I concur

It's Christmas morning, so naturally I'm spending it digging out our Ken's book to offer some context to @puropodcast.bsky.social on the Christmas Disco Ladder Match.

Don't forget to print out some spare unicode ligatures to prevent disappointment tomorrow.

Surprise! Its me and him with an @offthechart.show Takeover! Yes, Steve and Jools are having a little sleep but not to worry as myself and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk are on the decks for two hours of December 1983! Get to noiseboxradio.com now!

Published RadViewer to visualize the old RAD files from Atari/Tengen github.com/yaz0r/RadVie... It's been pretty annoying to look at old RAD files through Dosbox, so made a modern viewer for windows. For more context about RAD files: www.museumofplay.org/blog/thats-r...

I remember being quite startled when he turned up on Gone Fishing a while back. He seemed to have gone through some terrible things. Very, very sad news.

In the last ALFsplaining of 2025, ALF The Stupefying: 🪄 Instructs Willie to set fire to his own money, which Willie agrees to do 🪄 Smashes Willie's watch (which he willingly gave ALF despite everything) to bits 🪄 Turns Brian into a rabbit Can anybody make sense of this? Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

Okay this is some strong as hell maths. Can't tell you how much buying the Size Five games helps me out. If you follow me but don't own these yet, please grab them now. It's the *actual best Christmas present* to help keep my weird little company afloat. Thank you.

I've written and produced a radio play (and with only minimal help from Charles Dickens)! "A Noisebox Christmas Carol" gets its premiere on Christmas Eve at 8:30pm and I'm very proud of it. The @noiseboxradio.com team have really stepped up and its all very silly indeed. A proper Christmas special.

Not a bad way to spend the afternoon

Fans, Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks all express their displeasure for British Pro Wrestling being taken off the air on ITV in 1988.

A short piece of writing about a sticker album. cwickham.blogspot.com/2025/12/stic...

I’ve just realised that Skinner seems to be implying that Tim Davie resigned because of him and not, y’know, the widely-reported story involving the President of the United States

From what I've been able to gather, it looks like someone playing with adding the downsampled Guardians of the Hood assets to the original engine. Doesn't seem to be much logic, getting the boss Helga as the first fight seems strange.

Interesting, reminds me about certain stories relating to a ginger media mogul seemingly stopping being followed up as soon as he joined a News International affiliated business.

Difficult job following Leonard Rossiter and Brucie #totp

What was that varispeed about there at the beginning of Believe? Flashing images, or something to cut out? If it was a directorial choice, it looked crap #totp

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.

My debut novel, The Paradox Paradox, IS FINALLY AVALIABLE! Get the eBook here RIGHT NOW for just £5! www.patreon.com/nerdcubed/shop

An hour of 1995 indie requests from Middle-Aged Teenage Angst listeners is coming your way this morning at 11am. Prepare thyself for emotions. noiseboxradio.com

I know some people here like this, so I'll share it. Not mine, though: youtu.be/UuX5REQUpXU?...

People on certain Discords I'm on are expecting the Romeo Challenger story right now, aren't they? Well, there's some things that need a degree of protection...

Good. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Where were you in 1995? I'm not asking in regards to some crimes but the theme for the choices tonight - specifically indie songs that have been forgotten a little since release.

Very sad to report that JOHN ANTROBUS died yesterday (15th December) aged 92. A frequent writing collaborator with Spike, he conceived and co-wrote The Bed Sitting Room, two Goon Shows, sketches for the Fred shows & so much more. Glad we got a chance to salute him with a show earlier this year. RIP

One final trip to 1995 for Middle-Aged Teenage Angst this year and its an all request special. Some hits, a few divebombs and all elixirs inbetween. Rule number one: pretend its fun. Tuesday, 8pm on noiseboxradio.com

This week, in an all-new ALFsplaining: 🛸 ALF is captured, and enjoys some "Mother's" Mint Cremes! 🛸 Willie sniffs asbestos and glimpses a polaroid! How *can* this come together in a coherent plot? Find out now at linktr.ee/ALFSPLAINING

In honour of Rob Reiner, have David Moore's thread on the best sword fight in movie history and exactly how nerdy it is.

Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.

Listen to CheapShow. It's good honest grotty fun with a heart of (somewhat tarnished) gold. Also if boardgames are your thing, check this out www.youtube.com/@LXBoardGames Also also, the Winkie ep is deserving of a full blown documentary.

Live on @noiseboxradio.com right now, and obviously, we have to pay tribute to the great Stanley Baxter. #BarfeNight noiseboxradio.com

🤖 NEW FEATURE: 100 years on from its production, Iain Hepburn takes a look back at the making of, reception to and rebuilding of this science-fiction epic. www.thespoilist.com/building-and...

26 years ago *today* we went on the Atlantic 252 breakfast show and tonight we are in Halifax with Hacker T Dog - I think that's pretty good going.

I can't wait for Toby Young's Free Speech Union to step in and demand Robin's reinstatement.

Dumb things I discover when researching. The S-Express covers? Designed by the same guy who plays Geordie Gunter. (www.davelittle.co.uk/sleeve-desig...) Which explains how he ends up on Gym and Tonic...

Worth breaking my kayfabe disappearance for. I'd argue people don't realise just how groundbreaking his work truly was.

I'm no lawyer, but when a settlement happens immediately before the sued party has to present its case, that tends to indicate that they've run off the cliff face, and have just made eye contact with Road Runner.

British Speedway seems to be going down the dumper, teams closing left right and centre. You have one roll of the dice to appoint a team of experts to lead the way to a new dawn. Oh dear, guess that's done then: britishspeedway.co.uk/miscellaneou...

Tomorrow at 9pm on www.twitch.tv/babel_17, I'll be co-hosting a night of fake fisticuffs with... - @ricardoautobahn.co.uk's Chart Challenge; - John Shuttleworth vs Hacker T Dog; - @maysiebug.bsky.social & the battle for Saturday Night; - NOW! Thats What I Call A Rumble and much more silliness.

Red sky at night, ICI alight, red sky in the morning, cyanide warning.

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Do you wanna be a winner? Well stick with Middle-Aged Teenage Angst tonight and your prize will be an hour of daft laughs, indie music and awards from around the world. noiseboxradio.com 8-9pm followed by @offthechart.show soaking in the wonders of 1981.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul... @mrpsb.uk I may need a while to cope with this series of events

Tonight at 8pm. Only slightly problematic.

If you want a top smart, not in the shops unique Christmas gift for the telly obsessive in your life, why not consider one of my books in print or digital? linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks