BAND: New Science Projects VENUE: Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios TIME: 9:50-ish p.m.
Watching Dale Jones, it's hard not to drink the Kool-Aid.
As New Science Projects, he's confrontational. He's unsettling. He's pacing the room yelling and frantically strumming his acoustic guitar. He's ranting. He's convulsing on the floor. He's covered in fake blood. He's like a demon-possessed Elvis.
But, like a tornado twisting along on the horizon, I feel as equally compelled to watch Jones as
If you prefer the flavor of YouTube, you can check out the video here.To borrow an old cliche, Dale Jones is riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Mostly because, when you first meet the man, who, while performing, goes by the moniker New Science Projects, he seems a gentle soul, a 20-year-old kid in glasses. A little shy, if anything.Then he applies his bloody and dark face paint. And, just like that, he takes on a completely different personality, suddenly recalling some sort of de