Shows/1996-09-19
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Setlist:
- Spider
- The Guitar
- Pet Name
- New York City
- She's Actual Size
- Twisting
- Older
- How Can I Sing Like A Girl?
- Birdhouse In Your Soul (with Mike Viola)
- Exquisite Dead Guy
- Meet James Ensor
- XTC Vs. Adam Ant
- Particle Man (with Frank Black)
- Oddball (with Frank Black)
- Spy
- S-E-X-X-Y
- AKA Driver
- Stayin' Alive
- James K. Polk (sung by Flans)
- Band Intros
- Sleeping In The Flowers
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
- Why Does The Sun Shine?
They Might Be Giants
House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA
September 19, 1996 at 9:00 PM
Fan Recaps and Comments:
Review by Emble:
- FEATURING: The Lower Half of TMBG: Mr John Flansburgh and Friends!
- TRUMPET Jim O'Conner
- TROMBONE/EUPHONIUM Dan Levine
- GUITAR Eric Schemmerhorn
- BASS Graham Maby
- DRUMS Brian Doherty
- AND SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS: Mike Viola - lead vocal on "Birdhouse in your Soul" Frank Black - vocals and ROCK!!!! on "Particle Man," "Spy," and "Oddball"
- Spider
- The Guitar "I've got laryngitis" message from Linnell
- Pet Name
- NYC
- She's Actual Size
- Twistin'
- Older
- "Um . . This next song is about,uh, this next song is a brand new song, it's, it's about uh, freedom of, uh expression, and, uh, feeling brave, in a, in, - in a WORLD THAT SUCKS! [applause] I just thought I'd explain the song, - CLEARLY - before we go any further. Um- This next song, uh, is called
- HOW CAN I SING LIKE A GIRL?"
- Birdhouse In Your Soul w/ Mike Viola
- Exquisite Dead Guy
- Meet James Ensor
- XTC Vs. Adam Ant
- Particle Man featuring Mr. FRANK BLACK!!!!
- Oddball with MORE Frank Black
- Spy with even MORE of him!
- S-E-X-X-Y
- Nyquil Driver/Stayin' Alive
- James K. Polk
- (sounds like it's gonna be NKMP but instead it's) Band Intros
- Sleeping in the Flowers
- Istanbul (Not Constantiniple)
- Why Does The Sun Shine?
- Part of the Factory Showroom tour. Linnell has laryngitis and can't go on: so this is an all-Flans show with musical guests coming in to help with two Linnell vocals (Flans does others) but mostly it's Flans songs back-to-back. Although the tape I have of this is semi-poor quality and is not improved by the verbal performance of whoever was standing next to the bootlegger, it DOES contain the best live Istanbul I've ever heard - which may not be saying much but the horn intro is simply to die for. Another joy is Flans' profanity-rich diatribe against whoever'd stole the WDTSS lyrics from his monitor (the malefactor eventually returned the lyrics, perhaps in response to howled death threats from. . . somewhat more FRIGHTENING . . . sectors of TMBG fandom) not to mention his attribution of the sun's radiance to "the NUCLEAR REACTIONS of Neil Young . . . ESTROGEN! . . . and Wood." I should direct your attention to the fortuitousness of Flans performing "Stayin' Alive" on a night when tee em BEE GEE was reduced to its lower (although I'd say better) half. An essential element in any TMBGer's boot library so call me it's all I have to trade! emble@aol.com