I suppose it’s my own naivete and my own fault, but I’ve never really seen any pictures of the band Clinic, so I had no idea what to expect visually. I can tell you that what I imagined (tall skinny lads in skinnier jeans and messy hair) is not at all what came walking out on stage last night. What came out on stage was, in fact, Tommy Bahama and the Sunshine Gang, as all four band members ambled out in fully patterned Hawaiian shirts, crew cuts, and…whaaa? Medical masks. Ok. I guess it’s part of their schtick, but seriously…Hawaiian shirts?

But unlike my experience at the Tommy Bahama restaurant, I wasn’t judging Clinic based on appearances alone, because I am familiar with their music and fully expected them to deliver. And they did. But I never fully got over the visual incongruence.

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