Andy Partridge is ill at the mo. I tweeted him.

Tinhuviel:  *sending you all manner of get-well zippity-zap* so feel better, you.  ::pokes you in the chest with the Finger of Authority::

He responded...

XTCFans:  I feel so poked now.

That's just...
wrong.

Apparently, Andy Partridge offended some people online with some, what some considered to be, anti-Semitic jokes. First of all, let me get this out of the way; I am Jewish by birth and heritage. I was raised both with some Jewish and Christian traditions. As I aged, I became closer to the Jewish world-view, since one of Judaism's saying is (and ( Read more... )

• Me to Partridge: which song of yours is good to waylay darkness when it seems to be all around you? (and I meant the bad kind of darkness, not the kind I usually court)
• Partridge to Me: Maybe KNIGHTS IN SHINING KHARMA?
• Me to Partridge (not expecting a response this time, 'cos it was just a thank-you): duly added to my Smudging Playlist. ( Read more... )

If I am found dead with earbuds in my ears and Twitter on my computer screen, please have these two men arrested, because they will be responsible for my untimely demise. I swear to god, being freaked out so often for so long is causing white crinkly hairs to pop out of my skull and wave about like Beaker's 'do.


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I ran an experiment. I included Partridge in four tweets. He answered all four.

1. First tweet was about my belief that radiation, even from human-created nuclear incidences, will affect the next step in evolution. Mutation is just another word for evolution. He tweeted back: Interesting theory!
2. Second tweet was to a couple of Hooligans about ( Read more... )

The latest Tweetage from Andy Partridge got me to re-pondering one of the Great Mysteries of musical life, and one I often shared with the Darth Maul Estrogen Brigade in '99 and 2000 ( Read more... )

Phone jingling woke me up. It was a tweet. From Partridge. A reply to my reaction to him and B not making any music in the foreseeable future.

@Tinhuviel: pffft.You & Bazzer create Magick and should make music again, in any way, shape, or form. Just sayin'...
@xtcfans: agree with you.Not sure why he's started talking to me, but I am not ( Read more... )

Well, today started out most momentously. First, a track back ( Read more... )

First let me paste from a post about XTC and Andy Partridge I made in 2006, but the dream comes from circa 1988-89.

When I heard the song "Dear God," I realised that I'd heard XTC a couple of years beforehand when I saw the video for this song. The song disturbed me and I like that it stirred such conflicting emotions. I remember being enchanted ( Read more... )

It boggles my mind that this footage still exists, and in such excellent shape. Here's a very young XTC performing songs on French television. The footage is circa 1978 and features a very young Andrews on a very abused saxophone. Andy Partridge is already exhibiting what a brilliant individual he would later on become. I needn't say that about ( Read more... )