November 4–11, 1999 20 questions interview by Michael Pelusi Richard Thompson was called “England’s finest electric guitarist,” by no less an authority than one of the music dorks in Nick Hornby’s music-dork novel High Fidelity. Thompson is an elegiac, fierce…

February 25–March 4, 1999 music The Agonies of XTC After a seven year “strike,” the British cult favorite returns with Apple Venus Volume 1. By Michael Pelusi   And Then There Were Two: Moulding and Partridge.   For some bands,…