#robot parade

the greatest tmbg performance on late night with conan

"Probably the most fever dream Conan performance ever"

"they also did robot parade once. It was quite horrific"

"ah yes one of the most awkward performances ever"

"how did they win a Grammy dude wtf, this is where it all went wrong"

Thanks to all who came to see us yesterday!

As we said in that show, our next concert will once again be at Royce Hall in Los Angeles on June 20th, and that it will be centered around TMBG songs from the 2000s.

Additionally, our show at First Avenue on July 11th will feature every song from The Spine.

Before we begin, here is a sort of key to explain certain things in the text below…

This means that I sang a song and no one else.

This means that Footi sang a song and no one else.

This means that Chao sang a song and no one else.

This means that I sang a song with Footi on backing vocals.

This means that Footi sang a song with me on backing vocals.

This means that Footi sang a song with Chao on backing vocals.

This means that Chao sang a song with me on backing vocals.

This means that I sang a song with Footi and Chao on backing vocals.

This means that I sang a song with Footi and Ash on backing vocals.

This means that Footi sang a song with me and Chao on backing vocals.

This means that Chao sang a song with me and Footi on backing vocals.

This means that Blip sang a song with me and Footi on backing vocals.

This means that more than 3 Mixels performed vocals for a song. Their names will be listed in the notes.

When “->” is shown right before a song’s name, it means that we went right into that song, with little to no banter.

Alright, here was the show's setlist (with some notes for a few songs):

(began with Wake Up Call over the PA)

1. Alphabet Of Nations

Technically this was Footi on lead, with me on backing, but it could also be vice versa (you could go either way, really).

W/ Ash on keyboard.

We performed the extended version ("GUATEMALAAAAAA").

Any songs with a music video like this one would have the music video played on a huge screen.

2. No!

Before the song started, we mentioned that this concert was in honor of the anniversary of No! (the album) being the following week.

3. Triops Has Three Eyes

4. Four Of Two

For the record, I am never singing the demo lyrics (I'd rather not sing about suicide).

5. E Eats Everything

I shouted the letters as Footi sang the individual letters.

6. Kids Go!

7. Seven

Footi and Ash did the talking parts.

8. Particle Man

W/ Chandelier during the breakdown.

9. Fibber Island

We introduced the song as "the place we go to stop making sense."

10. Older

Just like TMBG, the space between "time... is still marching on" was interrupted by a phone call. In this case, it was Footi pretending to be the ghost of Thomas Edison. He claimed that he was upset we didn't play The Edison Museum for our Half-O-Weens how.

Unlike TMBG, we "made up for it" by playing the song (just Chao on accordion and me on vocals), with me singing in a weird voice (which sounded like my impression of Kaput from Kaput & Zösky).

After the song and call ended, we went right back to Older (the audience erupted with laughter when that happened).

11. C Is For Conifers

W/ Footi on Tiple.

12. Doctor Worm

13. Robot Parade

Performed in G Major (no, not that G Major).

14. Fake-Believe

We played a custom extended version of the song (after the outro, we switched to the verses from Type B).

15. Speed And Velocity

With Blip on lead vocals, and me, Footi and Chao on backing vocals.

16. -> Alphabet Lost And Found

17. Infinity

18. Flying V

19. Where Do They Make Balloons?

20. One Dozen Monkeys

Performed in C Major.

Despite technically being ageless like all Mixels, Chao sang this for the opening part...

I am a girl, 23 years old

That's one more than 22

And one less than 24 (Two dozen)

We were planning to also perform Electric Car, but our touring manager suggested we not do it. He felt concerned with how the talk of electric cars has gone from "Wow, the future of cars!" to "Elon's stupid-looking monstrosity".

21. Nine Bowls Of Soup

All lights were turned off so the viewers could see the screen better.

Performed with just vocals, as the full instrumental was played as a backing track.

22. I Am A Paleontologist

23. 813 Mile Car Trip

24. I Am Not Your Broom

25. Stalk of Wheat

26. What Is A Shooting Star?

27. D & W

I dedicated this song to me and Wesley (my twin brother).

For the ending part, Footi voiced W, and I voiced D.

28. Z Y X

We extended the song to have Footi re-introduce the band (which he had done earlier in the show), replaying the opening instrumental.

This was followed by me singing the lyrics all over again (with the ending part this time).

29. -> Goodnight My Friends

Turns out, the song sounds pretty good when the singer isn't doing a weird voice.

(Encore #1)

30. I Can Add

The only reason we played this song was so we could dedicate it to a celebrity creature known as the "16-Monster", who appears in the music video. He got his name from the fact that he has a giant "16" on his stomach.

31. Fingertips:

Everything Is Catching On Fire

Fingertips (#1)

I Hear The Wind Blow

Hey Now Everybody

Who Is That Standing Out The Window

I Found A New Friend Underneath My Pillow

Come On And Wreck My Car

Aren’t You The Guy Who Hit Me In The Eye?

Please Pass The Milk

Leave Me Alone

Who’s Knocking On The Wall?

All Alone, All By Myself

What’s That Blue Thing Doing Here?

Something Grabbed Ahold Of My Hand

I Don’t Understand You

I Heard A Sound

Mysterious Whisper (we asked the crowd to sway their arms around during this part)

The Day That Love Came To Play

I’m Having A Heart Attack

Fingertips (#2)

I Walk Along Darkened Corridors

(Encore #2)

32. Can You Find It?

Since our only reference was a shortened version of the song, our performance of the song was also shorter.

Because of this, after "...which isn't fair" we immediately switched to "there are letters everywhere..."

For lyrics, I replaced "sorry to say" with "sorry to share" to rhyme it with "everywhere" and "fair".

Because of the shortened performance, I replaced "The aforementioned W" with "Could there be a W?"

33. Why Does The Sun Shine?

For the "nuclear reaction..." part, Footi listed "solar energy, a metal called tungsten, a bunch of glass surrounding the tungsten, and okay, I'm just talking about our own sun, which is a lightbulb!"

34. -> Why Does The Sun Really Shine?

35. Clap Your Hands

(Aw, schmixel) Clap your hands -> stomp your feet -> jump in the air -> EVERYBODY SCREAM! -> EVERYBODY SCREAM AGAIN! -> EVERYBODY, STOP SCREAMING!

36. Birdhouse In Your Soul

Played in its original key.

Robot Parade 2018 - Week 52 (click for captions)

I’m drawing a little robot every day of 2018! This is the last week! woo!!

Robot Parade

Robot Parade

wave the flags that the robots made

Robot Parade 2018 - Wrap Up

I drew a lil robot for every day of last year!

overall I fell behind more often than I’d hoped, but I’m still glad I did it. thank you to everyone who likes my stuff and things!!