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The Agonies of XTC

Toby Goldstein, Creem, April 1979

NEW YORK — "I wish I hadn't come up with this name," sighed mastermind Andy Partridge. "Thinking about it now, it's perfect. But it's a pun and puns only last a few minutes at best and this one's been going on for ages and ages."

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