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As I sat there photo editing my Images of They Might Be Giants from their show at the Sound Academy on Sat. I keep thinking about the first time I heard them.. I remember in 1988 seeing the “Ana Ag” video on MTV’s “120 mins” show and I had to go get their album. So I went into a record store in the west village of NYC and bought “Lincoln”. I then proceeded to go on my friends college radio show which turned out, was a heavy metal show. He said I could play anything I wanted. So I pulled out Lincoln and played Ana Ag! I said on the air that it didn’t matter what genre the show was…these guys should get airplay everywhere! Cause they are that freakin cool!!!
So zoom ahead to 23 years later and I’m at the show on Sat. It was my first time seeing the band since around 1996. So I was excited to see the 2 johns from Brooklyn. I get to the venue and the line of people went all the way down the street and around the building,which didn’t surprise me. The band has always had a solid following. Opening the show was another NYC guy name Jonathon Coulton. I was not familiar with his music. But I told their publicist who also handles They Might Be Giants that I would photograph Jonathon too. I’m glad I did. Hes a great songwriter and guitarist. I really like his music. He had a great crowd response, infact I spoke to a few people up in the front that said they were mainly there for him.
So 9pm came and it was time for the two Johns from Brooklyn to hit the stage..and as always they put on a great show. Even had a silly but interesting segment with Sock puppets and Meg Ryan on their giant screen. Plus John Flansburgh personally handed out really cool window stickers at the end of the show too. It was fun for all…
