Comments | johnnygoodtimes: "I have some fuses in my grave, but I forgot to send them to you BEFORE I DIED! ... 50 YEARS AGO!"

johnnygoodtimes

"I have some fuses in my grave, but I forgot to send them to you BEFORE I DIED! ... 50 YEARS AGO!"

Aug 01, 2007 20:44

Someone once told me that I always put a disclaimer in front of everything I do, so here's the disclaimer for the TMBG concert write-up I promised nearly two weeks ago: For one, how ridiculous am I for taking so long to post this? Answer: very ridiculous. I wrote the bulk of this last week and dragged out finishing it, but still. Also, it's long. ( Read more... )

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Comments 19

thanks for the recap with visuals bec_87rb August 2 2007, 14:07:07 UTC

So, uh, it's fair to say you had a good time? hee

1. Flansburgh was not lying - I don't know what you actually look like, but that is a great photo with him, truly. I don't blow smoke much, so you can believe me that my evaluation is sincere - you look young, very happy, and as if you were being hugged by an old friend. In fact, you look kind of beautiful, all flush with that fan-buzz high! Srsly. I have seen photos of J&J with some of the weirdest bugliest fans on the planet, and you do not fall in to that category.

2. He's completely inured to freaked-out fans, ones who are so excited they are ready to pass out, so you just being jazzed and a little titillated by his attention isn't creepy, it's his job. Consider the Anchor Arm girl? You can bite me now if you want to? And he took that in stride. A professional is our Flansburgh.

3. Bucking the cliche, he is taller in person, and isn't it weird? I was sure he was shorter than Linnell, but either he was in tall shoes when I stood next to him, or he's just under 6 feet. ( ... )

Re: thanks for the recap with visuals bec_87rb August 2 2007, 15:29:17 UTC

Sorry for numbering the above, that looks weird, but I have a post of the 5 questions game going, and I think the numbering thing stuck in my brain.

Re: thanks for the recap with visuals johnnygoodtimes August 3 2007, 05:05:15 UTC

1. Don't worry about.

2. I number a lot of my entries.

Re: thanks for the recap with visuals johnnygoodtimes August 3 2007, 05:04:06 UTC

Thanks so much for your comments about my picture with Flans; they made me so happy! Normally self-deprecation and I are BFFs, but even I have to recognize that I really lucked out when it came to getting a nice picture with him (on a cell phone, no less). I've seen the same plethora of awkward fan photos and I was worried about being ranked among them. Nothing's worse than the permanence of an embarrassing photo to mar a perfectly fine memory.

I believe I read somewhere that Flans is an inch taller than Linnell, coming in at 5'11". Linnell always slouches, though, so it's hard to tell anyway. I'm around 5'6" or 5'7" and I was so Flans-dazed that I didn't even notice the height difference until I saw the photo.

Haha, I wasn't trying to inspire envy but I guess that means this is a good recap. The acoustic numbers really were fantastic, though. It seemed like the size of the room shrunk by half when they did that. They should lose power more often!

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extemporangle August 2 2007, 15:03:48 UTC

I love your review so much I want to marry it.

There were places that had me giggling uncontrollably.

johnnygoodtimes August 3 2007, 11:44:17 UTC

:D! So glad to know that because I was worried it came out terribly boring. I giggled like fangirl throughout writing it; it was f-ing ridiculous.

pennywhistle August 2 2007, 20:10:58 UTC

P.S. This whole thing won't be about John L., I swear.Really, I would've been all right if it was. I always make sure I'm in front of his side of the stage so I can get a nice good view ^_ ( ... )

Get ready for me to sound like a sap johnnygoodtimes August 4 2007, 06:02:40 UTC

Oh, John L... *dreamy sigh*. I honestly could not believe how gorgeous he was. Gah, it's so great being a Linnell Girl.

I've been to other awesome concerts where I saw my favorite artists or that meant a lot to me, and the thing I can't get over about this TMBG show was that while it was all of those things, on top of that it was just a great time. Like, for those few hours nothing else in the world mattered, nothing was problem. I love the Johns so much for giving that to their fans.

I KNOW! No songs from the S/T or Lincoln! It stings even more because I was checking out the other setlists from this tour and I think at the show the night before ours, they played "Ana Ng" AND "Puppet Head"! *iz ded* Like I said, it's all chance. But if they hadn't done the conga number, I wouldn't have moved up closer to the stage and I wouldn't have been able to stick around and meet Flans, so sometimes chance can make for a blessing in disguise. (Ugh, sorry for sounding like a cliche.) It's a bummer that you weren't able to meet him, too, but ( ... )

lobsterbelle August 2 2007, 22:54:02 UTC

I have one song by this band. BUT NOW I HAVE THREE.

johnnygoodtimes August 4 2007, 07:39:44 UTC

They're definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but if you're interested I could hook you up with more/different kinds of songs. Or if you're not interested I could NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN! *runs out crying*

lobsterbelle August 5 2007, 04:04:54 UTC

I remember hearing them a long time ago and not being interested. But then I heard Birdhouse in your Soul and LOVED it.

johnnygoodtimes August 5 2007, 06:57:08 UTC

"Birdhouse" is sort of the end all, be all of TMBG songs, but I can give you some other equally reputable songs from around the same time:

Don't Let's Start
Ana Ng

The thing about this band is that you might not like something of theirs from ten years ago, but you might love something from 20 years ago. To quote Run D.M.C., it's tricky.

tardis60 August 3 2007, 04:06:15 UTC

Yaaaay! [Kermit the Frog style freak-out]

This was awesome! Seriously!

It was... They... I can't even... !!!!!!

My sentiments exactly! I mean, it's like you overheard my thoughts from EVERY TIME I SEE THEM.

Thank you for preserving the wonder of, "I shit you not." I hope that's in the audio recording of the show (have it, just haven't listened to it yet)! It's something to look forward to, yearn and hope for.

Also thank you for collecting all these YouTube videos and pics in one place. I need to watch them when I'm not very late for sleep. I'm all super-charged for the show tomorrow after reading this awesome, awesome recap!

johnnygoodtimes August 4 2007, 06:31:56 UTC

Thanks! It makes me happy to know that I managed to capture what it feels like to be hit with A TOTAL OVERLOAD OF AWESOME. And that Kermit-style freak out is exactly how I feel after reading every one of your recaps.

Don't worry, "I shit you not" is definitely in there, followed by one of my other favorite things Linnell said: "This is a real kinda thing." Think about that. This is a real kinda thing. Oh, Linnell.

By now you've gone to the concert so I'll just say that I'm sure it was a crazy good time and I look forward to reading the details about it, and then being envious that I couldn't go, haha.