Shows/1985-06-01
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They Might Be Giants
— with Special Jellies, Dumas co-headlining —
8BC in New York, NY
June 1, 1985 at 10:30 PM
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The band shared this bill with Special Jellies and Dumas, both of which featured musicians who lived in the same apartment building as John Linnell. In his 1995 essay "Life in Hell's Kitchen" for the TMBG Info Club newsletter, Linnell wrote about this period:
Across the hall from us lived Chris [Cunningham] and Donna. Donna produced television shows and Chris C. played in many bands, including James White and the Blacks and his own band, the Special Jellies. [...] Another guy who stayed with us for awhile was Dumas, who had just written Nina Hagen's big hit "Universal Radio." I thought I knew what he was all about until one day when we were looking at a map of New York State and he pointed at Attica and said, "I was locked up there!"
"You were in Attica Prison?" I asked.
"Just kidding. Heh heh," said Dumas.
"Yeah. I killed my mother."
Then there was an unpleasant silence as the plausible information sank in, broken by one of the Swiss women in the room whispering, "Vat did he say?"
Chris Cunningham later joined Annabouboula. Special Jellies also included bassist Erik Sanko, who went on to collaborate with They Might Be Giants in the 1990s.