WAC. Thanks to Kate Murphy, @illuminations.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social and @marklewisohn.bsky.social for giving up their time. Gift link here

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/65a1031...

The BBC scandal of 2025 that went unnoticed

The Written Archives Centre has closed its doors to the public, despite being funded by the licence fee

www.telegraph.co.uk

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2d

Really hope you enjoy it, Stephanie!

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Stephanie Jones @stephaniejones.bsky.social · 3d

What a cracking gift @whenisbirths.bsky.social

An excellent book, Into the Grove, by Justin Lewis.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

David 'hello good evening and welcome' Frost.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

Hugbackatcha! X

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

That's very kind of you, I hope they enjoy it!

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 3d

The paragraph about TV Tropes is spot on. I can't bear that approach to criticism where the main aim seems to be asserting superiority to the work. People who'll identify an influence and be like "Ah, rumbled!" episodes.ghost.io/art-criticis...

You are not smarter than the art you critique

Here's my best advice for young critics: Don't presume you know better.

episodes.ghost.io

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Hellish @hellishpod.com · 3d

Day 23’s door reveals musician Alexander Wolfe, who - as well revealing the Xmas song he can’t stand - tells us about being ‘a bit of a Scrooge’.

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Pre-order Alexander’s new album, Everythinglessness, now - out January 16th.

alexanderwolfe.bandcamp.com/album/everyt...

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile on BBC2

10.00 Open University Seminar On The Social Construction Of Christmas
2.00 Jumpers by Tom Stoppard
4.00 Pro-Celebrity Bridge
6.00 Award-Winning East European Cartoons
6.30 Closedown

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 3d

Why can't we have the 1977 Christmas Schedule

2.00 Top Of The Pops
3.00 The Queen Responds To The Sex Pistols On Top Of The Pops
3.15 Film: Star Wars recreated in the studio with Morecambe&Wise
5.30 The Archbishop of Canterbury and A.J.Ayer debate the existence of God
6.00 Cartoons
6.30 Closedown

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

I want Christmas to be over and gone.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

Not a self-pity post. It’s other people.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

Heavy sigh this morning. Over stuff I can do nothing about.

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Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy @womensphil.bsky.social · 3d

Another end of year review has been released, focusing on a selection of four albums recorded by BBC Philharmonic Orchestra! Our intrepid blogger Kathleen McGowan offers rich insights on these releases here: wophil.org/wpa-2025-in-...

#womencomposers #britishwomencomposers #allmusicmatters

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

Blue Jam played it in 97.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

@hellishpod.com is doing a nice advent calendar series about Christmas records from hell.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

96ish? I could Google.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

The Revolution 1 and Only

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

Sadly not the acid brass remake of Pacific.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 3d

The cafe down the road played this version the last two times I was in there and In My House sounds really weird in that context.

Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 3d

Always On My Mind/In My House is a Christmas song. I mean, obviously. Everyone knows that. Sorry for wasting your time. (And the little foreshadowing burst of synth at 5.23 is of course the most Christmassy bit of all).