Shows/2005-03-02

10 wikians attended: Augie Craighecht Frodolives HeyErikLeafinson Kayakcup Megatron MikeHollywood Milli Rightsaiddave TDK

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• Setlist

Setlist:

McSweeney's Set:

• Bangs
• The Ballad Of Timothy McSweeney
• Tonight You Belong To Me
• Jazz Waltz In C
• America, The Book
• Dog On Fire
• Ska Vamp In C
• Jazz Waltz In C
• Battle Hymn Of The Republic

They Might Be Giants Set:

• Dallas (Trees)
• Albany (The Egg)
• Los Angeles (West Hollywood House of Blues)
• Anaheim (Anaheim House of Blues)
• Vancouver (Richard's on Richards)
• Pittsburgh (Mr. Smalls Theatre)
• Glasgow (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E)
• Charlottesville (Starr Hill Music Hall)
• Asbury Park (The Stone Pony)
• Brooklyn (Celebrate Brooklyn)

• Birdhouse In Your Soul
• Older
• Damn Good Times
• Jazz Waltz In C
• Alphabet Of Nations

On the setlist but not played:

• Experimental Film
• Spine
• Memo To Human Resources
• Fingertips
• James K. Polk

They Might Be Giants
— with McSweeney's opening —
Lincoln Center in New York, NY
March 2, 2005

Fan Recaps and Comments:

Cyndy:

Quite an elegant venue, The Allen Room. The show opened with John Hodgman hosting. He introduced the speakers and narrated the Venue Songs set. David Rakoff spoke of his experiences at a new-age monastery. Robin Goldwasser and David Driver performed during this piece, "Tonight You Belong To Me" (Billy Rose & Lee David). Rakoff was followed by Ben Karlin, who read some excerpts from his journal during the elections of 2004. He was joined by Stephen Colbert and they read from America, the Book. Sarah Vowell concluded with her history on the evolution of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". TMBG performed different renditions of the tune, including "John Brown's Body" and the IWW union song.

Immediately afterward, TMBG broke into their set which started with the venue songs. John Hodgman narrated from a script which was also used for the other performance of venue songs at House of Blues-Sunset Strip on 3/24/05.