I DID hear Robyn's version of that song life on stage (I am the Fly), because I've just returned from the London "Pestival", more specifically, an insect-related evening by Robyn Hitchcock and his friends ( Read more... )

"The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena"

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And here's a short excerpt from "The Ring of the King":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8GztZwLgN8

(Elle, check out the Rose-Theatre :-)... or Catsplay's LJ.)

Just saving the link off...

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Checking In With Robyn Hitchcock from Bonnaroo on Vimeo.

Voila! A brand new Robyn song yet to be released:



What do you think of it, Elle? I still have to think about it... Apart from.... sloooooooowwwwwwwww.... *LOL*... but it feels right. A "correct feeling" song. *LOL*

Taken from this radio show (49 Minutes of Robyn :-))))))

Robyn: "I just play now, I can’t imagine not. It’s my instinct, like a little hamster gnawing at a piece of toilet paper, or a rat chewing, because that’s what I do. I’m at my happiest doing that."

The whole interview (from 2008, but I hadn't found it before *LOL*):



The Human Song (60th anniversary of the Human Rights):



Globe of Frogs (Soft Boys tune ( Read more... )

A cover version by Robyn last week at the Barbican - wish I had been able to be there.

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I love that song, and obviously so does Robyn, though it is conventional and doesn't even feature rodents or spiders. *LOL*... (Had never heared it before - so thank you, Robyn ( Read more... )

Question: What are Michael and Mike, also known as "REM minus the "Venus 3" :-), doing, while Robyn is touring with the rest of REM (Peter, Scott and Bill... 2006 was the year of the tarantula, I believe...)?
Answer: Making great music as a duo, of course!

REM: "Nightswimming"... how beautiful!

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And while we're on that kind of a role ( Read more... )

As often I'm listening to u-tube playlists in the background while working (with the danger of getting distracted - *LOL* - when I feel I need to watch the video as well.). So a minute ago I clicked away my work to watch The Posies's and REM's Ken Stringfellow and realized the video was from this AWESOME page:

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Elle, it's "My mind is connected"... the tenth track in this EXCELLENT life recording from the archives... oh, well, enjoy the whole thing. (Apparently Robyn has said he doesn't mind.)

My favourite song at present... thank you Robyn.

Bzzzzz....zzzzz...

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