We started reading this last night and it promises to be brilliant!

Happy birthday, Tilly!

HIT THE NORTH #004: John Howard YouTube video by Tom May

This was a wonderful chat. Here also is the YouTube video:
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Some of my earlier books

I've no new book out this Christmas and it feels weird. I'm very proud of my previous ones though and many are 30% off this weekend with the code BOOKGIFT30.

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Bar book-related plugs and FLA episodes, won’t be on here much for a while. Genuinely quite scared about the future and the lack of paid work. If you know of any book editorial work coming up, do email me (email in bio). PS I do have to work from home at the moment. Thanks c

A terrible parody of Meet The Parents

We're going up the brackets tomorrow at 8pm with music from The Wedding Present, Elliott Smith, The Soft Boys, Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi, The Supernaturals, Gorkys, The B-52s, Sponge, MCR and lots more (plus me inbetween.) noiseboxradio.com

Keeping faith with Faith In The Future - Comedy Rewind - British Comedy Guide Faith In The Future, starring Lynda Bellingham, ran on ITV from 1995 to 1998. We look back at Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie's sitcom here.

My article on 90s sitcom Faith in the Future on the @britishcomedy.bsky.social is out today. Dedicated to the memory of Gavin Petrie www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...

FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025) As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…

NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...

acts on the show today

Middle-Aged Teenage Angst is an indie show on the radio that you can listen to with your ears. I quite like it. 11am this morning on @noiseboxradio.com or their Mixcloud any time.

So I am potentially available for work from mid March.
I'm an NHS Patient Safety Manager with a back ground in GP Practice management and a long history of political campaigning and organisation at all levels.
I looking for something more political than NHS management.
DM me if you hear of anything!

Great news. futurenetwork.wales has recently launched! A worthy successor to the much missed Network. Find all your ITC favourites plus hundreds of classic shows and films. #network #itc #bluray #dvd #futurenetwork

In an A Level class yesterday at my kid’s college, the teacher used a Gen AI image in a PowerPoint, and the whole class booed.

Yeah. You’ve got Gen Z on board, guys. Looking rosy.

A photo from 1995 of my uncles and dad at a wedding.

On Tuesday's Middle-Aged Teenage Angst some of the indie releases of Autumn 1995. A few heavy hitters, a few that should've been bigger and me weeping for my lost youth in the middle of it. You know....fun. 8pm on noiseboxradio.com

Apparently this is controversial, but everyone deserves food regardless of if they can work or not. No one deserves to starve.

Middle Aged Teenage Angst goes predictable and spooky for Halloween.

Inevitably tomorrow at 8pm. @noiseboxradio.com

I am in reality also a copyeditor and proofreader and if anyone needs help with anything, my rates are pretty reasonable. Ta.

Aye aye. Edge of Darkness starting a rerun on BBC4 on 1st November. One of those dramas that just leave you rubbing your eyes in astonishment as it just gets better and better with every minute that passes. If you've never seen it before, god but you're in for a treat. Ian McNeice intro, too.

We're sending our love. X

Thanks to everyone who listened tonight or will do via the Noisebox Mixcloud and my personal Patreon where you can support me doing daft stuff like this in some tough times for a few quid.

www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadio

www.patreon.com/c/BenBaker2000

Lets try this again. I use Audacity (two decades now) with a few plug ins and generally happy with it. But as I'm setting up a laptop from scratch, I am curious what other podcasters use - if anything - to sweeten their sounds that might make life easier.

Was this also the year of Cruel Summer and Long Hot Summer?

Was just about to listen to an episode of Comfort Blanket on there. Where should I turn instead?

Still looking for potential venues for a book launch. All suggestions welcome.

(I would like to do more #FirstLastAnything in 2026 because the gap between S2 and S3 was way too big, but we'll see. I'm very happy with how the book's going, and thank you for all the support, but work is uncertain. If you need an editor or proofreader imminently, or want my art cards, do shout.)

Playing the Solid Gold Top 40 Hits

Following my star turn as support to the pop band Spray this weekend, I've decided to stop all my obscure nonsense and made "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst" a proper Top 40 show. Come hear the hits - Tuesday at 8pm on @noiseboxradio.com

Wayne Sleep - Precious Little Sleep.

Every single song played so far has been a gem! If you're not listening, you should be.

A cassette with Weekend Wind Down written on. Because 80s.

This is about to start. Lots of favourites, a few oddities, maybe even a theme or not but all bloody wonderful. I'll be chatting along with it on the Discord too so come say hi or lurk hard. All are welcome! noiseboxradio.com/discord

This features two excellent broadcasters and promises to be brilliant!