#don't let's start

[fionacle]

[cchanticleer]

thing i was working on a while back that i probably won't finish rip

[fruitybnnuy]

john linnell slaying

[quantum-temporal-anomaly]

COUGH COUGH

[davisexplainableart]

Footi's Back! (Setlist Recap)

(keep in mind, this isn't real; just pretend that it is)

Thanks to everyone who came to last night's show to celebrate both Flood's anniversary, as well as Footi's return to the stage after several months.

As you may know, this show was performed without a backing band, just me, Footi, Chao, and a backing track.

Before we get to the setlist, 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 Footi sang a song and no one else.

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

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

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

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

This means that Footi 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):

(began with Countdown Intro over the PA)

1. Lie Still, Little Bottle

W/ "The Stick"

Before the song, we joked that when saying The Stick's name, you always have to include "The" right before "Stick" (referencing The Cheat from Homestar Runner).

2. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair

3. Dead

Before the song, I mentioned how I was jokingly called a fake fan for not listening to 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. Ana Ng

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

6. Your Racist Friend

Since this coming Monday is MLK day, we dedicated this song to him.

7. Particle Man

8. Lucky Ball & Chain

9. Whistling In The Dark

W/ Footi 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, we joked about how the chest-mounted bass drum was invented just for this song.

10. Don't Let's Start

Before the song, I mentioned how this song was used in a PBS Kids GO! bumper, while also referencing our tv performance of "Kids Go!" from a few weeks ago (which featured Footi on guitar).

11. -> The Famous Polka

As shown by the colored text, we did in fact sing the ending lyrics.

12. Chess Piece Face

13. Hearing Aid

14. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Technically this was Footi on lead, with me on backing, but it could also be vice versa (you could go either way, really).

The song started out in E Minor (same key as Cage & Aquarium), but after the long pause between "I can't say" and "no you can't go back", where we added reverb to the mics and yelled lyrics as if we were on the floor (similar to performances in 1992), the song switched to F Minor (the song's original key).

15. -> (She Was A) Hotel Detective

16. James K. Polk

We performed the original version of the song from the Istanbul EP.

17. 32 Footsteps

W/ Footi playing the "Special 20" harmonica.

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

18. Birdhouse In Your Soul

Played in its original key.

19. Cowtown

Just like TMBG, we had the audience do a square dance for this song.

20. Road Movie To Berlin

21. Twisting

22. Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes

Encore #1:

23. Shoehorn With Teeth

W/ Chao playing the glockenspiel.

Footi and Chao wore long, rolled-up carpets for hats.

24. Mr. Me

Encore #2:

25. I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die

The reason I colored it like this is because aside from Footi singing the first verse alone, and me singing the second verse alone, neither of us were labelled as "backing vocals".

26. Cage & Aquarium

27. -> I've Got A Match

28. Sapphire Bullets Of Pure

29. She's An Angel

Apologies if I have to reblog this, just in case I can't fit all of the song names into the tags.

Also, expect a reblog of the previous concert for that same reason later today.

And don't worry about the Fridays shows, I'll get back to that soon.

[rizz-penguin]

crying /pos

im pretty sure Sean Bonnette references They Might be Giants in AJJ's song: Strawberry (Probably)

Maybe it's just me tho lol

[chiptrillino-art]

(ID in ALT text)

Zuko is just playing hard to get

[jimmybuffettdied]

Me when my alarm goes off for work.

[demaparbat-hp]

He truly did.

[overlymetaromantic]

Dungeon Meshi, or as I like to call it, Marcille's-increasingly-difficult-to-ignore-revelations-that-her-endless-devotion-to-Falin-may-in-fact-be-more-rooted-in-lesbianism-than-she-originally-thought

[nyanrial]

making little snowmen ⛄⛄

[davisexplainableart]

(hey guys, IRL Davis here)

(not only is today my 21st birthday, but it's also the 38th anniversary of They Might Be Giants' self-titled debut album, commonly known as the Pink Album)

(in honor of this occasion, here are old performances of 3 different songs off the album, with each also containing the same backing tracks that were used for each individual song for that in-universe Mixels concert back in September)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

None of our hands are clean

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[peachieflame]

tensions are rising... between us