A Happy Easter To All Our Readers!

Started watching the series "Fantasmas" and there's something very familiar about a parody sitcom featured within it...

"But Not Wil Cwac Cwac" is my family motto.

An hour of cracking (like an egg) cover versions for Good Friday with Deftones, The Wedding Present, Bis, Town Bike, Crackout, TMBG, Ted Leo, Ra Ra Riot, eels, Frank Sidebottom and ooh...several more. Middle-Aged Teenage Angst, today at 11am on @noiseboxradio.com

Worth it just for John's description of R*ssell Gr*nt alone.

An hour of cracking (like an egg) cover versions for Good Friday with Deftones, The Wedding Present, Bis, Town Bike, Crackout, TMBG, Ted Leo, Ra Ra Riot, eels, Frank Sidebottom and ooh...several more. Middle-Aged Teenage Angst, today at 11am on @noiseboxradio.com

This was great last week. NO PRESSURE STEVE.

Yes, when I think of Sooty and Sweep, my thoughts are drawn to "harmony, happiness and prosperity". But mostly sausages.

Me and Daft Dog are definitely* going to do our special World Cup rap so you should get a ticket now! (*actual levels of definiteness as yet to be determined.)

The rumours are true - I am single and looking. Please donate generously. Or something.

Looking forward to the Captain Butler remake.

I hope its a new scent.

"...and also it can cure cancer....what? Oh not that last bit."

Likewise, "U Krazy Katz" is not about Whitsun. #antondecfax

Get away from me Longfield. I will not become your new Jon.

Bought a Vodafone 4G dongle because @youfibre.bsky.social are so useless in getting back to me (2 weeks now) and managing a whopping 4mbps down when plugged into my laptop - I had 20mbps via my mobile data. Any thoughts on how to improve it, boffins?

I regret to inform you all that @ricardoautobahn.co.uk is leaving @alfsplaining.bsky.social for "a Twix and a copy of the Angling Times" with immediate effect. Friends close to the star suspect he'll be back "about half 12".

ALIEN. ANT. FARM. DO YOU SEE?

Today has been very odd. First full day in my new home and it still feels like I'm in someone else's. Unpacked some boxes and watched a bunch of things Ive had downloaded for ages due to no TV signal or proper internet. The loneliness is pretty strong but I know it'll be the new normal soon enough.

I am elsewhere. Its a good feeling.

My favourite Vengaboy is the one who dresses like the titles to short-lived "No 73" spin-off "7T3". #totp

Help me and @benbaker.bsky.social become podcast millionaires.

Another lovely bit of Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc on your noiseboxradio.com now until noon.

This is going to be really good fun. Beatle fans, tune in!

Patti gave birth to a ten-pound Babybel, yeah.

Andy Partridge from #XTCmusic once reviewed the singles for Smash Hits in 1979. I think he might have been wrong on that Buggles one though...

The US mix of "Ten Feet Tall" is in my top five #XTCmusic tracks ever I reckon.

You know a good album cover when it pops without the colours.

There are scaffolders outside my window so Ive pulled the curtains to feel like I'm in a wanky French puppet theatre.

British "news" sites are currently running a story on the horrible 1998 death of Phil Hartman, presumably because SNL UK is in the public consciousness. Really am very tired of this planet.

There's a story here and I am not going on a register to find out what it is.

Liked being with BRSK as an internet provider but since they've shifted to @youfibre.bsky.social its impossible to get through to them and on the off chance you do the call crashes out at their end. Im leaving this house on Saturday and Ive no guarantee it'll stop here. Lovely bonus moving stress.

There's a story here and I am not going on a register to find out what it is.

Ruth Madoc's discography? Is this the sort of thing you want from your podcasts these days? If so, then listen to PantoSplaining at linktr.ee/PantoSplaining

I got to preview this last week on the wireless and frankly it was better without the pictures. But if you like timeless synth retro pop with dark lyrics and a fantastic vocal, I guess you could do worse than watch it.

BLOODY HELL TIM! @outonbluesix.bsky.social shouting out @pantosplaining.bsky.social with a clip live on Radio Berkshire! I'm genuinely beaming!

A big thank you to our latest top tier supporters...

Who remembers Jimbo And The Jet Set? But who remembers the Jimbo And The Jet Set phone-in hotline? ALFsplaining remember it, and they inexplicably start talking about it when they're supposed to be reviewing ALF merch from the 80s. Patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra

Do you like ALF but wish it had less ALF in it? Well, you're in luck...

Look at this stout and sturdy fellow. The unfathomable madness of ALF merchandise is investigated by the only people qualified to do it at patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra

Good morning! Ep 4 of the Big 60s Sort Out USA is out now! We say goodbye to 1960 with a flourish as a new entry shoots to the top spot of my chart. But who? Brenda? Ray? Elvis? Maurice?! Listen to find out! plinkhq.com/i/1531129636...

The Larks Ascending - a history of comedy on BBC Radio 3. It's like a lost world of humour hidden away in the small print in Radio Times. Paperback (15% off code NARRATIVE15) or Kindle from here. timworthington.org/books/the-la...

Happy Birthday to everyone whose birthday it is. I made you this mix of vaguely themed sounds on noiseboxradio.com Its not as good as a Playstation but better than coal and broken Sindy dolls. Now make a wish...

Well, I genuinely liked SNL UK. Clearly full of impersonations that Americans recognise (although Cilla was a surprise), lots of obvious watching the boards and I really don't like the needless forced swearing but it was fun, barrelled along nicely and I hope it finds an audience.

Today at 6pm on @noiseboxradio.com - a new special one-off edition of my occasional mix series "The Scene Inbetween" for Noisebox's fourth birthday. Just after the similarly weird and woozy "The Periphery" and before top new programmes by @daviansometimes.bsky.social and @cheeseford.bsky.social.

No matter what the station though - and there are plenty of great small ones - please continue to support small homebrew radio! Especially where there are real humans choosing music they love and want to share. And - more importantly - the musicians get paid and Sp*tify doesnt!

Thank you to everyone who listened last night and has supported the station both this week and the previous four years. @noiseboxradio.com is a strange little bird run by a tiny team of volunteers - most of whom have never met - but somehow it works and the listeners are a huge part of that.

Any minute now, four fans.