#TheyMightBePlayingTMBG 2017 Playlist
The complete They Might Be Playing They Might Be Giants playlist from Nov. 17, 2017, broadcast 6 am-6 pm Central from the studios of KMSU 89.7 FM on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato.
HOUR 1
1. Meet James Ensor (Mankato, Minnesota)
2. Letterbox (Scotland, UK; Everett, WA)
3. Snowball In Hell (Avoca, IA; New York, NY)
4. I've Got A Match (Estes Park, CO; Baltimore, MD; Ottawa, IL)
5. Hate the Villanelle (Baltimore, MD)
6. C is for Conifers (Minneapolis, MN)
7. She's an Angel (Saddle Brook, NJ; Newburyport, MA; Des Moines, IA; England; Little Ferry, NJ; Fargo, ND; Berkeley, CA)
8. They'll Need a Crane (Bath, England, UK; Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada; San Antonio, TX; Wilmington, NC)
9. Sleeping In The Flowers (Lincoln, NE; Houston, TX; Wilmington, DE; Berkeley, CA)
10. Sleep (Alabama)
11. Till My Head Falls Off (New Jersey; Cleveland, OH; Kingsport, TN; Boston, MA; Spooner, WI; Black Forest, CO)
12. Aaa (Gettysburg, PA; Newton, KS; St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Little Ferry, NJ)
13. Siftin' (Nashville, TN)
14. Too + 3 R One (Ocean Grove, NJ)
15. Sally Boy Candy Bar (Columbus, OH; Washington, DC; Louisville, KY)
16. Metal Detector (Glasgow, Scotland; Columbus, OH)
HOUR 2
17. Meet James Ensor
18. Marty Beller Mask (Tracy, CA)
19. When Tornados Take Over The World (Saratoga Springs, UT)
20. Hell Hotel (Suquamish, WA; McDonough, GA; Baltimore, MD)
21. Welcome To The Jungle (Buffalo, NY)
22. I Should Be Allowed To Think (Giv'at Shemu'el, Israel; Mankato, MN)
23. Sensurround (Baltimore, MD; Huddersfield, England; Toledo, OH; Missoula, MT)
24. Memo to Human Resources (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; North Carolina)
25. The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (Fairmont, MN; Madison, WI; Bethlehem, PA; Madagascar)
26. It's Not My Birthday (Oklahoma City, OK; Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia; Austin, Texas, United States)
27. Too Cool Girl (Asheville, NC)
28. Fun Assassin (Chicago, IL)
29. Disappointing Show (Holland, MI)
30. Pet Name (Australia; Chesterton, IN)
31. Pencil Rain (Kuranda, Queensland, Australia; Indianapolis, IN; San Diego, CA)
32. The End of the Tour (Canada; Cincinnati, OH; Holland, MI; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Santa Cruz, CA; Argentina)
33. Another First Kiss (Findlay, OH)
HOUR 3
34. Meet James Ensor
35. Rhythm Section Want Ad (Toledo, OH)
36. Sensurround (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers) (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
37. Monsters of Mud (Livonia, MI; Pierre, SD; Baltimore, MD)
38. Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal (Estes Park, CO; Lindenhurst, IL; Kingsport, TN; Albany, NY; Chesterton, IN)
39. Spiraling Shape (Dallas, TX; San Antonio, TX; Michigan; South Carolina)
40. I Love You For Psychological Reasons (Manchester, UK; Pendleton, OR; Philadelphia, PA)
41. Whistling In The Dark (Tallahassee, FL; Dublin, Ireland; Bethlehem, PA)
42. Authenticity Trip (Fanwood, NJ)
43. Answer (Las Cruces, NM; Baltimore, MD)
44. Dirt Bike (with The Other Thing Brass Band) (Mankato, MN; Kalamazoo, MI)
45. Moving to the Sun (Glenmoore, PA; United Kingdom)
46. Sleepwalkers (Buffalo, NY)
47. Out of Jail (Barstow, CA)
HOUR 4
48. Meet James Ensor
49. Mrs. Train (Boston, MA; Madison, WI; Chesterton, IN)
50. Thunderbird (Topeka, KS; Cleveland, OH; Savannah, GA; Des Moines, IA; Pittsburgh, PA; Baltimore, MD)
51. Lie Still, Little Bottle (Evanston, IL)
52. To a Forest (Ventnor City, NJ)
53. Twisting (Cleveland, OH)
54. Dr. Worm (Monrovia, CA; Madison, WI; Phoenix, AZ; Madrid, Spain; Columbus, OH; Vermont)
55. Cyclops Rock (Huddersfield, UK; Sacramento, CA; Saratoga Springs, NY)
56. Space Suit (Maryland)
57. Leeds (Leeds Irish Center) (Leeds, UK)
58. Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love (Brighton, UK)
59. Mono Puff - Unsupervised, I Hit My Head (Richmond Hill, Queens, NY; Missoula, MT)
60. Birdhouse In Your Soul (Tonight Show) (Chaitén, Región de Los Lagos, Chile; Santa Clara, CA)
61. Things I Like To Do (Kennebunk, ME)
62. Karate! (Kennebunk, ME)
63. No One Knows My Plan (Albany, CA; St. Peter, MN; North Carolina; Manchester, CT; New York, NY; Queens, NY)
64. Don't Let’s Start (Portland, OR; Tennessee; St. Charles, MO; Berkeley, CA)
65. Experimental Film (Georgia; Brazil)
66. Stalk of Wheat (Texas)
67. I Palindrome I (Savannah, GA; Mankato, MN)
HOUR 5
68. Meet James Ensor
69. Robot Parade (North Carolina)
70. Rat Patrol (Bloomington, IN)
71. Snowball in Hell (Avoca, IA; New York, NY)
72. Canada Haunts Me? I’ll Be Haunting You? (the Upside Down?)
73. Reprehensible (Des Moines, IA)
74. Destination Moon (Astrakhan, Russia; High Point, NC)
75. Token Back To Brooklyn (Melbourne, Australia; Chesterton, IN)
76. Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head (Newburyport, MA)
77. Museum of Idiots (San Antonio, TX; Hot Springs, AR)
78. I Blame You (Brookline, MA)
79. Bangs (Durham, NC; San Luis Obispo, CA; Chicago, IL; San Diego, CA)
80. How Can I Sing Like A Girl? (Appleton, WI)
81. The Alphabet of Nations (Bethlehem, PA)
82. John Linnell - Lincoln (Veldhoven, The Netherlands)
83. The Mesopotamians (Boise, ID; Derbyshire, UK)
84. John Linnell - Nevada (Reno, NV)
85. Everything Right is Wrong Again (Hasede, Lower Saxony, Germany)
HOUR 6
86. Meet James Ensor
87. Omaha (Sokol Auditorium) (Omaha, NE)
88. Where Do they Make Balloons? (Mankato, MN)
89. Window (Pasadena, MD)
90. Working Undercover For The Man (Fairbanks, AK)
91. Hall of Heads (Honolulu, HI; Chesterton, IN)
92. Stormy Pinkness (Missoula, MT; Barstow, CA; St. Peter, MN; Kansas City, MO; Baltimore, MD)
93. Careful What You Pack (Israel; Morgantown, WV)
94. The Vowel Family (Lyman, ME)
95. Nightgown of the Sullen Moon (Saltillo, MS; Montevallo, AL; Louisville, KY; Washington, DC; San Diego, CA)
96. New York City (Evanston, IL; Bristol, UK; Newton, KS)
97. Become a Robot (McDonough, GA)
98. Los Angeles (Maryland)
99. Drinkin’ (Australia)
100. You're on Fire (Maryland; Scotland, UK; Kansas City, MO; Madrid, Spain, Wilmington, DE)
101. Bills Bills Bills (Vienna, Austria)
102. Ana Ng (Parañaque City, Manila, The Philippines)
HOUR 7
103. Meet James Ensor
104. Fingertips (Albert Lea, MN; Kalamazoo, MI; Rhode Island; Gaylord, MI; Hanson, MA; Baton Rouge, LA)
105. Black Ops (Brooklyn, NY; Spooner, WI)
106. She Was A Hotel Detective (Maryland; North St. Paul, MN; Shrewsbury, UK)
107. I Was Dancing In A Lesbian Bar (Indianapolis, IN; Newton, KS; Chesterton, IN)
108. John Linnell - West Virginia (Morgantown, WV; Mankato, MN)
109. Darlings of Lumberland (Israel)
110. Unpronounceable (Wake Forest, NC; Syracuse, NY; Austin, TX)
111. XTC vs Adam Ant (New Mexico)
112. I Should Be Allowed To Think (Mankato, MN; Giv'at Shemu'el, Israel)
113. Rabid Child (Iowa; Baltimore, MD)
114. Call You Mom (Liverpool, England, UK; Basel, Switzerland)
115. Tubthumping (Owls Head, ME)
116. Narrow Your Eyes (Harrisonburg, VA)
HOUR 8
117. Meet James Ensor
118. Let Your Hair Hang Down (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada)
119. See The Constellation (Seattle, WA)
120. I'm a Coward (South Carolina)
121. Racist Friend (Denver, CO)
122. Am I Awake? (Wyoming; Baltimore, MD)
123. Man, It's So Loud In Here (Kansas City, MO; Baton Rouge, LA; Cleveland, OH; Mankato, MN; Manchester, CT; Madison, WI; London, England, UK)
124. Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Huron, SD; St. Louis, MO)
125. Hovering Sombrero (Kansas City, MO; Peterborough, England, UK)
126. Spy (Peterborough, England, UK)
127. The Bells Are Ringing (Maryville, TN)
128. Climbing The Walls (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Syracuse, NY)
129. Dead (Michigan; Norman, OK; Texas; Bethlehem, PA)
130. She's an Angel (live) (Fargo, ND; Berkeley, CA; Newburyport, MA; Des Moines, IA; England; Little Ferry, NJ)
HOUR 9
131. Meet James Ensor
132. Dinner Bell (Eagle River, AK)
133. We Want a Rock (Bloomington, IN; Byron, MN)
134. When It Rains It Snows (Missoula, MT)
135. Big Big Whoredom (Belgrade, Serbia)
136. Thermostat (Albuquerque, NM)
137. My Evil Twin (Wessington Springs, SD)
138. San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
139. Certain People I Could Name (West Caldwell, NY; Seattle, WA; Sleepy Eye, MN; Warren, RI; Hopkins, MN; Swansea, MA; Baltimore, MD)
140. Ana Ng (Live) (Seattle, WA)
141. Older (Philadelphia, PA; Mankato, MN)
142. Damn Good Times (Wilmington, DE)
143. Planet of the Apes (Union, NJ)
144. Return to the Planet of the Apes (Union, NJ)
145. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (Union, NJ)
146. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (Union, NJ)
147. Battle For The Planet of the Apes (Union, NJ)
148. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Union, NJ)
149. This Ape's For You (Union, NJ)
HOUR 10
150. Meet James Ensor
151. Four of Two (Oxnard, CA; Hauppauge, NY)
152. Cloisonné (Portland, OR)
153. Don't Cross the Street in the Middle of the Block (The Whims of Fate)
154. Oranges (Albert Lea, MN)
155. Minimum Wage (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas; Champaign, IL)
156. Boss of Me (Colchester, VT)
157. I Am Alone (McMurdo, Antarctica; Austin, TX; Madison, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Baltimore, MD)
158. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Lebanon, NH)
159. Turn Around (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Clearwater, FL; Washburn, WI)
160. The Guitar (Outer Planet Remix) (Wake Forest, NC)
161. Snail Dust (Bridgewater, MA)
162. John Linnell - House of Mayors (Chesterton, IN)
HOUR 11
163. Meet James Ensor
JOHN LINNELL INTERVIEW
164. Purple Toupee (Mankato, MN; San Diego, CA; Swansea, MA; Ruston, LA)
165. Moles, Hounds, Bears, Bees, and Hares (Jokkmokk, Sweden)
166. Piece of Dirt (Storrs, CT)
167. I've Got A Fang (Leeds, UK; San Diego, CA)
168. Cloisonné (Dial-a-Song Vocal Only Version) (Portland, OR)
169. Particle Man (Bethlehem, PA)
170. Can't Keep Johnny Down (Kansas City, MO; Spain; St. Charles, MO)
HOUR 12
171. Meet James Ensor
JOHN FLANSBURGH INTERVIEW
172. Sensurround (S-E-X-X-Y EP Version) (Pawtucket, RI)
173. The Bird of the Bee of the Moth (Mankato & Minneapolis)
174. The Statue Got Me High (Shorewood, IL; Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada; Des Moines, IA; Manchester, CT; Berkeley, CA; Missoula, MT)
175. Why Does The Sun Shine? (Champaign, IL)
176. Starry Eyes (Chesterton, IN)
177. End of the Tour (Santa Cruz, CA; Argentina; Holland, MI; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)