 The two of them went to see Gibson at a show at SXSW in 2008 and the loud crowd made it impossible to hear her.The name of the series is a play on the name Tiny Desk Unit, a band Boilen played in from 1979–1981.Bob Boilen writes electronic music with friend Michael Barron; both were founding members of the psychedelic dance band Tiny Desk Unit (1979–1981), for which Boilen played synthesizer.