Shows/2012-02-10

14 wikians attended: Beatle Vette BlueCanary Bryce Dietspritezero Geekqueen GlerkyDestiny Lange17 Lekker MartysSoloCareer MinkeyBoodle11 Obsessical Older Still Sixtyeightstate StudioBueno

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Links:

• Flickr set of the show.
• Flickr gallery and Write-up by BlueCanary

Setlist:

• Sammy Intro
• Atlanta
• Subliminal
• Cowtown
• S-E-X-X-Y
• Can't Keep Johnny Down
• Celebration
• Snowball In Hell (bridge performed by The Avatars Of They)
• James K. Polk
• Judy Is Your Viet Nam
• Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
• Old Pine Box
• Marty Beller Mask
• Careful What You Pack
• Crazy Train
• Pandor Jingle performed by The Avatars Of They
• Paranoid performed by The Avatars Of They
• Spoiler Alert performed by The Avatars Of They
• Cloisonné
• You Probably Get That A Lot
• The Guitar
• Birdhouse In Your Soul
• Damn Good Times
• Withered Hope
• Fingertips
• 123 Band Intro
• When Will You Die

Encore

• How Can I Sing Like A Girl?
• Particle Man
• Doctor Worm

Encore 2

• Dead
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

They Might Be Giants
— with Jonathan Coulton opening —
Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA
February 10, 2012 at 8:30 PM

Fan Recaps and Comments:

This show featured the last performance of Marty Beller Mask before the death of Whitney Houston. The song was not played live again until 2022, ten years later.

MSC:

This was the Johns at their absolute best. Honestly, every song was laden with unbridled energy and the band sounded ideal. The crowd was excellent, and despite taking a few minutes to catch on to the workings of Apes vs. People, maintained equal levels of energy. Also, in retrospect, we learned that this was sadly the last live performance of Marty Beller Mask. For the Pandor segment, Meg Ryan was the guest star, claiming she had eaten "at least 25 of those red pills backstage". Hilarious as always. I ended up getting a setlist and my IFC gear from the merch table (in which I acquired the much-sought-after and endangered Linnell signature). Oh, and Jonathan Coulton rocked, quite literally.