I GOT A SETLIST!!!
Stompy / Boss of Me / Birdhouse / WDTSS / Why did you Grow a Beard / Polk / Careful What You Pack / Happy Birthday FLANS! / Fingertips / Bee of the Bird of the Moth / #3 / We Want a Rock / Everything Right is Wrong Again / HOB: LA / HOB: Anaheim / Damn Good Times / Experimental Film / We're the Replacements / We Live in a Dump / Turn Around / Drink! / This Damn Band (intros) / Purple Toupee / Encore 1: "Space" (Think FOS) / NYC / Stone Pony / Dr. Worm / Encore #2: Alphabet of Nations / Miss. Nights / Istanbul
(listed but not played: Cyclops Rock)
Well, I went to the TMBG concert last night, and it was absolutely awesome!
Doors "opened" at 7pm, but Matt, Jennifer, and I went to the Halo Bar at 5pm (when they opened up) so that we could drink a little and get in early. Actually, before the show, we were walking around U City, and we ended up walking right past Danny Weinkauf and his red pants. He was listening to an MP3 player and on his way back to the venue, so we let him pass without a word (to him, anyway). Our early arrival was also quite nice because (in the Halo Bar) we were able to hear some of the sound check whenever the guys at the bar opened the door to get something from the other side of the bar. If only they could have kept the doors open! Anyway, we ended up inside at 6:45 (wooh! foam hands!), and in the front row (stage right). From then, it was a long wait until the concert began. However, even though it seemed to take forever, the guys got out pretty quickly. Micheal Leviton came out right on time (to my watch) at 8pm, and TMBG came out (*gasp*) at 9pm. Must be easy when the opener just has a ukelele and glockenspiel.
On to Leviton - I quite enjoyed his set. He still seemed a bit awed that he was doing this in front of a "big" crowd, and it was pretty cute. His songs (anti-love songs) were pretty funny, too, though his summer song was about the only really catchy one. Near the end of the set, he said that TMBG fans were great, because it tends to be kinda dangerous coming out on the stage, when you're playing a ukelele. Yup, we like random instruments, don't we!
Anyway, after Michael and the girl on glockenspiel left the stage, we only had to wait about 30 minutes for TMBG to take the stage! The concert started well, getting some of the favorites out of the way, before they played a few new songs. I can't really remember much about the new songs (the ones that haven't even made it to a Podcast yet), except that they were fun and very TMBG. Then, the band played Happy Birthday for Flans, and one of the roadies brought out a cake. Flans said that he was briefly afraid that Linnell had lost it when he started playing the song (I guess since it sounded like a totally random song at the point), but he blew out the candles on the cake, which had a toy car on the top.
Despite the fact that they should be pretty tired at this point, they still seemed to have quite a bit of energy left for this concert. I can't remember much of the banter, but the Johns did talk about going to one of the riverboats after the show and literally phoning it in for the next tour. "Speaking" of phones, I think that it was during "Careful What You Pack" that Flans had all of us raise our cell phones to light the stage. That looked pretty cool - it's amazing to think that how quickly the cell phone revolution moved. I was almost surprised that there weren't more phones (some people must've left theirs in their cars).
Moving on in the show (again, LOVED the setlist!) to the encore, for the first encore, it was Linnell and Marty alone on the stage at first, and they played what was listed as "Space" on the setlist, but sounded a bit like "The Future of Sound". Eventually, the rest of the band came onstage, and they played NYC and the rest of the songs, ending with Istanbul. Jennifer had annoying/stupid people who called it "Constan-i-pole" rather than Constantinople which annoyed her, but we were all impressed with Miller's guitar intro. Honestly, that MAKES the song anymore! Its too bad the show wasn't recorded - just for the sake of hearing that again. Awesome!
After the show, I *Finally* got a setlist (I'll try to scan & post it later)! 17 shows (or so) and I finally got one (though incidentally, I didn't even try for one for most of the shows, but... whatever). Jennifer and I then went to the t-shirt line (the normal gal wasn't there - instead, there were two girls I don't remember seeing before), and made our purchases (Amish t-shirt!), before heading outside, where Flans and Miller were signing autos. I normally don't go after sigs anymore (since I already have them from JL & JF), but I *had* to get my setlist signed. Miller signed by where he made the biggest mistake (Boss of Me), and Flansburgh mentioned that I had the guitar tech's set list (it had scratch-outs on it.)
Jennifer also got sigs (on her ticket), and we left incredibly excited. While we were waiting on sigs, though, there was some guy driving slowly out of the parking lot with Flood on full blast -> right past the makeshift autograph area. Now, once we got to my car, we played a TMBG cd, but I would feel like a total dork if I drove past either Flans or Linnell with one of their songs playing full blast like that. Oh well - to each his own.
Anyway, all together, it was a great night and a GREAT concert!!!
Stompy / Boss of Me / Birdhouse / WDTSS / Why did you Grow a Beard / Polk / Careful What You Pack / Happy Birthday FLANS! / Fingertips / Bee of the Bird of the Moth / #3 / We Want a Rock / Everything Right is Wrong Again / HOB: LA / HOB: Anaheim / Damn Good Times / Experimental Film / We're the Replacements / We Live in a Dump / Turn Around / Drink! / This Damn Band (intros) / Purple Toupee / Encore 1: "Space" (Think FOS) / NYC / Stone Pony / Dr. Worm / Encore #2: Alphabet of Nations / Miss. Nights / Istanbul
(listed but not played: Cyclops Rock)
Well, I went to the TMBG concert last night, and it was absolutely awesome!
Doors "opened" at 7pm, but Matt, Jennifer, and I went to the Halo Bar at 5pm (when they opened up) so that we could drink a little and get in early. Actually, before the show, we were walking around U City, and we ended up walking right past Danny Weinkauf and his red pants. He was listening to an MP3 player and on his way back to the venue, so we let him pass without a word (to him, anyway). Our early arrival was also quite nice because (in the Halo Bar) we were able to hear some of the sound check whenever the guys at the bar opened the door to get something from the other side of the bar. If only they could have kept the doors open! Anyway, we ended up inside at 6:45 (wooh! foam hands!), and in the front row (stage right). From then, it was a long wait until the concert began. However, even though it seemed to take forever, the guys got out pretty quickly. Micheal Leviton came out right on time (to my watch) at 8pm, and TMBG came out (*gasp*) at 9pm. Must be easy when the opener just has a ukelele and glockenspiel.
On to Leviton - I quite enjoyed his set. He still seemed a bit awed that he was doing this in front of a "big" crowd, and it was pretty cute. His songs (anti-love songs) were pretty funny, too, though his summer song was about the only really catchy one. Near the end of the set, he said that TMBG fans were great, because it tends to be kinda dangerous coming out on the stage, when you're playing a ukelele. Yup, we like random instruments, don't we!
Anyway, after Michael and the girl on glockenspiel left the stage, we only had to wait about 30 minutes for TMBG to take the stage! The concert started well, getting some of the favorites out of the way, before they played a few new songs. I can't really remember much about the new songs (the ones that haven't even made it to a Podcast yet), except that they were fun and very TMBG. Then, the band played Happy Birthday for Flans, and one of the roadies brought out a cake. Flans said that he was briefly afraid that Linnell had lost it when he started playing the song (I guess since it sounded like a totally random song at the point), but he blew out the candles on the cake, which had a toy car on the top.
Despite the fact that they should be pretty tired at this point, they still seemed to have quite a bit of energy left for this concert. I can't remember much of the banter, but the Johns did talk about going to one of the riverboats after the show and literally phoning it in for the next tour. "Speaking" of phones, I think that it was during "Careful What You Pack" that Flans had all of us raise our cell phones to light the stage. That looked pretty cool - it's amazing to think that how quickly the cell phone revolution moved. I was almost surprised that there weren't more phones (some people must've left theirs in their cars).
Moving on in the show (again, LOVED the setlist!) to the encore, for the first encore, it was Linnell and Marty alone on the stage at first, and they played what was listed as "Space" on the setlist, but sounded a bit like "The Future of Sound". Eventually, the rest of the band came onstage, and they played NYC and the rest of the songs, ending with Istanbul. Jennifer had annoying/stupid people who called it "Constan-i-pole" rather than Constantinople which annoyed her, but we were all impressed with Miller's guitar intro. Honestly, that MAKES the song anymore! Its too bad the show wasn't recorded - just for the sake of hearing that again. Awesome!
After the show, I *Finally* got a setlist (I'll try to scan & post it later)! 17 shows (or so) and I finally got one (though incidentally, I didn't even try for one for most of the shows, but... whatever). Jennifer and I then went to the t-shirt line (the normal gal wasn't there - instead, there were two girls I don't remember seeing before), and made our purchases (Amish t-shirt!), before heading outside, where Flans and Miller were signing autos. I normally don't go after sigs anymore (since I already have them from JL & JF), but I *had* to get my setlist signed. Miller signed by where he made the biggest mistake (Boss of Me), and Flansburgh mentioned that I had the guitar tech's set list (it had scratch-outs on it.)
Jennifer also got sigs (on her ticket), and we left incredibly excited. While we were waiting on sigs, though, there was some guy driving slowly out of the parking lot with Flood on full blast -> right past the makeshift autograph area. Now, once we got to my car, we played a TMBG cd, but I would feel like a total dork if I drove past either Flans or Linnell with one of their songs playing full blast like that. Oh well - to each his own.
Anyway, all together, it was a great night and a GREAT concert!!!
it sounds like you had a really great time! i'm glad you got a setlist. 
i was gonna buy it since i didn't get to go. 
and 
to the board, FerretLife! 
i'm glad you liked the show. i usually try to make the St Louis shows, cuz it's only 5 or 6 hourd from here ( 
i live in the sticks) but i had to miss it this time. i was really hoping i could buy it from the download store too. 
oh well...
