Too much metal and Tinnitus for one fist

After Sam Teitel’s excellent feature at the Ship reading tonight, I went to the local “Metal Thursdays” show at Ralph’s. It’s organized by a friend of mine who comes out to all the local Duende shows, so thought I’d return the favor…

Saw two black metal bands, “Burial” (from Western MA) and “Covenance” (from Maryland). Both were really good. I’m not a big black metal fan, but you can tell when a band is good, and these guys were. Covenance, especially, were tight as hell and heavy — although (and I hate to say it) the lead singer bore an uncanny resemblance to J. Edgar Hoover, which was kind of disconcerting.

Unfortunately, I still can’t hear…so I’m going to have to watch the rest of the Who show I’m watching right now tomorrow, when the ringing stops…seems kinda ironic, eh?

More in the morning light…