Shows/2010-03-04

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Links:

• Flickr set of the show.

Setlist:

• Sammy Intro
• Alphabet Of Nations
• Doctor Worm
• Electric Car
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
• Clap Your Hands
• Damn Good Times
• Ana Ng
• The Mesopotamians
• Older
• Twisting
• Turn Around
• Why Does The Sun Shine?
• Why Does The Sun Really Shine?
• What Is A Shooting Star? (performed by the Avatars of They)
• Stalk Of Wheat (performed by the Avatars of They)
• We Live In A Dump
• She's An Angel
• S-E-X-X-Y
• Withered Hope
• Drink!
• Whistling In The Dark
• Birdhouse In Your Soul

Encore 1:

• Where Your Eyes Don't Go
• Memo To Human Resources
• They Might Be Giants

Encore 2:

• Maybe I Know
• Graveyard
• The Guitar

They Might Be Giants
— with Jonathan Coulton opening —
Workplay Theatre in Birmingham, AL
March 4, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Fan Recaps and Comments:

StudioBueno:

This was my 6th TMBG show and probably one of my favorites so far! The show was very high energy (as always). I got to hear a few songs that I'd not yet heard live, or ones I hadn't heard in any recent show, which was a treat. There was plenty of entertaining banter as well.

I loved the segment in which the "Avatars of They" puppets took over to perform "Shooting Star" and "Stalk of Wheat". The puppets did seem to enjoy cursing, and afterwards Linnell lamented, "I don't know why those guys have to work blue. They're better than that. It's beneath them."

The show also contained plenty of fortuitously flame retardant confetti and two great encores. An hour and 51 minutes of pure awesome!