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Ben Baker

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Writer. Podcaster. ALFsplainer. And there's a chance that things'll get weird. Yeah, that's a possibility. Help me by buying some daft stuff here: https://ko-fi.com/benbakerbooks

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · Sep 1

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?

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I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1h

Woah! MAN

Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2h

When I opened for Spray last night doing some of my hard poetry slams about the bad war.

Maysiebug @maysiebug.bsky.social · 12h

What a night! A mini Noisebox meet! @spraypopmusic.com

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2h

I didn't know you were there! Oh man. I'm sorry.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 23h

Cor! I did not!

Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1d

Love indie? Love baths? This will be what you want - 11am on @noiseboxradio.com

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

"How many dancers?"
"(3)"

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

Even when just doing my morning Sporcle, the good lord Shumway graces me with his presence.

(You listened to the new @alfsplaining.bsky.social yet?)

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1d

I keep waiting for Tiktok to decide Murun Buchstansangur wasn't real like Roy Jay. I mean, I question myself some days but EIGHTIES BRITAIN, MAN. .

Stuart Gipp @stuartgipp.bsky.social · 1d

Half-Remembered UK TV Cartoons All-Stars Racing Transformed Season Pass 1 lineup

- Huxley Pig
- Sharkey
- Murun Buchstansangur
- Corneil

Season Pass 2

- George
- Fantomcat
- Bernie
- Walter Melon

Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful to see the Jackie archives appearing on the British Newspaper Archive so we can see which hot to trot hunks the teen girls of 1964 were moistly pinning to their walls.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1d

Buy a bong with a skullington on it.

Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1d

WAG 1 OFFY

(B)

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

Even when just doing my morning Sporcle, the good lord Shumway graces me with his presence.

(You listened to the new @alfsplaining.bsky.social yet?)

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

The Man said "BUY GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET, PALS!"

Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

Got your new act here, pal.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

"How many dancers?"
"(3)"

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

I was about to ask that myself!

Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

Are any of my pals going to see The Spray Band on Friday night in Manchester or Sheffield on Saturday? I will be there, knickers - as always - in the air.

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AnalogueTrash presents Spray + This Bliss + HawaiiWorms at Stage & Radio, Manchester on 10th Oct 2025

AnalogueTrash presents Spray + This Bliss + HawaiiWorms at Stage & Radio, Manchester on 10th Oct 2025. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout

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ALFsplaining - the ALF Podcast @alfsplaining.bsky.social · 3d

THIS WEEK ON ALFSPLAINING. We look into:
ALF and Brian pretending not to notice.
Just how big a sack you need to smuggle ALF out of a drive-in.
Banana Coffee.
How to play "Tri-Trivia".
PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE!

Listen at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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ALF and Brian sit in front of the station wagon - staring ahead in shock as Kate and Willie get in on in the back seat.

Willie carrying a gigantic sack which purports to contain Mr Gordon Shumway.

Willie gradually and erotically prising a banana skin from a coffee machine.

ALF, in a bulky red T-shirt, and Willie, in a tan sport coat, enjoy a game of something called Tri-Trivia.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 3d

THE FEETS

Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 3d

If you think what I do is worth a few quid each month and want to hear tons more, maybe consider my Patreon? patreon.com/BenBaker2000 There's a lot of stuff to keep you entertained and it helps me out hugely in these rotten times. Thank you!

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creating silly things for good people.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to everyone who listened to the show this week. If you missed it, there's a Friday repeat or the huge archive of all the station's shows on mixcloud.com/noiseboxradio

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 3d

Side project of Love and Rockets, The Bubblemen dressed as boggle eyed aliens and liked to "Rap!" A surreal new wave novelty that makes me feel like I've been necking Radox.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 3d

Them zany Supergrass lads cover The Beat’s ska classic “Mirror in the Bathroom” with fuzzed-out glam swagger as The Hotrats. But how hot were the rats? NEVER MORE SO!

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 3d

Waxahatchee’s “Bathtub” is lo-fi and raw - like me when I put too much hot in the bath. Ooh! Aah!

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 3d

Descendents’ “Clean Sheets” is heartbreak and hygiene. Which sounds like a very niche Northern club act from the 70s.

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