Shows/1987-10-16

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• Star-Ledger review

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Setlist: (incomplete and possibly out of order)

• Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
• Why Does The Sun Shine?
• Shoehorn With Teeth
• Purple Toupee
• The Famous Polka
• For Science
• (She Was A) Hotel Detective

The Bongos
— with They Might Be Giants, Ned Gelfars (juggler) opening —
John Harms Center in Englewood, NJ
October 16, 1987 at 8:00 PM

Fan Recaps and Comments:

Tickets were $15.

A review of They Might Be Giants' set by George Kanzler
The Star-Ledger, Oct. 19, 1987:

First of all, they aren't even a band, they're a duo, but unlike most rock duos, they don't appear with backup band, they simply use pre-recorded tapes to supply most of their rhythmic backing. This is the duo that runs a Dial-A-Song number (718-387-6962) offering a new song everyday (or almost everyday). And comes out on stage wearing three-foot-high turbans, and uses accordion and baritone sax as two of its live instruments on stage. Their songs are often as off-the-wall as their instruments and appearance.

"Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" includes a break for guitar where, instead of an actual guitar solo, John Linnell [sic] sings out the repeated "Awesome guitar solo!" Another song, about the sun, sounds like an encyclopedia entry set to a Celtic rock tune borrowed from U2. Song subjects range from the bizarre to the mundane: "A Shoehorn with Teeth," "The Famous Polka," "I Will Date the Girl from Venus for Science" and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective." Musical styles are borrowed or appropriated from everywhere, and Linnell's guitar solos, when he does play them, threaten to deconstruct right before your ears. They Might Be Giants may well be the most subversive rock band to come along since The Fugs.

Preview of the show from the Jersey Journal, Oct. 8, 1987:

Vin Scelsa, a former Jersey City resident and disc jockey at 92.3 FM K-Rock, is hosting his Idiot's Delight Show at the John Harms Center for the Arts in Englewood on Oct. 16. at 8 p.m.
The show concentrates on local music groups and will feature They Might Be Giants and The Bongos. Juggler Ned Gelfars is also slated for an appearance. Tickets are available at the theater or by mail at the John Harms Center for the Arts box office, 30 Van Brunt Street, Englewood, 07631. Dial 567-5797. All tickets $15.

Preview of the show from the Daily Record, Oct. 16, 1987:

The Bongos, underrated pop-rockers from Hoboken, headline K-Rock disc jockey Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" concert tonight at 8 p.m. at the John Harms Center for the Arts, 30 North Van Brunt St., Englewood. They Might Ber Giants and Ned the Juggler complete the bill.