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OUT November 03, 2009

Say Anything at the House of Blues | October 30
By Alexandra Cavallo

^{Click here for the full Say Anything slideshow}^{(photo by Jerome Eno)}

It's not entirely clear whether or not indie-punkers Say Anything named their band after the classic '80s flick (though as children of that generation, it seems pretty likely) but Max Bemis, frontman of the six-man band, seems to have at least one thing in common with Cusack's Lloyd Dobler: unabashed earnestness.

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