XTC: Senses Working Overtime
Pete Paphides, Word, The, April 2004
When the police found him howling at the moon in a mud-stained Santa suit after calling his mother the worst word imaginable, it was another episode in the turbulent, hysterical career of the XTC frontman. Is Andy Partridge – pop alchemist and national treasure – the funniest musician on the planet?
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