The Magnetic Fields @ BAM, Brooklyn 2/13/10

The chamber folk of the Magnetic Fields latest, Realism, was the center point for a two-hour seated affair at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Saturday night. It was the night before Valentine's Day, but of course that was a mostly meaningless designation to sardonic Stephin. "It'll be Valentine's Day soon," Claudia Gonson offered at one point. "It'll be Monday after that," Merritt responded. Gonson: "Monday is the day of the moon." Stephin: "Valentine's is the day of martyrs." And so on. So no,...

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