Mark Fisher
@markffisher.bsky.social
Guardian theatre critic and presenter of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast https://www.xtclimelight.com/ All kinds of stuff here: https://linktr.ee/markffisher
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Jason and the Argonauts. I am flabbergasted that nobody has mentioned it already.
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XTC • “Jason & The Argonauts” • 1982 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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February 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Jason and the Argonauts. I am flabbergasted that nobody has mentioned it already.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnca...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnca...
This is the podcast I'm proudest of www.xtclimelight.com/2022/01/07/x...
XTC's English Settlement: The Expert View - xtclimelight.com
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of XTC's English Settlement, the XTC Podcast asks the experts to guide us through the album track by track
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February 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This is the podcast I'm proudest of www.xtclimelight.com/2022/01/07/x...
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🎉 Happy birthday, English Settlement! 44 years old today, and the first XTC album I'm older than! So many good songs, including the brilliant closer, Snowman. What's your favourite track from the album? #XTCmusic
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Snowman (2001 Remaster)
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February 12, 2026 at 8:03 AM
🎉 Happy birthday, English Settlement! 44 years old today, and the first XTC album I'm older than! So many good songs, including the brilliant closer, Snowman. What's your favourite track from the album? #XTCmusic
youtu.be/jzGFzWxBep8?...
youtu.be/jzGFzWxBep8?...
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English Settlement was released on this day in 1982! My fave album of all time. #XTC
If interested, here are some of my thoughts on this phenomenal masterpiece. 💚
medium.com/the-album-ca...
If interested, here are some of my thoughts on this phenomenal masterpiece. 💚
medium.com/the-album-ca...
XTC’s ‘English Settlement’
Reflections on the innovative album on the 43rd anniversary of its release
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February 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
English Settlement was released on this day in 1982! My fave album of all time. #XTC
If interested, here are some of my thoughts on this phenomenal masterpiece. 💚
medium.com/the-album-ca...
If interested, here are some of my thoughts on this phenomenal masterpiece. 💚
medium.com/the-album-ca...
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Time for a revival, I’d say
February 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Time for a revival, I’d say
I saw that show. It was the worst bit of casting since I landed the part of a racist policeman in a student show
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I saw that show. It was the worst bit of casting since I landed the part of a racist policeman in a student show
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RSD '26 Special Release: Xtc - Live Boots - Live At Emerald City 1981
The first in a series of official
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February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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The FULL LIST of @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social '26 releases is here, including a Charli xcx; "Party 4U" 7"; vinyl debuts for Ethel Cain's Inbred EP, Dijon's How Do You Feel About Getting EP and Madonna's Confessions Tour Live + a new Lucy Dacus song, and more.
Record Store Day 2026: Check out the full list of releases
Charli xcx, Ethel Cain, Paramore, Lucy Dacus, Madonna, Pavement, Carly Re Jepsen, Dijon and Slint are among the artists with special releases for Record Store Day 2026.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The FULL LIST of @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social '26 releases is here, including a Charli xcx; "Party 4U" 7"; vinyl debuts for Ethel Cain's Inbred EP, Dijon's How Do You Feel About Getting EP and Madonna's Confessions Tour Live + a new Lucy Dacus song, and more.
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The XTC set in question is this one from 1981, so that's what I'm listening to right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Svk...
XTC Live at Emerald City (April 17, 1981)
YouTube video by James
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February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The XTC set in question is this one from 1981, so that's what I'm listening to right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Svk...
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The various #RecordStoreDay lists are starting to seep out into the world (I've seen Australia and the UK so far, so I'm assuming there's a local time embargo on things). There's not a lot jumping out at me, but there are more the Talking Heads CBS demos, and XTC and King Crimson live sets
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The various #RecordStoreDay lists are starting to seep out into the world (I've seen Australia and the UK so far, so I'm assuming there's a local time embargo on things). There's not a lot jumping out at me, but there are more the Talking Heads CBS demos, and XTC and King Crimson live sets
Amazing, thanks. A lot of scrolling to get down to the Xs, but worth it!
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Amazing, thanks. A lot of scrolling to get down to the Xs, but worth it!
Interesting! Where are you getting this info from?
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Interesting! Where are you getting this info from?
I haven’t seen this one but I have seen a few of the shows I mentioned – and, yes, all the things you mention. Weird and wonderful
February 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I haven’t seen this one but I have seen a few of the shows I mentioned – and, yes, all the things you mention. Weird and wonderful
Some Wooster sauce www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/f...
‘It’s a fun cocktail!’: the Wooster Group’s head-spinning blend of high and low art
In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York’s venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute to an old fr...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Some Wooster sauce www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/f...
Me and John Peel together
January 29, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Me and John Peel together
Many hours of catching up to do if you haven't heard it
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Many hours of catching up to do if you haven't heard it
The next XTC podcast is on the theme of the dub experiments, so I've been listening to The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down. Nice to hear the original again. #XTCmusic
January 28, 2026 at 9:49 PM
The next XTC podcast is on the theme of the dub experiments, so I've been listening to The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down. Nice to hear the original again. #XTCmusic
It was the same with some UK CD releases too – sacrilege for those who were used to the correct order but then, I guess, you would have always been used to the new order
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
It was the same with some UK CD releases too – sacrilege for those who were used to the correct order but then, I guess, you would have always been used to the new order
Yeah, you're right. I haven't really thought about that. I'll have to dust down some ancient cassette bootlegs (and, indeed, a cassette player)
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Yeah, you're right. I haven't really thought about that. I'll have to dust down some ancient cassette bootlegs (and, indeed, a cassette player)
From Funky Gibbon to Smartest Monkeys
January 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
From Funky Gibbon to Smartest Monkeys