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warch · 10-28-2002, 12:03 PM

Report on McSweeny vs TMBG:
It was very very fun. The Fitzgerald IS a small old theater. It was really like a variety show.
One of the highlights was the opener, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. I wont do justice explaining it but...Mom (Tina) searches yard sales and thrift stores for old slide shows- vacation snaps, birthdays, and a fabulous 1978 McDonalds corporate presetation. Dad (Jonathon) writes strange and charming songs inspired by the images- The McD's slides inspired a rock opera. The performance includes daughter (Rachel), 8 on drums and background vocals. My favorite number was called "Look at Me!Look at Me!".They have a web site if this intrigues you enough.

They happily announced their booking on the Conan show- Nov 5th I think.

There were three other performers, two pretty forgetable- a kinda funny cartoonist and a hipster doofus guy too wrapped up in his romance of being a "hobo" - but Dave Eggers was great, reading an excerpt from his new book, "You Shall Know Our Velocity" and cracking himself up along with the audience. TMBG added appropriate background music as needed. He could have read the whole thing.

The last set was all TMBG and fun. The best stage banter I've heard. Rocking comedy and everyone was on their feet.

So basically this thread is just about odd, yet interesting performances.

10-28-2002, 12:03 PM	#9
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Report on McSweeny vs TMBG: It was very very fun. The Fitzgerald IS a small old theater. It was really like a variety show. One of the highlights was the opener, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. I wont do justice explaining it but...Mom (Tina) searches yard sales and thrift stores for old slide shows- vacation snaps, birthdays, and a fabulous 1978 McDonalds corporate presetation. Dad (Jonathon) writes strange and charming songs inspired by the images- The McD's slides inspired a rock opera. The performance includes daughter (Rachel), 8 on drums and background vocals. My favorite number was called "Look at Me!Look at Me!".They have a web site if this intrigues you enough. They happily announced their booking on the Conan show- Nov 5th I think. There were three other performers, two pretty forgetable- a kinda funny cartoonist and a hipster doofus guy too wrapped up in his romance of being a "hobo" - but Dave Eggers was great, reading an excerpt from his new book, "You Shall Know Our Velocity" and cracking himself up along with the audience. TMBG added appropriate background music as needed. He could have read the whole thing. The last set was all TMBG and fun. The best stage banter I've heard. Rocking comedy and everyone was on their feet. So basically this thread is just about odd, yet interesting performances.