xtc news flash!

[jsd%UMASS.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan S. Drukman)]

Attention XTC fanatics!

A new single has appeared in record stores.  Put out under the name
"Johnny Japes and his Jesticles", it features the song "Bags Of Fun
With Buster Gonads" and the B-side has a special "Scrotal Scratch
Mix".

This is not strictly XTC.  The song was written and produced by Andy
Partridge and Dave Gregory, but features a guy named John Ottway
singing.  Andy contributes the odd voice-over bit now and then too.
Basically, if you haven't already guessed from the title, it's a song
about a certain rather enlarged part of the male anatomy.  Apparently,
Buster Gonads is a character in VIZ magazine, an underground British
publication.

The song itself is unbelievably catchy (one listen and you'll be
humming the tune for weeks), with brilliantly funny lyrics.  John
Ottway has a very distinctive vocal style and accent too.  Overall,
it's an A+.  Don't buy it if you're easily offended!

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