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October 11, 2011: A happy combination of an active XTC forum and the rise of the band created an
amazing series of gigs culminating in a gathering of XTC fans in Swindon in
2005. As an XTC tribute, the Fossil Fools know that such circumstances are
unlikely to happen again, but that doesn't diminish the pure pleasure they get
from bringing XTC songs to life. Come and join us! Saturday, November 12,
7:30pm, at The Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden Town. Tickets: £7 on
the door; £6 in advance. Opening band is The Florida
Recounts. Fossil Fools - "the official XTC tribute" - Dave Gregory.
June 25, 2011: Wonderland Presents XTC Chronology 1966-1999. The new book edited
by Shigemasa Fujimoto who brought you Wonderland: XTC Discography,
1991-1997. With contributions from Dave Gregory, Colin Moulding, Andy
Partridge, The Little Express, and many others. Limited edition available soon
by mail order only from EphemeraFile Canada.
No news is no news.
No news is no news.
November 10, 2011: Happy birthday, Andy!!
September 20, 2011: Happy Birthday, Gregsy!
August 16, 2011: Happy Birthday, Colin!
July 18, 2011: Happy Birthday, Terry Chambers!
July 16, 2011: See Dave Gregory Live!
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sometimes you can fix something by just being the best
XTC's the greatest pop band
sometimes you can't fix something by just being the best
XTC's still stuck in Swindon” |
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January 26
Phil Poulton wrote to tell us about a “quick snap of Andy Partridge we took & tweeted yesterday - just 5 mins before a Royal visit in Swindon”.
January 25
Rob Hill pointed out “New Music for Old People: Beatlemaniacs” in which Al Kooper says that XTC “always reminds me of what the Beatles might sound like if they had stayed together and lived longer.”
January 21
Dan Coggins sends in chords for “The Diſappointed. Check out his Oxfordshire-based covers band the The Vinyl Vandals.
January 16
Scott Nuckles sent in a sampling of scans, and I'm gradually working through them. Today's batch includes an Australian gig poster for the Cloudland show, 28-July-79, a UK advert for the Electric Ballroom show, 17-Nov-78, an autographed copy of Chalkhills and Children, and a batch of items from Paris Promotions (run by Rob Wyborn, Andy Partridge's then-brother-in-law): a pen, a catalog (front and back), an insert included with the catalog, and an apology letter. Scott also sent in this review of 3D·EP from Trouser Press (passed out at the 1993 XTC Music & Friends Convention in Princeton).
January 15
Scott Nuckles provided a pile of pictures: a promotional pack of “baseball cards” featuring a card for The Dukes of Stratosphear's Chips From the Chocolate Fireball (front) and (back), and a card for XTC's Oranges & Lemons (front) and (back), and XTC Music & Friends Convention 1993 program and ticket, and 1991 ticket.
December 23
Scott Nuckles sent in a cleaner copy of the “Andy Partridge Christmas card” distributed in 1990 through The Little Express. Scott also sent in pictures of a White Music promo banner/poster and a one-piece, hanging, Black Sea promo display.
December 18
The Three Wise Men are mentioned as some of the A.V. Club's “Best Christmas music”.
Volume 18, Number 2: January 23, 2012
January 26, 2012: Press - “Andy who?”, SwindonWeb, January 25, 2012
January 25, 2012: Press - Reviews of Skylarking (1987), “New Music for Old People: Beatlemaniacs”, The Morton Report, December 2, 2011; Albums - XTC: Skylarking
January 21, 2012: Songs - XTC: "The Disappointed"
January 18, 2012: Discography - XTC: Skylarking
January 16, 2012: Press - Review of 3D·EP, Trouser Press, January 1978; Gallery - the jaunty XTC ball-point pen, from Paris Promotions, 1990, insert included with catalog from Paris Promotions, 1990, front of tri-fold catalog from Paris Promotions, January 1990, back of tri-fold catalog from Paris Promotions, January 1990, autographed copy of Chalkhills and Children, apology letter from Paris Promotions, July 1990, an Australian gig poster for the Cloudland show, 28-July-79, a UK advert for the Electric Ballroom show, 17-Nov-78, Japanese promotional bandana; Albums - XTC: Nonsuch
January 15, 2012: Gallery - front of a promotional “baseball card” for XTC: Oranges & Lemons, front of a promotional “baseball card” for The Dukes of Stratosphear: Chips From the Chocolate Fireball, front cover of the program for the XTC Music & Friends Convention 93', back of a promotional “baseball card” for XTC: Oranges & Lemons, back of a promotional “baseball card” for The Dukes of Stratosphear: Chips From the Chocolate Fireball, a ticket for the XTC Music & Friends Convention, Princeton, 1993, a ticket for the XTC Music & Friends Convention, Barrie, 1991, a promo pack of 1989 Geffen “baseball cards”
January 3, 2012: Covers - The International Silver String Submarine Band: "Ballet for a Rainy Day"; Audio - The Submarine Band: “Ballet For A Rainy Day”
December 31, 2011: Gallery - Garden of Earthly Delights, Little Express issue 36; Albums - XTC: Black Sea
December 25, 2011: Gallery - Happy Christmas from The Little Express
December 23, 2011: Gallery - one-piece, hanging, Black Sea display, Andy Partridge Christmas card from 1990, White Music promo banner/poster
Chalkhills is a web resource and mail list dedicated
to XTC (the now defunct band). Surf Chalkhills to find a wealth of
information about XTC, their music and recordings, and much more. Chalkhills was created by me, John Relph, and is
infrequently updated (I am often busy with other things) so check back often.
Chalkhills is the both the longest extant XTC mailing list, created in April
1989 as an offshoot of the venerable Love-Hounds list, and the longest extant
XTC web site, first hacked together in May 1994, although FTP archives were
first made available in April 1991.
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