Location, location, location. Sometimes, a record is vivid enough to make you feel as though you’re in one as you listen. Maybe it can even help you make sense of your physical location, too. For Rob Jones, XTC’s eminently pastoral and Anglocentric 1999 album Apple Venus Volume 1 provided both of those things to him as a Canadian living in England trying to decode his surroundings and his life at the same time. As usual, Rob is joined by co-hosts Graeme Burk and Shannon Dohar who talk about cultural context, ecstatic lyrical imagery, all things British, and literary references that fascinate and confound all at once. Open your ears, if not your Norton Anthologies, and have a listen.
Tremendous discussion, thanks. Lots of fascinating perspectives. This may help you get your head around Greenman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man
You may also be interested in The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls, the 256-page anthology I published a couple of months ago: http://www.xtclimelight.com
Thanks for listening and for comments, Mark. Thanks too for the link to the Green Man!