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Detlef Sping:
I mean 'give it'.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 9:08:49 pm)
Chewing Wax:
I'm going to keep talking to him untill the land line goes. Then it's all men for themselves.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 9:08:52 pm)
Detlef Sping:
Thats scary.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 9:10:38 pm)
Detlef Sping:
We have rabid skunks in Stanley park now, isn't that insane?
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 9:11:29 pm)
Detlef Sping:
Listen for a loud crack and then put the phone down fast. Auf!
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 9:12:27 pm)
Chewing Wax:
He'll be okay.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 9:13:26 pm)
Chewing Wax:
Bye Sping
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 9:13:44 pm)
Myk Murphy:
wow, wax is just loaded with gmail invites. they must really like him. maybe he clicks all the ad links when he gets an email.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:16:56 pm)
Heruka:
now this is what I need. it's an open 60, the boats they use for the non-stop around the world solo races. please stop me from bidding.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:23:21 pm)
Heruka:
too late. I bid $25k on it.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:24:58 pm)
Heruka:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2481910807
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:25:31 pm)
Heruka:
I'm the high bidder. :)
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:30:06 pm)
Myk Murphy:
holy shit, are you serious? you bid on a boat? wow, now i have a rooting interest in an ebay bid.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:33:42 pm)
Heruka:
yeah, reserve price wasn't met. I'd go as high as $40k on it. it'll go for way more than that, but it's fun.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:36:23 pm)
Myk Murphy:
cool. it's certainly worth a trip to annapolis. all sorts of sailing vessels there. i was kinda near annapolis this weekend, actually. i once saw robyn perform there. ok, enough annapolis trivia.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:37:44 pm)
Myk Murphy:
how much do you suppose a boat like that will finally go for?
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:38:16 pm)
Heruka:
I have no clue. it needs a coplete refit, so look to spend an additional $100k on top of purchase price. even the Tartan refit cost roughly $20k.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:40:24 pm)
Heruka:
the wife would kill me if I told her I bought that boat.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:44:38 pm)
Heruka:
the person has crappy feedback though.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:48:17 pm)
Myk Murphy:
i'm not too far from there... we can go break his kneecaps if the boat turns out to be a mere dinghy. and a dingy dinghy at that.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 10:49:31 pm)
Heruka:
Social D's 'Somehwere Between Heaven and Hell' has to be one of the best albums ever. classic.
(Mon Jun 14, 2004 - 11:34:20 pm)
Queenie:
I want a gmail invite
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 12:27:23 am)
Queenie:
that's "g" for "glean", heh
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 12:27:31 am)
Queenie:
grr. I'm all edgy and shit.
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 1:59:10 am)
Queenie:
not as edgy as this though, goddamn
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 3:05:48 am)
Queenie:
yay! I get to produce the XTC segment on friday, woooo!
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 3:47:36 am)
Froupie:
its too early on in the day for shane macgowan.
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 3:49:48 am)
Froupie:
only a mother could love that, surely.
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 3:50:22 am)
Froupie:
keep posting, make it go away.
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 3:50:54 am)
Queenie:
he looks like he's ready to suckle
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 4:06:34 am)
Queenie:
sinead o'connor says he's "an angel at the end of his life".
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 4:07:03 am)
Queenie:
would you like to see my XTC write up? it's long, it will perhaps scroll shane off your screen.
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 4:08:08 am)
Queenie:
Once upon a time (in the eighties) the world was deluged with an endless stream of synth pop music churned out by wackily coifed one-hit wonder bands, often British and often terrible. At a time when it was difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, quality Brit pop oftentimes went overlooked by the masses.
XTC was among those who slipped through the cracks.
Led by notorious control freak Andy Partridge, XTC started out in the late seventies with their first release “White Music”. Andy, a sinfully underrated guitarist, provided growling vocals, and with Colin Moulding on bass and Dave Gregory on guitar, XTC brought substance and depth to Brit pop. Andy penned intelligent, catchy songs of love, politics, and occasionally nonsense, showing us the world through his unique prism of bitter satire and scathing English wit.
No album better represents XTC’s ability to craft flawless pop than 1982’s “English Settlement”, a 15-track, brilliantly produced masterpiece, and arguably their finest hour.
The closest they came to real success was in 1986, with the release of the Todd Rundgren-produced album “Skylarking”, which contained the single “Dear God”, a song so catchy and beautiful that it received widespread radio airplay, though its biting and blasphemous lyrics went under most listeners’ radars.
But sadly, XTC was unable to remain in the public eye due to two major factors: In the mid-eighties, during a tour of the US, Andy Partridge developed a debilitating case of stage fright so severe that he has not performed live since. And in 1992, XTC went on strike with Virgin Records in an effort to be released from a contract deal that had screwed them out of profits for over a decade. It would be seven years before Virgin finally let them go; seven years before they released any new music.
Of the original line-up, only Andy and Colin still remain, though dissension between them has prevented any writing or recording for nearly four years. Andy has taken to producing music for others, and Colin has taken to gardening. Though it appears that XTC may be drawing to a close…..once upon a time, a pasty, chubby-faced man with a hollow body Gibson and a receding hairline contributed to the English musical monarchy 12 albums’ worth of pristine songwriting that still holds up after 20+ years, proving that eighties Brit pop wasn’t all fluff and whining.
And that’s why X is for XTC.
(Tue Jun 15, 2004 - 4:08:43 am)