June 2014 – Record Crates United

Joe Boyd & Robyn Hitchcock Doing a Tiny Desk Concert

A while back, I came across an incredible recording from one of the stops on the Joe Boyd reading tour (with excerpts of his fantastic book, White Bicycles). Accompanied with his was the enigmatic Robyn Hitchcock, playing covers of songs by the artists that Boyd read about and worked with, including the likes of SydContinue reading “Joe Boyd & Robyn Hitchcock Doing a Tiny Desk Concert”

Captain Beefheart on SNL?

I only now found out that this took place. I just am in disbelief that the people over at Saturday Night Live would have booked someone as against the grain as Captain Beefheart as a musical guest, but I am also impressed at the same time. I can’t seem to find video of these performancesContinue reading “Captain Beefheart on SNL?”