Concert review It didn’t take long for Josh Homme to get into character. With a microphone in one hand and waving a portable mechanic’s light with the other, the Queens of the Stone Age frontman stalked and swayed around the barely lit Paramount Theatre stage on Wednesday like some sort of shamanic, rock ‘n’ roll ringmaster of a dark carnival. Homme spookily serenaded the sold-out crowd — rapt with curiosity and anticipation — with deconstructed versions of “Running Joke” and “Kalopsia” as his musical accomplices (including a string ensemble) slipped out from behind the curtain to join the proceedings. (Later, Homme would trade the shop light for a cleaver as he took his wavy, off-kilter movements to the floor, slinking up and down the aisles and encountering unsuspecting fans as they returned from the beer line or bathroom.) True to its billing, this wasn’t a typical Queens of the Stone Age tour.…