Nature invents no taxonomies. Rather, it is one of the primal impulses of man to transform seemingly chaotic masses of data into systems delineated by logic and easily maneuvered by reasonable associations of habitat and habit. It is no different in the biology of music, especially in the micro-minutiae classifications that obsess one of Providence's most peculiar specimens -- the Record Nerd... (Mi Ami plays at The Backroom at The Mink on Wednesday, March 4th, along with Thank You & Tambersauro; 9PM, $7.) [more] || [Thomas McLuhan] || [03/03/09]