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Thom Dunn is a Boston-based writer, musician, and utterly terrible dancer. He is the singer/guitarist for the indie rock/power-pop the Roland High Life, as well as a staff writer for the New York Times’ Wirecutter and a regular contributor at BoingBoing.net. Thom enjoys Oxford commas, metaphysics, and romantic clichés (especially when they involve whiskey), and he firmly believes that Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is the single greatest atrocity committed against mankind. He is a graduate of Clarion Writer's Workshop at UCSD ('13) & Emerson College ('08).

Just Dance, Mother&$%#ers!

In case you missed out on seeing Boston's premiere all-male hard rock Lady Gaga cover band at the Midway this past weekend, you're in luck: we got the whole thing on tape! Well, technically on built-on digital flash hardrive but, you know, whatever. The audio quality is a little rough (because isn't it always?), but you get the gist. You can watch a playlist of the full set over on YouTube, but here are a few gems from the night: "You & I"

Boston's premiere all-male hard rock Lady Gaga cover band Alejandro & the Fame performs "You and I" at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain.

"Bad Romance" 

Boston's premiere all-male hard rock Lady Gaga cover band Alejandro & the Fame performs a medley of "Judas" and "Bad Romance at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain.

Plus we had a few surprises this time in the form of non-Gaga female pop artists (because frankly, Gaga's catalog is kind of limited, and we needed new material). Like this:

Boston's premiere all-male hard rock Lady Gaga cover band Alejandro & the Fame performs "Like A Virgin" by Madonna at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain.