The Approximately Infinite Blog » Uncategorized http://approximatelyinfinite.com (Very approximately) Sat, 15 May 2010 05:57:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Rocks, rolls http://approximatelyinfinite.com/2009/04/17/rocks-rolls/ http://approximatelyinfinite.com/2009/04/17/rocks-rolls/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:06:47 +0000 Chris Lay http://approximatelyinfinite.com/?p=30 Though the laziness is strong, I managed to suppress it sufficiently to get out to the rumble at the Middle East last night. The Have Nots led off the night with a set of energetic ska-accented punk rock, which is really how every evening should start. The better to maximize my cognitive dissonance, I left that set early to catch Mark Pinansky next door at TT’s. Mark added further evidence to my theory that inside every hard-driving neoclassic rocker is an acoustic balladeer struggling to get out, and also convinced me that that is a good thing. Returning to the downstairs, I saw Sarah Rabdau and (1.5 or so) Self-Employed Assassins play a solid set but fail to exorcise the the restless spirits that haunt any begowned singing pianist / bevested drummer combo in New England. I saw The Lights Out give the room the Good News of the Rock & Roll Gospel with an explosive set. And I saw Gene Dante and the Future Starlets try very hard to convince the audience that they were in northern England in 1982; maybe it’s the recession, but I didn’t enjoy that particular cultural reference. Nonetheless, Gene et al won the round. Hearty congratulations to them, but I’m crossing fingers and toes for a Lights Out wild card spot in the files.

More bands tonight! I will see if more rock and roll will homeopathically cure this ringing in my ears…

]]> http://approximatelyinfinite.com/2009/04/17/rocks-rolls/feed/ 1