Shows/2012-03-09

23 wikians attended: Akatimo Andolfooo BlueCanary Cauliflower Chi Meson Epeterso2 Ferreteers Frodolives Hatta I'veGotAFang James.K.Folk Johnreale Kethera Lekker Mr sax Ofpurelove Poopship destroyer RecipeForDisaster Rsreale SamuelMan36 TDK The nicest of the damned Twosheds

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Links:

• Flickr gallery and Write-up by BlueCanary
• show photos by RecipeForDisaster

• Setlist

Setlist:

• Sammy Intro
• Mr. Me
• Can't Keep Johnny Down
• New York City
• Birdhouse In Your Soul
• Damn Good Times
• Careful What You Pack
• Where Your Eyes Don't Go
• Particle Man
• Snowball In Hell
• Doctor Worm
• Clap Your Hands
• Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
• Paranoid performed by The Avatars Of They
• Pandor Jingle performed by The Avatars Of They
• Spoiler Alert performed by The Avatars Of They
• Crazy Train
• Cloisonné
• Ana Ng
• We Live In A Dump
• Don't Let's Start
• Spy
• How Can I Sing Like A Girl?
• 123 Band Intro
• Audience Nicknames
• When Will You Die

Encore 1:

• The Mesopotamians
• Celebration
• Fingertips

Encore 2:

• Why Does The Sun Shine?
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

They Might Be Giants
— with Jonathan Coulton opening —
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI
March 9, 2012 at 9:00 PM

Fan Recaps and Comments:

J-Gatz:

The bridge to "Snowball In Hell" was exceptionally drawn-out and strange here. Flans notably flubbed part of "Cloisonne" by repeating part of the lyrics, and remarked afterwards that he was having a "meta" moment, losing his concentration right as he was singing about losing his concentration. The improv section of "Spy" was pretty crazy too, with John Linnell narrating a bunch of weird stuff about the big band era in between the freaky jamming. All in all they slammed through most of the songs pretty quickly, with relatively little banter. John Flansburgh is still talking about "floordrobes" too, apparently...

Kethera:

This was a high-energy, fast-paced show, which is sort of a departure for the band (at least as many shows as I've been to...) but not necessarily a bad thing. The show really benefitted from being at a GA venue, and I sort of think that this is the best place to see Them. Theatres with seats are nice and orderly, but standing-room gigs are just the best - it's not only a throwback to the time when They played small clubs, but it lets the audience have more freedom and get hassled less by "the man." A+ show, and really glad that I caught Them on the swing back home at the end of the tour.

Hatta:

Memorable tidbit: Flans was particularly taken with this crowd's delivery of "DAMN!" in Damn Good Times, and led us in a few post-song recitations, "so we can sample it and play it back at other shows". Also, a blisteringly fast rendition of "I Feel Fantastic" by JoCo et al.