{"id":8213,"date":"2012-05-21T20:48:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T01:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=8213"},"modified":"2012-05-21T20:48:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T01:48:58","slug":"warm-weathers-first-visit-to-boston-the-middle-east-51412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/warm-weathers-first-visit-to-boston-the-middle-east-51412\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm Weather’s First Visit to Boston – The Middle East 5\/14\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was an odd communion: a night of band-audience bonding, angelic harmonies and a surreal mini-musical soap opera episode. There was a relatively small but surprisingly boisterous and supportive crowd for a Monday night, and Ryan commented how it was like playing for a bunch of friends at home. I had expected the gentle melodies and bucolic harmonies from their two eps, and I certainly got that, but what I also got were some furious jams, mind-bending ethereal to thrasher mood swings, and a heaping helping of unhinged madness in the form of an over-the-top rendition of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet Chapter Two.” The original<\/a> is bizarre enough, but Warm Weather’s version, with guitarist Ryan in a long blond wig, was truly inspired and something they seemed perfectly well-suited for (what this says, I’m not sure). It was a wonderfully camp adventure, though at the same time convincing as a piece of musical theater, as these guys have the moves and the vocal chops to pull it off. <\/p>\n