Belated taking the torch of on the spot action news reporting from Mark before passing it on to our next volunteer in this month's Robyn relay, here's a brief report on last Friday's (12-1-96) show.
Robyn had a bad throat. Despite "drinking a jar of honey" (according to the club owner) before the show, Robyn was pretty croaky throughout. Fortunately for those of us in the front row (on cute little child-sized seats) he wasn't sneezing. Unfortunately, the stage was quite tall and Robyn taller still, so we all got stiff necks. And a bit dazzled by the mirror ball, and the lizard shirt featured on the back
of the bargain give-away virgin sampler.
Lots of inter-song banter from a cheery (despite his cold) Robyn, very little of which I can remember.
I think I got all the songs, maybe someone can correct any errors. He changed into a black and white shirt for the encore. Took ages to do so - why doesn't he just wear two shirts, and tear off one after the main set ? It would be much more fun. Though I guess we'd get to see the labels then.
Excellent support from Peter "Man at Cecil Gee" Blegvad. "Thanks to Robert, er, Robyn for asking me to play..."
Jonathan T