Word: flansburgh
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They Might Be Giants, featuring the aforementioned John (Linnell) and John (Flansburgh), rolled into Boston for a packed, high-energy show at Avalon October 14. Never a typical "alternative" or "pop" band, TMBG has defied categorization in its decade-plus career. From their humble beginnings with songs that referenced Menudo, toddler highways and a pet dog's suicide, to their newest ditties about worms and dead guys, it's certain TMBG have not forgotten their quirky roots...
During "How Can I Sing Like A Girl?" Flansburgh let the front row play his guitar, prompting him to comment after he received it that they must go to Berklee [College of Music] since his guitar was now in better tune than before he passed it to them. Continuing with the college theme, Linnell then introduced the next song as a "song in the same key [as the last one] for all you Berklee students." A spirited version of the classic "Birdhouse In Your Soul" followed, to the delight of the crowd...
...Flansburgh summed up the show best as he discussed with the crowd the thoughts in his head on his graduation day from art school: "I hope this rock thing works out!" He can rest easily, secure in the knowledge that it most certainly...