Friday, March 7
I need about 87 Advil
And there won't be 30 left when I am done with the bottle...
Last night the wife and I made the trek to The Meridian in Houston to see They Might Be Giants, with special opening act Oppenheimer. We had a tremendous time. Split a pint of 100 Proof Southern Comfort in the parking lot before the show. Had some Shiner Bocks during the show. I'm paying for it today, and she feels even worse, but it is a small price to pay for some quality entertainment and a good buzz.
As is usual, They Might Be Giants brought along an interesting opening act. These two guys came out on stage, and I thought they must be roadies when they started messing with the equipment. Funny looking guys, one kinda chubby, the other bald and skinny. The skinny guy sat down at a drum set and introduced himself as Jeff, the other guy as Rocky, they were from Dublin, Ireland, then they started jamming. Jeff played the drums and some sort of plastic wind instrument that looked like a toy piano. Rocky played a six string guitar and a couple of different synths, including one that he sung though to modulate his voice.
Their sound was uniquely rock, the songs kind of quirky like They Might Be Giants, and they had a great stage prescence. When someone heckled "Fucking Phil Collins", Jeff quickly rattled off that and a few others that "We've never heard those before, huh Rocky?" Throughout the show there was banter like this with the crowd, and it made the show really fun. They showed a lot of potential for the future.
Oppenhiemer Live
After the whole thing was over, Oppenheimer was out in the lobby hawking and signing albums and t-shrits. Got a copy of thier album, which they signed for us. Will post something about that later. They also posed for a picture for this blog.
Oppenheimer Hams It Up:
After a breif change over to get rid of Oppenheimer's equipment and throw out some TMBG Foam Fingers, They Might Be Giants came out and played a rocking, rolicking show with two encores. I don't have a set list, but they played both old and new stuff, a really great mix. John, John, Dan, Dan and Frank. Evidently Frank is new, the other drummer had a kid and didn't want to be on tour when there was a newborn in the house. Tells me he has never had a kid, when they are newborns is the best time to get out of the house.
Fansburgh & Linnell
John Linnell broke out his "Main Squeeze" accordian a couple of times during the show and did some bad ass work. Particle Man was a particular stand out for the evening.
Linnell & His Main Squeeze
John Flansburgh is just amazing. He did some really cool sounding guitar work, and never, ever, stopped moving. This was the clearest picture we could take. I have several that are just blurry or where he moved out of the shot.
Flansburg never stops moving!
All in all it was a Damn Good Time, which brings me to the one song I videoed. Funny thing, this was a totally random choice, and it turned out to be the exact same song that I got last year in Vegas. Life is funny that way. Enjoy1
Damn Good Times!
Last night the wife and I made the trek to The Meridian in Houston to see They Might Be Giants, with special opening act Oppenheimer. We had a tremendous time. Split a pint of 100 Proof Southern Comfort in the parking lot before the show. Had some Shiner Bocks during the show. I'm paying for it today, and she feels even worse, but it is a small price to pay for some quality entertainment and a good buzz.
As is usual, They Might Be Giants brought along an interesting opening act. These two guys came out on stage, and I thought they must be roadies when they started messing with the equipment. Funny looking guys, one kinda chubby, the other bald and skinny. The skinny guy sat down at a drum set and introduced himself as Jeff, the other guy as Rocky, they were from Dublin, Ireland, then they started jamming. Jeff played the drums and some sort of plastic wind instrument that looked like a toy piano. Rocky played a six string guitar and a couple of different synths, including one that he sung though to modulate his voice.
Their sound was uniquely rock, the songs kind of quirky like They Might Be Giants, and they had a great stage prescence. When someone heckled "Fucking Phil Collins", Jeff quickly rattled off that and a few others that "We've never heard those before, huh Rocky?" Throughout the show there was banter like this with the crowd, and it made the show really fun. They showed a lot of potential for the future.
Oppenhiemer Live
After the whole thing was over, Oppenheimer was out in the lobby hawking and signing albums and t-shrits. Got a copy of thier album, which they signed for us. Will post something about that later. They also posed for a picture for this blog.
Oppenheimer Hams It Up:
After a breif change over to get rid of Oppenheimer's equipment and throw out some TMBG Foam Fingers, They Might Be Giants came out and played a rocking, rolicking show with two encores. I don't have a set list, but they played both old and new stuff, a really great mix. John, John, Dan, Dan and Frank. Evidently Frank is new, the other drummer had a kid and didn't want to be on tour when there was a newborn in the house. Tells me he has never had a kid, when they are newborns is the best time to get out of the house.
Fansburgh & Linnell
John Linnell broke out his "Main Squeeze" accordian a couple of times during the show and did some bad ass work. Particle Man was a particular stand out for the evening.
Linnell & His Main Squeeze
John Flansburgh is just amazing. He did some really cool sounding guitar work, and never, ever, stopped moving. This was the clearest picture we could take. I have several that are just blurry or where he moved out of the shot.
Flansburg never stops moving!
All in all it was a Damn Good Time, which brings me to the one song I videoed. Funny thing, this was a totally random choice, and it turned out to be the exact same song that I got last year in Vegas. Life is funny that way. Enjoy1
Damn Good Times!
Labels: meridian, music, oppenheimer, TMBG
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Thanks for the link. The show was great, not the best TMBG show I have ever been to, but still great. I've seen them:
1. 3 times at Numbers in Houston.
2. 2 times at Meridian in Houston.
3. 1 time at The Vatican in Houston.
4. 1 time at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
5. 1 time at the Hard Rock Hotel's "The Joint" in Las Vegas.
Every show was great, the one in Atlantic City was cool because they had the big stick for "Lie still little bottle". The best show I saw as at Numbers where they used the Howdy Doody puppets for "Exquisite Dead Guy". The oddest was the one at the Vatican where the Fire Marshal showed up and kicked everyone out.
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1. 3 times at Numbers in Houston.
2. 2 times at Meridian in Houston.
3. 1 time at The Vatican in Houston.
4. 1 time at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
5. 1 time at the Hard Rock Hotel's "The Joint" in Las Vegas.
Every show was great, the one in Atlantic City was cool because they had the big stick for "Lie still little bottle". The best show I saw as at Numbers where they used the Howdy Doody puppets for "Exquisite Dead Guy". The oddest was the one at the Vatican where the Fire Marshal showed up and kicked everyone out.
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