On Saturday, after being turned away by the old asshole @ Charlie’s Sandwich Shoppe because they were closing (at 1PM???), we went to Firefly for brunch, which is across from the Back Bay T Station. Best decision ever. Immediately, I got a “Danish Mary”, which is tastier than a standard Bloody. Then we got the Farmer’s Benedict and Breakfast Quesadilla, and both were great. My benedict included great cornbread and delicious snausage. The service was really nice and the atmosphere is a cool mix of Old World and contemporary, so you don’t have too many old jerks or yuppie chumps taking over the place.

Man, Borat’s got some goofy fans. A handful of them were actually dressed (very poorly) like Borat at the theater, and a ton of them laughed wildly at some of the smallest jokes. Yikes. Anyway, the movie was decent, but a lot of it felt contrived and edited. Seems like most of the laughs came from Borat’s mangled English, which is funny but not that funny. A few of the “real” characters were also just actors, and the of man-on-man action was not so good. The bear was awesome though.

It was over seven months ago that I saw Hot Chip last, and the desire to see them again had been rotting my brain until they finally came back to Boston on Saturday night. This time it was Paradise, and it was well worth the wait.

They kicked it off with “Keep Fallin’” and it never let up. “Boy From School” came a couple of tracks later, and was the first one that you could hear people singing back to them. By now, a vast majority of folks were bouncing around. They rocked the best tracks off The Warning and some excellent new tunes. I can’t wait to hear what they’ll lay down in the studio next.

This time around, they sounded both rougher and smoother, as effects were sandier while beats melded more together than they do on disc. They finished the main set with “No Fit State”, which left everyone cheering violently, and they came back with two more in the encore. The second one was “Over and Over”, which was absolutely ridiculous, and sent us off sweaty and mindfudged. Now I’m fulfilled for another seven months.