Robyn Hitchcock’s career has included several notable bands: his late 70s group The Soft Boys, then in the 80s The Egyptians, followed by The Soft Boys reunion, and more recently the Venus 3 with Peter Buck of REM and other notables. He’s been the subject of at least two full-length documentaries, and cut a brief but creepy figure in the movie The Manchurian Candidate (the Jonathan Demme remake, not the original – jeez, how old do you think he is?). But through it all, he has maintained a troubadour’s existence, traveling solo and playing in everything from a corner pub in London to some of the biggest stages and art centers. And when it comes to appearances on Soundcheck, Robyn is a serial offender. On this occasion, he plays a couple new tunes and talks about his many musical and geographic inspirations.