Category: Personal and Family Life

Throwback Thursday to Damian Lewis as a Teacher? Yes, Please! *UPDATED*

Recently, Romesh Ranganathan reminded Damian Lewis that he once said he wanted to be a teacher. Damian’s response? He laughed and said he probably gave that answer to the classic question: what would you do if you weren’t an actor? Still… it’s not a random answer. Because in many ways, he’s already done it. Damian also mentioned that he’s given acting masterclasses over the years—sharing what he’s learned with younger actors. So this feels like the perfect moment to revisit one of those: the masterclass he gave to young stage actors during his West End run in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? back in 2017. Professor Lewis, anyone? We’re taking notes.

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Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Soho Tango

“This one is about meeting someone for the very first time and chatting her up on the streets of Soho and thinking I’d closed the deal and she got in the taxi and went home.” – Damian Lewis

We are getting very close now.

With Damian’s new single “Sweet Chaos” finally here and the album with the same title coming in June, the excitement is building. We’re in that waiting period— in the very best way.

So while we wait for the album to drop, we’re continuing our “Song of the Week” series, going back to the songs Damian has written and the stories behind them. And this week’s song takes us to Soho… because, after all, it takes two to tango 🙂

What sounds like a playful Soho story turns out to be the first chapter of a love story. And before I get to unpacking this song for you, if you missed the previous “Song of the Week” posts, you can catch up with them here.

I love the playful storytelling in Damian’s songs, and Soho Tango is no exception. Boy meets girl, boy flirts with girl, boy does not get the girl… 🙂

Two in the morning
Smokin’ on a Soho street
You told jokes, and I was laughin’
I asked if I could kiss you, please

But you said “no”
And you were gone
“I ain’t kissin’ you”
I said, “Why?”
But you had flown
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Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Zaragoza

“The lush blues sound of ‘Zaragoza’ perfectly blends his whisky-parched vocal with the excellent band surrounding him.” – Clash Music

Damian Lewis at Hoxton Hall, March 2023

Over the past months, our Song of the Week series has been taking us deep into the stories behind Mission Creep — one song at a time. If you’ve missed any of the earlier posts, you can catch up with the full series here. And now, as we wait (not so patiently…) for Damian’s album number two later this year, it feels like the perfect moment to return to the beginning of his musical journey. .

Zaragoza is where it all starts: back in the busking days, on the road, in the middle of a storm.

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Throwback Thursday – How We Turned Fan Stories Into a Book… And Put It in Damian Lewis’ Hands

I can’t believe it has been exactly seven years since our Fan Fun fan stories turned into a book and landed in Damian Lewis’ hands! Join me in this fun walk through the memory lane!

It all started with a random conversation on NYC subway.

I am a part-time New Yorker. Lady Trader, on the other hand, is a true New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn, now living on Long Island. The two of us tried to meet almost every time I was in the city over some yummy dessert and tea at Veniero’s and chatted away for a few hours (Hey, Lady, we need to revive this tradition!)  Then we took the subway together: Lady Trader got off at Penn Station to take the LIRR home and I continued uptown.

On one of my spring visits in 2016, on a subway ride home, I asked Lady Trader how she “discovered” Damian. When she told me her story, and it was hilarious, I told her she should really write a blog post about it. And as soon as she drafted her story, a NEW idea was born! Wouldn’t it be FUN if we invited fans to write their own stories about how they became Damian Lewis fans? Continue reading “Throwback Thursday – How We Turned Fan Stories Into a Book… And Put It in Damian Lewis’ Hands”

Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Wanna Grow Old in Paris

This is called ‘Wanna Grow Old in Paris’…

Who doesn’t, right?

– Damian Lewis at Hoxton Hall

Indeed.

I was lucky enough to spend a few days in Paris last summer — a city that effortlessly lives up to its reputation as one of the most beautiful and romantic places in the world. As my T-shirt proudly declared at the time, “Paris is always a good idea.”

And truly, it is.

I felt incredibly lucky to revisit Notre Dame, to be dazzled once again by the Impressionist masterpieces at the Musée d’Orsay, to wander (and happily get lost) along the side streets of the Latin Quarter, and to enjoy a drink — or two — at the legendary Café de Flore.

source: Damianista

All of this brings me to today’s choice for Damian Lewis’ “Song of the Week”: Wanna Grow Old in Paris. Because really—who wouldn’t? And you can always catch up with all Song of the Week posts here.

Here’s what Damian had to say about the song when he dropped it as the first single from his EP, which came out just after the Paris Olympics last year. Continue reading “Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Wanna Grow Old in Paris”