Hitchcock's Dreams Come to Life

Michele Noach

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Hitchcock will re-create this fine, fragilistic mix of beauty ("I Used to Say I Love You" and "Autumn Is Your Last Chance") and plentiful peculiarities ("Sounds Great When You're Dead" and "Furry Green Atom Bowl") with a drumless ensemble on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m., $30; 885-0570 or www.gamh.com

Great American Music Hall

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• Robyn Hitchcock
• Gillian Welch
• R.E.M.
• Cultural History
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Sometime in 1983 — that is, after the Soft Boys, but before the Egyptians, and long before albums with Gillian Welch and half of R.E.M.'s touring band — Robyn Hitchcock sat down to write an album for himself alone. Imagine: Britain's primary pop artist in pursuit of such preposterous fare as deceased marital partners and multilegged pests. And yet that record, I Often Dream of Trains, still holds as one of the most cohesive and compelling of his many works.