Actual boots with Live Boots (and tulips). Happy Record Store Day! @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social

Don’t know if it’s still available but there was a video

20 years on the @theguardian.com's @markffisher.bsky.social spoke with Black Watch creators about the enduring legacy of one of the most-celebrated productions in Scottish theatre history. With Vicky Featherstone, Gregory Burke, John Tiffany, Brian Ferguson, Emun Elliott and Laura Hopkins.

‘When the knife came up through the pool table, audiences gasped’: how Iraq war epic Black Watch conquered the world It was the play that rocked a nation. The makers of the devastating drama, which transported audiences from a Fife pub to a war zone, recall how it grew and grew

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/a...

Now there's a claim to fame. I think you'll enjoy it

The High Life: The Musical, Still Living It! review – the Alan Cumming creation flies into deliriously silly panto territory Cumming and Forbes Masson revive their cult 1994 TV sitcom with brilliant songs and a Beano-esque plot as budget Air Scotia is threatened with takeover

A high flyer www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/a...

XTC live at Emerald City with sound engineer Gary Bradshaw - xtclimelight.com XTC sound engineer Gary Bradshaw on jumping aboard the Police’s tour bus, seeing Andy Partridge collapse and why XTC are among the finest bands ever

On Record Store Day, XTC are releasing Live Boots, a recording of their gig at Emerald City, New Jersey, on 17 April 1981. Sitting behind the sound desk was Gary Bradshaw, today’s guest on What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast.
www.xtclimelight.com/2026/04/03/x...

Easter Triptych, by Sweet Humanafi Rhythm Orchestra track by Sweet Humanafi Rhythm Orchestra

Three songs for Easter from me and Hugh Nankivell sweethumanafi.bandcamp.com/track/easter...

(XTC) Terry Chamber interview - 14 March 2026 (excerpt) Ahead of EXTC - XTC's Terry Chambers and Friends performing at Edinburgh's The Voodoo Rooms in March 2026, Terry sat down with Mark Fisher, from the What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC podcast, and myself for a chat. You can hear the full interview on an upcoming episode of the XTC podcast, but he

📢 An excerpt from an interview I was lucky to sit in on, with Terry Chambers and Mark Fisher this month. You can hear the full thing on an upcoming ep of the 'What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC podcast'. #XTCmusic

A photo of some of the editions of the XTC fanzine, Limelight. Take from the XTC Bumper Book of Fun For Boys And Girls (sadly now out of print).

And finally... LIMELIGHT from which the XTC fanzine, launched in 1982, got its name.
www.xtclimelight.com... #XTCmusic

Row erupts over 'two-tier' system as London papers favoured over Scots critics

A production company has been blasted for creating a 'two-tier' review system, which allegedly implies that both critics and audiences in Scotland are 'less important' than their London counterparts

ATYPICAL GIRL BOOK LAUNCH WITH PENNY KILEY Punk Rock, Liverpool & Trying To Be Normal. In conversation with Andrew Harrison.

A week tonight.

PENNY KILEY
ATYPICAL GIRL
Mothers Ruin Gin Palace Walthamstow
with @nndroid.bsky.social
Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982185303... 📕

Strange but true. He’s done a lot of theatre in rececent years

Fossil Fools (XTC Tribute) - The Disappointed - Live in Swindon Fossil Fools performs an XTC classic, at The Victoria in Swindon, 2021

Memories of Fossil Fools ❤️❤️❤️

Waiting for Godot review – Matthew Kelly and George Costigan are a bleakly funny double act Even the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill’s post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett’s classic

We're all going to die. But not just yet www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/f...

Thanks for sharing!

A reminder that the latest episode of the XTC podcast What Do You Call That Noise? from @markffisher.bsky.social goes into the dub and experimentations of XTC. www.xtclimelight.com/2026/02/13/x...

The Battle review – Britpop bickering and 90s nostalgia in Blur v Oasis comedy The bands that came to symbolise a divided nation compete to top the charts in John Niven’s jokey play but it is woefully short on drama

Last night is a bit of a blur (geddit?) www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/f...

This will also be of interest to any #XTC fans out there. #AppleVenus

The Journalist Feb-Mar 2026

@pennykiley.bsky.social on Eric's in late-70s Liverpool content.yudu.com/web/3pylg/0A... @nujofficial.bsky.social

The Journalist Feb-Mar 2026

Jason Whittaker on Big Tech v Big Journalism @reaktionbooks.bsky.social content.yudu.com/web/3pylg/0A...

Haydn Bendall on producing XTC's Apple Venus - xtclimelight.com Producer Haydn Bendall talks about the fraught recording sessions that nonetheless resulted in the majesty of XTC's Apple Venus Volume I

Further listening... www.xtclimelight.com/2024/02/16/h...

XTC Anniversary: Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999) A personal, track‑by‑track look at XTC’s 1999 album Apple Venus Volume 1, sharing my thoughts on each song.

'Apple Venus, Vol 1' by XTC turns 27 today so I've taken a look at the album, track by track. gayleramage.co.uk/xtc-annivers...

Time Lords have a universe of books to choose from and only go for the best

Paging @markffisher.bsky.social

Thanks, Penny

Article titled 'Punk: on the spot in Liverpool'. I'm sorry I can't fit all the text into the alt text box but if you want to download the pdf it is on page 20.

Nice article about my book in the latest The Journalist mag.
Thanks @markffisher.bsky.social @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social
If you can't read the image, the mag is downloadable from the @nujofficial.bsky.social website at www.nuj.org.uk/resource/the....

Yes, I was surprised Jeff Farris had never found Go+ because it was on the Explode Together CD but maybe that’s hard to find too. Homo Safari would be nice as a package. Thanks for listening

The Somnambulist

Modern day Terry Chambers, in a black top, behind a drumkit, looking off to his right.

Exactly a month until I see EXTC in Edinburgh! Saw them last year - was superb! Anyone else seeing them on the tour? What are you hoping they'll play?