Milwaukee Drools, TMBG Rules!

Not to put to fine a point on it, but if someone were to tell me that Milwaukee Wisconsin was the most uninteresting city they've ever been to, first I'd ask them where they have been, and then quickly agree. Drving from Chicago towards Milwaukee, you may spot many interesting things along the way, such as grass, grass, grass, corn, and cows. Fun! We did notice the exit for Weezer's hometown of Kenosha. Damn was it small! The reason for this dull and eye-soring drive was to go and see none other than They Might Be Giants. Yes, John and John. The cost was only $15 for admission since it was inside and apart of Summerfest 08. Apperently, that's all Milwaukee has going for it. Mostly based on the fact that there are permanent signs and billboards all over the town advertising for summerfest, and also the fact that they leave the stages up until the next year.



When we arrived, it wasn't very packed, so that was good. We saw a couple good bands before the TMBG(who were the headliners for their particular stage). One band, as very good, and they went by the name of Electric Touch. DOn't know if any of you have heard of them before, but they sound alot like Franz Ferdinand. They seem to be infulenced a little differently though. The way they dressed kind of reminded me of The Beatles, which later made since when they played an incredible rendition of "Come Together".

A couple of bands played before them, and then it was time for the Mesopotamians. There was a huge fire works display during the beginning of their performance, so it was a little difficult to hear, but their opener was "Dr. Worm", which is one of my personal favorites. Over all that was pretty good, but I missed the brass instrumentals. The next song on their list was "Why Does The Sun Shine" or also known as "The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas" or also known as the made-for concert record. They were almost guranteed to play this one. After that, John Flansburgh cracked a few jokes, which were pretty entertaining. He ripped on Bush, he ripped on Gnarls Barkley(the band who played the same time during them), and he praised Dan Miller. If you thought They Might Be Giants cuts back on their weirdness during performances, than your wrong. The whole night consisted of wacky, and entertaining pieces. Bottom Line: They were amazing, and very entertaining, but did not play much of their early tunes. Only 1 from pink, and 1 from apollo18. Their encore performance was "New York City", " Particle Man", and "Maybe I Know". Here are a couple of clips listed above.