Music is life

Music obsessive. Love XTC and The Beatles.

[vanishing-girl]

Fellow #XTC fans, if you're also on Bluesky then there are monthly listening parties happening this year for all XTC and The Dukes studio albums, starting... tomorrow night! It's all unofficial, of course. It's not like Andy, Colin, etc, decided on a whim to get all social on social media. But it's a chance for fans to post, share memories, thoughts, etc, about the band and the music while listening to their own copy of the albums (or listening via streaming sites - there's no finance-shaming here).

[seaintothelandem]

hey, i made an xtc discord server. there's not much to it right now, i will develop it as people join... if people join. it's called summer's cauldron, but the icon is english settlement... don't worry about it too hard!

come and join!

the link expires in a week. if it doesn't work when you see this, feel free to ask for a new one!

[sillysymbol]

something for "apple venus and wasp star finally legally on spotify" day

[vanishing-girl]

So, I finally wrote about the XTC fan festival, both on Substack (which is perpetually free) and my own website, for those who don't like the former.

It was such a lovely time. To be surrounded by people who love the band as much as you do was just magical. And there wasn't anybody there who caused any issues or was horrible to anyone. It was like a Swindon Summer of (XTC) Love.

Here are a few pics not included in the festival post.

[vanishing-girl]

Lovely Dave Gregory

*The* Dave Gregory! In the flesh!

[cittaavuota]

you guys need to see this

[sillysymbol]

drowning here in summer's cauldron

[vanishing-girl]

Lovely badges arrived today, in plenty time for the XTC fan festival in two weeks' time!

(I bought The Dukes badges on eBay a few weeks ago)

[vanishing-girl]

Cute Guys in Grass

Absolutely love this video! Colin is looking very handsome, though I do want him to have a haircut when he first appears with that '80s hairstyle. And Andy? Dear god (no pun intended), he is gorgeous, here (I mean, he is anyway)! They really shouldnt show him lying down in the grass when I have a vivid imagination... 😘😆

Need more Dave, though. He could have played the part of the blonde. Who doesn't want to see Gregsy's feet??

[planethobbit]

rejoice. cunty andy partridge edit be upon ye.

[vanishing-girl]

I love this so, so much!

[strangeovertone]

Visit Original Link

[sirjohnjohns]

strangeovertone:

XTC - Jason and the Argonauts

[vanishing-girl]

Been spending most of the day watching so many Dave Gregory interviews on YouTube that I wouldn't be surprised if I have a wholesome dream about him tonight where he's telling me all about his gazillion guitars and playing bits of XTC songs.

[vanishing-girl]

Currently obsessed with this song - XTC 'River of Orchids". Can imagine a fantastic animated video to accompany it with dandelions, orchids and the such bursting through the motorway and streets of London, reclaiming it back to nature.

[vanishing-girl]

I love that there's loads of fellow XTC fans here on Tumblr (I know there's a group on Facebook but I left that site years ago).

Will be posting my random thoughts on the band and occasionally other artists as and when, after having shyly spent ages just lurking on this site, so... hello!

(Just have to remember how to do tags properly)

[usagichanp]

Reblog if you like Electro Swing

[vanishing-girl]

Hell, yeah!