Wider Fools Fall In Love #popmaster

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If your Thompson Twins ticket is for Tues, move your clothes down onto the lower peg immediately after lunch, before you write your letter home.

If your Thompson Twins ticket is for Tues, move your clothes down onto the lower peg immediately after lunch, before you write your letter home.

Tonight at 7pm, I have pop, rock, indie, hip hop, punk, Welsh dogs, television, bad drugs, a Soft Boy, movie films, a Voice escapee, all the 90s, CB chat, political violence, boys in skirts, tiny mouths, human rage, too much booze and love love LOVE. Join me, wont'cha? @noiseboxradio.com

It's daft but this title sequence is the thing that makes me pang nostalgically perhaps the most, especially the few weeks "TV Mayhem" was still a thing. It was all so exciting - especially when you're 10 year old. I'd give anything for that blind optimism again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iv8...

Just been reminded of this Muppetational nonsense I made several years ago. Although I like the other one where Animal says "wank" better.

Filling in for my pal @wcba.bsky.social's new music show tomorrow at 7pm on @noiseboxradio.com - its a programme with records so up to date I don't even know what is in it yet. Which is a worry when you think about it.

Every year I think "I should increase my profile next year so I can do something at the Fringe" but then decide to have a mental breakdown instead. I understand they're largely similar anyway.

I mean, it always makes my day but I wouldn't use that phrasing personally...

Last night I played all this during my radio programme and I almost don't regret any of it! Find it on the Noisebox Radio Mixcloud or my Patreon now, along with everything else Ive done in the past decade or so. www.patreon.com/BenBaker2000

I mean, it always makes my day but I wouldn't use that phrasing personally...

"They didn’t promote it and buried it so nobody knew it was on..." A reminder as always that G*****s is a tedious, self-important blowhard who seems to have forgotten his co-writer entirely.

Good lord, imagine being desperate, bored and lunatic enough to write into Kerrang! in 1997. I hope all these people have seen sense and had themselves suffocated with a big pillow.

Celebrate 'International Kissing Day' the only true way - by taking out a court order against "Ben Baker Vs Monday", back tonight at 8pm LIVE on @noiseboxradio.com

Celebrate 'International Kissing Day' the only true way - by taking out a court order against "Ben Baker Vs Monday", back tonight at 8pm LIVE on @noiseboxradio.com

"How did you spend your Friday night. Ben?" "Preparing to go on a register..."

Introducing the People's Princess on stage in Salford last night. Don't tell the social.

Hi pals! Catch me on Noisebox Radio (noiseboxradio.com) this Sunday (July 5th) from 19:00 BST, with another hour of great pop and rock songs featured in The Simpsons. Yes, it's Simpsonic Sound Shower 2!

I love the fact BBC Two have just shoved on "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" this morning in the kids slot as if its a Shrek and not a tender, quiet and beautiful character study.

"How did you spend your Friday night. Ben?" "Preparing to go on a register..."

I wish Annie Lennox had a balaclava with "ANNIE" on like the Manics. #totp

Who was your favourite in Point Break? Mine was "Boffo". #totp

All three parts of our epic look at Russ Abbot's 1982 All Laughter Show are out, taking in everything from penny whistles and Argentinian dictators to sadomasochism and David Bowie's input into a classic comedy character. Pt 1 youtu.be/atXQxQGmvMo Pt 2 youtu.be/0c4j8O8opWc Pt 3 youtu.be/0puFq1UHFH4

So the answer to "how many parts should Pantosplaining be in?" is "yes". Great.

Do you prefer the shorter episodes? Or do you like it all in one big huge chunk? Let us know, comment or reply to this. Episode 9 will premiere as a full length one hour episode next week, without our video antics between episodes. Those are exclusive to the 20 minute edits.

We've experimented with the three part, shorter episodes this time - Russ Abbot's episode was far and away the quickest out of the traps for viewers with Les and Nookie's lagging a bit. So please do go and do your bit for the stats at linktr.ee/PantoSplaining where you can watch *loads* of episodes!

I assumed he just mimed it all off a backing tape too, listeners.

The good old days when the local video shops would advertise all the new releases, regardless of grot content. "Care Bears 2" or "The Sex O'Clock News"? Decisions decisions!

Was 'Now For Nookie' the most boring kids TV show ever made? Roger de Courcey and Nookie Bear are the stars of the final part of our look at the poster for 1982's All-Laughter Show in Great Yarmouth youtu.be/0puFq1UHFH4

The good old days when an enterprising young chap could make a few quid from photos of a man kicking the fuck out of his neighbour.

The good old days when an enterprising young chap could make a few quid from photos of a man kicking the fuck out of his neighbour.

it turns out football was the real winner we met along the way.

Its the start of the month and - if you like my stuff - a very good time to join my Patreon. It'll support me continuing to make daft things and there's over a decade of writing, radio, podcasts and other nonsense which can be yours for the cost of some mid-level ham. www.patreon.com/c/BenBaker2000

I'm afraid I am on @noiseboxradio.com again as a guest of Steve Binnie picking some 1980s tracks I love. And also one which is not 80s but is very good regardless.

It's important the big things are logged on IMDB* www.imdb.com/title/tt1644... (*Intentionally Moving Dog Bed)

Hideous.

Thinking of doing a XXX reboot of "WeekEnding". It's basically the same as the old one but you see it going in.

The three words every man longs to hear...

Thank you once again to the people who support me on Patreon because I know times are tight for everyone and its usually those with the least who give the most. If I make you laugh and you can spare a quid or two, I've tons of stuff you might enjoy here: www.patreon.com/c/BenBaker2000

Thanks to everyone who listened live tonight. For those who want to catch up, there's all my shows on Mixcloud and Patreon - the latter absolutely crammed with stuff for £3 a month. All goes to paying the bills so I can continue doing this daft old stuff. www.patreon.com/c/BenBaker2000

Fancy some live radio, missis?

On tonight's live programme: no tennis. As for what content there is... ah, we'll work that out later. 8pm, Court Z, noiseboxradio.com

So judging from the episode of Germany's "Musikladen" I saw yesterday, it was pretty much the same as "Top of the Pops" but with more sweaty balding men and murderers in the audience.

This screenshot ticks boxes I didn't even know I had.

Was reading through a 1953 Life magazine last night and almost every advert had some sort of gothic horror buried barely under the surface.

Last week I played this lot on the radio. Seems like something that might be your sack of entertainment? Tune in every Monday at 8pm on @noiseboxradio.com

Very nice to hear @realpaulputner.bsky.social on @noiseboxradio.com via those silly men Love and Rain. Welcome back on any time, guv.

In the first 2 parts of this month's PantoSplaining @benbaker.bsky.social and I have been looking at this '82 summer poster and it's a treat. Catch up before the 3rd and final part (Roger de Courcey and some unrelated BDSM shenanigans) next week! Pt1 youtu.be/atXQxQGmvMo Pt2 youtu.be/0c4j8O8opWc