They Might Be Giants concert

I had been looking forward to yesterday for a while. It was the day They Might Be Giants (TMBG) came to perform in Houston at The Meridian.


Click the triangle below to listen to the songs performed last night (if you're lucky, the music has already started), or follow this link.


Julie and I met up with my cousin Lisa and her husband, Sal, at Kim Son before the concert. I had never been there before, but it was some good food. (I ate the whole plate of beef and scallops I ordered.) The venue wasn't too far away from the restaurant, so even though we left pretty close to 9pm, we arrived at The Meridian fairly quickly.

I was a bit confused at first when we got inside. There was an empty stage right in front of us when we walked through the door, and not too many people in the room. We wandered over to where they were selling t-shirts and CDs to see what was available, and noticed that it sounded like there was some live music coming from where a sign labeled "Restrooms --->" was pointing.
After walking down a short hallway, we emerged into a larger room, with a lot more people in it, and sure enough...a band performing. It wasn't TMBG, but their opening act "Oppenheimer", from Ireland. Although they had some decent sounding songs, they did like to use the robot voice emulator quite a bit.

TMBG finally took the stage just after 10pm, and the concert ended, after two encores, close to 11:45pm. If you have ever wondered what exactly some of the lyrics are, check out This Might Be a Wiki. Here is the playlist of all the songs they played (and the albums they are from):
Houston (Meridian) - Venue Songs
Dr. Worm - Severe Tire Damage
Cyclops Rock - Mink Car
Withered Hope Live on XM - TMBG.com
Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - Miscellaneous T
The Cap'm - The Else
The Shadow Government - The Else
Apartment Four - Here Come the 123's Disc 1
Boss Of Me - What We Did This Summer
Birdhouse In Your Soul - Flood
Houston (Meridian) - Venue Songs
Take Out The Trash - The Else
Ana Ng - Lincoln
Damn Good Times - The Spine
Memo To Human Resources - The Spine
The Mesopotamians - The Else
New York City - Factory Showroom
I'm Impressed - The Else
Alphabet of Nations - Here Come The ABCs
Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head - They Might Be Giants
Particle Man - Severe Tire Damage
Older - Long Tall Weekend
Why Does The Sun Shine- (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas) - Severe Tire Damage

ENCORE 1:
How Can I Sing Like A Girl? - Factory Showroom
Clap Your Hands - Here Come The ABCs
Instanbul Not Constantinople - The Flood Show

ENCORE 2:
One Dozen Monkeys - Here Come the 123's Disc 1
It's Not My Birthday - Mightathon

I thought it was a great concert, very entertaining. Julie and I both got "The Mesopotamians" t-shirts after the concert. Here's the video of the song: