#829: P is for Partridge, Andy

Thank the universe for collaborationsand solo projects. I have had the good fortune of listening to Andy Partridge while moving through the letter H on that Robyn Hitchcock collab, and here I am in the letter P, arrivingat some of the very few solo things AndyPartridge has ever released on vinyl over threee.p.’s, the equivalentContinue reading “#829: P is for Partridge, Andy”

#576: Ode to Andy

Somewhat of a recluse,stopped touring in the 80son the brink of your heyday,debilitating anxiety tookyou forever off the stagebut not from the studio,thanks be. Skylarking, a masterpiece, found youworking and fighting with Todd Rundgren to make the greatest record of the decade, for me, perhaps, the greatest of all time. I don’t knowa whole lotContinue reading “#576: Ode to Andy”

#340: Skylarking

It’s 1986, the winter after our wedding and we’re living in a shack. Seriously, I’m not a tall guy and I can stand in the living room and place my hands flat on the ceiling. It’s the holiday season and I’ve just bought XTC’s “Skylarking,” which I listen to from start to finish over andContinue reading “#340: Skylarking”

Melt The Guns

For those of you who have been following my project of listening to my music collection from A to Z and writing reflections on each album: no, I am not jumping ahead from D to X.  Instead, inspired by a friend of mine posting this tune in Facebook on the day we learned of yetContinue reading “Melt The Guns”