They played to a crowd of about 30 people and were the only English-speaking band on the bill. Flansburgh: “We thought it would be a hippie gathering kind of thing, but it was actually a meeting of Sandinistas.”
The show was free, and ran from 12pm to 5pm. It was one of the hottest days of the year in New York City. The band’s next show took place seven months later, in the middle of a heavy snowstorm.
That’s how I feel about this:
They’re just nerds, through and through. Music, science and history nerds, even.
They’ve also just always had good values. Their first show was at a Sandinista rally.
So many great quotes from that last link