They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants
February 2, 1997
WNEW FM
New York, NY

Idiot's Delight with Vin Scelsa

FM > cassette > Cool Edit Pro > CDR > Toast > AIFF > SoundConverter > FLAC

Total time 56:34
347 MB

01. "this is extremely awkward"  1:21
02. First Album Medley  6:10
03. "the lowest form of musical expression"  5:34
04. Ana Ng  3:05
05. "we're a total drag now"  6:14
06. Road Movie to Berlin  1:20
07. "do you remember the bridge?"  0:35
08. Particle Man  1:51
09. "totally unrehearsed"  0:28
10. Dinner Bell (false start)  0:25
11. Dinner Bell  1:54
12. "Larry King weekend"  1:40
13. Meet James Ensor  1:27
14. "Xena, Warrior Princess"  12:05
15. I Can Hear You  1:48
16. "Saint Nick"  1:52
17. On The Drag  2:03
18. "vin on the egg"  1:19
19. James K Polk  2:17
20. "The Beatle bow"  2:57

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.

They Might Be Giants
1997 April 30
The Metro
Chicago, IL

(audience DAT recording, no details) > CDR > (unspecified extraction and conversion) > SHN
Taper: Oilman

Total time 132:28
811 MB

Disc 1 (71:56)
01.  1:29  (introduction to Then Show)
02.  1:51  I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
03.  1:49  Cage & Aquarium
04.  1:54  Number Three
05.  3:10  Mr. Me
06.  3:22  I'll Sink Manhattan
07.  2:13  32 Footsteps
08.  4:05  You'll Miss Me
09.  2:59  Hide Away Folk Family
10.  2:31  (She Was a) Hotel Detective
11.  3:57  Ana Ng
12.  2:22  Shoehorn with Teeth
13.  3:28  Lie Still, Little Bottle
14.  4:11  She's an Angel
15.  1:50  Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
16.  1:43  The Famous Polka
17.  0:13  Intro to Now Show
18.  2:46  Rhythm Section Want Ad
19.  2:53  Where Your Eyes Don't Go
20.  1:53  We're the Replacements
21.  1:47  Factory Showroom
22.  2:52  James K. Polk
23.  2:45  Twisting
24.  3:39  Petname
25.  3:47  Metal Detector
26.  2:47  Why Does the Sun Shine?
27.  3:29  Snail Shell

Disc 2 (60:31)
01.  5:29  Spy
02.  3:35  Birdhouse in Your Soul
03.  3:23  On the Drag
04.  2:07  Older
05.  3:44  XTC Vs. Adam Ant
06.  2:57  Exquisite Dead Guy
07.  3:10  Purple Toupee
08.  3:58  S-E-X-X-Y
09.  3:00  Sleeping in the Flowers
10.  1:46  Your Own Worst Enemy
11.  0:31  Factory Showroom
12.  3:49  She's Actual Size
13.  2:16  Particle Man
14.  0:58  Spider
15.  6:35  The Guitar
16.  4:12  Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
17.  1:58  I Can Hear You
18.  3:00  New York City
19.  3:54  Til My Head Falls Off

SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
117644	1997-02-02	Idiot's Delight with Vin Scelsa, WNEW-FM	New York	NY
FM > cassette > Cool Edit Pro > CDR > Toast > AIFF > SoundConverter > FLAC 347 MB, 56:34
115986	1997-04-30	The Metro	Chicago	IL
(audience DAT recording, no details) > CDR > (unspecified extraction and conversion) > SHN 811 MB, 132:28

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