Singer DICK VALENTINE’s stage antics were, well, adorable, as he pranced around his microphone stand in a haphazard ring-around-the-rosie kinda way. (We were informed that the album was actually released over a year ago in Australia.) The crowd was really into it, dancing in all kinds of crazy ways as the show progressed. Their set began with “Improper Dancing,” followed by “Future Boys” off of their ‘new’ album Senor Smoke. Why is everyone but me so damn tall?! After I entered the venue, however, my griping soon turned to unabashed glee when the Electric Six brought their infectious rock ‘n’ soul absurdity to the stage. As I trudged through the calf-deep piles of sludge that surrounded the outside of the Bowery Ballroom, I felt infinitely shorter in my baby blue Moon Boots. No, not digging my car out of the 26.9 inches of snow the Northeast received that day, but the fact that I had to forgo my usual platforms due to that snow for flats. In my efforts to see Detroit’s own ELECTRIC SIX live and in person, I faced the greatest obstacle I have ever dealt with in my history of concertgoing.
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