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Last night I went to see McSweeney's vs. They Might Be Giants at UCLA with my dad. Originally, it was going to be a family outing, since I, Father and Mother were all interested in the show (although it may be more accurate to say that I was "enthused" and my parents were "curious"). However, since Mother is currently in Switzerland smuggling watches tending to family business, it was just me and my dad. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wjukknibs was called upon to be a last-minute replacement, but went AWOL before the show. Still no word as to what happened to him.
Although we had thought the show was going to have a more literary slant, the McSweeney's portion of the show seemed to be more of an opening act for They Might Be Giants. Inspired by a recent collaboration between the band and the literary journal, the spoken word act featured readings by Sarah Vowell and Zadie Smith, liberally interspersed with apropos songs and instrumentation provided by TMBG. The high point, though, was Dave Eggers reading a hilarious one-and-one-half person short story called "Mrs. Gunderson" while the Johns did their best imitations of the Allan Parsons Project ("I am Allan Parsons! Come join me on my project!"), the Steve Miller Band and the Smiths on dying batteries. But each author read only one piece, and they all quickly ceded the stage to the Johns, who returned after intermission, just as I will return after I've driven home.
wjukknibs was called upon to be a last-minute replacement, but went AWOL before the show. Still no word as to what happened to him.Although we had thought the show was going to have a more literary slant, the McSweeney's portion of the show seemed to be more of an opening act for They Might Be Giants. Inspired by a recent collaboration between the band and the literary journal, the spoken word act featured readings by Sarah Vowell and Zadie Smith, liberally interspersed with apropos songs and instrumentation provided by TMBG. The high point, though, was Dave Eggers reading a hilarious one-and-one-half person short story called "Mrs. Gunderson" while the Johns did their best imitations of the Allan Parsons Project ("I am Allan Parsons! Come join me on my project!"), the Steve Miller Band and the Smiths on dying batteries. But each author read only one piece, and they all quickly ceded the stage to the Johns, who returned after intermission, just as I will return after I've driven home.