Category: Interlude

Andy Partridge · Interlude · Richard Powers · XTC · YouTube Finds

Interlude: “Powers” by Andy Partridge

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Promotional film for Andy Partridge’s album, Powers: 12 Sound Pieces Inspired by the Art of Richard M. Powers, which was released on Partridge’s Apehouse label in early 2010, was available as a limited-edition CD, and is available now only as a digital download:

Designed to look like a worn SF pulp paperback, the cover of the limited-edition CD incorporates a painting by former XTC front-man Andy Partridge intended as an homage to the classic Powers style:

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Two Minutes and Seven Seconds of Pure Joy

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Lately, when I need a bit of cheering up, I re-watch this sublime bit of silliness:

I especially love the finale, starting from when Craig Ferguson grabs his belt buckle, struts toward the camera, and brings the house down with one last let-it-all-hang-out blast of unadulterated fun.

P.S. The song to which Craig and the gang are lip-syncing is Fat Boy Slim’s “Wonderful Night.”

Captain Beefheart · Documentaries · Interlude · YouTube Finds

Captain Beefheart Documentary

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I recommended Beefheart and his Magic Band to the adult son of my wife’s sister, a young man who is heavily into music both as a listener and as a working muscian and songwriter, but he would have none of it. In fact, he sent me the CD he bought for himself, so now I have two copies of Clear Spot/The Spotlight Kid, a double-album CD which isn’t exactly hardcore Beefheart but which is a good entry point for people who want to ease into the oeuvre. Cool thing is, I’ve played Beefheart enough around the house and in the car that my fourteen-year-old son is a fan. Maybe that’s the trick: repeated exposure. Or maybe it’s just parental influence/approval. No matter. Whatever it is, BEEFHEART LIVES!

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“Rock ‘n’ roll is a fixation, that bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, momma heartbeat. I don’t like hypnotics, you see, I’m doing non-hypnotic music to break up the catatonic state. And I think there is one right now.”
— Captain Beefheart