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Alan Boon

@wcba.bsky.social

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I’m Alan and I write stuff. Mainly for STARBURST magazine but I've always got some side hustle on the go. Oh, I make ‘zines, too. AND I present a weekly music show on NOISEBOX RADIO, Weds 8-10pm. linktr.ee/wcbazine

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Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2h

Be rude not to. And I HATE being rude.

Monkey @monkeypicks.bsky.social · 9h

Big fan of fanzines, Brenda Sweeney’s art (see orange/black abstract brutalism in background) and her taste for indiepop and 60s nooks and crannies - so Here’s Where You Belong, is entirely correct. You? brensweeney.bigcartel.com

Fanzine, issue 2. Comet Gain, The Pastels, St Etienne, Autocamper, The Wednesday Play, Corita Kent Art, Pastels Pop Quiz. Bargain for £5

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2h

Also saw a digital billboard that had a Palestinian flag on one of its rotations. FREE PALESTINE.

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2h

Went to the Red Brick Market in Birmingham today. Brilliant place full of lovely tat. Every town needs one, really.

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2h

Dude, you could move in!

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 13h

I heard this before the original and it's always theirs I go to in my head as a result. Great version!

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

Glen Campbell in fine form on BBC4

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

A Nivea ad, apparently #TOTP #BlueVelvet

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

MANCHESTER, THE DANCE CAPITAL OF ENGLAND #TOTP

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

Pat Butcher #TOTP

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the way her eyes switch sides in a blink

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Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

… Gruff Rhys, Robin Kester, Laveda, múm, NewDad, Scholars of the Peak, Shrunken Elvis, Snuggle, Synthetic Villains, Lila Tristram, TRSH, Jeff Tweedy, Eric Wetherall, and the Jason Molina tribute album from Run for Cover Records)! Music is ACE!

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

... Evan Greer, Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell, Josie, Jens Lekman, Madilyn Mei, Nation of Language, No Peeling, Peach Fuzz, Emma Pollock, Real Estate, Shallowater, The Sexual Objects, and Wednesday), and 8/10 on another 18 albums & EPs (Automatic, Bad Self Portraits, Boy Commandos, Daffo... cont)

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Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

Finally finished a mammoth 69 (nice!) albums from last month and so here is MY ALBUMS OF THE MONTH from SEPTEMBER 2025! I went 10/10 on 3 albums (Algernon Cadwallader, The Cords, and the Tacoma Radar reissue), 9/10 on 17 (Aren't We Amphibians, Big Thief, Floormat Doormat, Former Champ... cont)

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 1d

There's not a huge hubbub about Goblin Market (comics and zines) on bsky but I'll be there! and celebrating the launch of Down Down to Goblin Town! Come on down and get your hand on the book IN PERSON

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Sweeping The Nation @sweepingthenation.bsky.social · 1d

Here's your first set of names for Leicesterval 2026.

And there's much more to come - in a few weeks we'll tell you the other half of the line-up.

WEEKEND AND DAY TICKETS, with nearly half the weekend/Saturday allocation gone already: wegottickets.com/event/676095

Sweeping The Nation presents Leicesterval 2026, 28th February & 1st March, Firebug; with Sunday headliner Loose Articles plus Autocamper, Boilers, Jemma Freeman & the Cosmic Something, Junk Whale, Velvet Crisis, Yeah Yeah Noh and more to come soon

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 1d

And we are go! warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/public...

Public Works and Utilities, by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

6 track album

warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com

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SPRAY @spraypopmusic.com · 2d

This weekend, you can catch Spray live three (3!) times.

FRIDAY - Manchester
SATURDAY - Sheffield
SUNDAY - Todmorden

snd.click/@sprayontour

With @thisblissmusic.bsky.social and @hawaiiworms.bsky.social we will rock your socks off.

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Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers! Now get back to bed!

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 1d

No CD?

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Nigel Whitfield @nigelwhitfield.uk · 2d

Oh, I think I know this one!

Is it because she laid the foundations for the housing crisis, the lack of job security, and the runaway corporate greed that make so many people's lives miserable?

The stench of her failure lingers.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 2d

But what could Antifa have been opposing in Weimar Ger…. Oh. Oh!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the hope that kills you #Phillies

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2d

Sleep when you’re tired, forget normal

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2d

I'll finish with this, with the act that started it all (half of, anyway). Cheers for listening...

Cybotron - Eden

Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2d

Just time for one more DETROIT TECHNO track but I'm back on NOISEBOX RADIO next Wednesday at 8pm with another 2 hours of music, this time the 2012 indie pop scenes from FRANCE and SWEDEN! And stay tuned for BANDWIDTH straight after me for a HORROR-BLE time!