Change of pace

Week 4 of surgery rotation: over.  This week was a fairly light load pretty enjoyable.  My resident was very cool and down-to-earth.  Between the 2 of us, we were quoting up random comedy movies...it was like hanging out w/ old buddies back in High School.  Eerie. Pleasantly eerie.

Anyways, once dismissed, I headed to the library for a little light review, then it was off to a very local venue (the Loft - Audubon, NJ) where my friend, Sam, and his band, Romance Is Born (F***ing Awesome name for a band, BTW), were holding a CD release party along w/ 2 other associate bands.  They were all good, but of course, I have to cheer on my buddy.  He plays a Rickenbacher Jazz Guitar that sounded absolutely sweet tonight. RIB's songs definitely had plenty of pop elements to offer, but it's their solid indie rock sensibilities that kept the sound true and far from saccharine.  The lyrics are deceptively simple, something that any guy or girl that has ever gone through love and loss, especially in their formative years, can relate to. However, it was in the band's ability to deliver their songs with gritty sincerity, laden with thick passion as can only be brought on by late nite musings about the heavy subject of romance (whether coming into or falling out of) that gave their sound real weight, enough to knock you upside your head and grab your attention.
What's even cooler, was all the money they get from CD sales go to their charity, The Arc of New Jersey! Talented AND generous! A class act, through and through.
Check out the links I put up and show them some love.

Meanwhile, I was sonically taking all of it in from the audience side, as well as taking band pics with my new camera =).


 

 

 

 

 



Song of the day: "I Got Time" - Romance Is Born