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Mark Fisher

@markffisher.bsky.social
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Guardian theatre critic and presenter of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast www.xtclimelight.com All kinds of stuff here: linktr.ee/markffisher

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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In today's What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, Anton Barbeau talks about Come Home to Me, ft Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory and Lord Cornelius Plum. Also, Jon Jacques listens to Steven Wilson’s Dolby Atmos mix of Psurroundabout Ride. www.xtclimelight.com/2026/10/09/a...
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Anton Barbeau: working with XTC's Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory - xtclimelight.com
Anton Barbeau talks about his latest album, Come Home to Me, featuring Colin Moulding on bass, Dave Gregory on guitar and Lord Cornelius Plum on Mellotron.
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sorry! Forgot to tune in AGAIN. Sounds like it was a hoot
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks!
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C Spoon are we @clintspoon.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Finally caught up with this episode, it’s genuinely a thrill to hear fellow fans ( if not obsessives) chat about XTC and related stuff. And what a great cast! Good job all👍
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ha-ha!
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Even the guests were excited
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Next month is the 40th anniversary of XTC’s Skylarking and to celebrate, today's episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast features XTC’s Colin Moulding, Blur’s Dave Rowntree, BBC Radio 4 presenter Samira Ahmed and MP Rupa Huq. @burningshed.com www.xtclimelight.com/2026/09/18/s...
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Skylarking at 40 with XTC’s Colin Moulding, Blur’s Dave Rowntree, MP Rupa Huq and presenter Samira Ahmed - xtclimelight.com
Bassist and songwriter Colin Moulding joins Blur’s Dave Rowntree, MP Rupa Huq and presenter Samira Ahmed to talk about XTC's Skylarking
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hmm. Haven't heard about this one. What could it be?
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks. That’s good of you to say
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks for sharing!
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The Invisible College @jjstannard.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“I’m just like this bumbling little idiot!” Steve Lillywhite on his work with XTC in the 70s/80s. Delightful.
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Great chatting, Richard
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Richard Brooks @rbrooks45.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In The Journalist, magazine of @nujofficial.bsky.social, @markffisher.bsky.social reviews Post Mortem, “a compelling account of the Post Office Horizons IT scandal”, published by @privateeyenews.bsky.social. Page 16 for full review - www.nuj.org.uk/static/92dd8...
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thanks David. Lovely one to do after all these years
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Lars Svane @svanemand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
‼️‼️‼️🔎‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️#XTC‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🧶‼️‼️‼️
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The special guest in today’s episode of What Do You Call that Noise? The XTC Podcast is Steve Lillywhite who, in 1979, was the 24-year-old producer of Life Begins at the Hop, followed by Drums and Wires and then 1980’s Black Sea. www.xtclimelight.com/2026/08/14/s...
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Steve Lillywhite on producing XTC - xtclimelight.com
Steve Lillywhite looks back to producing XTC's Life Begins at the Hop followed by Drums and Wires and Black Sea.
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Harp & a Monkey Folk Music Club @harpmonkey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If anybody has been struggling to get a copy (I know I did!), I have now read and thoroughly enjoyed mine. Happy to pass on free of charge to a fan as desperate to read it as I was. UK-only so the postage doesn’t kill me.
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thanks, Lars!
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Watching videos on YouTube last night to show wife and daughter what it was like, I realised how much better it was to have been sitting in the balcony where I could see the amazing floor they were dancing on, not to mention their choreography, in a way that wasn’t possible for people in the stalls
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Astonishing!
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XTC Listening Party @xtclisteningparty.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tried to upload a video last night but think it was too large. Hope this (compressed) one works. 26 seconds of Dave Gregory playing Senses Working Overtime, with Terry Chambers and EXTC. #XTCmusic
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
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I Defunded The Police After Outlandos d’Amour @baislindoors.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
ICYMI. Brand new bsky.app/profile/xtcl...
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Oh!
Cover of the 16 July edition of Record Collector magazine, entirely devoted to XTC.
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XTC Listening Party @xtclisteningparty.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
📢 The next XTC listening party - The Big Express. Wednesday 29 July 9pm BST. #XTCmusic
XTC The Big Express Listening Party.
Wed 29 July - 9pm (BST)
The Big Express (1984)
CD / Vinyl / Tidal / iTunes /Spotify
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
See you there, Kenny
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
And talking very well!
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huw @huwareyou.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’m on a podcast talking about a magazine about a band!
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@huwareyou.bsky.social
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@jeres.bsky.social
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Jeremy Allen @jeres.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's publication day!
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Published yesterday, Record Collector presents… XTC is a magazine dedicated to XTC. To mark the occasion, today's episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast brings together editor Jeremy Allen and contributors to go behind the scenes. www.xtclimelight.com/2026/07/17/x...
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XTC Record Collector special: behind the scenes - xtclimelight.com
Editor Jeremy Allen and contributors Imogen Bebb, Huw Thomas and Mark Fisher go behind the scenes on Record Collector presents... XTC
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thank you for organising! Great stuff!
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
You probably are but you're doing it very quietly #cock
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
To think we could have been talking about all those other things
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#XTCmusic
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Also, back in the day, it was great to discover all these hidden gems on B-sides
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Orwellian
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#XTCmusic More Mummer chat here, ft @timbowness.bsky.social of @burningshed.com www.xtclimelight.com/2022/05/06/x...
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XTC's Mummer with Tim Bowness, Sean McGhee and Crawford Blair - xtclimelight.com
Reassessing XTC's most frequently neglected album in the company of some of its biggest fans, Tim Bowness, Sean McGhee and Crawford Blair
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Don't think TC had any syrup
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Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com · 24/06/2026
Ladybird is probably my favourite song on Mummer. I covered it recently, if anyone is interested #XTCmusic
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Me too
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We would never have herd it
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#XTCmusic The decision to stop touring came from Andy, but Colin would surely never have written these songs if they were a live band
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Late to the party. What have I missed? #XTCmusic
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Still time to grab your tickets for Sunday afternoon's Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland at the Citizens, Glasgow – always a fab party in celebration of Scottish theatre. Gavin Mitchell is guest presenter. Don't miss! @catsawards.bsky.social citz.co.uk/whats-on/cat...
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Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2026 | Citizens Theatre
An event listing for the 2026 CATS Awards.
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Thanks for listening
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I was delighted to join this wide ranging and free flowing conversation about landscape, XTC, the ancient and modern. Link below!
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Roy Lonergan @roylonergan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Of course there’s an XTC podcast. The benefits of following @philippeauclair.bsky.social
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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
In today's episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, @jonwoolcott.bsky.social talks about The Tattooed Hills, his new book about the chalk figures of southern England, including the Uffington White Horse, cover star of XTC’s English Settlement. www.xtclimelight.com/2026/06/12/c...
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Chalkhills and geoglyphs: the landscape of XTC - xtclimelight.com
Jon Woolcott talks about the chalk figures of southern England, including the Uffington White Horse, cover star of XTC’s English Settlement
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