Shows/2008-11-29

31 wikians attended: Akuma222, BlueCanary, CapitalQ, Corey, Cubeclub, Dairhenien, Derek Denim, Doktorworm, Drworm75, Farmanimalsrock, Flameshadow117, Freakflag, Frodolives, Garybot, Gonejadaemon, Jfcote, KathyK, Kayakcup, MichelleMaBelle, Mister Charisma, Mjb75, Moofy, Museumofidiots, Pitch, Poutinstereo, Richegreen, TDK, Teddyleevin, Theymightbe1984, Vvedge, WitheredHope

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Links:

• YouTube videos by CapitalQ
• Kayakcup's write-up, photos, and videos

• Setlist

Setlist:  (Songs with a (*) next to them indicate that horns were played in the songs)

• Stompy Intro
• Space Suit
• Damn Good Times
• West Virginia
• Why Does The Sun Really Shine?
• Unsupervised, I Hit My Head
• Withered Hope *
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople) *
• Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal *
• Dig My Grave *
• I Palindrome I *
• She's Actual Size *
• My Evil Twin
• Mammal
• The Statue Got Me High *
• Spider *
• The Guitar *
• Dinner Bell
• Narrow Your Eyes
• Hall Of Heads *
• Which Describes How You're Feeling *
• See The Constellation
• If I Wasn't Shy *
• Turn Around *
• Hypnotist Of Ladies
• Fingertips
• Space Suit

Encore 1 (with horns):

• S-E-X-X-Y
• Doctor Worm

Encore 2 (without horns):

• Drink!
• Graveyard
• The Mesopotamians

They Might Be Giants
— with Driver Quartet opening —
(Le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY
November 29, 2008 at 9:00 PM

Trivia:

• Recordings of a few of this show's performances (Narrow Your Eyes, Hall Of Heads, Which Describes How You're Feeling, and See The Constellation) were shared with 2019 Instant Fan Club members.
• One of the treble keys on Linnell's accordion was broken from the previous night, and only used it during the first round of "Space Suit". He later compensated by using a synth accordion patch on his keyboard on songs that are typically played with a regular accordion for the remainder of the performance.

Fan Recaps and Comments:

Richegreen:

Part of the treble keys on Linnell's accordion broke off during the first Space Suit, and he compensated by playing synth-accordion on his keyboard during the songs that normally used accordion.

Good grief what is going on with that accordion? Keys falling off on consecutive nights? --72.75.95.164

He dropped it on the October 23rd show, that might've done it. --Lemita

It just makes me sad that he didn't get it fixed in a month. Instrument. Broken for a month. It causes me pain. Also, it didn't break off during Space Suit, but was missing for the entire song as far as I noticed. --MichelleMaBelle

Akuma222:

I nearly freaked out when Flans said he was going to kill me if I put the video I was shooting on the internet. Best part of the show (for me at least)

Hahah, that was hilarious. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 03:00, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

jfcote:

This was my first time seeing them live (and my first trip to New York). I've been a fan since a bit before Flood came out. I missed them when they came to Montreal in 96. It was great to see them in their home turf and the crowd as just amazing. TMBG are definitely the best thing ever!

Dairhenien:

It was a very musical crowd--everyone clapping on the beat, occasionally doing backup parts as well as just plain singing along. Also one that had clearly attended lots of shows before, if the callbacks in Drink! were any indication. After the Flood and Apollo 18 shows, will we have to wait too long for Factory Showroom or Mink Car?