Robyn

Despite appearances, this is not a gig review blog. However, I am going to tell you about another gig or two.

Along with showbiz Kat, Nick and Gemma I journeyed to the skanky Metro club on Oxford Street on Friday, after a brief sojourn to Nincomsoup (how I love thee, Nincomsoup) to see once again the delightful miss Robyn. The girl is so feisty she needs TWO hot Swedish drummers to back her up. This time she played a full set INCLUDING SHOW ME LOVE. That's right, she played SHOW ME LOVE!

Things we can learn from Robyn:
1. Being short doesn't matter if you've got balls (see Louise Murphy, guest of the weekend for supporting evidence)
2. Pop is great
3. Don't be afraid to repeat a track if it is as good as Be Mine
4. Scarves make an excellent promotional item (even if they are make for dolls/people of Robyn size)

Things we can learn from Temposhark, who we happened to bump into later:
1. If you're a band, don't be shit
2. If you're a reasonably cool band, don't play gigs in shit places
3. If you've only got a couple of good songs, try playing them over and over a la Robyn and drop the crap ones
4. If you're a synthpop band, make sure the people can hear the synths
However, we can learn from the night Viva Pedro (?) that playing the Longpigs is excellent DJ behaviour, whereas playing rubbish mashups is not.

Forthcoming: lessons to be learned from Stay Beautiful. This blog is an education!