Sept. 27, 2025

S8E427 - Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians 'Perspex Island' with Garry Messick

S8E427 - Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians 'Perspex Island' with Garry Messick

Returning guest Garry Messick (American Doom Podcast) brings us Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians' 1991 release, 'Perspex Island'. His third album for A&M records, it's yet another sterling example of Hitchcock's quirkily original - but always charmingly catchy - songwriting.

Songs discussed in this episode: She Doesn't Exist (Robyn Hitchcock cover) - Vic Chesnutt; American Doom Podcast Teaser - American Doom; Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys; Sitting Still - REM; My Wife and My Dead Wife - Robyn Hitchcock; The Gnome - Pink Floyd; Balloon Man, Oceanside, So You Think You're In Love - Robyn Hitchcock; She Loves You - The Beatles; Birds In Perspex, Ultra Unbelievable - Robyn Hitchcock; Pretty Persuasion - REM; Vegetation and Dimes, Lysander, Child of the Universe, She Doesn't Exist - Robyn Hitchcock; I'm Not In Love - 10CC; Ride, If You Go Away, Earthly Paradise, Are Friends Electric (Tubeway Army cover) - Robyn Hitchcock

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Garry Messick

Garry is a writer, musician, and dabbler in filmmaking. He produces and narrates audiobooks, and, along with J. Philip Wilkins, is a producer, writer, and performer for the very peculiar fiction podcast American Doom. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-doom/id1742296477