Lookin’ like a poor man’s Arthur Baker

Perhaps when Project 365 is completed, and posts won’t have to be so darn long, I will update more often…until then, here’s another near-week in review…On Thursday night, I saw the inimitable Robyn Hitchcock with whatawaster…it was indeed a lovely time…doors opened way long before Robyn actually took the stage, so whatawaster  and I exchanged countless stories of strange concert experiences, the world of music journalism and what we have on our respective iPods…I made her a 2-CD mix of (what I thought to be) mainly obscure new wave music, but I find now that she might already know many more songs than I could’ve anticipated (which is most excellent!)…she says that she can’t remember setlists, but luckily I’m compulsive like that and remember a bunch of tunes that Robyn did between tales of how Bowie’s David Live was recorded here in Philadelphia…the solo acoustic set featured a few songs from his most recent record, Olé! Tarantula, namely the title track and “Museum Of Sex”, as well as some hits he had with The Egyptians, like “Oceanside”, “One Long Pair Or Eyes” and “She Doesn’t Exist”, some oddball solo tunes, such as “DeChirico Street” and “Victorian Squid”, and my favorite song of his, “Idonia” from 2003’s Luxor…he also had some very curious merch for ’sale’…there was a sort of silent auction for three small green traffic cones that Robyn had turned into art (by drawing on them with a Sharpie)…

Day 338 - July 17th, 2008

There are evidently 23 cones in all, and, when all assembled together, tell a story called “Dawn Of The Green Cones”…Friday was Robyn Hitchcock day continued, as he was the guest for the Free At Noon concert…of course I went to see him again, and he did a few of the same songs as the night before (even though he said that he wouldn’t in case any people who were there Thursday night showed up on Friday!)…I brought my copy of Luxor to play “Idonia” on Y-Rock and got Robyn to sign it…he even remembered my name from the night before (but still wouldn’t pose for a picture)…we sat rather far from the stage for the concert on Thursday, so my pictures weren’t too good…luckily, I got a bunch more from alongside the stage on Friday…

Day 339 - July 18th, 2008

The irony is that I’ll probably get a new and improved camera just in time to not take a picture everyday anymore…oh bother…The rest of my shift went rather well, and I did a little salute to Paul Weller’s career when I gave away tickets to his show in September (which I am very excited for)…Saturday was an interesting sort of day…I was invited to a friend’s house for her graduation party…I went to high school with her, and though she’s only two or so years younger than I am, I felt really old when it hit me that she’s only now graduating from high school…after all, it’s only been two years since I graduated from high school myself, but I have been so far removed from that world for the whole of those two years…between college and work (and a big dose of not talking to anyone I went to high school with), I feel like I have not only burned my bridges, but did so rather quickly…the best part is, though, I don’t feel that bad about it…if I felt like maintaining connections with the people I graduated with, I certainly would have…then again, the school I went to is now at a different location and operates under a different name…I guess I’m not the only one who’s moved on… On a lighter note, the people at Tastykake seriously need to calm down…there must be something in the water there; how else could you explain these new products coming out so close to each other?…Day 340 - July 19th, 2008

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