THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
June 12, 2013
Seattle, WA, USA
Showbox Sodo

So, I moved to Seattle from San Francisco the day before this show, and I thought it would be fun to break in my Seattle show-going with They Might Be Giants. I've never been a huge fan or listened to their records much, but I've always liked going to their shows.

Unfortunately, for both my enjoyment of the show and the quality of this recording, and for reasons out of my control that I won't be getting into, I was stuck in the back left corner of the venue for the entire show. For those unfamiliar with the setup, which I assume is just about everyone reading this, there's a big open floor with some tables in the back left corner of it. To the left of the floor and those tables is a bar/restaurant, which is what I was at the back of. The sound there was quiet and muffled, the lights never went out, I had a pole in my way, and some chatty drunks showed up halfway through the show and never left. You'll hear one of them talking to me at the beginning of the first encore break track. Also, the vocals I was hearing were mostly coming from a speaker behind me.

It was still fun to go to the show. I hadn't seen them do a full length show in about 9 years. The recording is probably better than it sounds like it would be, but samples are below.


1. (intro)
2. When Will You Die
3. New York City
4. Letterbox
5. Call You Mom
6. Circular Karate Chop
7. (Nanobots intro)
8. Nanobots
9. Memo To Human Resources
10. Don't Let's Start
11. Cloisonne
12. Icky
13. Doctor Worm
14. The Guitar
15. Turn Around
16. Insect Hospital / (Avatars Of They intro)
17. (Avatars Of They chat)
18. He's Loco (Avatars Of They)
19. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
20. Mammal
21. The Mesopotamians
22. Minimum Wage
23. Lost My Mind
24. Tesla
25. (drum solo and other stuff)
26. Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
27. James K. Polk
28. (encore break, beginning with drunk girl)
29. You're On Fire
30. Birdhouse In Your Soul
31. Damn Good Times
32. (encore break)
33. The End Of The Tour (aborted)
34. The End Of The Tour
35. (outro)


1 hour, 41 minutes, 44 seconds

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