Show Notes
Guest presenter Kevin Winser discovers XTC are as good to read about as they are to listen to as he chats to three of the authors who have put the band in print.
This episode features Chris Twomey, author of XTC: Chalkhills and Children, "the definitive biography", Todd Bernhardt, co-author with Andy Partridge of Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC, and Mark Fisher, editor of Limelight, the 1980s fanzine, The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls and What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book.
Elsewhere, young XTC fans
Esther and
Arthur pick some of their favourite songs – with English-language voiceovers by
Polly and
Hamish, courtesy of
Strange Town theatre.
Further reading in
The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls and
What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from
https://www.xtclimelight.com
Thanks to the Pink Things, Humble Daisies and Knights in Shining Karma who've done the same.
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