Dukes redux

Pitchfork had an item that Andy Partridge was going to re-release the two Dukes of Stratospher records from the 80s. For the uninformed, this was an alter-ego project where the Swindon Three (plus Colin's brother) did their damnedest to out-psych the 60s acts they loved and for the most part succeeded:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGcaDYSrMM

What's lame, of course, is the fact this is being done in lieu of any NEW XTC-or-related product. Promises of "bonus" material (what is there, besides the fairly execrable "Can of Human Beans?") will end up being more milking the ever-shrinking oldster fanbase with demos, just watch. "Hey! A demo of 'Little Lighthouse!' They'll buy that!"

I believed AP in 1989 when he told Rolling Stone that he was on a songwriter's high and writing zillions of songs or whatever, after which there were Nonsuch (okay) and then seven years of silence until Apple Venus LPs. And yes, all the Fuzzy Warbles stuff. But I expected more, because I really did cherish so much of the band's recorded output.

I believed you, Andy Partridge!! [hot tears, storming off!]