sweet, thank you for the report! "Airscape" with Georgia is definitely a dream come true ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
I've never heard him with a female singer doing the Morris harmonies. God damn it was good.
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
That sounds amazing Jon. So glad you got to see it.
And yeah, that merch is BORING.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
wish i was going to tonight's show too!
BTW merch table was run by small blonde with Aus accent, I assume this is Emma Swift. Thought that would mean she would sing on something but didn't happen. RH did dedicate Airscape to her.
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
That's sweet.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Robyn's catalog is littered with songs to his ex's. I wonder what happened to Michelle.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Ahem one L
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:30 (seven years ago) link
Wow that second set!Can I just--― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, March 1, 2017 6:23 AM (five hours ago)
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, March 1, 2017 6:23 AM (five hours ago)
damn, that sounds more than slightly incredible. where is the skulking bootlegger when you need him?
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
think that nyc taper was hoping to record at least one of these shows ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
ha, was hoping to hear from you, tyler
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
i assume these will turn up on archive.org if anyone tapes them (though... does YLT have the same laissez-faire as robyn to live recording sharing...?)
hi contendo!
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
ylt is generally taper friendly, but sometimes it seems like they're not into "special" shows being shared ... but i imagine they'd defer to robyn in this case.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
howdy, jon!
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
...well it's up on dime now.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
is dime still a private club?
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
i think they have open registrations. anyway probably not long before it shows up on archive or whatever for anyone who doesn't want to register for an account.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
ysi?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
I'll bet tonight's show will be even better, there were some minor spills last night
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
Though rough trade strikes me as a better room to record from the audience in than Bowery
any intel on last night's show?
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 March 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
I was at the show. Tremendous. I was struck how Ira ended up being Hitch's perfect foil on guitar. He really brought home the noisey bits. The entire band was completely up for the task. Highlights included a triplpy version of Lizard, great falsetto vocals and heavy groove on Do Policemen Sing? and a jaw-dropping version late in the second set of Let There Be More Darkness with Hitch nailing the creepy "Kevin, Supper's Ready!" bit. No Lucifer Sam encore but we also got "I often Dream of Trains, which is always a treat. I'd love to hear a recording of the show. It was a special night.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
Noooooo they did let there be more darkness??? Fuuuuuuuuck
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
ha, that must be a first? man, Invisible Hitchcock is such a good collection.
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
This might be hyperbole on my part but I think I'd give Tuesday's whole show for that
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:11 (seven years ago) link
Many years ago I saw Hitch play it solo. But this was a different beast altogether.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
New album strikes me as one of the best things he's done in years. Also, I didn't know about his father, and am now noticing references to him all over the place. Virginia Wolf is the early favorite, but a bunch of strong and rocking stuff on this one.
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Is his latest the one that starts with that Psych Furs cover? Ghost in You that's it. If so I wasn't too into it. Also had a new take of his old classic The Ghost Ship. Seems to be short on material. Anyway, love him as a human regardless. And am positively nuts for The Soft Boys. A longtime intense favorite of mine. Up there with The Fall and Pere Ubu in my personal pantheon. And the origin of my convoluted screen name. A Can of Bees being my favorite lp of theirs. But really I dig it all.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Monday, 24 April 2017 01:28 (seven years ago) link
No, there's a new one that just came out. Released as Robyn Hitchcock. Much more like his older days.
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 01:57 (seven years ago) link
Let's see if I can do this without screwing up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R843CEIBntQ
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Well whattya know? Pretty damn good. Thanks for that. Is that YLT backing him or Venus 3 or ?? In any case I enjoyed that very much. Sylvia Plath saw the world as it is. Love that. And it's nice to hear Hitch equating being dead with being "alright". It is more like his classic era stuff and I certainly welcome it.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Monday, 24 April 2017 02:38 (seven years ago) link
It's out? I thought it was gonna be released in late may
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Monday, 24 April 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
came out on friday ... i like it! a couple of throwaways but that is par for the course. some great robyn electric guitar action.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
After a couple of listens, definitely his best since the Venus 3 work. I was afraid his new squeeze would negatively impact it but that's not the case.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 24 April 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
My emusic credits just refreshed, I'm buying this tonight.
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Monday, 24 April 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
think my fave is "raymond and the wires" -- the kind of weird/beautiful song only Hitchcock could write.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
It's also a pretty rare (or maybe not) straight song by Robyn. I've gotten fascinated by the influence of his father on his work lately. His dad did in fact have a bad leg, and the song sounds pretty autobiographical.
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link
Raymond Hitchcock. Author of "Percy" (Kinks) and "Venus 13." Died in Winchester. Etc. There's an article to be written there, if it hasn't already been....
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
yeah it does seem that way -- i imagine a lot of his songs are obliquely autobiographical, but this one is obviously pretty direct.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:32 (seven years ago) link
There's a whole book to be written about rh but do I have to do it?
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Monday, 24 April 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
wasn't there some kind of hint about robyn writing his memoirs at some point?
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
There was??? That'd be amazing
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 01:25 (seven years ago) link
With all due respect to one of my favorite artists, he needs a good editor. A really good one. A bio of him could be amazing or horrible. I don't want to read about crepuscular crabs and longings for margarine. I think he's going to get one shot at a bio, and I kind of pray that someone else is in charge.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
first listen is happening now. this is great. doesn't sound quite like any other rh record. he has to tour this electric!
'oh god you were beautiful' on mad shelley's letterbox is one of those simple yet odd expressive hooks only robyn can locate that instantly give you life-chills
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
and the guitars behind that phrase, my goodness TOTAL BYRDS ORGY
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Nice post re Demme:
https://twitter.com/RobynHitchcock/status/857259489510252545
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
Huh, that's odd. Thought it would have autolinked.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
always appreciated that Demme took his Oscar cachet and made Storefront Hitchcock, which obviously was not going to be a huge box office smash. nice to have such an artfully made document of Hitchcock at that point ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
I also like that he cast him in a couple of fictions, though demme cannot address the yawning lack of a Robyn-as-Dr-Who TV movie.
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Aw man and me clicking on neds link is me learning demme has passed
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
"autumn sunglasses" is so nice
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link