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Thu 04 Apr 2007Heroes in their own wayReviewed today are the Barenaked Ladiesat the Olympia Theatre, DublinThere was a time in the early 1990s when this Toronto band's name was a constant source of controversy. To see these goofy, proudly regular thirtysomethings in performance, however, is to get the joke that passed those early objectors by, for it is hard to imagine a less lascivious or misogynous band.