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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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

We’ve Been Writing Rhymes and Trading Lines

The Monkees, Good Times! – Released in honor of the group’s fiftieth anniversary, it’s the first album they’ve done since their thirtieth anniversary. The members are known for not getting along all that well with each other, although when they … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Concerts, Monkees, Music, XTC | Tagged adam schlesinger, andy partridge, ben gibbard, bobby hart, carole king, davy jones, death cab for cutie, fountains of wayne, gerry goffin, good times, harry nilsson, jeff barry, joey levine, micky dolenz, mike nesmith, neil diamond, noel gallagher, paul weller, peter tork, rivers cuomo, tommy boyce, weezer |

Coming to a Holt

It turns out that the New York Public Library has a lot of Tom Holt’s back catalog on eBooks, so I’ve been catching up on them. The three I read most recently were: The Good, the Bad, and the Smug … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Fairy Tales, Music, Tom Holt, Uncategorized, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, angels, blondel, chasing the moon, crusades, elves, goblins, here comes the sun, james and the giant peach, king richard i of england, overtime, roald dahl, the good the bad and the smug, youspace |

Minute Maid

Kim Boekbinder, The Infinite Minute – This collection of 169 songs, each approximately one minute long, was part of an ambitious project that Kim launched last year. Everyone who contributed to her Kickstarter received a copy of the album, and … Continue reading →