They Might Be Giants
February 2, 1997
WNEW FM
New York, NY
Idiot's Delight with Vin Scelsa
FM > cassette > Cool Edit Pro > CDR > Toast > AIFF > SoundConverter > FLAC
Total time 56:34
347 MB
01. "this is extremely awkward" 1:21
02. First Album Medley 6:10
03. "the lowest form of musical expression" 5:34
04. Ana Ng 3:05
05. "we're a total drag now" 6:14
06. Road Movie to Berlin 1:20
07. "do you remember the bridge?" 0:35
08. Particle Man 1:51
09. "totally unrehearsed" 0:28
10. Dinner Bell (false start) 0:25
11. Dinner Bell 1:54
12. "Larry King weekend" 1:40
13. Meet James Ensor 1:27
14. "Xena, Warrior Princess" 12:05
15. I Can Hear You 1:48
16. "Saint Nick" 1:52
17. On The Drag 2:03
18. "vin on the egg" 1:19
19. James K Polk 2:17
20. "The Beatle bow" 2:57
John and John solo (without even a drum machine for backup) on Vin Scelsa's
venerable, peripatetic weekly show, airing on WNEW at the time. First song
("Older") is missing as I screwed up the levels at first, but everything here
sounds great. High points include a medley of every song on the first TMBG
album, a truly beautiful, moody Ana Ng, and way more discussion of Xena,
Warrior Princess than any DJ this side of Vin could manage.
If a complete recording of this is out there somewhere, I'd love to have it.
Until then, I'm happy to share this.