Andy Lewis
@andylewis.bsky.social
Music producer, bass player, DJ. Soho Radio presenter. Weller band alumnus. Helped invent Britpop.
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It's today!!! 4pm UK time. Two hours of life's music, and you're going to love it.
I’m on Soho Radio tomorrow! Brilliant!! Listen in from 1600 to see if I’ve got any better at playing records sohoradio.com/schedule/
Schedule - Soho Radio
Broadcasting live from Soho and New York to the world, see the schedule for our two channels: Soho & NYC + Culture.
sohoradio.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's today!!! 4pm UK time. Two hours of life's music, and you're going to love it.
This may well get a spin tomorrow because let’s face it is impossible to be depressed listening to it
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This may well get a spin tomorrow because let’s face it is impossible to be depressed listening to it
Incredible research on how a global news story unfolded on television in the days before three tv channels, never mind 24 hour rolling news ones.
It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Incredible research on how a global news story unfolded on television in the days before three tv channels, never mind 24 hour rolling news ones.
I’m on Soho Radio tomorrow! Brilliant!! Listen in from 1600 to see if I’ve got any better at playing records sohoradio.com/schedule/
Schedule - Soho Radio
Broadcasting live from Soho and New York to the world, see the schedule for our two channels: Soho & NYC + Culture.
sohoradio.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I’m on Soho Radio tomorrow! Brilliant!! Listen in from 1600 to see if I’ve got any better at playing records sohoradio.com/schedule/
At the end of next week it’ll be 50 years since this went to number one
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulous): The Waxwings that move south from northern Eurasian & N.American forests during the winter frequently appear in towns & cities. Photo taken by Wayne Knapik in Canada. #waxwing #bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #canada
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
At the end of next week it’ll be 50 years since this went to number one
A knowledge and love of Penda's Fen and The Changes, both made & screened around the same time, were a couple of things I bonded with Judy Dyble over as we discussed making our album together. This excellent article goes a long way to explaining the appeal of it to this son of a preacher man.
The excellent @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social (which has done such great reporting on the flag epidemic over the last few months) delivers the goods again today with this deep dive into the Midlands mythology of Penda's Fen.
Penda’s Fen reinvents Mercia for the modern age
How an experimental British 1970s television play pioneered a folk horror revival
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A knowledge and love of Penda's Fen and The Changes, both made & screened around the same time, were a couple of things I bonded with Judy Dyble over as we discussed making our album together. This excellent article goes a long way to explaining the appeal of it to this son of a preacher man.
Proper Nine O'Clock Service vibes here.
Those wankers. Yeah.
Those wankers. Yeah.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Proper Nine O'Clock Service vibes here.
Those wankers. Yeah.
Those wankers. Yeah.
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THE SECRET LIFE OF THE FORD CORTINA on BBC iPlayer. [Full disclosure: a much younger, slightly camper version of me appears about 5 mins into this classic Arena film by the late great Nigel Finch...] www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Arena - The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
A witty look at the history of the Ford Cortina, which was, in the 1980s, Britain's most popular, most stolen and most misunderstood car. With Alexei Sayle, John Betjeman and Magnus Magnusson.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE FORD CORTINA on BBC iPlayer. [Full disclosure: a much younger, slightly camper version of me appears about 5 mins into this classic Arena film by the late great Nigel Finch...] www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Wasn't all that long I asked if people would consider buying something off my Bandcamp thing, and a fair number of you did. andylewisuk.bandcamp.com But if anyone has some audio work, podcast editing, mixing, remixing or production (including Dolby Atmos) that needs doing, please get in touch-
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wasn't all that long I asked if people would consider buying something off my Bandcamp thing, and a fair number of you did. andylewisuk.bandcamp.com But if anyone has some audio work, podcast editing, mixing, remixing or production (including Dolby Atmos) that needs doing, please get in touch-
Today is not a fantastic day to discover that I won't in fact be getting paid for any of the work I've done on something that's taken me ages and I assumed was all funded and for which an invoice has been submitted. This is starting to be a regular occurrence.
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Today is not a fantastic day to discover that I won't in fact be getting paid for any of the work I've done on something that's taken me ages and I assumed was all funded and for which an invoice has been submitted. This is starting to be a regular occurrence.
Liz Kendall on the Today programme. Sadly this isn't the parallel universe where she's a respected indie singer-songwriter, talking about her new album of intellectual chamber pop and criticising the wholesale embrace of emerging AI technology by a venal government who've run out of ideas.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Liz Kendall on the Today programme. Sadly this isn't the parallel universe where she's a respected indie singer-songwriter, talking about her new album of intellectual chamber pop and criticising the wholesale embrace of emerging AI technology by a venal government who've run out of ideas.
Nouveau Western is tremendous, if you don't know it. A staple of early Britpop discos.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Nouveau Western is tremendous, if you don't know it. A staple of early Britpop discos.
A showing of this on Going Live was followed by Trev and Simon saying... "That was Kim Wilde with Four Letter Word. Four is indeed a four letter word. As is five. But two is a three letter word, and three is a five letter word. How many four letter words do you know, children?"
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A showing of this on Going Live was followed by Trev and Simon saying... "That was Kim Wilde with Four Letter Word. Four is indeed a four letter word. As is five. But two is a three letter word, and three is a five letter word. How many four letter words do you know, children?"
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One facet of a real or wannabe autocracy is to elevate dumb excuses into government policy.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One facet of a real or wannabe autocracy is to elevate dumb excuses into government policy.
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Worth remembering that when you’re humming the greatest Stone Roses songs - Resurrection, Fools Gold, I Wanna Be Adored - you are humming Mani’s bass melody. Not Squire, not Brown, but the bass line
Terrible news
#RIPMani
Terrible news
#RIPMani
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Worth remembering that when you’re humming the greatest Stone Roses songs - Resurrection, Fools Gold, I Wanna Be Adored - you are humming Mani’s bass melody. Not Squire, not Brown, but the bass line
Terrible news
#RIPMani
Terrible news
#RIPMani
Mani once told me I was the best bass player in the world. "That's a lot of bollocks" I told him. "You were in the Stone Roses & came up with I Am The Resurrection and loads of other amazing bass parts, and now you're in Primal Scream". "Yeah", he said. "But you're playing with Weller!" -
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Mani once told me I was the best bass player in the world. "That's a lot of bollocks" I told him. "You were in the Stone Roses & came up with I Am The Resurrection and loads of other amazing bass parts, and now you're in Primal Scream". "Yeah", he said. "But you're playing with Weller!" -
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Ok, this is cool.
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ok, this is cool.
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
No one ever asks me about things I remember clearly because I was running a club night, buying records, writing songs, listening to the radio, reading the inkies, going to gigs, playing gigs and generally being part of making the scene happen, rather than being anybody famous.
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
No one ever asks me about things I remember clearly because I was running a club night, buying records, writing songs, listening to the radio, reading the inkies, going to gigs, playing gigs and generally being part of making the scene happen, rather than being anybody famous.
Grow, grow, the penis tree. It's never too late for you and me
Hey babe, come round! You know that tree I planted?
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Grow, grow, the penis tree. It's never too late for you and me
50 years ago today, General Franco died and Spain began to transform from a Fascist theocracy to a secular democratic constitutional monarchy. It's not perfect, but you no longer need to have been baptised a Catholic before being allowed access to public services, & women can open bank accounts.
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
50 years ago today, General Franco died and Spain began to transform from a Fascist theocracy to a secular democratic constitutional monarchy. It's not perfect, but you no longer need to have been baptised a Catholic before being allowed access to public services, & women can open bank accounts.
A toilet roll, travel sweets, an out-of-date first aid kit, a folder containing "letters of credit" issued by the AA, a magnetic GB sticker, yellow headlamp paint, a bible, a litre of Castrol GTX from 1986, a Road Atlas of Europe with Yugoslavia in it, another bible, assorted light bulbs, a hammer
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A toilet roll, travel sweets, an out-of-date first aid kit, a folder containing "letters of credit" issued by the AA, a magnetic GB sticker, yellow headlamp paint, a bible, a litre of Castrol GTX from 1986, a Road Atlas of Europe with Yugoslavia in it, another bible, assorted light bulbs, a hammer
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NEW | The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEW | The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
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Whether it’s in “New Word Symphony” or “Kiss From A Rose”, any time you hear an oboe in a piece of music, that’s a cameo by the duck from Peter And The Wolf.
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Whether it’s in “New Word Symphony” or “Kiss From A Rose”, any time you hear an oboe in a piece of music, that’s a cameo by the duck from Peter And The Wolf.
Alison's dead right. This is incredible, visually and sonically.
If you liked Snow, you're going to love Locomotion.
16 hypnotic minutes of accelerating visuals with a matching Steeleye Span soundtrack.
16 hypnotic minutes of accelerating visuals with a matching Steeleye Span soundtrack.
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Alison's dead right. This is incredible, visually and sonically.
A moment, please, to consider the absolute majesty of Daphne Oram's unbelievable score to this. A pitch shifted, time stretched, frequency agile glimpse of the future of music production; a liberty-taking all analogue remix of Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat realised in real time with the visuals.
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A moment, please, to consider the absolute majesty of Daphne Oram's unbelievable score to this. A pitch shifted, time stretched, frequency agile glimpse of the future of music production; a liberty-taking all analogue remix of Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat realised in real time with the visuals.