Ben Baker is currently supplying us with some much-needed comfort on @noiseboxradio.com. Listen now!

Despite my laptop then external hard drive completely dying, tomorrow there will be a Middle-Aged Teenage Angst on @noiseboxradio.com. I'm not saying I'm Jesus or owt - that is for other people to say.

Do message me or contact @eandtbooks.bsky.social if you'd like to give some coverage to my new book #IntoTheGroove, the month-by-month story of pop in the 1980s. The book is officially out in the UK next Thursday, 2 October.

'Authored' Television is all very well and good, but it can never top Roy Jay leaping backwards shouting 'SPOOK!' on encountering a resolutely non-responsive Syd Little.

Any suggestions for how and where to organise a promotional tour for my new book? Fellow scholars and writers seem to have extensive tour dates - how did you organise it?

If you missed this from me a couple of days ago, it's some fun nonsense for a Sunday morning.

#totp watchers, this upcoming book of mine may interest you!

He's even unbearable with the volume turned off. #totp

I adore Silver Sun. Then and now. They deserved so much more and James remains a huge loss to music.

If you like indie and alternative music, you might just enjoy this hour of sounds and occasional speaking going out on @noiseboxradio.com at 11am BST today.

15 minutes to go - it's hotting up in the green room as the stars mingle in preparation. Writer and personality @benbaker.bsky.social is ready to quiz the band and @analoguetrash.com are ready to play the tunes. www.youtube.com/@AnalogueTra...

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If someone says “it’s like x on acid” or “is it art” or “a four year old could do it”, they should be klaxoned off the air, and a substitute critic brought off the bench.

mary renault's classic novel about three elderly ancient greek layabouts, who end up going downhill in a bathtub

This is great: it's got all the humour of Ben's show on Noisebox Radio (8pm on Tuesdays) plus some touching personal writing on growing up, 90s pop culture and the demise of late-night TV. Really looking forward to the next instalment!

Down to the last few copies of my pop culture zine. I wont be getting any more printed after this so if you want one, now is the time to pounce. ko-fi.com/benbakerbook...

No one wants choice in public services. They want the one nearest them to be good.

I am running the London Parks Half Marathon for SANDS in memory of our first son Olly who died at 9 months in 2012. Just did my first 7 mile run. More than half of the way there! SANDS has been a wonderful support. Anything you can give will be welcome. Thanks. www.justgiving.com/page/mark-th...

The elephant projection lending the song some much-needed plausible deniability. #totp

Is this SFA's first #totp performance?

Another chance to consume perhaps the best hour of radio I've ever done at 11am. Certainly the silliest. noiseboxradio.com

If you work in the press, the music press, for radio, have podcasts, have a bookshop, or want to cover it in any way, do contact me, either by DM here, or by emailing me: [email protected]. #IntoTheGroove

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Please listen to Middle-Aged Teenage Angst from 8pm EXACTLY so I can explain whats going on with tonight's show. Thank you. noiseboxradio.com

Despite my laptop dying, I've managed to pull together a show for @noiseboxradio.com tomorrow night at 8pm. Had to get a bit of help but I don't think it will be too obvious throughout the programme. Thank you for your patience.

If any of our undervalued, yet lovely followers can help here, please do. @benbaker.bsky.social is one of the most fiercely creative people we know and could do with a hand.

Hivemind, anyone know any Leeds/Yorkshire based comic writers? It's for a fantastic project that the British Library has been working on with care experienced and looked after children in Leeds, making a comic about their experiences. I would love to get some people down to support the launch.

My laptop just died so enjoy this Middle-Aged Teenage Angst repeat at 11am while I scream into the void. noiseboxradio.com

The rough cut of ep 30 is almost there, ep 31 was recorded yesterday, research to start imminently on ep 32. I’m very proud of this series, nobody gets paid but we work hard on it. #FirstLastAnything

It's quite easy to dismiss a politician that doesn't aid your agenda as "just some middle-class white guy" but I've always found there's more to someone than their race and (perceived) class. Also I don't really care what kind of upbringing a politician had. I care about their words and actions.

Slightly diminish a band: Half-Price Kitten

Back tonight at 8pm with summer clips, oddness and music from the likes of Silver Sun, Talking Heads, Airhead, Dario G, Less Than Jake, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Spearmint, Jimmy Cliff, Midget, Rico and loads more. Only up your @noiseboxradio.com

I have just 10 DAYS to find, pay for & move into London accommodation where my young twins and I can stay during 10 weeks of radiotherapy cancer treatment & recovery. 👀 GoFundMe already helped me cover timely & super-precise radiotherapy - can you help me sort somewhere to stay? Link in bio. 😊👊❤🤘

Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?

Williams was basically insufferable from this point onwards. #totp

Don't forget that if you missed the show, its repeated Friday at 11am and can be found on listen again via mixcloud.com/Noiseboxradio or maybe consider throwing a few quid at my Patreon - patreon.com/benbaker2000 - where you can find a decades worth of radio, writing and general daftness. Thank you.

As I sit at my desk watching the rain hammer down uncaring onto the confused people in shorts outside I feel there's never been a better time to promote my new summer mix airing tonight at 8pm on @noiseboxradio.com

This was fascinating. Anyone interested in the theory or psychology of music and sound should give this a listen. and Jyoti Mishra was a great choice of guest.

Hi Everyone I’ve just launched my new podcast SoundPower and I need your help… Please check it out and spread the word - uptake has been a little slow (probably people on hols), so I’m trying to kick things up a notch… Episode 1 features Jyoti Mishra from White Town - the No 1 single Your Woman…

NEW! Beginning Series 3 of my music textcast #FirstLastAnything, broadcaster/writer Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social talks about his ace long-running Sunday radio show #Forgotten80s, his home city of Hull and its fourth best band, and much more besides. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/08/02/f...

Happy Yorkshire Day!

Tomorrow from noon on @noiseboxradio.com after my MATA repeat: the most Yorkshire thing that ever Yorkshired. Or just me playing some music live with a fun pop quiz in the middle.

Ben has just introduced my favourite Blur song with a reference to Murun Buchstansangur. I could not love this show more!

Middle-Aged Teenage Angst is on @noiseboxradio.com at 8pm. Tonight is all about "end of side one" songs and is very much worth a listen. Thank you.

Time to lift the stylus on Middle-Aged Teenage Angst. Tuesday 8pm. noiseboxradio.com

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On @noiseboxradio.com at 7pm with a support group for those affected by Sunday theme tunes of the past. Together we'll beat their collective grip on our psyche...or at least just listen to some daft old telly music for a few hours together. Join the chat here: noiseboxradio.com/discord

I turned this thread into a radio show and you can hear it - and forty of the theme tunes - on @noiseboxradio.com tomorrow at 7pm.

Hurricane #1 - from that period where Creation were signing anything that might potentially be lukewarm enough to get playlisted by local radio and please their shareholders Sony Music. They sound like an Edwyn Collins parody of an Oasis wannabe band. #totp

It's easy to mock them for turning dreary quite quickly, but this is a genuinely moving song. #totp