Thurs. Feb. 1

A funny thing happened to guitarist-composer Michael Brook after he released his 2006 CD, "RockPaperScissors." He was readying a tour when took a nasty spill while on a bicycle, and broke his collar bone and guitar arm. Ok, it's not funny. But at least it's not what happened to the singer Nico, who went over the bars of a bike and died. Two degrees of separation here: Michael Brook to Brian Eno to Nico, which is to say Brook and Eno and Eno and Nico have worked in pairs. Small world. Brook's performance Thursday Feb. 1 at the Paradise Lounge will incorporate visuals with images from Saam Gabbay, Aaron Koblin and Dean Chamberlain. Brook will have Lisa Germano along as opening act and guest vocalist - "he's a brave man," says Germano on her website; classical violinist Julie Rogers will also join the team. If you have a love of ambient and world music, enjoy the mash-up of rock and classical, and, in general, subscribe to Peter Gabriel's idea that progressive music should have being a sense of adventure. Think Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance. Brook who did the soundtrack to the movie that made Al Gore an animated figure, "An Inconvenient Truth," just performed at the Sundance Film Festival, warming up for a tour that takes him on the road through Feb. 7. For this one, doors are at 8 p.m. Tickets: $10.

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