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- Date
- May 23, 2022
- Venue
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Harlow's
Sacramento, California
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Gig Type
- Concert
- Guests
- Emma Swift
Sacramento show report!
I often dream of traveling by train to see Robyngigs. Sometimes I even do it! First time was Toronto to Ottawa to see Robyn play at Zaphod Beeblebrox, fall of 1994. And now here I am, a Portlander in Sacramento. Amtrak was less whimsical than Canadian rail to be sure, but it is good fun to fulfill a dream all these years later.
23 May 2022
Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub
Sacramento, CA
*Enter Floral Shirt Robyn!
I Want To Tell You About What I Want
My Wife and My Dead Wife (lots of laughs from the audience. I started wondering what it would be like to be seeing Robyn for the first time? I've forgotten that feeling)
"Trains in the U.S. have no less than 40 carriages, I'm a small trains dude."
I Often Dream Of Trains
Devil's Radio (by request)
"I assume most of you are as ancient as I am."
Feels Like 1974 (amended line "Digging Led Zeppelin in Fresno...")
New York Doll
Ole Tarantula
Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom
*Enter Emma Swift!
"I hover above the venue in a blimp"
You've Got A Sweet Mouth On You, Baby
"Think what an innocent world it was last time we played this" (in California)
Queen Elvis
Kingdom Of Love
Emma: "Robyn Hitchcock, patron saint of dismalia"
Robyn: "That's Morrissey, innit"
So You Think You're In Love
INTERMISSION
*Enter Green Polka-Dotted Robyn!
Gene Hackman (where he inserted specific years for all the events mentioned in the song)
"Burrowing through requests"
"When you've eaten through a Monday, whatever remains, however improbable, is Tuesday."
Flanagan's Song
America (by request)
"Film stock: it happened four years after Woodstock"
"Priests have a lot of special powers, but they're not good at figuring out where an airport is supposed to be" (referring to SFO)
Light Blue Afternoon
Satellite
Chinese Bones
Sally Was A Legend
The Lizard (my personal favorite of the evening)
*Enter Emma Swift!
Birdshead (!)
Up To Our Nex
"Super Adrenalized Monday"
"Liquor + Tax = Nudes"
Madonna Of The Wasps
Queen Of Eyes
One of my favorite things about this show was how Emma's harmonies have evolved. My previous Robyn + Emma show was in 2015 I believe.
Thanks for reading! We now return you to news of Bobby D's looming cakeday.
John B J