Online review by The Counterforce
On Sunday I went to see Robyn Hitchcock and Eugene Mirman perform at the very posh Westport Library. Eugene’s merch was a plate with a line from this early video, still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen:

He also played this excerpt from his I’m Sorry (You’re Welcome) album, literally pressed play on this recording. ‘Helpful’ Russian phrases, and the Russian translation of the line 'Your band, The Black Crowes, smells like trash’ still has me giggling:

Robyn was great. What I love about Robyn’s sets are that he has so many songs, he always pulls out one or two that I’ve forgotten about and am very happy to be reminded of. In this case it was Century from Eye.

He did excellent versions of Madonna Of The Wasps and NY Doll (requested by me on IG beforehand), two of my favourite songs. And there was a lovely four song piano section in the middle. His banter was, as always, top notch, and his intro for The Man Who Invented Himself was pretty informative - even he pointed out this foray into ‘facts’ - talking about Dylan and the key of F and how Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life was on his mind when he wrote it