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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.

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November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OHHHHHHHH YOOOKKKOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
What if it was instead the sound of Ian and the Zodiacs?
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hope you enjoyed this bracketed bimbling. If you missed it or want to queue up again, you can do it via the Noisebox Radio Mixcloud or my personal Patreon. There's a repeat Friday 11am too.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
And we close with Apollo 440's unique knees up take on "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", the king of bracket racket.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Named after an extinct bird, Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi were probably too exciting for the charts in 2001. But I love them, especially tracks like "Names (For Nameless Things)".
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci request "Let's Get Together (In Our Minds)" but trust me, its a wasteland in there Euros, lad.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT PLEASE. THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR FUN AND AMUSEMENT.
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I will never tire of telling people I saw The B-52's live although "There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)" was one of the few tracks from their triffic debut they didn't play then.
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Now a song by Sponge called "Molly (Sixteen Candles)" or "Molly (Sixteen Candles Down the Drain)" if you need more assistance on the European single release.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A cover which got The Wedding Present on TOTP - "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)" is perhaps the most mistitled record ever. But can you taste the venom?
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The last single released in his lifetime, Elliott Smith's "Pretty (Ugly Before)" is as stunning as its title suggests. Unlike me who is clearly trapped in the before section.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Soft Boys released "(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" in 1978, thus setting the path for a lifetime of fantastically odd Robyn Hitchcock songs. But is it a sex thing?!
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My Bloody Valentine loved a bracket - there's three on "Isn't Anything" alone- but I've chosen to play "(When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream" because my life is a constant nightmare.
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
They Might Be Giants? On Noisebox Radio?! Shocking affair! Best call for "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" and hope she has one of those blue light things for the muck.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Ponys are ironically not pony, as tracks like "I Love You 'Cause (You Look Like Me)" clearly prove to your ears.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
For the single release of "Sheffield Song", The Supernaturals bunged "(I Love Her More Than I Love You)" in brackets for the slower pop purchasers. Didn't work sadly. Go buy their new stuff here though: thesupernaturalsofficial.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Couldn't afford REM so instead here's a Discount. Luckily "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". Wait, no I don't...
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM