As an aspiring Bodhicitta warrior seeks enlightenment through compassion and loss of physical self awareness, Ted Leo pursues and instills similar principles to his daily life. Leo, lead singer and guitarist of Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, is a Bodhicitta warrior in training, a quest which reflects these fundamental values in his music, most notably in his lyricism.
“It’s about a Narragansett Indian in Rhode Island having a vision of the coming of the Viking ships,” said Leo about the cleverly named “Tuberculoids Arrive in Hop,” a song off his latest release The Brutalist Bricks. “It’s not meant to be a history lesson. It’s just something I wanted to write about.”
But Indian traditions aren’t the only bent for Leo’s intensely witty songwriting. He says his collective will write about anything that comes across their creative pallet.
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Time: 8:45 p.m. Monday
Location: Cat’s Cradle
300 E. Main St.
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