Sam Lewis

Video producer. Interested in film, Birmingham, design, documentary, #saintsfc and all things digital. Mr GameCube. Always learning.

[Sam Lewis @sam_lewis87]

@dazwright This made me laugh out loud throughout. Thank you.

[Flatpack Festival @flatpack]

Today an 88-year lease on 47 Station Street, Birmingham comes to an end. It’s a chance to reflect on the remarkable life of this resilient little picture house behind New St Station, arguably the oldest cinema in the UK. What might its next chapter might look like? 1/21

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@lucyhighnett Enjoyed that. Thanks!

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@SaintsSocialite @saintsworldfc Smallbone’s pass and run off the ball to create space for Brooks’ shot is class here

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@profofpop @jezc Exactly this. I’m a video producer in Brum and I owe my career to Birmingham Opera Company who gave me my first opportunity in filmmaking. This damage will be felt for years to come.

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@IanWLee23 @jezc Jez isn’t parochial any more than Bham Mail is a ‘parochial’ newspaper. He’s providing a public service by curating Birmingham artists. I don’t know anyone else or any other platform that does it quite so comprehensively. A strange comment, but agree with your latter point

[I Choose Birmingham @ichoosemag]

ZEPHANIAH: "Concrete with a heartbeat"

I was born where the Beorma people made home,
Handsworth, in Brummagem.

For many of my early years
I thought this town to be a cold suburb
Of Kingston, Jamaica.

My then girlfriend Jasvinder Basra
Thought it to be a cold suburb of Jullunder, India,
And we were both right.
We, in our puppy love innocence
Knew that it was only a matter of time and space,
We Dark Matter grew up holding hands
Listening to Reggae and Bhangra
Eating channa and ackee,
And playing doctors and nurses somewhere in the future.

Handsworth does that to you,
Historic and progressive,
It wakes but never sleeps
Concrete with a heartbeat.
A private space for all its children
That is full of stars and it keeps expanding,
It is where voices from the past speak to us
Every day, lived in voices
Of working class heroes reminding
Us that we are all Brummies,
But me and Jasvinder knew this anyway.

I saw riots in Handsworth,
I saw revolution loitering on the streets
Where money had been thrown down drains
In front of people who were needy,
But I also saw energy laden creators
Bringing hope,
And building sites of new galaxies
In Brummagem, the centre of it all.

This is where I discovered the nature of the universe,
This is where I realised
That The Theory of Everything leaves a lot to be desired,
This is where
The postman taught me that everything needs poetry,
And that it is not gravity that gives us roots
But the things we do to ourselves.
But it was me that said relativity needs to relate,
Space stops everything happening to you,
And in my humble opinion
Faith and tradition will live next to progress
For as long as it takes.

Cosmology?

Well that’s all about me and Jasvinder.
It all started with us
In Handsworth in Brummagem,
Where the philosophers of Grove Lane
And the great thinkers of Soho Road
Now recite Alpha and Omega continually.

Astrophysics?

That’s about the nature of our celestial bodies
The application of our physical policies
And the intensity of our cultural intercourse,
It’s about the way we greet when we meet
And the exploration of possibilities,
And it must be known
That all scientific studies have shown that
Brummies are at home with new horizons
And a multi-layered concept of place.

Time?
Space?

Time invented itself to stop everything
Happening at once.
Space was grateful
It had been given room to manoeuvre.
They remain good friends.

[Sam Lewis @sam_lewis87]

@AdamBlackmore Well done Adam, fantastic effort!

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@ichoosemag This is wonderful

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@AlexJaySpencer Will do, I’ve been meaning for check out Noname and Braids for ages. You’ve made Erotic Probiotic sound very appealing, too. Yes, be lovely to see you, pickle and all, soon!

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@JamesLark When are tickets available?

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@AlfieHouseEcho Great article, Alfie. Nice one 👍🏻

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@JamesLark Blimey. A lot to process and unpack here

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@SaintsWayPod @FootballMartin_ @josh_seager Spot on, Josh.

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@JamesLark That final shot of SS sat on the bench. Powerful stuff.

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@Tahgasa I see this on my walk to the office. A highlight.

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@JamesLark This is amazing and I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before! Also, Kent? I never knew this (to my shame).

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@jimmyrogers @otherwayworks Great work Jim!

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@hookenfrau Next recipe request for Cantina Piccola please