--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Myers" <pulmyears@...> wrote:
>
> Further to this Partridge and Lou Reed theme. Believe it or not, I 
once peed
> beside Andy Partridge in the men's loo at Virgin Records label 
headquarters
> in Portobello Road London in 1984 (XTC had just released the single 
This
> World Over - the best Police song that Sting never wrote) - from 
the Big
> Express album.  After we washed our hands (yes, mom I washed my 
hands) we
> shook hands and went over to the promo department where Andy gave 
me the
> single, in both the 7 inch format (with bonus postcards) and the 12 
inch
> vinyl single.  Needless to say as an XTC fan it was pretty freakin 
cool for
> me.
> 
> A couple of years ago, I was taking a "walk on the west side" i.e. 
in the
> West Village in NYC when I noticed a dog under a table of a 
sidewalk cafe.
> When I looked up at the dog's owners I found myself staring at Lou 
Reed and
> Laurie Anderson having a serious looking conversation. I didn't dare
> interrupt.
>