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I’m Alan and I write stuff. Always for some obscure project I’ve got on the go but also about genre film & TV for STARBURST magazine. Oh, I make ‘zines, too.

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

Vol 2 of BLOOD & THUNDER, the history of the Japanese indy wrestling scene promotion by promotion, is OUT NOW! Featuring W*ING, WAR, Michinoku-Pro & 6 others (+ a full index)! You can buy it in hard copy here https://t.co/Sa7Hiodv01 and as an eBook here https://t.co/n42we9JAru

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

Sssh!! Tonight’s SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW on NOISEBOX RADIO at 8pm starts with a spin through the 1973 KPM MUSIC LIBRARY with Hawkshaw, Mansfield et al, before feeling its way through the HAUNTOLOGY-inspired sounds of 2015 where Ghost Boxes & more dwell…

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[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Monday on Noisebox Radio means Colm O'Rourke is LIVE with Brand New Beats at 9pm, featuring fresh tracks from bands and artists old and new; then Keir Hardie takes over from 10pm to bring you tracks from around the globe in It's A Small World! 🌏 https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs

[The British Stereo Collective/Phil Heeks @BritStereoColl]

STARBURST: THE ALBUM by The British Stereo Collective is coming soon! Pre-order your copy now on 180g translucent blue vinyl exclusively through the @STARBURST_MAG store: https://t.co/qyaG2JnUqg or on compact disc via @BritStereoColl's Bandcamp: https://t.co/6bIvjbPq4Y

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

It’s POST-PUNK time tonight in THE SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW as we spend an hour with the POST-PUNK REVIVAL of 2003 before checking out the real deal from 1980! Hot Hot Heat, !!!, The Rapture, Josef K, Gang of Four, Young Marble Giants & more!

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[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tuesday on Noisebox starts at 8pm with the first in a new series of Ben Baker's Middle-Aged Teenage Angst, looking at indie hits that managed to sneak into the charts in January. Then at 9pm Off The Chart whisks us back to the first week of January 1989! https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

I’m on the NOISEBOX RADIO tonight with a brand new, one-off show: ALAN’S HOT MESS! It’s a load of bits thrown together in the best Boxing Day tradition and there is, of course, a special edition of THE SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW from 1985! JOIN ME at 8pm!!!

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[WCBA @WCBAzine]

IIIIIIT'S CHRIIIIIISTMAS!!!! Well, it's not but it is but it's not but it is, at least on THE SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW, tonight at 9pm on NOISEBOX RADIO when you'll hear 2 hours of festive favourites from 1996 & 1979! Join me & I'll feel your presents!

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[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tonight on Noisebox Radio you can hear part 1 of Colm's Christmas Celtic Connection at 8pm, then at 9 Tracey is here with some Brand New Beats, followed at 10 by Keir with an hour of international music in It's A Small World. See https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs for how to listen!

[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tonight on Noisebox Radio, Steve has more familiar songs in disguise in Outside The Box at 8pm, it's a Country Special at the Salford Record Society at 9, and at 10pm relive Xmas 1979 with Ben in Christmas Present Past! See https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs for all the ways you can listen!

[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tonight on Noisebox Radio, it's Christmaaaash! on Megablast at 8pm, then at 9 the Sugar & Lust Radio Show brings a selection of great music from 2024. See https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs for all the ways you can listen and join in the shenanigans!

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

Wednesday night is SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW night on NOISEBOX RADIO, and tonight at 9pm I'll be giving 2024 a good going over, spotlighting some hidden gems you may have missed (or will love hearing again)! Why not join me in the Discord for a chinwag?

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[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

At 9pm on Noisebox Radio we're going back in time to 1986 on Off The Chart! Join Steve & Julian for two hours of hits, headlines and haircuts from 38 years ago, including music from Erasure, the Housemartins and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs

[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tonight from 9pm on Noisebox Radio, Tracey keeps Colm's seat warm with Brand New Beats, featuring fresh tracks from bands and artists old and new; then Keir Hardie takes over from 10pm to bring you tracks from around the globe in It's A Small World! 🌏 https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs

[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tonight on Noisebox Radio, Lee Prince welds together a Megablast Hip Hop Mashup special at 8pm, then at 9 the Sugar & Lust Radio Show brings you Nu-Gaze and Electronic Sounds from 2024. See https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs for all the ways you can listen and join in the shenanigans!

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

We're not going far for tonight's SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW on NOISEBOX RADIO at 9pm: my favourite picks in 2024 NU-GAZE & ELECTRONIC SOUNDS are on the menu, with plenty of blissed out fuzz & bleepy bloop bloops! NewDad, DIIV, bdrmm, Four Tet, BUNKR & more!

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[The British Stereo Collective/Phil Heeks @BritStereoColl]

A massive thank you to Alan Boon
@WCBAzine for co-writing the "lost" 1979 issue of Starburst with me, that comes with STARBURST: THE ALBUM; and providing the liner notes on the back cover of the album. 🙌

[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tonight on Noisebox Radio, Steve has more familiar songs in disguise in Outside The Box at 8pm, Glenn is LIVE at the Salford Record Society at 9, and at 10pm we're reliving the first series of Woodcutters! See https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs for all the ways you can listen!

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

It's the final week of INDIE MONTH on THE SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW as we sail into 1994! Britpop is over the horizon but we've got plenty of lost indie classics to dig, including the whole of the New Wave of New Wave! Tonight at 9pm on NOISEBOX RADIO!

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[Noisebox Radio @NoiseBoxRadioUK]

Tune in to Noisebox Radio for a Sunday lineup you won't want to miss! Tara kicks things off with the return of the Weekend Immune System at 5pm; it's a Boy Band Special today. Stick around for Andy's Weekend Wind-down at 7 and Barfe Night with Louis at 9. https://t.co/lvVgLBTvVs

[WCBA @WCBAzine]

We’re still deep in INDIE MONTH on THE SUGAR & LUST RADIO SHOW and tonight at 9pm on NOISEBOX RADIO we’ll be gliding through 1993’s debut singles and greatest indie hits! Expect plenty of Sleeper blokes, one or two crusties, and tons of jangly fun!

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