Errors-To: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Reply-To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Sender: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Precedence: bulk From: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Subject: tmbg-list Digest #6-30 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 6, Number 30 Saturday, 30 May 1998 Today's Topics: TMBG: Whos That Playing? TMBG: TMBG-LIST: jay's take on things. TMBG: Back to the Skull Re: TMBG: Phil Hartman Re: TMBG: Phil Hartman & Chris Farley TMBG: How big is the universe? Non-TMBG: Hartman story on CNN TMBG: TMBG upcoming albums TMBG: The TMBG Visual Discography! TMBG: Hello? Hello? Re: TMBG: this is way out of hand already.... (fwd) TMBG: Re:_TMBG:_Mike_Leffel_en_Espanol! Re: TMBG: New Moxy Fruvous Trask Listing TMBG: Impossibleness NON-TMBG: controversy Re: TMBG: Impossibleness TMBG: Flans quote TMBG: Mono Puff Administrivia: If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing send mail to tmbg-digest-request@tmbg.org for instructions on how to be automatically removed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- tmbg-list is digested with Digest 3.5b (John Relph ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 01:20:17 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199805290620.BAA01674@ns2.accesscomm.net> From: Kristen Maxwell Subject: TMBG: Whos That Playing? The JIm, according to Feinberg's page, is:J. Otto Seybold. I dunno who he is either, nor why my enter key isnt working. feh. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 00:32:09 -0600 (MDT) From: J Kuemmerle Subject: TMBG: TMBG-LIST: jay's take on things. Message-ID: On Fri, 29 May 1998, jays your one-paged dictionary wrote: jay: this is an extremely insightful and articulate series of observations about the list, and i agree 100% with what you've said. i would only like to add a couple observations of my own to flesh out the business: > 1) something significant takes place, affecting in some way several > list members. > > 2) the list is subsequently flooded with non-tmbg posts pertaining to > this event. 2a) if left to their own (as has been the case most of the last couple months) such events subside within two to three days. > 3) irritable tmbg purists take offense and complain, starting arguments > and unwittingly furthering off topic posting with their oft-heated > arguments that the list should not waver from talk of the johns. 3a) and irritable purists of the other ilk (such as myself) get sucked in and escalation ensues... for this i am truly sorry... > 4) things cool down for some reason or another, achieiving a temporary > state of normalcy; history repeats. > > as whatever it began, it is now what it is, and i, in all truthfulness, > have not seen a more intelligent forum of discussion in quite a while. i second this observation. in addition to this list-serve, i am also on a list-serve devoted to eastern european music and dance, populated largely by highly educated, highly experienced experts in the field, most of whom are in their 30s-50s. the tmbg list-serve, 9 times out of 10, beats the pants off that one for intelligence, civility, and the like. with a few occasional exceptions. > however, there is a certain point at which discussion becomes argument > and tact should prevail. personal opinions are like noses--pick your > own, yada yada--and, this list being what it is, the option must be > available to state your opinion without fear of a flame response. you mean, people *shouldn't* get beat up for statin' their beliefs??? :) > even when it's one of "tmbg only." i will do my best to hold my tongue on that issue in the future. again, i know i am one of the worst escalators on that issue and i humbly apologize for it. --jim kuemmerle, who suggests everybody go out and eat a whole bunch of chocolate... j.kuemmerle@m.cc.utah.edu http://www.geocities.com/soho/gallery/4668/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <356E9F03.DD0CAB95@megahits.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 07:41:55 -0400 From: Lee Steel Organization: LSDesign Subject: TMBG: Back to the Skull I know that there were a few of you who were still hoping to find a copy of "Back to the Skull", well, if you look on www.vsmusic.com your dreams will come true! Lift that fork, Eat that snail -Lee ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980529124655.10227.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 05:46:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Leanne Fraser Subject: Re: TMBG: Phil Hartman (1) because tmbg fans tend to have much much much more in common than just > a passionate love for the music of They. such things tend to include some > combination of the following: saturday night live, conan o'brien, the > simpsons, moxy fruvous, liberal politics, the muppets, kids in the hall, > ben folds, barenaked ladies, swing dancing, extremely broad taste in music > and comedy, mono puff, and the list goes on and on. a love for tmbg > generally tends to go along with a certain worldview. i don't know how > long you've been on the list, but this mailing list has a tendency (far > more so than other mailing lists and newsgroups that i've encountered) to > be more of an extended, text-based family. > > (2) the untimely and tragic demise of phil hartman is going to leave a > hole in a lot of lives. many people on this list included. > > (3) i've heard kvetching about NON-TMBG posts before, (and usually found > such kvetching to be short-sighted,) but come on. a man was just murdered. > a very decent, talented man who seems to have led a very good life free > from many of the problems that affect other famous people. show a little > respect for the dead. now is not the time. > > --jim kuemmerle Wow! You said that so well. I have to agree whole-heartedly.(SP?) And besides, It's good to have conversation about more than one thing. P L & V Leanne _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Drunken Bird" Organization: Columbus State Univ.,Columbus, Ga. Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:03:27 EST Subject: Re: TMBG: Phil Hartman & Chris Farley Message-ID: <16B3B821F91@colstate.edu> > > let it piss you off. chris farley had no acting talent at all. > > does this (an opinion of talent) have any bearing on whether his death is > as important as someone elses? > > isn't it rather cruel to base the worth of his life on whether or not he > has acting talent? So what if he doesn't? So what if he's stupid for Like it or not, we rate and judge people by what they can bring. Most people relate to their job (what other people are willing to pay them for), but other people look alittle past that, and see the way that person affect those close to them: their friends and families. When you are in the spot light, if you don't please the public, then you lose respect, and yes, even worth. > doing drugs? Any death is sad (IMHO) -- especially any untimely death. > Maybe Chris brought it upon himself, but like I said, still sad. To quote a recent South Park "Drugs are bad, and after never taken drugs, I can say they have nothing to offer." I agree, but without the sarcasm that South Park implied:) The only reason I choose this, is because of drugs affect on those people that love the person, their lower level of what is happening around them, their ability to think clearly, and their overall "performance" as society. (BTW, I am not implying that Big Brother regulate things even more, to produce more encomical performance). that is my little emotional note for today. - Drunken "Oh my god, they ate my hambuger, you b*&!@stards" Bird DrunkenBird@tmbg.org ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001401bd8b0f$98d7ed20$cf061ecf@default> From: "John Lambert" Subject: TMBG: How big is the universe? Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:39:32 -0400 Gloria, Still tuning in to your show, it's great to see that the gang's still there. I've overheard that "someone's" patience is wearing thin, but I won't say who. Fired myself today from the car wash and am now resting in my dear mom's flower garden. I know, I know, I know... how reprehensible I act, but you see it's all my dad the Shriner's fault. I can't believe I failed my collage entrance exam... who even cares who the presidential candidates were in 1844, who was at the Dupont Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair and how many chambers the heart of a mammal has???? My mom's making me take a trip to the Edison Laboratory to "beef up" my attitude. Can I help it that sometimes I feel like being wispy? You've told me before that you hope I die young on a short rope, but I'm really starting to wish it were the other way around. Your wisdom amazes me and the older I get (guess what??? now I'm older than when you read that last sentence... and now I'm even older still). Sometimes when I think about you, I imagine a skull singing words of wisdom to me or I remember the old dirtbike you rode. Those days when the thermostat was broken and we'd just sit around and wonder what that blue thing in the corner was. Do you remember your life before trying to bribe that guy for airplay of your record? It wasn't worth it was it? Well, I'm off to Belgium. Love, Hot Cha ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980529102249.007e6650@email.psu.edu> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:22:49 -0400 From: "J. L. Moquin" Subject: Non-TMBG: Hartman story on CNN Just for those who want the facts as they currently appear, http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9805/28/hartman.update/ -jennifer, mommy to alice the bean, 8/15/97 http://www.emprl.psu.edu/~anth/ mailto:jls5@psu.edu "Some women have reported problems using Reality." -- Instructions for the female condom ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 13:34:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eric Webber (EIN tech)" Subject: TMBG: TMBG upcoming albums Message-ID: Um, sorry I waited on this, and I don't know if somebody has already posted it, but two weeks ago I was listening to the radio (the X 105.9 in Pittsburgh) and they had on "The X Music News" and it said something like "Fans of They Might Be Giants will be happy to hear that the band is releasing a live album in August, and are working on a new studio album also." Anyway, I was pretty happy to hear that. --- Eric Webber Network Support Specialist Electronic Information Network webbere@einpgh.org wubba@tmbg.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 13:54:32 -0400 From: Destin Berthelot Subject: TMBG: The TMBG Visual Discography! Message-id: <356EF658.1F45@rollins.edu> Organization: Rollins College Some of you may remember I mentioned this project about a month ago, and I just finished uploading the final version of my new site. It's called "To Me They Look Like Mice," and it's a compilation of images of everything I can possible find that TMBG has released or been involved with. Albums, singles, other stuff, cds, tapes, records, videos... Not quite everything is up yet that will be, since some of my collection is at home and I won't be able to get hold of it until June 16th or so... also, some more stuff is in the process of being submitted by some of you guys. But most of it is there. Anyway, I want it to be a really cool and comprehensive web resource for all TMBG fans. Check it out... let me know what you think, if there are any problems or errors, and especially if you have stuff that you'd like to submit! Here's the address: http://members.xoom.com/theymightbe/ Thanks! Destin BTW, my Linnell interview from 3/26/98 is still up there if you haven't heard it. ------------------------------ From: VoVat@aol.com Message-ID: <959b3efe.356efae1@aol.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 14:13:52 EDT Subject: TMBG: Hello? Hello? Has the list just been unusually quiet lately, or am I not getting the messages? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 11:22:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Malora Ann Bate Subject: Re: TMBG: this is way out of hand already.... (fwd) Message-ID: well, aaron (and TMBG list paticipants) being very new to the list but old enough to now this arguement i just wanted to say that people are ignorant everywhere and everyone is ignorant sometimes and it causes lots of hurt feelings.insulted prides. whatever i hope that people will start leaving you alone because email is not meant for hate mail and anyways, anyone who likes TMBG enough to be on the mailling list can't be all that bad and we are ALL on it MaLora Ann ------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980529193826.006cce54@Cybnetonline.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 14:38:26 -0500 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: TMBG: Re:_TMBG:_Mike_Leffel_en_Espanol! Dicen que Mike Leffel usado para vagar esto aqui enumeran. El secuestraria lurker pequenos mientras que nadie miraba. Algunos han demandado verlo. Algunos niegan su existance. Aunque ningunos pueden negar que muchos lo piensa en como dios. Doscientos pies de alto el era, pero do solamente adentro en seis libras cuatro onzas. Entonces un dia, el Leffel disapeared y acaba de demandarlo estaria detras. Todos sentamos para Leffel aqui que espera para ser reborn. Para decir nos nos hemos perdido nuestras vidas enteras que lo adoraban. Mucho Gracias, Reverand LDB, of the Church of Leffel -- (this site cuts the amount of URL's I put in my Sig) My Web Page Index: http://www.cybnetonline.com/users/njack/ TMBG | D.U.M.B. NEWS | Mr. Gone Font -- Contemporary Cartoon Militia is (C) & TM 1998 S. Steven Struble and Kris W. M. Struble. The Li'l Depressed Boy, Phreeck, Spyder Hunt, and all related characters (C) & TM 1998 S. Steven Struble ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 16:04:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Josh Woodward Subject: Re: TMBG: New Moxy Fruvous Trask Listing Message-ID: On Mon, 25 May 1998, Cajun Gram wrote: > I was wondering if somebody who has bought the album could post the track list > for me. I would bbe very appreciative if you could. Thanks... Sorry for the delay, but here she be.. Moxy Fruvous - Live Noise ------------------------- Michigan, Jockey, (Intra-Penn. Rivalry), Horseshoes, (Good date band?), Fly, Boo Time, (Kirk King Intro), King, (Lowest Highest Point), BJ, Saucep'n, (Nature Sounds), Message, Authors, (Naked Puppets), Raja, Video, (Kasparov V. Deep Blue), Psycho Killer, (Losers), Grunge, Drink Check out www.fruvous.com for all the latest info! * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Woodward, CheEsy Fru. joshw@mail.bgsu.edu Web Site and Tape List: http://www.dc-adnet.com/joshw/ "Humanity is anticipating a busy day." Murray Foster - Moxy Fruvous ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980529200801.23559.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 13:08:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Leanne Fraser Subject: TMBG: Impossibleness Does anyone know how I can get my hands on a copy of the Video Compilation that They put out? I think theres only one, but i'm not sure. Any video of them would be good. Any Info??? Spank you, Spank you very much.:) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: DrWormX@aol.com Message-ID: <9c4a07f3.356f1a7e@aol.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 16:28:45 EDT Subject: NON-TMBG: controversy I was joking about the kicking-off-of the list thing (sorry aaron), and basically I mostly agree with everything said about the issue, and would like to pretty much shut up now. BTW, no responces to my Baseball Tonight thing? I'm not surprised. Matt- cooled down (despite this crazy new jersey weather) The few surviving samurai surveyed the battle field, they count the arms, the legs, and heads, and then divide by five http://members.aol.com/DrWormX ------------------------------ From: Kaylum@aol.com Message-ID: <93b19d7a.356f1b5f@aol.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 16:32:30 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Impossibleness You can order TMBG's early videos from the info club or cd now, but your best bet is to wait this summer when they release a new comp with all of their videos. Kay ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 17:28:15 -0400 (EDT) From: 99 and 44/100% MIKe! Subject: TMBG: Flans quote Message-ID: Entertainment Weekly, special double issue #150/151, Dec 25, 1992/Jan 7, 1993. Page 10, 1992 HITS AND PITS. John Flansburgh (Bespectacled half of They Might Be Giants, Apollo 18). HIT - "Al Pacino's performance in Glengarry Glen Ross - a chilling portrait of a creep. Al chews up the scenery." Flans is right. Glengarry Glen Ross was not only one of the best movies of 1992, it remains a classic to this day. A rare glimpse into Flans' extracurricular interests. MIKe Playground Justice in effect at www.journalx.com, if you dare Most recent CD purchases: PJ Harvey - 4 Track Demos New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies Timbuk 3 - Greetings From Timbuk 3 Last film seen in theatres: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Last film seen on video: Dune (widescreen) Last vegetable eaten: broccoli ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 19:12:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19980529190336.2747b136@mail.connection.com> From: "The Famous Mr. Klaw" Subject: TMBG: Mono Puff Hello everyone > Is Alex Gershon on the list? I have been on the list up until about two days ago, when I was mysteriously unsubscribed for reasons unknown. Leo? Any clues? >I noticed that the back of IFTS prints >the address of www.monopuff.org. Well, so does that mean MonoPuff.Org is >the official MonoPuff website now? Alex, when did this happen? If you ask me, www.monopuff.org is about as official as Mono Puff sites get. Having the address of the page printed on the back of the new CD only goes to legitimize it further. I've recently been doing some major work on the page, adding lyrics for the new album, moving stuff around. I'm still looking for more good questions for the FAQ, as the current one is kinda dinky. Also, I'm accepting intelligent and interesting interpertations of songs from the new album...operative word there is *intelligent*. And of course your ideas are always welcome. If there's something you want to see on the site, please let me know and I'll give it some serious thought before rejecting it. Alex ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #6-30 *****************************