Rainer Maria's songs are powered by de Marrais' bass lines and the combined live energy and good looks of all three members, which is why it's a smart move on the band's part to release a DVD of a show at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, N.C. (which I cannot watch since--gasp!--I do not own a DVD player), along with a disc of live recordings from several places around the map. One of those places includes Brownies in New York City, from a June 30, 2002, show which I happened to be at and which happened to be one of the last shows at that bar before it closed down.
The recordings are just as live recordings should be--tinny, grainy, the levels a little off, the crowd loud. There are songs from all four Rainer Maria records, executed with a fierce exaltation; turn it up loud, and Brownies is nearly re-created in your living room in Tucson, Arizona, without the overpriced beer.
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