Shows/2011-09-09
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Setlist:
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Links:
- Write-up and Flickr gallery by BlueCanary
- Flickr gallery by KathyK
Setlist:
- Sneaking Intro
- Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
- When Will You Die
- Your Racist Friend
- Cloisonné
- The Mesopotamians
- Ana Ng
- We Live In A Dump
- Whistling In The Dark
- Crazy Train
- Spoiler Alert performed by The Avatars Of They
- Shoehorn With Teeth performed by The Avatars Of They
- Free Ride
- Never Knew Love
- Old Pine Box
- Birdhouse In Your Soul
- Withered Hope
- Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
- Drink!
- Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love
- Celebration
- Alphabet Of Nations
- You Probably Get That A Lot
- Careful What You Pack
- Clap Your Hands
- Judy Is Your Viet Nam
- Can't Keep Johnny Down
Encore
Encore 2
They Might Be Giants
— with Jonathan Coulton opening —
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA
September 9, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Fan Recaps and Comments:
Footage of the band and crew setting up for this show was used for the time-lapse video of "Read A Book".
- Most on-the-nose moment of the night: Playing "Whistling In the Dark" in the dark.
- Most heartening audience moment: I always love the concertgoers who know the audience-participation element of "Drink" without ever being told what it is.
- Best Blast From The Past: "Battle For the Planet of the Apes," a song they played at my very first TMBG concert 13 years ago, and which they only put back into rotation this summer.
- Best parents of the night: Marty Beller's parents, who danced and shimmied to "Istanbul" in their balcony seats.
- Oddest Intro: The typical "Alphabet of Nations" intro stops midway as Flansburgh recalls removing the wart from Alf's face on a cover of a MacMillan book in the 80's.
- Best Outro: The insane rock breakdown of "Istanbul."
- Most violent moment: Flansburgh backing up and smacking into Linnell on baritone sax during "Cloisonne."
