Alan Boon
@wcba.bsky.social
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, Sunday 6-7pm.
linktr.ee/wcbazine
linktr.ee/wcbazine
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Thanks to Francesco @tristesunset.bsky.social for placing SHOPFIRES at 78 in his top 100 of 2025 with this lovely review.
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Thanks to Francesco @tristesunset.bsky.social for placing SHOPFIRES at 78 in his top 100 of 2025 with this lovely review.
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Rousey v. Carano (Live Event, 2026)
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Rousey v. Carano (Live Event, 2026)
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Nothing is ever simple. There are two tickets going for free for Blonde Redhead at the Barbican TOMORROW. Shout me or @simonloverules.bsky.social to get your hands on them
February 18, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Nothing is ever simple. There are two tickets going for free for Blonde Redhead at the Barbican TOMORROW. Shout me or @simonloverules.bsky.social to get your hands on them
Any recommendations for a free quiz app?
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Any recommendations for a free quiz app?
Pancakes for tea. Sugar only, not an animal.
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Pancakes for tea. Sugar only, not an animal.
@cruushband.bsky.social Are you still playing in Northampton a week Friday?
February 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
@cruushband.bsky.social Are you still playing in Northampton a week Friday?
London on a Wednesday night? With those supports? You tricksy bastard...
oh hello there. how are you getting on? working away behind the scenes to get a new record in front of you and onto stages near you. today! an initial announcement of a few shows - DUNDEE, ABERDEEN, that LONDON. more to come, and soon. linktr.ee/brokenchanter
February 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
London on a Wednesday night? With those supports? You tricksy bastard...
The UK FINALLY (Ryder apart) gets a unique Eurovision act and it's the year no-one will be watching. Typical.
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The UK FINALLY (Ryder apart) gets a unique Eurovision act and it's the year no-one will be watching. Typical.
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Catching up with this on Mixcloud now and it's brilliant. Tons of stuff I hadn't heard before, all enhanced by the fact that Tim really knows his '60s onions and how to arrange them.
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
February 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Catching up with this on Mixcloud now and it's brilliant. Tons of stuff I hadn't heard before, all enhanced by the fact that Tim really knows his '60s onions and how to arrange them.
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
Just watched The Ballad of Wallis Island and, oh my word, it’s just lovely.
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Just watched The Ballad of Wallis Island and, oh my word, it’s just lovely.
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We discuss the legality of the blue disney-esque Aladdin on this poster in the latest episode of the PantoSplaining podcast.
Listen and watch at linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Listen and watch at linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
February 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
We discuss the legality of the blue disney-esque Aladdin on this poster in the latest episode of the PantoSplaining podcast.
Listen and watch at linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Listen and watch at linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Curious about where the music I play on my show comes from, I just did a few quick sums. LONDON, unsurprisingly, leads the way with 23 acts, but BRIGHTON comes in second with 9. Then there's NEW YORK with 7, GLASGOW & TORONTO with 5, and VANCOUVER, LOS ANGELES & CHICAGO with 4.
February 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Curious about where the music I play on my show comes from, I just did a few quick sums. LONDON, unsurprisingly, leads the way with 23 acts, but BRIGHTON comes in second with 9. Then there's NEW YORK with 7, GLASGOW & TORONTO with 5, and VANCOUVER, LOS ANGELES & CHICAGO with 4.
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Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
ZineLibrary
zinelibrary.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
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I’ve started a new thing! I’m going to be hosting live events here in Holmfirth under the banner of Holmfirth Sound Society. Everything going up here instagram.com/holmfirthsoundsociety
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I’ve started a new thing! I’m going to be hosting live events here in Holmfirth under the banner of Holmfirth Sound Society. Everything going up here instagram.com/holmfirthsoundsociety
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February 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Want to know what I'm doing in tonight's live "Ben Baker Vs. Monday"? Me too.
Lets both find out at 8pm on noiseboxradio.com
Lets both find out at 8pm on noiseboxradio.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Want to know what I'm doing in tonight's live "Ben Baker Vs. Monday"? Me too.
Lets both find out at 8pm on noiseboxradio.com
Lets both find out at 8pm on noiseboxradio.com
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Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
February 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
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Just found out that I'm Alan Partridge, The Thick Of It, and The Death of Stalin were written by A.I.
Shan't be watching those again! 😠
Shan't be watching those again! 😠
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Just found out that I'm Alan Partridge, The Thick Of It, and The Death of Stalin were written by A.I.
Shan't be watching those again! 😠
Shan't be watching those again! 😠
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Join me today at 5pm on @noiseboxradio.com as THE PERIPHERY returns. Expect Italian library music, jazz-skronk, the current Poet Laureate and more! And make sure you stay tuned for @wcba.bsky.social with A-POP! at 6pm
February 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Join me today at 5pm on @noiseboxradio.com as THE PERIPHERY returns. Expect Italian library music, jazz-skronk, the current Poet Laureate and more! And make sure you stay tuned for @wcba.bsky.social with A-POP! at 6pm
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
February 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
Made a typo, the name of my own show. Reader, I am ALL the tired.
Celebrate St Skeletor’s Day with me on NOISEBOX RADIO tonight at 6pm when A/POP! does its thang again. I mean, there’s nothing Skeletory about the show but we can celebrate anyway, right? Oh, and tune at 5pm for THE PERIPHERY with @jodiewood.bsky.social: he’s a different boy!
noiseboxradio.com
noiseboxradio.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Made a typo, the name of my own show. Reader, I am ALL the tired.
Celebrate St Skeletor’s Day with me on NOISEBOX RADIO tonight at 6pm when A/POP! does its thang again. I mean, there’s nothing Skeletory about the show but we can celebrate anyway, right? Oh, and tune at 5pm for THE PERIPHERY with @jodiewood.bsky.social: he’s a different boy!
noiseboxradio.com
noiseboxradio.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Celebrate St Skeletor’s Day with me on NOISEBOX RADIO tonight at 6pm when A/POP! does its thang again. I mean, there’s nothing Skeletory about the show but we can celebrate anyway, right? Oh, and tune at 5pm for THE PERIPHERY with @jodiewood.bsky.social: he’s a different boy!
noiseboxradio.com
noiseboxradio.com
Small Prophets. Bra-fucking-vo.
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Small Prophets. Bra-fucking-vo.
So I was looking at stuff the other day and discovered that DC Comics launched a teen mag called TEEN BEAT, unawares there was already a magazine called that. This is the DC one, look how wordy it is!
February 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
So I was looking at stuff the other day and discovered that DC Comics launched a teen mag called TEEN BEAT, unawares there was already a magazine called that. This is the DC one, look how wordy it is!
Good evening to The Demented Toastie on the final of The Masked Singer and good evening to The Demented Toastie on the final of The Masked Singer only.
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Good evening to The Demented Toastie on the final of The Masked Singer and good evening to The Demented Toastie on the final of The Masked Singer only.