Shows/1988-12-01

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• Your Racist Friend

They Might Be Giants
San Diego State University in San Diego, CA
December 1, 1988

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From a set of show reviews by David R. Stampone
The Daily Aztec, Dec. 7, 1988:

Thursday saw They Might Be Giants in the final concert of a fall '88 Backdoor season that actually finished in a flourish with more or less great shows by the Feelies, the Dickies, the Ray Manzarek-Michael McClure / Jim Carroll music-poetry-pose thing, and of course, the Sonic Youth. Still, the SDSU Cultural Arts Board deserves a loud boo-hiss for early semester floundering like passing up Backdoor manager Maggie Moore's suggestion to book maybe the hottest band of the year, Minneapolis' Soul Asylum.

They Might Be Gaints pleased an enthusiastic crowd eager to revel in the Brooklyn-based duo's quirky, witty-wise guy rock, moving through the stylistic levels of their two LP catalogue smoothly. A new, unrecorded song, "Racist Friend," was unveiled along with much material from the two Johns' latest product, Lincoln. The chunky, bespectacled Flansburgh's brief, wildly-charging guitar solos and rambling patter gave the show its most progressive moments while turtlenecked accordionist Linnell's distinct voice gave me radio-hit perfect tunes. Actually, many who had seen TMBG at the Bacchanal earlier this year thought they were sharper then.