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Category Archives: XTC

Let’s Pull Away Over Nature’s Forces

Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay – This was Robyn’s second solo album, from 1982. And it was not particularly successful, so it was kind of difficult to find. While I prefer to purchase things in physical form when possible, I bought both this and the demo … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Authors, Beatles, Christmas, Families, Holidays, Humor, Language, Minus 5, Monkees, Music, Robert Rankin, Robyn Hitchcock, Sexuality, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, groovy decay, groovy decoy, let the war against music begin, my failed christmas career, my failed songwriting career |

SPOILERS for one television series and three movies. This Is Pop – This Netflix series is about the development of modern pop music, with each episode focusing on a different topic. Some are obvious, but others a bit less so. … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporations, Families, Humor, Music, Neko Case, Prejudice, Relationships, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged auto-tune, backstreet boys, bette midler, big business, blur, brill building, britney spears, cher, derf backderf, horror, jeffrey dahmer, karen gillan, kevin geeks out, lily tomlin, my friend dahmer, neil sedaka, netflix, oasis, oculus, ross lynch, serial killers, shania twain, this is pop |

We’re Bobbing Along in Our Barrel

Wonderfalls is one of several shows that Fox picked up and then made every effort to kill, not always airing it in the same time slot and such. I never really understood this, but who knows what was going on … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Magic, Music, Names, Relationships, Television, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, caroline dhavernas, fatalism, generation x, generation y, hannibal, lee pace, niagara falls, rent, tracie thoms, wonderfalls |

Of Bunnies and Bonnets

Picture by Helena Nelson-Reed Happy Easter! Some years ago, I wrote a little about the origins of the Easter Bunny and the name of the holiday. I don’t have a whole lot to add, but there’s some, so I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, British, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christianity, Easter, Food, German, Greek Mythology, Holidays, Judaism, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Passover, Religion, Roman, Television, They Might Be Giants, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, aphrodite, bill cosby, charity, coney island, coneys, easter bunny, easter eggs, easter parade, easter seals, eggs, eostre, fat albert, fat albert easter special, fred astaire, hares, irving berlin, jack benny, jesus, judy garland, lent, liberace, march hare, ostara, pikas, rabbits, shirley maclaine, the easter seal teleparade of stars, titian, van johnson, venus, virgin mary, white rabbit |

In the Witching Hour

Pixies, Beneath the Eyrie – The band’s newest release was recorded at a recording studio in Ulster County, New York, that used to be a church. It had a Gothic feel that inspired the general vibe of the album, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black/Black Francis, Magic, Music, Pixies, Robyn Hitchcock, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, beneath the eyrie, dukes of stratosphear, kim deal, paz lenchantin, planet england, robyn hitchcock, selkies, surrealism, witches |

Turtlenecking with the Best

Before he and John Linnell started They Might Be Giants, John Flansburgh was in a band called the Turtlenecks (even though it seems to be Linnell who actually WORE turtlenecks more often), which he’s mentioned before as sort of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Albums, Frank Black/Black Francis, Humor, Music, Neko Case, New Pornographers, They Might Be Giants, XTC | Tagged brain candy, choir, don't let's start, fountains of wayne, friend and lover, john flansburgh, john linnell, julie kantner, kids in the hall, liz phair, paul mccartney, peter and gordon, podcasts, r. dean taylor, scott mccaughey, tom petty, turtlenecks |

Our Christmas Monkees

The Monkees, Christmas Party – The new Monkees record is a collection of Christmas songs, some old and some new. I like Christmas music (as well as winter music that gets lumped in with it because no one wants to … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Christmas, Holidays, Minus 5, Monkees, Music, XTC | Tagged adam schlesinger, alex chilton, andy partridge, christmas party, davy jones, michael chabon, mike nesmith, paul mccartney, peter buck, peter tork, rivers cuomo, scott mccaughey |

Mr. Ditko Was Right (Wing)

As you’ve probably heard, Steve Ditko, comic artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, was recently found dead at the age of ninety. I’m not that familiar with his work, but I have read some classic Spidey and Strange … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, In Memoriam, Music, Philosophy, XTC | Tagged alan moore, andy partridge, ayn rand, dc comics, doctor strange, green goblin, marvel comics, mr. a, objectivism, question, rorschach, spider-man, steve ditko, watchmen |

I’m in the Limelight, Big on My Block Now

XTC: This Is Pop – I’d heard about this documentary and added it on Netflix, but they don’t currently have it in stock. Then, when Beth and I were looking at movies available to watch On Demand, we came across … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, barry andrews, colin moulding, dave gregory, harry shearer, mummer, skylarking, synesthesia, terry chambers, the big express, this is pop, todd rundgren |

Parodies Lost

I haven’t written that much about music recently. I think part of that is because, whenever I have the time to listen to something, it’s more likely to be something from the RPG Music Fanatics Facebook community or an episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Art, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Humor, Mario, Mega Man, Music, Robyn Hitchcock, Sonic the Hedgehog, Television, Video, Video Games, XTC, Zelda | Tagged andy partridge, bob dylan, bonzo dog band, chrono cross, civilization iv, deni bonet, elton john, final fantasy vii, giorgio di chirico, innes book of records, michael palin, monty python, moss elixir, mossy liquor, neil innes, recollections le duck's box set, rutland weekend television, video game pianist, video games live, video games live level 2 |