TMBG live at Kings Theatre - a fan concert film

On the list of things that I do, one of them is hoard They Might Be Giants bootlegs. I like the varying arrangements of songs, and picking up on little differences and details, or noticing what was happening in a certain moment lights up the same part of my brain that likes figuring out what an actor is going for when I’m editing a scene.

A little while ago, I noticed that there was one particular show - at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn in December of 2024 - that had an unusual amount of audience recordings posted to YouTube. There were cameras on both sides of the stage and one person who shot a 2-hour wide angle of the stage. They’re the real hero here, making everything else possible. As a bonus, the sources I used for audio didn’t even have an audience member screaming straight into the mic or talking through the whole show. We really lucked out here.

I thought it would be cool if we had an ‘I F’n Shot That’-style film of a TMBG show and then before the idea calcified into Brain Crack, I got to work. I think there must be a lot more audience recordings of the same show out there, but I like a nice finite project, something with an ending. And a beginning for that matter.

So please enjoy this homemade concert film of TMBG on 2024/12/13, a John Henry spotlight show.

Show credits:

Flans (left) side stage cam: SusieTMBGfan

Linnell (right) side stage cam: Dave idmarx

Left balcony: Larry Rulz

Right balcony / Wide master shot: Tunes Chino! (he is our hero)

Center section right: Chad Sclove

Center section left: Everything Concerts

Also center section: Opmi

Setlist scan: Wireless mike

Editor: http://normalwebsite.com

and Performing songs: TMBG

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Don’t miss the breakdown at 3m.

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Next year, I’d like to start sending out a new serial that I’ve been dwelling on for a long time, and try to get over the idea that I’m bothering my subscribers by sending them the thing they signed up for. You could always become one of them, you know. Nothing drowns out the publishing guilt with not-publishing guilt like a new subscriber!

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Another visit from the Likely Scoundrels, this time in the dead of night, to bring you Sweet Dreams!

I think it’s one of our more visually interesting jams, , but if you found the stark black and white look off-putting, here are some more colorful options:

• Red Wine Supernova

• Orange Colored Sky

• Black Coffee