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March They Might Be Giants Show – Dallas, TX
Apr 18th
I meant to post the set list for the They Might Be Giants show I went to at the House of Blues in Dallas on March 5th. I used twitter to do a sort of “live play-by-play” while I was at the concert, so that left me with a log of the show. It was a fun experiment to do.
So, if you weren’t able to make it to the show, and you happen to have these They Might Be Giants songs, you could always put together a playlist of the set…or not. I dunno. Maybe this is of interest, and maybe it isn’t. Let me know thoughts.
They Might Be Giants
Dallas, TX – The House of Blues
March 5, 2008
1. The Cap’m
2. The Shadow Government
3. Dr. Worm
4. Particle Man
5. Cyclops Rock
6. Whithered Hope
7. (You’re Not the) Boss of Me
8. Birdhouse in My Soul
9. Take Out the Trash
10. Ana Ng
11. Memo to Human Resources
12. The Mesopotamians
13. New York City
14. I’m Impressed
15. One Dozen Monkeys
16. Apartment #4
17. Alphabet of Nations
18. It’s Not My Birthday
19. Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal
20. Damn Good Times
21. Older
22. How Can I Sing Like a Girl?
23. Experimental Film
– encore 1 -
24. Clap Your Hands
25. Istanbul
– encore 2 –
26. Maybe I Know
27. Why Does the Sun Shine?
Wildflower 2008
Apr 15th
Tickets went on sale yesterday for this year’s Wildflower Festival in Richardson, TX. This festival is almost always a great time. They have a great gathering of restaurant booths and artist displays, and always seem to attract some relatively big-name bands. In the past, they have had Bowling for Soup, Better than Ezra and Cowboy Mouth, just to name a few. They are usually bands that can’t quite fill large venues in the Dallas area, but are still of interest to see. And there’s nothing quite like an evening concert in the Texas Spring…
This year’s lineup includes Everclear and Eve 6, and I’ve been on the internets already, talking to friends about making an evening of it. I know, I know…Art Alexakis can be a bit…well…Art Alexakis. But, the music is still damned enjoyable. And, you can’t be the ticket price – only $7.50 for residents, and it covers the whole evening, so that’s for both bands. Woo hoo!
A Brief Entry…
Nov 10th
Had a great time tonight – went out for a bachelor’s party for a friend of BurntoutZen’s and mine tonight. Saw a fun show by Poison Cherry (Glam is BACK baby!) – will have more info about that tomorrow. As I haven’t gotten to bed tonight, this is still the 10th. 
Whip Out Da Tongue and Squirt That Mofo!
Nov 9th
A lot of my posts have been kind of Apple-centric lately (sorry to those MS fanboys & fangirls that might be out there), but what can I say – I work at an Apple-centric job and it’s been moreso lately.
Anyway, today I got to take apart the LCD Screen on a 12″ iBook G4. Wow. Man, it’s really impressive how they orchestrate everything inside of those panels. The planning and coordination that goes on to make those things work as slickly as they do is really impressive. And I learned something – Apple was using Philips/LG flat panels when they made the G4 iBooks. Didn’t know that – putting in the new one was lots of fun but, MAN….time consuming. Two hours flew by like it was 30 minutes. I get part two of the re-assemble, therefore, on Monday morning. I just couldn’t wrap it up in one day.
The Stars dropped another game last night – was tough to watch, but I couldn’t tear myself away. I just can’t make myself believe that Phoenix is good enough to put up 10 goals against us in two games, but it’s hard to argue with reality. But, so far on the four-game road trip, Dallas has gone 2-1, so the worst they can finish is .500, and that’s not too bad for a Pacific Division road trip.
Time to get back to my iTunes library. Still trying to get it back in shape after the horrible accident. *sigh* All the music is there now, at least…it’s just not in the Smart Playlists I had it in or rated. That’s where more time at the computer comes in… Give it up for the big Pale Indoor Kid.
Oh – here’s a funny for you: Word.
Hockey, Music & Monkeys
Nov 2nd
It’s been rough watching the Stars play tonight. Currently, the score is 3-0 Phoenix with 5:27 left to play in the 2nd period. What’s sad is that the Stars have had many more scoring chances than Phoenix. The Coyotes are just getting all the lucky bounces. Things just haven’t gone the Stars’ way this season so far, and I think one of the big reasons it hasn’t happened is management’s decision not to put all the money they had at their disposal to go out and get a big scoring winger this off-season. It’s showing now.
Other than that, though, it was a good day. The weekend is here, finally. I don’t think I posted about my misfortune with my music collection the other night. Tragedy struck when I came home from work to find that my CAREFULLY saved music collection that I had reloaded onto my new operating system just the night before, was missing. There was just nothing to be found. I’m not sure if I did it, or if someone else accidently deleted something (I left my account logged in, and a couple people had access to it…I don’t blame them – it’s my fault – but they might have accidently done it). Luckily, I got together with some friends a few months ago for a big music swap, and so all of that music is also on one of their hard drives. I’m getting together with one of those friends tomorrow to restore the collection. I miss it!!
I’m getting back to the game. Enjoy a preview of what could possibly be the worst movie ever (but, it does have a monkey skateboarding and playing hockey – still not enough though…yikes).
Monkey out.
Interweb Nets Rule!!
Oct 19th
I came across a great blog today, whilst sitting back with a nice cold one, and smiled to myself once again about what a cool age of technology we get to enjoy.
I’ve got an extension on my iTunes called iLike, and while you’re listening to songs in your library, it tells you about other “related artists” you own, and allows you to build a quick instant playlist with similar artists (which is great for a quick “on-the-go” playlist for your iPod). It also tells you about related artists you may want to get (and gives you links to learn more about them, and then a section from similar up and coming artists who can post their free mp3s for download).
But, what I like best is that it gives you 8 profiles for other iLike people who are listeners to the artist you are currently listening to. Well, during one of those songs, I was clicking on a few of the profiles, and I came across this woman who matched me pretty evenly music-wise, and on her profile, she had a link to her blog. I then found the blog I mentioned above.
A long story, I suppose, for a brief moment of epiphonic enjoyment (okay, I totally made that up, but the alliteration – or in this case illiteration – was worth it). Regardless, I now have a new blog to enjoy and a smile on my face.
