#cowtown

[booteddaily]

Cowtown corporate cowboy was the request for the day. It doesn't matter that I recently wore them. Time to give them more time out of the closet. 🙂 You all have a great day, bootmen. 👊

[ambermaitrejean]

Kickin’ it in Cowtown. Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas. Photos by Amber Maitrejean

[tmbgareok]

I wrote about a song that I’ve loved for so long. And it apparently scared my kid at bedtime when he was really little. 🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s Cowtown. Everyone’s welcome to read this for free at Kiss Me, Son of Blog

[johnl-travels]

John should go to cowtown

John Linnell has gone down to Cowtown!

Don't worry, the cows are friends to him.

[chase-roper]

Open Mike Eagle doing a cover of Cowtown. If you haven’t enjoyed it before today - please enjoy it now.

[davisexplainableart]

Here's an old performance of the They Might Be Giants song "Cowtown", which contains the same backing track that we used for our performance of the song in last week's concert.

[urcoolhandluke]

[waybackwanderer]

Cowtown Traditional Irish Tunes Mar 2000 Archived Web Page 🧩 🔊

[mortifiedandawesome]

They Might Be Giants - Cowtown 99

[somanyfuckinbees]

hey, don't cry! i'm goin down to cowtown, the cows a friend to me, alright?

[booteddaily]

Cowtown boots were the request for Saturday. After helping a neighbor most of the morning, it was time to boot up for the rest of the day...and well into the evening. These boots are incredibly comfortable despite what feels like thick leather. Makes me a happy man. Be well, bootmen. 👊

[ambermaitrejean]

Around Fort Worth. Photos by Amber Maitrejean

[the-semicolonoscopy]

Lives beneath the ocean; that's where I will be Beneath the waves, the waves That's where I will be I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

[chase-roper]

I wrote about a song that I’ve loved for so long. And it apparently scared my kid at bedtime when he was really little. 🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s Cowtown by They Might Be Giants. Read more for free at Kiss Me, Son of Blog.

[davisexplainableart]

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! (SETLIST)

Make way for (a band who is not) THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to last night's show. I didn't realize until we finished that the show went on for so long.

But it's probably because of how many songs we played.

Before we begin, here is a sort of key to explain certain things in the text below...

This means that I sang a song and no one else.

This means that I sang a song, with Chao on backing vocals.

This means that Magnifo sang a song, with me on backing vocals.

This means that I sang a song, with Magnifo and Chao on backing vocals.

This means that Magnifo sang a song, with Chao and I on backing vocals.

When "->" is shown right before a song's name, it means that we went right into that song, with little to no banter.

Alright, here's the setlist for last night's show (with fun facts for some of them):

Act I - Tape Recorder Set:

(began with Countdown Intro over the PA)

1. Put Your Head Inside The Puppet Head

Played in the original key.

During the bridge, I yelled "AWESOME GUITAR SOLO" a bunch, similar to how John Flansburgh did that once when playing this song back in 1987.

2. Cowtown

Due to people being asked to stay seated, we asked the audience to pretend that they were doing a square dance.

3. Whistling In The Dark

W/ Magnifo playing the chest-mounted bass drum.

Played in B Major, like how the Johns played it before the backing band (rather than C Major like how it's played nowadays).

Before the song started, we stated that the bass drum's only purpose was for this song.

4. Kiss Me, Son Of God

Before the song started, I made a passing reference to the time that TMBG played this song on TV, but then the broadcast stopped once they sang a certain part of the song.

5. Birdhouse In Your Soul

Played in the original key, just like how it was played back in 1989.

Before the song started, I jokingly stated that because of the different key, the song hadn't been played in nearly 35 years.

6. Particle Man

Before the song started, I mentioned that one of the characters in the song (Triangle Man) was the main character in Kiss Me, Son Of God (referencing a Linnell interview from 1990).

7. Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes

Before the song started, Magnifo joked about how this song only applied to him and I, since we were the only Mixels wearing clothes that night.

8. The Statue Got Me High

9. I've Got A Match

Before the song started, I apologized for stating that Birdhouse hadn't been played in decades, and that I got my notes mixed up.

For some reason, the audience was booing me for this (at least until I revealed that the next song was "I've Got A Match").

10. Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love

Introduced as '"stelluB" in reverse'.

11. Dig My Grave

Right before the song started, I stated that when you first played the album Apollo 18, you would hear this song.

12. 32 Footsteps

W/ Magnifo playing the "Special 20" harmonica.

Similar to Whistling In The Dark, I stated that the only reason this particular harmonica was created was for this song.

13. Ana Ng

W/ Chao singing the "I don't the world" part.

14. Shoehorn With Teeth

W/ Chao playing the glockenspiel.

Magnifo and Chao wore long, rolled-up carpets for hats. When asked why I didn't wear one, I said "Does this look like a head that you could fit a hat like that on?"

15. Your Racist Friend

16. -> Lucky Ball & Chain

17. Lie Still, Little Bottle

W/ Chao on the saxophone, and me using my tail as the percussion in place of "The Stick", since Gobba (the one in charge of keeping an eye on The Stick) wasn't feeling well.

18. Rhythm Section Want Ad

At least twice, I impulsively replaced "dollar signs" with "dollop signs" (dollops are the currency in the Chowder universe btw).

In the 2nd run-through of the "Olive Oil on purpose" part, I sang "You guys must be into Oasis!" instead of "Eurythmics", for some reason.

Act II - Full Band Set (began after a 10-minute intermission):

(Began with "They Might Be Giants (Alt. Version)" over the PA)

19. She's An Angel

After the song, we stated that we weren't done with the older song just yet, and that some would be played during this set.

20. Experimental Film

I introduced the song my mentioning the music video made by the Brothers Chaps from Homestar Runner.

Speaking of the Brothers Chaps, yes, I have seen the new music video for Limozeen's "Zeenin' Into The Night". In fact, I've seen it quite a few times already.

21. Why Does The Sun Shine?

No, I didn't say anything weird for the "nuclear reaction between..." part. That's Footi's thing, not mine.

22. -> Twisting

23. Older

During the "And time... is still marching on" part, I briefly made it seem like we were gonna do the long pause that TMBG does when they play Older live, but then I said that I was just kidding only a few seconds later.

24. Brontosaurus

Featuring our horn section on this and the next song (now if only I could remember all the members of the horn section. Was Burnard one of the members?).

25. Doctor Worm

W/ I Enjoy Being A Boy during the bridge.

I dedicated this song to Parnell from the Mighty Bug 5, since he also plays the drums, just like the titular Doctor Worm.

26. Absolutely Bill's Mood

Yes, I did the "thank you" bit. Why would I not?

27. -> You're On Fire

We replaced "Oh d**n" with "Oh man". I don't think anyone in the audience noticed.

28. Stuff Is Way

29. T-Shirt

Since the sound of the song is very clearly inspired by it, we did a bit of interpolating with Led Zeppelin's Moby Dick at the end.

30. -> (She Was A) Hotel Detective

Featuring the horn section again.

31. Prevenge

The "calling Mr. Pupkin" part was played over the PA, just like TMBG did when they played this song live.

32. Unforgotten

33. They Got Lost

We specifically played what I called the "medium version that was played in September 1997", rather than the slow or fast versions.

In the 3rd verse, I sang "Tony said to Brian" as a reference to some of TMBG's backing band members from the 90s.

34. Lazy

35. Sleeping in the Flowers

Played for John Henry's 30th anniversary.

While I took on Linnell's vocals in the chorus, I also did the "I've got a..." part, due to Magnifo's limited vocal range.

36. Fingertips:

Everything Is Catching On Fire

Fingertips (#1)

I Hear The Wind Blow

Hey Now Everybody

Who Is That Standing Out The Window

I Found A New Friend Underneath My Pillow

Come On And Wreck My Car

Aren't You The Guy Who Hit Me In The Eye?

Please Pass The Milk

Leave Me Alone

Who's Knocking On The Wall?

All Alone, All By Myself

What's That Blue Thing Doing Here?

Something Grabbed Ahold Of My Hand

I Don't Understand You

I Heard A Sound

Mysterious Whisper (we asked the crowd to sway their arms around during this part)

The Day That Love Came To Play

I'm Having A Heart Attack

Fingertips (#2)

I Walk Along Darkened Corridors (complete with the rocking outro)

Encore (tape-recorder returns):

37. Thinking Machine

All lights were turned off for this, since all we needed to do was sing.

This was the hardest song I tried to sing last night... mainly because I could barely keep a straight face from how stupid and silly some of Magnifo's lyrics were.

38. Mr. Me

39. Don't Let's Start

Alright, that's everything. See you again tomorrow for another Fridays picture!

[urcoolhandluke]