Westward Ho! Massive letdown.

I'd forgotten about him until hearing HMHB's 'D'ye ken Ted Moult?' for the first time a couple of years ago

"My wife travelled to see a funny comedian in Saudi Arabia" "Carr?" "No she's not allowed to drive there because women are hated"

I’m sure this screenshot will come in handy.

What's Adam Ant's favourite sexual position? It's doggy doggy doggy doggy doggy doggy (SNIIIIIP! - Ed.)

Post a happy TV theme that you like. Or don't, I ain't your muvva. (blame @miles-online.co.uk for this one) youtu.be/DG3RfUy8_7Q?...

Stubbed toe? Digital ID! Flat tyre? Digital ID! Shrinkflation? Digital ID! Can’t find glasses to read a text from Shovel the percussionist in unthreatening dance outfit M People? Digital ID! Unpopular government haemorrhaging support due to not having any vision? Digital ID!

Best thing any of the Frankies did. Fight me.

Knowing Ronnie hated this actually makes it even funnier

Len Goodman's Jay Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel

@snathe.bsky.social Fresh 4, Stenhousemuir 0 (fill in the rest yourself)

30 years on and I've only just noticed it's "wizz" not "whizz"

Cathy wrote this because she couldn't find Lyon's Maid ice cream anywhere

What if we've already had the Rapture, and only one person actually met the required standard for ascension, and that was Grocer Jack? The clues were all there.

Off to do some exciting things in Ashford soon (my definition of "exciting" includes a tip run and a visit to the big Sainsbury's)

Just saw Mario turned 40 this week and so, once again, I present to you: the first level of Super Mario but all the sound effects are farts.

We're listening to music that wasn't designed to be listened to tonight on THE SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW, only on NOISEBOX RADIO at 8pm! Two hours of 1978's finest LIBRARY MUSIC from the KPM MUSIC & BRUTON MUSIC archives! Plus more fun with cover versions on BANDWIDTH at 10pm! noiseboxradio.com

Not sure what this is doing in my local B&M car park, but I'm ok with it.

Pals, if you want to post about something good, you don’t have to acknowledge that the world is bad at the same time (we know this and it sucks)

New post tracing some of the early history of fighting games, and looking at the arcade-influenced classic that broke through to be one of the biggest home computer hits of 1985: www.superchartisland.com/the-way-of-the-exploding-fist

🎶 The Beatles and the Strokes Sucked the marrow out of blokes

The single of the title track was the first song to chart in the UK with the Fairlight ORCH5 orchestra sample, just beating Rockers Revenge and Afrika Bambaataa. www.whosampled.com/Fairlight-CM...

WHAT A FUCKING FONT

Fuck me sideways, what a record

I'm no expert but do you think they might be a bit horny? #totp

It's odd seeing a band I actually love on #totp, a bit like that time my mum and auntie appeared on a That's Life outside broadcast for three seconds

I've eaten less flat pancakes #totp

Definitely not a ‘parody’ band. As my Elements of Half Man Half Biscuit Poster truly attests. xx

Unexpected The Chase question of the day:

Timeline cleanse

it's 909 day from 1984 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI-_...

Live Aid happened 40 years ago, and so did a less remembered Band Aid spin-off in home computer games. New post on the Soft Aid compilation which spent 16 weeks at #1, its legacy, and each of the 18 games it included. With guest star @shammountebank.bsky.social: www.superchartisland.com/soft-aid

Christ that made me jump just now. Didn't help that we had three phones charging in the same place

My HP Pavilion 15 laptop stopped taking any charge on Friday morning, tried my mate's USB-C charger yesterday and not a flicker of life. I've an older machine to use in the meantime but its barely 2 years old so I'm baffled - can anyone help?

I'm just going to assume that people with hashtag OFMD in their bios really want to emphasise their love of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

So, you missed a live show? Don't worry, we've got you covered! Point your interweb browser at www.mixcloud.com/Noi... and treat yourself to a smörgåsbord of audio goodness - there are hundreds of hours of quality archive radio content for you to gorge yourselves silly on xx

The '90s were a wildly progressive decade of alternative music

Wilmot by the Sabres of Paradise Wilmot by the Sabres of Paradise It's the Sabres of Paradise Wilmot by the Sabres of Paradise

Things will continue getting worse until the UK gets its act together and sends Half Man Half Biscuit to represent us at Eurovision.

Middle-Aged Teenage Angst: The Zine is now available to buy in print or as a PDF. 52 pages of new writing by me on forgotten TV, old mags, radio, wrestling, growing up, badges and, of course, music. Why should teenage kicks be only for teenagers? ko-fi.com/benbakerbook...

Not long now before violent storms are called Wubbo #hmhb

WORSTBLOBY

Can't believe it's 35 years since Jeff Young played 'Total Confusion' by A Homeboy A Hippie And A Funki Dred followed by 808 State's 'Cubik' on his Friday night dance music show on Radio One.

Baby Ford. First or second proper acid house tune I ever heard. Loved the album too.

I've taken up swimming recently. I'm crap at it, and it's not cheap, but I find it more enjoyable than hauling my arse round the village for a run. But what's the deal with people who turn up, chat at the edge of the pool for twenty minutes, do a couple of lengths, chat some more and get out again?

Tonight at 8pm on NOISEBOX RADIO, we're opening the doors of THE SUGAR & LUST BIG BEAT BOUTIQUE, bringing you absolute BOMBURSTS from 1996! All the usuals are on the list - Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Death in Vegas, Prodigy - and some surprises! Best of all: no dress code! noiseboxradio.com

And a cock-a-doodle-doo to you too, you feathery git

Thread: forgive the shonky camera footage, but we've stumbled on an amazing clip show for an old Italian pop show which was apparently similar to #totp, working it's way through the 80s.