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June 10, 2010: Duncan Maitland writes to say, “My new album, called Lullabies For
The 21st Century … features Colin Moulding on bass! Colin
plays (beautifully as always - the part is a real Moulding work of art!) on the
opening track - ‘Your Century’. I don't know if I have my facts
straight but might this be his first bass outing in about nine years? Either
way, I know XTC fans certainly won't be disappointed with his playing and may
rather enjoy my album into the bargain!”
June 4, 2010: The Fossil
Fools show has moved from The Furnace to The Rolleston! That's right,
Fossil Fools will be playing a FREE gig at The Rolleston, in
Swindon, playing the music of XTC in the home of XTC on Friday, 11 June 2010.
The fun starts at 8.30pm. 18 years and older, please.
April 11, 2010: On Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11.30am, BBC Radio 4 will feature Black and
White Towns, wherein John Harris takes a look at British inbetweenland
suburbs and provincial towns, examining their importance in the development of
British pop music. He'll be talking to Andy Partridge of XTC, Damon Albarn of
Blur, Louise Wener of Sleeper, and others, and contrasts this to the poetry of
John Betjeman and Philip Larkin.
August 9, 2010: Haiti Album, ONLY 2 Weeks Left To Go
July 19, 2010: Sample Andy's Powers
July 9, 2010: Powers Ready To Pre-Order NOW
July 20, 2010: Sample Andy's Powers
August 22, 2010: Andy discusses the APE House
August 16, 2010: Happy Birthday, Colin and Harry!
August 9, 2010: Happy Birthday, Pugwalsh!
August 5, 2010: Happy Birthday, Pete Phipps!
July 25, 2010: On Summer Holiday
August 26, 2010: I actually seem to bleach whiter in this sunlight. Human driftwood.
August 22, 2010: A discussion of the APE House label, its artists and its future is now up at: http://blogs.myspace.com/xtcfans #XTC
August 22, 2010: Nostalgia means "remember the pain". SO apt.
August 17, 2010: Happy birthday, Colin Moulding and @HappyHarryToons! http://blogs.myspace.com/xtcfans
August 15, 2010: Can't get architecture out of my head. It's all I think about
No news is no news.
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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” |
“The Devil Glitch”, Chris Butler |
August 20
In 2005, Euron Griffith interviewed Andy Partridge for the BBC. In that interview, Mr. Partridge made a list of his favorite XTC tracks. (Thanks to Chris Handy and Euron Griffith.)
August 6
Augie Krater scanned the cover of the Virgin UK White Music LP.
August 5
Thanks to Augie Krater for pointing out the obvious answer to my question regarding the Wake Up single, which was “Why 7:46?” The answer is that the catalog number of the single is VS746. Silly me.
July 22
Augie Krater did some shopping and scanning: the front cover and back cover of the Virgin UK This Is Pop? 7" single and the front cover of the Virgin UK Life Begins at the Hop 7" single.
July 11
Bill Sherman transcribed the lyrics to “Didn't Hurt a Bit” from Coat of Many Cupboards.
July 7
Augie Krater would like to present the back cover of the æsthetically and sonically beautiful Wasp Star LP package.
July 2
Paul Ferguson audaciously contributed tablature for Dave Gregory's guitar solos on “That's Really Super, Supergirl”, “Real by Reel” and “Dear God”.
¶ Today's offering from Augie Krater is the totally awesome back of the “Ball and Chain” 7" single.
Volume 15, Number 37: August 21, 2010
August 22, 2010: Ape Loves Haiti — An Ape Compilation Raising Money for The Disasters Emergency Committee and Their Aid Work in Haiti
August 22, 2010: Peter Blegvad: Pongetry
August 15, 2010: XTC: 3D-EP
July 30, 2010: Andy Partridge: Powers
July 22, 2010: XTC: Life Begins at the Hop
July 22, 2010: XTC: This is Pop?
July 1, 2010: XTC: Skylarking
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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