Venue Songs (Project)
- This page deals with venue songs as a category/genre.
For the DVD/CD set, see Venue Songs.
TMBG started the practice of composing songs about each venue they performed in during the Spine On The Hiway Tour in 2004, coinciding with the launch of the TMBG Download Store and the ability to download (almost) every live performance by the band on that tour. Following the conclusion of the tour, most of these songs were released as part of the Venue Songs album, though many of the versions found on that album were drawn from soundcheck performances, and variant versions (such as "Toad's Place (C+)") were not included. For some reason, the "Irving Plaza" and "Avalon" songs were also excluded from the final album. It also appears that there was no venue song from the Nashville show (Friday, July 23, 2004), or the Manchester, UK show.
- First Avenue Stage - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN; Friday, July 9, 2004
- Sokol Auditorium - Sokol Auditorium, Omaha, NE; Sunday, July 11, 2004
- The Blue Note - Blue Note, Columbia, MO; Tuesday, July 13, 2004
- Mississippi Nights - Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO; Wednesday, July 14, 2004
- Stubbs - Stubb's, Austin, TX; Friday, July 16, 2004
- Trees - Trees Lounge, Dallas, TX; Saturday, July 17, 2004 and Sunday, July 18, 2004.
- Houston - Houston-Meridian Theme, Houston, TX; Tuesday, July 20, 2004
- New Orleans - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA; Wednesday, July 21, 2004
- Gibson Lounge - Gibson Beale Center, Memphis, TN; Thursday, July 22, 2004
- Mr. Smalls Theatre - Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA; Sunday, July 25, 2004
- The Stone Pony - The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ; Thursday, July 29, 2004
- Celebrate Brooklyn - Celebrate Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Friday, July 30, 2004
- Farmingdale - The Downtown, Farmingdale, NY Saturday, July 31, 2004
- Richard's On Richards - Richard's On Richards, Vancouver, BC; Thursday, August 12, 2004
- Fillmore - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA; Saturday, August 14, 2004
- The Catalyst - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA; Sunday, August 15, 2004
- Anaheim - Anaheim House of Blues, Anaheim, CA; Tuesday, August 17, 2004
- Los Angeles - West Hollywood House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA; Wednesday, August 18, 2004
- City Limits - City Limits, Tucson, AZ; Friday, August 20, 2004
- T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E - The Garage, Glasgow, UK; Monday, September 6, 2004
- Leeds Irish Center - Leeds Irish Center, Leeds, UK; Wednesday, September 8, 2004
- At The As-tore-eye-yea - The Astoria, London, UK; Thursday, September 9, 2004
- The Egg - The Egg, Albany, NY; Friday, September 17, 2004
- Avalon - The Avalon, Boston MA; Saturday, September 18, 2004
- Toad's Place (C+) - Toad's Place, New Haven, CT; Wednesday, September 22, 2004
- Toad's Place (A-) - Toad's Place, New Haven, CT; Wednesday, September 22, 2004
- Recher Theatre - Recher Theatre, Towson, MD; Thursday, September 23, 2004
- Starr Hill Music Hall - Starr Hill, Charlottesville, VA; Friday, September 24, 2004
- Variety Playhouse Freak-In - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA; Saturday, September 25, 2004
- The Music Farm - Music Farm, Charleston, SC; Sunday, September 26, 2004
- Lincoln Theater - Lincoln Theater, Raleigh, NC; Monday, September 27, 2004
- The Orange Peel - Orange Peel, Asheville, NC; Tuesday, September 28, 2004
- T.L.A. - T.L.A., Philadelphia, PA; Thursday, September 30, 2004
- Irving Plaza - Irving Plaza, New York, NY; Saturday, October 2, 2004
Deranged Millionaire interludes
Also included on the DVD are a number of introductions, done by John Hodgman playing the "Deranged Millionaire" character, for each venue song. These segments were directed by David Ahuja.
- "The Experiment Begins" - An introduction to "Dallas"
- "A Concrete Shrine" - An introduction to "Albany"
- "Paradoxically" - An introduction to "Los Angeles"
- "An Oasis Of Hooch" - An introduction to "Anaheim"
- "The Great Walled City" - An introduction to "Vancouver"
- "Monongahela" - An introduction to "Pittsburgh"
- "You Can't Go Home Again" - An introduction to "Asheville"
- "And So" - An introduction to "Glasgow"
- "Returning To The U.S." - An introduction to "Charlottesville"
- "Skee-ball And Saltwater Taffy" - An introduction to "Asbury Park"
- "The Tour Nearly Over" - An introduction to "Brooklyn"
- Goodbye From The Deranged Millionaire - The conclusion to the DVD
