Concert Review: As promised, I went and saw They Might Be Giants at the House of Blues in Anaheim last Friday. And I was really blown away.

See, They Might Be Giants' music is kind of obscure. Deliberately so. As they said about one of the new songs in their set, "We played all the stuff on our album for Clear Channel, and this song was their favorite. So we decided not to put it on the album. They can't handle us yet."

But the concert, in contrast, was extremely accessible. It was a rock and roll show, with talent. Yeah, it was smart, but it didn't lord it over you. What it tried to be was fun, and I think it did that in spades.

The venue was alright. It was great if you're tall. A standing-room only place that feels more like a club than a concert hall, it had a cozy feel to it, as long as you were downstairs and had the ability to see over everybody's head. I had both.

And the band was great. They're a full band now, with talented guitarists and a great drummer putting on a show that would do anybody proud.

They're also not above showing off--for a portion of the show, they hooked an old FM radio into the house sound system, and started at one end of the radio dial and played whatever happened to be on each station they came across. Wildly amusing, and not bad for a band whose band, ten-or-so years ago, consisted of a drum machine. And twenty years ago involved a long pole that would make a funny sound when they hit the end against the stage.

If you don't think you've heard of They Might Be Giants, they're the guys that sing the theme song from Malcolm in the Middle. They wrote the song "Dr. Evil" for one of the Austin Powers movies, and their songs "Clap Your Hands" and "Yeah Yeah" have been in some commercials. If you're old, like me, you might remember their videos from the early days of MTV, "Don't Let's Start," and some others, or the versions of "Particle Man," and "Istanbul, Not Constantinople" that were on Tiny Toons.

So despite my initial reservations, I now recommend the show to anybody.

Yes, even you.