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Author: Mark Fisher

MARK FISHER is a freelance theatre critic and feature writer based in Edinburgh and has written about theatre in Scotland since the late-1980s. He is a theatre critic for The Guardian, a former editor of The List magazine and a frequent contributor to the Scotsman and other publications. He is the co-editor of the play anthology Made in Scotland (1995), and the author of The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide (2012) and How to Write About Theatre (2015) – all Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. While at school, he set up the XTC fanzine Limelight, which he republished as The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls (2017). He followed that with What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book (2019). In 2020, he launched What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast.

XTC’s Skylarking with Alfredo Marziano

July 4, 2025

In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we join Alfredo Marziano, the author of the newly published XTC: Skylarking – A Life…

Covering XTC with Dan Barrow and Innocents Abroad

May 30, 2025

It’s fan festival time again. Coming up on 20–22 June at the Mecca in Swindon, the sold-out 2025 XTC Fan Festival is a chance…

Madison Cunningham on XTC

May 2, 2025

Twenty-five years after their final album, XTC continue to inspire new generations of musicians. In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The…

The Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC) 40th anniversary

April 1, 2025

How much further up the charts would Senses Working Overtime have climbed if the sleeve had been made of heavier material? What does the finish on…

Rick Buckler of the Jam on Terry Chambers and XTC

March 7, 2025

To commemorate the death of Rick Buckler on 17 February 2025, this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast features…

Remembering XTC superfan Darryl Bullock (ft artist Ken White)

January 17, 2025

Darryl Bullock was a massive fan of XTC, an avid record collector and one of the tireless organisers of the online and in-person XTC fan…

XTC and the music business

December 6, 2024

In the latest edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we go behind the scenes to see how deals get…

XTC’s Andy Partridge – the Patreon questions II

November 1, 2024

In the second of a special two-part edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, supporters on Patreon ask questions they…

XTC’s Skylarking with Dave Gregory and Steven Wilson

October 4, 2024

Ace remixer Steven Wilson has already given XTC’s 1986 album Skylarking a 5.1 surround sound makeover and now he has gone one step further…

XTC’s Andy Partridge – the Patreon questions I

September 13, 2024

In the first of a special two-part edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, supporters on Patreon ask questions they…

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We play the songs much too loud

Mark Fisher, Mark Reed, David White in What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast
Mark Fisher, Mark Reed, David White in What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast

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