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Synth botherer, Keys fettler, Turntable tweaker, Mat-maker, Sundaeclubber, Citroenist. Proxy flying trapeze artist. #weirdcar

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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'

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'

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.

03.10.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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New Order
Blue Monday Factory Fac 73
Power Corruption Lies Factory Fact 75
Video 5โ– 8โ– 6 @touch33.net Tone 7.1
@collaroaudio.bsky.social

24.09.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sea Sides - elasticStage You know when you hear a piece of music and it effortlessly invokes a national or regional characteristic? Well, Sundae Club are British. Not a 'rolling green hills and Jane Austen' type of Britishnes...

Our album of discarded masterpieces which didnโ€™t fit on any of the other albums. LP available now! elasticstage.com/sundaeclub/r...

22.09.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great Yarmouth to Host Britainโ€™s Biggest White Power Concert in Years โ€“ HOPE not hate Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...

Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they wonโ€™t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

29.08.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve only ever seen one, but never played one.

29.08.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wanted one in 1978!

11.05.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bought this at the RetrotechUK show in Cov. Have absolutely no need for a monochrome, monaural tv tuner at al. No need.

11.05.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a lovely photo! X

11.05.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thrilling chase underway

01.04.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคช

31.03.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That took some doing !

31.03.2025 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And me.

30.03.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@shaunwkeaveny.bsky.social Wotcher cocker! How is the Technics?!

26.03.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is why American chocolate is invariably utter shit.

17.03.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Digital graphic with centered composition. Top magenta text on a navy background. Central navy text block containing white text, including "Long Covid" arranged vertically. Cotton plant fragments bracket the text. Lower text links to "longcovidadvoc.com". Primary colors are magenta and navy giving digital and modern appearance. The left side has sticks or twigs.

Digital graphic with centered composition. Top magenta text on a navy background. Central navy text block containing white text, including "Long Covid" arranged vertically. Cotton plant fragments bracket the text. Lower text links to "longcovidadvoc.com". Primary colors are magenta and navy giving digital and modern appearance. The left side has sticks or twigs.

๐Ÿ’— Thank you everyone for your valuable advocacy & energy for #LongCovidAwarenessDay

It shouldn't be necessary but because #LongCovid is:
๐Ÿšจ Multisystem
๐Ÿšจ Devastating
๐Ÿšจ Biological

And we are nowhere near effective treatments & care we still need to campaign because every life is precious

15.03.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elon Muff more like... s.france24.com/media/displa...

08.03.2025 00:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you think Reform are on your side, just ask yourself how many Ruperts you knew at school.

07.03.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Letโ€™s hope.

08.03.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lets have a competition.

If you think Rupert Lowe is a corrupt hatemongering billionaires puppet, Like.

If you think Nigel Farage is too, RP.

07.03.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 508    ๐Ÿ” 355    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Sundae Club - elasticStage Extremely English downtempo from those heady days of the Turn of the Century. Pastoral, Pleasant, and not a hint of cured meat. Lots of Mellotron.

And another one!!

Our first two EPs are now available on LP

elasticstage.com/sundaeclub

26.02.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BST being played on a rather nice system! elasticstage.com/sundaeclub/r...

11.02.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These are two well-respected hi-fi salespeople. Normally serious, dedicated, and a fount of knowledge of all things audio-related. Our newly available LP appears to have made them go a bit silly.

Ooh! Look at their extremely nice #rega #naia turntable too!

elasticstage.com/sundaeclub/r...

26.01.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Teaserโ€ฆ

25.01.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Music Of Twin Peaks Dissected: What Does 'Lynchian' Actually Mean? โ€œLynchianโ€ has become something of a code word for any band employing ethereal vocal treatments and textured foreboding synthesisers; a convenient shorthand you might say for the โ€œweird and wonderfulโ€...

RIP David Lynch ๐Ÿ’” He has been the beating heart soundtrack to so much of my life as a music-maker.

Just before I released my debut album I wrote this piece for the NME about what I felt the term โ€œLynchianโ€ means.

Just leaving it here now: www.nme.com/blogs/nme-bl...

16.01.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Selection of David Lynch DVDs and books

Selection of David Lynch DVDs and books

Absolutely gutting. Few artists have influenced me as much as #DavidLynch. #Scarfolk, for example, couldn't have happened without his unique genius for revealing the dark, sometimes absurd, underbelly of small-town life. His final Twin Peaks season is some of the finest TV ever broadcast. RIP.

16.01.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1030    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

A sad sad day. RIP David Lynch. Such an inspiration. My favourite maker of the most extraordinary and beautiful films. No one comes close.

16.01.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

14.01.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Matt Berryโ€™s new album โ€œHeard Noisesโ€ is out on 8-Track stereo cartridgeโ€ฆ but we did it first!

sundaeclub.bandcamp.com/album/the-8-...

12.01.2025 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk outraged by Rape Gangs but not so much by Billionaire Epstein Rape Islands.

I wonder why?

04.01.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2151    ๐Ÿ” 669    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Bollocks to you.

31.12.2024 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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