All the Concerts Fit to Print

After seeing TMBG the other night (2020), I realized their show at Gen Con wasn't in this log. I had been going to the Gen Con gaming convention for over a decade. They changed their format a little bit, and started having a party, and got bands in. I thought this was when the convention changed ownership, but when I did some research to find out when this happened, I found the TMBG show was the year before that happened.

They had the street blocked off and a big stage set up. The band was They Might Be Giants. I don't really remember the show, except that I was pretty sure they played "Why Does the Sun Shine?" and "James K. Polk" (nerd songs). I'm not certain of the date. I assume it was on the Saturday of the con, and I think it was always in the middle of August. Setlist.fm says they were CT on Thursday the 15th, and in DC on the 16th, so I'll say it was the 17th.. I remember thinking this nerd band was a very appropriate band for the convention.

Wikipedia tells me that this would have been shortly before Factory Showroom, but the setlists of the time show a lot of songs from that album. I assume they were warming up for their big tour. The band would have been Graham Maby on bass and Brian Doherty on drums.

( Setlist )