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Brian · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: XTC Spotting

No, not the actual band, just media mentions or hearing them at a business. I thought there was a thread like this on this new forum, as there was on the old forum, but I can't find it, so excuse me if this is a duplicate thread.

Yesterday's Chicago Tribune (Sunday, August 17th) had an article on the actor Rainn Wilson. Rainn plays Dwight Schrute, the nerdy sidekick to the boss, on the U.S. version of "The Office." He is going to be starring as a drummer in his nephew's rock band in the movie "The Rocker," and the article states:

"Having learned drumming during the short pre-production period for 'The Rocker,' Wilson realized that he'd happily throw over his acting career to become a rock star, though his tastes run more toward the Clash and XTC than the new movie's hair metal bands."

Wilson graduated from New Trier High School in Wilmette, Illinois and is 42 years old.

LRandall · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: XTC Spotting

Brian wrote:

No, not the actual band, just media mentions or hearing them at a business. I thought there was a thread like this on this new forum, as there was on the old forum, but I can't find it, so excuse me if this is a duplicate thread.

Yesterday's Chicago Tribune (Sunday, August 17th) had an article on the actor Rainn Wilson. Rainn plays the nerdy sidekick to the boss, Dwight Schrute, on the U.S. version of the Office. He is going to be starring as a drummer in his nephew's rock band in the movie "The Rocker," and the article states:

"Having learned drumming during the short pre-production period for 'The Rocker,' Wilson realized that he'd happily throw over his acting career to become a rock star, though his tastes run more toward the Clash and XTC than the new movie's hair metal bands."

Wilson graduated from New Trier High School in Wilmette, Illinois and is 42 years old.

No wonder I love Rainn Wilson, he's an XTC fan! There's just something about him............. Razz

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Fellinifiend · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject:

He was WXPN here in Philly the other day playing his favorite songs but I was only able to listen to the first 2 songs...Maybe I missed XTC...

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Spastic Minnow · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

There's this little watched but amusing cable show called "The Middleman" on ABC Family. It's kind of a cross between X-Files and Get Smart. Funny sci-fi and fantasy investigations. Part of the humor is to drop as many pop cultural references as possible into an episode. Mostly sci-fi references (this week was packed with Dr. Who companion namechecks), but occasionally other stuff as well.

This week our plucky, wisecracking, hip and beautiful female lead exclaims "Bono, Buddha and the Wizard of Oz!"
Checking the their

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discovers that yes, this was an intentional xtc paraphrasing. Smile

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weasie · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

XTC (and Andy especially) came up numerous times in this interview with Moe Berg of the Pursuit of Happiness (recorded last night):

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Per Aronsson wrote:

Code for White Music

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That was pretty smart. But I suspect that the producers of this commercial don't have a clue of who XTC are. They probably just googled the song to get it right. Unless the producer was YOU, Per!!!! Mr. Green

Per Aronsson · Black Sea Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 142 Location: Sweden

If I had produced the commercial, well then the music should also have been by XTC...

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I thought I had seen everyhting, but I hadn´t. This dog shirt is being sold on the net. There are quite many that sells XTC counterfeits but this is the strangest one I have seen so far.

dixidoo · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject:

I want to be a dog! Smile

But is it actually our band they mean? Or the drug or something else?

donavan · The Big Express Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 668

Nokia mobile phone, TV advert - Millions by XTC- spotted by my daughter. Jeepers Smile

Per Aronsson · Black Sea Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 142 Location: Sweden

dixidoo wrote:

I want to be a dog! Smile

But is it actually our band they mean? Or the drug or something else?

Hmm, I checked the site more carefully and it seems like it is not about the boys from Swindon. But I find the dog-shirt very strange anyway...