Embed and breakfast man: Robyn Hitchcock

More Christmas-themed generosity; this time from Robyn Hitchcock who would not be stopped from sharing his take on the nativity with the wider world:

Americans get Hitchcock's Train journey

London got to experience Robyn Hitchcock's live revisiting of 1983's I Often Dream Of Trains. Now, Hitchcock - accompanied by Mr. Terry Edwards - is bringing the experience to Americans, living in America:

11/12 San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore
11/13 West Hollywood, CA, Coronet Theater
11/15 Chicago, IL, Old Town School of Music
11/17 Pittsburgh, PA, Hazlet Theater
11/18 Alexandria, VA, The Birchmere
11/19 Philadelphia, PA, World Café Live
11/21 Somerville, MA, Somerville Theater
11/22 New York City, NY, Symphony Space

The New York date is being taped for the Sundance Channel, and so hopefully will get a showing over here at some point.

Rare Egyptians

Fancy hearing something by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians you won't have heard before?

This is an mp3 of A Bad Case Of History, hitherto unreleased. Unless you count the websites which have probably beaten us to putting the track up.

It's turned up as part of the second box-set of Hitchcock stuff, Luminous Groove, due out on August 4th.

Collaborations on the frontline

Interesting pairings: Robyn Hitchcock is working with Andy Partridge:

Hitchcock explained the reasons behind their collaboration, saying: “I think it’s good for me to be brought up against somebody else, another songwriter. I really think about how everything fits together.

“[It’s] a self-generating project. I write the words on the train going up to Swindon and then, bang, we record it in his shed.”

Meanwhile, and perhaps slightly less surprisingly, Rufus Wainwright is hooking up with Joan As Policewoman. None of the results of either of this unions is expected to appear on next year's Brits.