Justin is an excellent guest. #podcasters should take him up on this!

If you do a podcast btw, whether on music or not, why not book me as a guest? #IntoTheGroove

There is a gleeful podcast full of this and I'm the kind of weirdo who enjoys it. You probably would, too: @hellishpod.com

Ooo, you might enjoy our show in that case! podfollow.com/hellish

Instead of replying to this prompt, go listen to @hellishpod.com

Justin Lewis, writer | Hellish Writer JUSTIN LEWIS gets into the groove with the five tracks he will meet in Hell!

Seeing yet another 'what's your song from hell?' question doing the rounds, and I've been in the privileged position of talking about *five* of mine. Because I guested on the @hellishpod.com podcast last autumn. #Hellish (*And* we talked about #IntoTheGroove!) shows.acast.com/hellish/epis...

Timothée Chalamet triggers backlash over ballet and opera remarks In an interview, the Oscar-nominee danced into some online controversy after claiming no one cares about ballet and opera.

Let’s all refer to him as Shallow Timmy from now on. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hellish Welcome to Hellish, the only podcast that comes to you from Hell's waiting room.In each episode, Hell's receptionist Daniel Whelan and Satan's tea boy Alex Gale interrogate a newly damned soul, asking...

Hey Samira! We’d love to have you on our podcast to talk about your book if you fancy it? We ask our guests for the five songs they will meet in Hell. You can hear it here podfollow.com/hellish if you want to know what you’d be letting yourself in for!

New Starship Alexandria! Awesome!After the Xmas episodes it is now very hard not to hum ‘Deck the Halls’ during the theme tune…

Come along, Hellish listeners. Let’s be having you. Julia needs you!

A parody of Wes Streeting's Guardian article with the headline changed to "Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Dick Dastardly. And I never wanted to stop the pigeon - Wes Muttley" "I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in the Vulture Squadron. It was not just failed vetting: there was a failure of moral seriousness." Streeting has been photoshopped with an aviator cap and goggles, along with a red aviator scarf.

Justin Lewis, writer | Hellish Writer JUSTIN LEWIS gets into the groove with the five tracks he will meet in Hell!

I got to do my shortlist on the excellent @hellishpod.com podcast last autumn.
Categories:
1) Used to like or bought, now embarrassed by
2) Universally loved but not by me
3) Reminds me of awful time
4) Love the artist, hate this track though
5) Persistent earworm

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As ever, so many ‘Most Hated Songs’ (yet again?) where I’m internally, meekly going, ‘quite like that one’.

How Do People Stay The Same Galley Beggar Mail

There is a new book by Mark Bowles on the way. It's called How Do People Stay The Same. It is, as you might expect, a thing of beauty and wonder. Details here: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...

Thank you! It’s great to have an occasional excuse to interview someone again. Y’know, should the moment call for it…

Can't believe this has been sat on YouTube for fifteen years and I'd never heard it until today.

I feel it’s only a matter of time before Boys are Back in Town makes an appearance.

There’s always song you hate by an artist you love!

That is going in the song facts file for use at a later date.

Happy New Year everyone!

Here’s a little treat to welcome 2026: we got another chance talk to one of our favourite guests, Valerie Phillips!

This time, she’s bringing us her REDEMPTION SONGS - the music choices she hopes will get her out of Hell!

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About time.

"Scrape 'em off, Claire. You wanna save someone, save yourself."

Another old drawing from maybe my favourite Christmas film.

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

Merry Christmas, Blueskyers xx

Far be it from me to tell Bernie Taupin how to write lyrics, but I just don't see how he ever thought the number of syllables in "eat, drink and be merry" were going to fit into that line.

I'm currently half way through Marc Burrows' (who's hopefully doing an episode with us soon!) excellent book on Christmas Number Ones. Its brilliant. Really funny, very informative & mega christmassy. Its currently only 99p on Amazon so go buy a copy and get Marc the well deserved Xmas number 1!

So here it is: the end of the Hellish Advent Calendar for 2025!

We’ve saved something very special for the end: @casperandpam.bsky.social not only give us the Xmas song they cannot stand, they also treat us to a Hellish first: an exclusive performance of said song!

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Love that the back catalog of Past Present is still getting play! Our Christmas songs episode is indeed very fun and informative 🎄

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.

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Past Present: Episode 405: Controversies over Christmas “Classics” In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss controversies over Christmas “classics.”  Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:   ·    &...

@garypanton.co.uk this is a good Christmas episode, from our former guest @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social’s Past Present podcast.

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As the advent calendar gallops towards its end, it’s time for us to get reacquainted with top actor and Xmas Enthusiast Laura Checkley! the Christmas song she cannot stand prompts a barrage of song facts, not all of them seasonal…

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