Steve Binnie
@stevebinnie.me.uk
Head of music at @NoiseboxRadio.com. Not officially autistic but I did write "Sound of the Crowd: a Discography of the '80s" which is just 500 pages of '80s singles with all their different formats and catalogue numbers, so...
Yeah, ha ha, "no longer living but still in a box", very good, but I'm actually really sad about this. I bought both their albums, they made some really great pop songs and he had a fantastic voice. And 65 is absolutely no age. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Yeah, ha ha, "no longer living but still in a box", very good, but I'm actually really sad about this. I bought both their albums, they made some really great pop songs and he had a fantastic voice. And 65 is absolutely no age. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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RIP Richard Darbyshire, 65, powerful British singer, composer and guitarist noted for his work in pop trio Living In A Box and their same titled international hit. He wrote songs for many others including The Temptations, Lisa Stansfield and Level 42 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Living In A Box singer Richard Darbyshire dies aged 65
The star scored three top 10 hits between 1987 and 1989 before launching a career as a songwriter.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
RIP Richard Darbyshire, 65, powerful British singer, composer and guitarist noted for his work in pop trio Living In A Box and their same titled international hit. He wrote songs for many others including The Temptations, Lisa Stansfield and Level 42 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I’ve heard a lot of stories, I suppose they could be true, all about Off The Chart and what it can do to you. Still, give it a listen anyway because this week we’re going back 40 years to look at the UK singles chart from this week in 1985! offthechart.show/11-november-...
Monday 11 November 1985
I’ve heard a lot of stories, I suppose they could be true, all about Off The Chart and what it can do to you. Still, give it a listen anyway because this week we’re going back 40 years …
offthechart.show
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’ve heard a lot of stories, I suppose they could be true, all about Off The Chart and what it can do to you. Still, give it a listen anyway because this week we’re going back 40 years to look at the UK singles chart from this week in 1985! offthechart.show/11-november-...
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We've lost Gilson Lavis. The engine behind my favourite band for so many years. Could take anything that Difford and Tilbrook threw at him and knew just what to do to make it work. He was there right from "Packet of Three" to "Play". He could rattle those toms like nobody else. Oh, what a loss.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We've lost Gilson Lavis. The engine behind my favourite band for so many years. Could take anything that Difford and Tilbrook threw at him and knew just what to do to make it work. He was there right from "Packet of Three" to "Play". He could rattle those toms like nobody else. Oh, what a loss.
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Hi, I'm Ravishing Rick Rude, and I'm here to tell you to turn this off, you fuckers
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hi, I'm Ravishing Rick Rude, and I'm here to tell you to turn this off, you fuckers
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Do give this a listen before Off The Chart starts, it's on now! noiseboxradio.com
Join me for another Middle-Aged Teenage Angst at 8pm where I choose to pretend its not really thirty years since all the albums featured today were released. Britpop? I hardly knew pop! @noiseboxradio.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Do give this a listen before Off The Chart starts, it's on now! noiseboxradio.com
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Pleased to say a greatest hits collection done correctly. All single versions (to these old ears) present and correct - single mix of "Ant Rap", "Stand and Deliver" with fade out, even "Apollo 9" without that bit of the next track on the album at the end that blights every other compilation. Nice.
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Pleased to say a greatest hits collection done correctly. All single versions (to these old ears) present and correct - single mix of "Ant Rap", "Stand and Deliver" with fade out, even "Apollo 9" without that bit of the next track on the album at the end that blights every other compilation. Nice.
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We regret to inform you that IT'S CHRIIIISTMAAAAS!!!! Vote in the 2025 Off The Chart Christmas Poll! Vote for all your favourite '80s Christmas hits, vote again for your absolute favourite, kick your least favourite in the nuts and then we'll play the results on Christmas Eve! offthechart.show/xmas/
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We regret to inform you that IT'S CHRIIIISTMAAAAS!!!! Vote in the 2025 Off The Chart Christmas Poll! Vote for all your favourite '80s Christmas hits, vote again for your absolute favourite, kick your least favourite in the nuts and then we'll play the results on Christmas Eve! offthechart.show/xmas/
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🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
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Hope @benbaker.bsky.social leaves @noiseboxradio.com intact for us at 9pm! We’ve landed in 1984 this week for another two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits on #OffTheChart - give us a listen, just this one, twice, forever? offthechart.show/28-october-1...
Sunday 28 October 1984
Every day I hear a different story, people saying that you’re no good for me, but you know that I’ll forgive you if you listen to Off The Chart! We’ve landed in 1984 this week for…
offthechart.show
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hope @benbaker.bsky.social leaves @noiseboxradio.com intact for us at 9pm! We’ve landed in 1984 this week for another two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits on #OffTheChart - give us a listen, just this one, twice, forever? offthechart.show/28-october-1...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Gonna start calling these "Diane posts"
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Gonna start calling these "Diane posts"
Don't like the look of that last one much, I hear some copies are still available. www.lulu.com/shop/steve-b...
Four books to get to know me
October 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Don't like the look of that last one much, I hear some copies are still available. www.lulu.com/shop/steve-b...
Christ. The answer to "what was the most important thing you recorded on your first VCR?" (Betamax, of course) along with the 1987 repeats of Blackadder II.
An Audience with Billy Connolly is 40 tomorrow, by the way. #BigSlipper
October 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Christ. The answer to "what was the most important thing you recorded on your first VCR?" (Betamax, of course) along with the 1987 repeats of Blackadder II.
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CMAT is a legit legend
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
CMAT is a legit legend
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If you need more '80s than just 2 hours of 1989 in Off The Chart at 9pm AND a bonus hour of Off The Chart Too at 11, why not get over to @noiseboxradio.com an hour early? @benbaker.bsky.social is playing alternative music from '80s films in Middle-Aged Teenage Angst from 8pm! noiseboxradio.com/
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you need more '80s than just 2 hours of 1989 in Off The Chart at 9pm AND a bonus hour of Off The Chart Too at 11, why not get over to @noiseboxradio.com an hour early? @benbaker.bsky.social is playing alternative music from '80s films in Middle-Aged Teenage Angst from 8pm! noiseboxradio.com/
@snathe.bsky.social Relevant to your interests
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@snathe.bsky.social Relevant to your interests
Supplementary question: what's the worst artwork of any official album release by a major artist, and why is it "Popular Problems"?
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Supplementary question: what's the worst artwork of any official album release by a major artist, and why is it "Popular Problems"?
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Ace Frehley, #Kiss's original lead guitarist and one of the most iconic guitarists in rock and roll, has died, Frehley's family announced Thursday. He was 74.
More on his life and legacy: bit.ly/3J2Avhc
More on his life and legacy: bit.ly/3J2Avhc
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Ace Frehley, #Kiss's original lead guitarist and one of the most iconic guitarists in rock and roll, has died, Frehley's family announced Thursday. He was 74.
More on his life and legacy: bit.ly/3J2Avhc
More on his life and legacy: bit.ly/3J2Avhc
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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At 9pm UK time this evening, I shall be presetning my unique mix of post-punk, indie, electronica, goth and lots more on The BItter Sound Experience, live on www.noiseboxradio.com
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October 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I love how straightforward album titles were in the early days. Wouldn't it be so much better if, instead of unpronounceable hieroglyphics, Ed Sheeran's new album was just called "Here's Ed Sheeran"? Then you'd be able to avoid it a lot easier.
#thisdayinmusic
October 15th, 1956
In 1956, Little Richard recorded “Good Golly, Miss Molly” in New Orleans. Studio. Released in January 1958 on Specialty, and featured on Richard’s second album, "Here’s Little Richard".
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October 15th, 1956
In 1956, Little Richard recorded “Good Golly, Miss Molly” in New Orleans. Studio. Released in January 1958 on Specialty, and featured on Richard’s second album, "Here’s Little Richard".
www.noiseboxradio.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love how straightforward album titles were in the early days. Wouldn't it be so much better if, instead of unpronounceable hieroglyphics, Ed Sheeran's new album was just called "Here's Ed Sheeran"? Then you'd be able to avoid it a lot easier.
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I must have missed THAT edition of Bullseye.
November 27, 2024 at 11:32 PM
I must have missed THAT edition of Bullseye.
This is a theme that never gets old, like John Lennon listening to the Human League, or Freddie Mercury watching Vic Reeves' Big Night Out.
The Atari 2600 was still available to buy in the shops when the 3DO launched.
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
October 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is a theme that never gets old, like John Lennon listening to the Human League, or Freddie Mercury watching Vic Reeves' Big Night Out.