Having written such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary, Richard Curtis finally took the leap to directing with the charming 2003 Brit hit Love Actually. His followup, Pirate Radio, finally hits US shores this weekend, and it's of particular interest to us given the film's musical interest. Featuring a group of radio DJs serving up rebellious rock an...
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The near-perfect that marks the end of their "drums and wires" period, the culmination of the quirky guitar pop of their first three albums.
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I've been out of the loop (if I, in fact, have ever been in it), so I'm doing a bit of catching up... promised Annie some delicious XTC demos... Here's a couple that are top notch... "This Is The End" was a demo from the "Oranges & Lemons" era... (I'm pretty sure it was created long before ...maybe the Skylarking sessions)... I spoke to (singer/songwriter) Andy Partridge about this song and he ...
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Johnny Ramone once observed that there are extremely few rock bands or artists whose periods of true inspiration (if they're blessed with any in the first place) exceed five years - so few that it essentially constitutes a rule (he called it the "Five Year Rule," in fact). I personally suspect it might be that a given listener's tastes will permit a rock act to develop only so far, which is wh...
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XTC is perhaps my all-time favorite band. I was listening to Apple Venus last night on the way home and this song really is beautiful, and this time of year it is perfect. Also, I noticed a rhyme that I'm sure I missed the first time..... Harvest Festival.....what was best of all..... Andy Partridge is a lyrical genius. Hope you enjoy it.
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Greetings. I thought I'd start off this series of brilliant musicians (or musicians who put out a brilliant album or song) by highlighting the single most brilliant band that hardly gets their due... XTC. Sure they've had the occasional hits or semi-hits... (songs like "Senses Working Overtime," "Dear God," "Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead," "Making Plans for Nigel," "Mayor Of Simpleton"... etc.) b...
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Having written such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary, Richard Curtis finally took the leap to directing with the charming 2003 Brit hit Love Actually. His followup, Pirate Radio, finally hits US shores this weekend, and it's of particular interest to us given the film's musical interest. Featuring a group of radio DJs serving up rebellious rock an...
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Looking for something else, i found these:DC Comics describes this as a "*Power Girl* Mini-Bust".
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It's Easter Monday - or whatever you wanna call the day after Easter Sunday. In any event, I have no meetings, assignments, or social events on the calendar for today. I am, instead, using the day to depressurize after too much Easter candy.(I did manage to keep the Peeps - those fiendish little marshmallow chicks - to a minimum. But the chocolate eggs and bunny rabbits were a bit of a problem....
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so why do i have like 11 digital lp's of them?i dunno it must have to do with Matt sending me his 750 gig hard drive (from that OTHER site) back in 07 when there was the big PIMP 'puter crash in Octoberor was it 06?i dunnoi was a mess because of tags until i found mp3tag NOW all i do is listen to the musiclife is so WONDERFULi love you all, I LOVE THIS SHIT
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From 1978 to 1980, Andy Partridge of XTC took the tapes from their latest "Drums and Wires" recording back to the studio and used them as his own personal dub source. The results? "Explode Together"s compilation of those dub experiments. Fans of the typical guitar driven posh pop XTC sounds ought be careful here. This set really strips the sound down and builds brand new layers of rhythm from t...
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| 1 King for a Day |
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| 2 King for a Day |
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| 3 Chalkhills and Children |
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| 4 Making Plans for Nigel |
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| 5 Garden of Earthly Delights |
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