Shows/2005-03-24

18 wikians attended: Broken Accordion, Captaincaustic, ClaytonSChan, Derrek, DistopioSmashedtobits, Eviltikimonkey, Kayakcup, Kerimaus, MikeHollywood, My Insatiable One, Plurie, RonAmoriM, Shrubbo, The Bear, The Vanishing Dot, Tisher, Trainman, Yankamerica

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Links:

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• LJ recap

Ticket

Setlist:

First Set (Venue Songs feat. Andy Richter):

• 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)

Second Set:

• Stompy Intro
• Experimental Film
• Alphabet Of Nations
• Doctor Worm
• Memo To Human Resources
• James K. Polk
• Boss Of Me
• Dallas (reprise)
• Flying V
• E Eats Everything
• Ana Ng
• Pictures Of Pandas Painting
• Birdhouse In Your Soul
• Damn Good Times
• Clap Your Hands
• Stalk Of Wheat
• She's An Angel
• Drink!
• Cyclops Rock
• Alphabet Lost And Found
• Particle Man
• Jazz Waltz In C
• Fingertips
• Twisting

Encore:

• Older
• Robot Parade
• New York City

Encore 2:

• Don't Let's Start
• Can You Find It?
• Why Does The Sun Shine?

On the setlist but not played:

• Fake-Believe

They Might Be Giants
House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA
March 24, 2005 at 7:30 PM

Fan Recaps and Comments:

Cyndy:

Filmed for Music Choice, this show was fantastic. Extra-long setlist kept the fun going. Full-band premieres of Here Come The ABCs songs except Alphabet Of Nations.

Amusing trivia about Marty Beller when Flans was introducing him for Alphabet Lost And Found:

You know, stepping off the drums to center stage is a terribly long pause. But, Marty's bones are made of ham.

Cronny:

I bought a ticket for this show, aware of the age limit, but I tried my luck anyway. All seemed well until the lady at the metal detector (durp) asked me how old I was. I tried to say I was 18, but my experience at lying about my age is limited, so she knew that wasn't true. After arguing with the manager and everything, I was ultimately turned away. DEFINATELY one of the low points of 2005 for me.

It wasn't all bad though, cause the next day I went to their free Amoeba show. The set-list wasn't as good this one was, but atleast I managed to see them before they left L.A. When they were signing autographs, I had 'em sign my unused ticket from the night before. I just sort of casually said, "So what's up with that 18-or-older thing with you show last night?" Flans began to respond, stumbled over his words a bit, and then settled with "It's complicated". I suspect he didn't think it wise to say something bad about the House of Blues, or Music Choice, or both. In retrospect, I kind of feel bad for putting them on the spot and sounding as confrontational as I probably did. haha