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[jaydub]

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on the planet that doesn't have a cellphone. 

My niece doesn't either.  She's washed two of the suckers in the laundry and I won't spring for a third.  Somehow this makes me evil incarnate.

[smick]

The Big Express.  Certainly a nice choice.

[Drygioni]

The Big Express.  Certainly a nice choice.

The XTC album?

[theinevitable]

Judy-- but, I mean, considering Britain is rather small, wouldn't you only need 3 or 4 masts? that seems a good number.

I believe an Experiment was carried out to determine how many masts are needed.

[smick]

The XTC album?

Yes, sorry, first time I've seen your sig.

[Drygioni]

Yes, sorry, first time I've seen your sig.

While it does not live up to the excellence of Black Sea, the Big Express remains as one of XTC's most overlooked albums. Plus, All You Pretty Girls is an awesome song.

Are you a fan, Smick? I thought I was the only one!

[innes]

...considering Britain is rather small, wouldn't you only need 3 or 4 masts? that seems a good number.

On the face of it that's right, but our traditional three-foot thick yak-excrement-and-gravel hut walls don't let mobile-phone signals through very well.

[smick]

Are you a fan, Smick? I thought I was the only one!

They've got so many albums, it's kind of hard to be a completionist with them, but I've got The Big Express, I lost Oranges and Lemons in High School, Skylarking, and Nonsuch.

Normally I'd say yes, since I have 4 of their albums, I'd be a fan, but they have so many more I feel like I've only scratched the surface.

[Drygioni]

They've got so many albums, it's kind of hard to be a completionist with them, but I've got The Big Express, I lost Oranges and Lemons in High School, Skylarking, and Nonsuch.

Normally I'd say yes, since I have 4 of their albums, I'd be a fan, but they have so many more I feel like I've only scratched the surface.

Oooooh. Ooooooh. You're missing out super badly. While I love all four albums you've mentioned, I think the Drums & Wires/Black Sea/English Settlement period represents their best work, especially in the case of Black Sea. However, it does depend; the albums I've just mentioned are before they stopped touring, and as such are more akin to rock and punk than the lush pop of Skylarking onwards.

Seriously, I hate to gush but they are easily one of my favourite bands. Like you say, they have many albums, but EVERY SINGLE ONE is fuck*ng worth it. Probably not available in all good record stores, but give it a shot. You won't regret it.

Also, have a can for some reason.

[smick]

Well, I first ran into them as a young child in the early days of MTV, watching "Mayor of Simpleton".  Then later on when I did the college radio thing the "Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" came out, and I started picking up albums.

I'll most certainly check out their earlier stuff.   (Also, I now have to pick up Oranges and Lemons again, since I'm having a hankering for Mayor of Simpleton, Mr. Skeleton, and Garden of Earthly Delights)

[KeithHernandez]

For my money Apple TV seems like the thing I would buy.  If that came in 200 GB and they made a nano the exact same as it is with like 20 gb and a phone built in I would totally be an apple fanboy in seconds.  I would give 600$ for those two combined.  I have to think that within 2 or 3 years I will be able to do that.

Seriously, 200 gigs would make that worth it.  As it is, you have what is on your computer and 40gb.  Well, I have an old laptop, so that means 80gb total.  I will probably buy a new laptop within a year, but as I have an external harddrive, it is not really important to me how much space there is.  I like music a whole lot.  I like about 5 tv shows that I have downloaded.  I have about 6 movies that I like (4 of which are based on music).  This would hold all of that, plus about 10 gigs for later, which would be about the best thing ever to go with an ipod nano.