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Dan Epstein's avatar

Nice piece. It's been ages since I listened to Archaeology, but I recall digging it quite a bit at the time — and, unfortunately, missing out on the band's LA gig (at the Troubadour, I think) following its release.

The first I learned of Idle's dismissive attitude towards Innes' musical contributions was when I checked out his commentary track on All You Need Is Cash, back when it was first reissued on DVD. He makes very little mention of the music at all on it, which I found both frustrating and totally point-missing; much as I love AYNIC, we wouldn't still be talking about it today if it weren't for Innes' spot-on music.

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Mike's avatar

A really good article, I never realised the friction of Idle and Innes. I never got around to buying the albums, although I watched Rutland Weekend Television when it aired. On a side note - Rutland is sort of like Pluto (celestial body, not cartoon dog) in that it was an English county, and then it got assimilated into others at one stage, but now it is back to being Englands smallest county - except when the tide is out around the Isle of Wight, when it is the second smallest!

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