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OMG! Tonight is FINALLY here!
THE B-52S, EAGLE SEAGULL(Roseland, 8 NW 6th) OMG! WTF! YAY! The B-52s are back! Wait, I don’t think they ever went away… but anyway, they’re in town and you’d best be getting your money-maker down to catch the gang’s ass-shakin’ show. Funplex, their new album—their first since 1992’s Good Stuff—is nearly as good as their classics. Solid from start to finish, Funplex does everything the B-52s do well, like Fred Schneider barking out, “Tell your skirt to take a hike,” and Cindy Wilson singing, “I’m your day-time waitress at the Taco Tiki Hut/I’m your day-time waitress, here’s your stupid 7-Up.” The B-52s simply don’t age: It’s like they’ve found some sort of dance shuttle to a cryogenic planet where beehives and lurex mini-skirts are interstellar requirements. I’ll be there dancing my mess around, how ‘bout you? COURTNEY FERGUSON