THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
Idiot's Delight with Vin Scelsa
WNEW-FM
February 2, 1997
Source: FM > cassette > Cool Edit Pro > CDR > Toast > AIFF > SoundConverter > FLAC
TRACKLIST:
01 "this is extremely awkward"
02 First Album Medley
03 "the lowest form of musical expression"
04 Ana Ng
05 "we're a total drag now"
06 Road Movie to Berlin
07 "do you remember the bridge?"
08 Particle Man
09 "totally unrehearsed"
10 Dinner Bell false start
11 Dinner Bell
12 "larry king weekend"
13 Meet James Ensor
14 "xena, warrior princess"
15 I Can Hear You
16 "saint nick"
17 On The Drag
18 "vin on the egg"
19 James K Polk
20 "the beatle bow"
John and John solo (without even a drum machine for backup) on Vin Scelsa's venerable, peripatetic weekly show, airing on WNEW at the time. First song ("Older") is missing as I screwed up the levels at first, but everything here sounds great. High points include a medley of every song on the first TMBG album, a truly beautiful, moody Ana Ng, and way more discussion of Xena, Warrior Princess than any DJ this side of Vin could manage.
If a complete recording of this is out there somewhere, I'd love to have it. Until then, I'm happy to share this.