Tues. Nov. 21

Well, you've got one more chance to see the Mission of Burma music-doc film "Not a Photograph" on the large screen before you can purchase the DVD, which will come with multiple extras (including more concert footage). The doc, produced by Eran Lobel of Element Productions, was several years in the making and it chronicles Burma's improbable Lazarus act: They went black in 1981 because of guitarist Roger Miller's worsening tinnitus and they all moved on to other projects. Miller to softer, more piano-based music, drummer Peter Prescott to harder post-punk with Volcano Suns and, when he shifted to guitar, more psychedelic music with Kustomized, and bassist Clint Conley to TV production with WCVB. But the Burma boys decided to put it together one more time in 2001 - and amazingly came out of it a working band. Two more studio albums and sporadic live dates around the country. Miller manages his tinnitus with rifleman's headphones and a plexiglass shield around Prescott's drums. Best part: Nothing about their re-emergence is self-parodic, and their angular art-punk sound - yesterday and today - remains resonant. "Not a Photograph" plays at the Coolidge Corner Theater Tuesday Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. and the Burma guys will reportedly be there to sign copies of the DVD, not that Burma is what you'd call an autograph-signing kind of band. (That's so not post-punk, but you gotta do what you gotta do.) Slight disclaimer: I've known these people as friends for years, and I am included as one the critical wisemen in the film. Tickets: $9.

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