# I just scored TMBG tix **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851 "2006-04-01T16:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/1 "2006-04-01T16:08:18Z")
I’ve been a TMBG (They Might Be Giants, for the uninitiated) fan since high school but never had the chance to actually see them play. Friends who have gone to concerts tell me this is a crying shame, as their live shows are a bundle o’ fun. Anyway, a local radio station announced two days ago that TMBG were going to be playing Columbus in about a month. Tickets went on sale this morning at 10 AM, and I had my pair by 10:03. Babysitting has been arranged; all systems are go! And, bonus, it’s going to be in what I understand is a pretty cool concert venue; it’s SRO and with the balcony open, can fit about 1700 people. So it sounds like a fun show. Mundane, pointless… and I had to share. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/2 "2006-04-01T16:19:02Z")
You have now inspired me to buy those TMBG songs that I’ve been wanting for my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/3 "2006-04-01T17:22:01Z")
What _I_ really want is a prosthetic forehead on my real head. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/4 "2006-04-01T18:47:55Z")
Let’s just hope that on the day of the concert they don’t get lost driving around . . . ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/5 "2006-04-01T18:58:23Z")
I’ve seen them twice. Good stuff. Bring your dancin’ shoes, and prepare for a conga line. ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/6 "2006-04-04T21:25:22Z")
Have fun! My first concert was a TMBG show back in 1989 or 90. They’re a lot of fun to see. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/7 "2006-04-04T21:28:45Z")
I think I just hyper-ventilated at the thought that they might come to L.A… Flood is one of the first CDs I ever purchased. Actually, I think it was, officially, the first CD I ever bought. And the Johns grew up in the town over from where I spent my adolescence. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/8 "2006-04-04T21:32:39Z")
okay they’re not coming to L.A. at all. I haven’t seen them since I was in high school…_sniffles_ ---
**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/9 "2006-04-05T03:23:17Z")
Totally Cool! I’ve been to three of them and they were all awesome! Once they brought out a Giant Drum that they played “Whistling in the Dark” on … Whistling in the Dark … Bamb … Whistling in the Dark … Bamb … You’ll have a blast. Also, if you don’t already know, you can download any of their recent live performances at [http://www.theymightbedownloads.com/do/catalogLive](http://www.theymightbedownloads.com/do/catalogLive) for $10 a pop. I have a nice two disk set of the one I saw in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY in 04. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/10 "2006-04-05T12:03:08Z")
> [@EnderWay](#): > > Once they brought > out a Giant Drum that they played “Whistling in the Dark” on … > > Whistling in the Dark … Bamb … Whistling in the Dark … Bamb … Ooh! I remember that! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/11 "2006-04-05T18:47:37Z")
I don’t like TMBG’s recorded music that much, but I saw them at a small club in Charlottesville VA probably 5-8 years ago. They put on an EXCELLENT show. IIRC they had like a Ford full-size van that they bought all their stuff in, NY plates. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-tmbg-tix/350851/12 "2006-04-05T19:06:46Z")
Lucky. I’ve been wanting to see those guys for 15 years.