Word: shows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...night Hitchcock had succeeded in drawing the entire audience into his little world of metaphorical associations. Though he is often described in the rock press as eccentric (Details magazine once went so far as to show him Rorschach blots; the verdict was complete sanity) and frequently compared to Pink Floyd's Syd Barret (pre-permanent acid trip), by the end the crowd assembled was ready to call him a lyrical genius, albeit a cryptic...
...Anything Goes is a great show. And it was meant to be enjoyed by everyday people. If the cast and maybe even the orchestra would relax just a little and have fun with it, this show would be great. While this performance is made, well, mediocre by problems of musical and dance refinement, it's worth seeing. If you've never seen the show, go. And if you have, well, it's your choice, but Anything Goes is a great masterpiece, entertaining in any staging, and certain performances within this production definitely merit attention...
...Over 40 you should have to have a permit to be in a band, and over 50 it should be illegal," quips Robyn Hitchcock on Saturday, just before his show at the Paradise. At 46, Hitchcock is fast moving toward his own age cap, but with a career of over 20 years already on the books, the veteran British folk-rocker doesn't seem fazed. He recently released a new album, Jewels for Sophia, and is now touring with a full band for the first time since the early...
...Hitchcock is anything but traditional, as his show at the Paradise would prove. It opened with a set by the soft-spoken British act Departure Lounge. Though the dark venue at first seemed to swallow the seated four-piece, they soon set an intimate mood with their introspective lyrics and friendly conversations between songs. The singer remarked after one ballad that "someone once told me that was the best song ever written about telephone break-ups." "Didn't you write that song about a long distance relationship?" asked the drummer. "Yeah, but I took it as a compliment anyway," came...
...identical pumpkins standing beside each other on a lake shore, admiring each other. "It must be totally horrendous to be in love with something so like yourself," he remarked before launching into the next song. The songs themselves were a mix of old and new work (Hitchcock describes the show as "a resum of what I've done in music.") but it was the man's intermittent rant that was most fascinating. Interrupted occasionally by the entrance of other band members, he told of a higher plane of existence that is like a rock club, a dark place full...