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 #8-5 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 8, Number 5 Sunday, 5 July 1998 Today's Topics: Re: TMBG: It's Fun To Steal Re: TMBG: Dirt Bike Sucks & The Rev Gets Vicious TMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Re: NON TMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Re: TMBG: YaY!/Mono Puff and Pretty fly Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: It's Fun To Steal Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna Re: TMBG: Stop whining. Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna TMBG: Filler Material & NON-TMBG: It's Not My Birthday Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Re: NONTMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Re: TMBG: john henry w/ bonus tracks? Re: NONTMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Re: TMBG: What if... Re: NON-TMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: What if... TMBG: Teenage Girls defining popularity Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: What if... TMBG: 40 min of PODAS up in mp3! TMBG: Side note on the mp3 Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: What if... TMBG: why extreme popularity would be bad... TMBG: Help TMBG: tmbg: chat room??? Re: TMBG: What if... Re: TMBG: why extreme popularity would be bad... Non-TMBG: Mod Lang e-mail address TMBG: tmbg-1-may-98 concert Re: Non-TMBG: Mod Lang e-mail address Re: TMBG: What if...& Non-TMBG: the STATE Re: NON-TMBG: "empty V" and the STATE Semi-TMBG: Josh Morgan? TMBG: Orson Bean on tv tonight 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 ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mike12da@cyberwaves.com (Mike Mcguire) Subject: Re: TMBG: It's Fun To Steal Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 18:17:26 GMT Message-Id: <899403446@cyberwaves.com> Organization: SYNERGY RESOURCES, INC. -> Received: from localhost (majordom@localhost) -> by ussenterprise.ufp.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA13482; -> Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:03:40 -0400 (EDT) -> Received: by ussenterprise.ufp.org (bulk_mailer v1.6); Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:03:39 -0400 -> Received: (from majordom@localhost) -> by ussenterprise.ufp.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) id VAA13471 -> for tmbg-list-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:03:39 -0400 (EDT) -> Received: from imo14.mx.aol.com (imo14.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.4]) -> by ussenterprise.ufp.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA13462 -> for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:03:36 -0400 (EDT) -> From: KdsInThHal@aol.com -> Received: from KdsInThHal@aol.com -> by imo14.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id IEQSa13456 -> for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:03:24 +2000 (EDT) -> Message-ID: <17f4f69b.359adc5d@aol.com> -> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:03:24 EDT -> To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org -> Mime-Version: 1.0 -> Subject: Re: TMBG: It's Fun To Steal -> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII -> Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -> X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Mac sub 82 -> Sender: owner-tmbg-list@tmbg.org -> Reply-To: KdsInThHal@aol.com -> In a message dated 7/1/98 7:49:58 PM, mike12da@cyberwaves.com wrote: -> >Am I the only one who ordered IFTS so I would get it on the day it came -> >out? Everyone seems to still be trying to get it. I actually ordered -> >Unsupervised and IFTS and got them both on the day IFTS came out. -> well, actually *I* went to the store and bought it the day it came out. -> ::shrug:: :) -> sarah You mean a store actually got it when it came out???? Now that's freaky. *Mike* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:25:24 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: TMBG: Dirt Bike Sucks & The Rev Gets Vicious Message-ID: okay, and from now on, I'm Cap'n ------------------------------ From: mike12da@cyberwaves.com (Mike Mcguire) Subject: TMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 18:23:08 GMT Message-Id: <899403788@cyberwaves.com> Organization: SYNERGY RESOURCES, INC. -> Received: from localhost (majordom@localhost) -> by ussenterprise.ufp.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA22117; -> Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:38:28 -0400 (EDT) -> Received: by ussenterprise.ufp.org (bulk_mailer v1.6); Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:38:26 -0400 -> Received: (from majordom@localhost) -> by ussenterprise.ufp.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) id XAA22106 -> for tmbg-list-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:38:26 -0400 (EDT) -> Received: from m14.boston.juno.com (m14.boston.juno.com [205.231.101.193]) -> by ussenterprise.ufp.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA22094 -> for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:38:23 -0400 (EDT) -> From: gray42@juno.com -> Received: (from gray42@juno.com) -> by m14.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id DG5ENAJ6; Wed, 01 Jul 1998 23:37:03 EDT -> To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org -> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:19:47 -0400 -> Subject: TMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) -> Message-ID: <19980701.232010.3230.1.gray42@juno.com> -> X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 -> X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 2-4,6,8-9,11 -> Sender: owner-tmbg-list@tmbg.org -> Reply-To: gray42@juno.com -> oops, I forgot to mentio one thing in my last post. Does anyone else on -> the the list get the uncontrollable (sp?) urge to shout "AWWWWW YEAHHHH!" -> everytime the song Creepy starts? -> Mysterio Gal (AWWWWW YEAHHHH!) -> "ME NO LIKE HAMBURGER, ME WANT PEANUTBUTTER, ACTUALLY ME HATE -> PEANUTBUTTER TOO! ME JUST WANT HAIR!" -> -- Claire Monster (fully equipped with extremely loud keyboard and -> monster voice) -> ICQ# 9585405 MST3K#88182 -> gray42@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/4871 The -> Official Project Omicrom website: www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/9007 -> _____________________________________________________________________ -> You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. -> Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com -> Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] I know exactly what you mean, but I reserve that important saying for songs such as extra crispy and daishiki lover. I do love creepy though. *Mike* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:27:36 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: I would hate it. If that happened, then John Linnell would become the next teen craze, but I don't think that we have much to worry about, considering the masses (13 year old girls) don't like musicians over 40, because they can't just listen to the music, they have to swoon over the musicians. Cap'n Helfgott ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:29:41 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Message-ID: here here! Praise the rev! ------------------------------ From: gray42@juno.com Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:49:35 -0400 Subject: Re: NON TMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Message-ID: <19980702.141409.3318.1.gray42@juno.com> On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 02:51:55 EDT CajunGram@aol.com writes: >In a message dated 98-07-01 23:42:06 EDT, you write: > ><< oops, I forgot to mentio one thing in my last post. Does anyone >else on > the the list get the uncontrollable (sp?) urge to shout "AWWWWW >YEAHHHH!" > everytime the song Creepy starts? > >> > >AWWWWWWW YEAHHHH!!!! We got $240 dollars worth of puddin', AWWWWWWW >YEAHHHH!!!! Barry baby, what does it say there on the side of the box? >Aw >Levone, it says "Cook.... and then chill" ANd Barry that's what we're >gonna be >doing tonight, we gonna be cookin' ansd chillin' AWWWWWWWW >YEAHHHHH!!!! > >Sorry, State Flashback > >Does anyone rememeber that show from MTV? I HAVE THAT EPISODE ON TAPE AWWWWWW YEAHHHH! Mysterio Gal (fellow Subgenius & Happy Mutant) "ME NO LIKE HAMBURGER, ME WANT PEANUTBUTTER, ACTUALLY ME HATE PEANUTBUTTER TOO! ME JUST WANT HAIR!" -- Claire Monster (fully equipped with extremely loud keyboard and monster voice) ICQ# 9585405 MST3K#88182 gray42@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/4871 The Official Project Omicrom website: www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/9007 > >Graham "Taking the State off the air is the stupidest thing MTV has >done" >Amsden > >"If you name is not Chelsea Clinton, now would be a good time to go >make >yourself a sandwhich. Chelsea, please, let us come and sleep over at >the White >House. We promise we won't break anything. All you have to do is say, >'Please >don't touch that, that was Lincoln's' and we'll put it down, no hard >feelings. >We could all sleep in Taft's bed..." >-The State > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ From: gray42@juno.com Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:47:12 -0400 Subject: Re: TMBG: YaY!/Mono Puff and Pretty fly Message-ID: <19980702.141409.3318.0.gray42@juno.com> On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 02:47:05 EDT CajunGram@aol.com writes: >In a message dated 98-07-01 23:41:52 EDT, you write: > ><< I've begun to feel a deep love > of these following tracks: Creepy (that whole 70's porn >thang),Poison > Flowers, Taste The Bass, Pretty Fly (real easy to learn and sing >along > with) >> > >I have a question... for those of you who have both IFTS and The Devil >Went >Down To Newport, which version, if there are any differences, do you >like >better? I on;y have the DWDTN 7" version, and I was really curious how >the >IFTS version measures up... > >Graham > Alright I have to do this You leave me no choice. IFTS, to me, is incredibly happy, like TMBG in it's early years, but it's far different cause there's a whole sh*tload of funk in it ('scuse my French). They have a very diverse usage of instrumentation from voice samplings to hand clapping to synthsizers and organs of many kinds, and of course (guitar usage). Certain songs (especially Dedicated) sounds like Joshua Fried had some influence. IFTS seems like it has some good poularity chances with it, but when you listen to it, it's also some of the weirdest stuff I've heard. It's a music that's very hard to describe. Listening to them last night I was reminded of Devo, No Doubt, TMBG (of course), Madonna, and Pork Pie Tribe, all in the mix together. But then I saw the combination, and it still didn't make any sense. I see absolutely no reason why this should not be played on the radio. Well to sum it all up, I love this CD! As for TDWDTNP single, it seems, I don't know, kind of plain and naked in comparrison, but still very good, though more normal altogether. I think of IFTS as being more of an experimental album for Mono Puff. Or is it? Mysterio Gal (fellow Subgenius & Happy Mutant) "ME NO LIKE HAMBURGER, ME WANT PEANUTBUTTER, ACTUALLY ME HATE PEANUTBUTTER TOO! ME JUST WANT HAIR!" -- Claire Monster (fully equipped with extremely loud keyboard and monster voice) ICQ# 9585405 MST3K#88182 gray42@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/4871 The Official Project Omicrom website: www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/9007 _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:35:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, leonard helfgott wrote: > I would hate it. If that happened, then John Linnell would become the > next teen craze, but I don't think that we have much to worry about, > considering the masses (13 year old girls) don't like musicians over 40, > because they can't just listen to the music, they have to swoon over the > musicians. > Cap'n Helfgott Jeez what an elitist snob. I'd love to them get huge! They deserve the money and the fame! ------------------------------ From: ArwenAnaNg@aol.com Message-ID: <91e6fc49.359bd2e9@aol.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:35:19 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: It's Fun To Steal In a message dated 98-07-02 14:25:34 EDT, mike12da@cyberwaves.com writes: << You mean a store actually got it when it came out???? Now that's freaky. >> No, it's "Creepy". ^_~ Arwen "More fun than a box of rocks" AnaNg ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:46:14 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: I agree that they deserve the cash and all that, but i'm speaking reality. Recent history has proven that the crowd that determines success in the music and entertainment world are teenage girls age 13-16, just look at "Titanic" (please, not another arguement about the quality of that movie, I'm not saying that it wasn't good, just that 67% of its audience was made up of that particular group), also, TMBG has had fair success in the past, and if we think that by being TMBG fans we're part of the few, we're wrong. I just don't think that it's possible for a band with members in their 40's to become hugely popular with today's popular crowd because they'll be too busy listening to Usher and the Spice Girls. I see nothing either elitest or snobby about that. Cap'n Helfgott ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980702184613.22601.rocketmail@web4.rocketmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:46:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielle Gaither Subject: Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna ---Kim Justice wrote: > > Hey, I can't find "obsequious" in my magnetic poetry kit. How about "zygote"? Actually, there's an idea: using cool words from TMBG songs as a basis for magnetic poetry. Are you taking this down, kj? :) > feeling cheated, > kj Scanning for obsequious zygotes, Danielle Inspector Over the Mine P.S.--About your subject line: who would win? === URL: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/1054/index.html "Should you worry when the skullhead is in front of you, or is it worse because it's always waiting where your eyes don't go?" --They Might Be Giants _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:01:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Excerpts from internet.music.tmbg: 2-Jul-98 TMBG: What if... by MatFoley99@aol.com > What if STD makes it big? If this Dr Worm video does happen, then say it > made it's way onto MTV and became a smash hit, would you like that? Severe > Tire Damage goes Platinum, and They Might Be Giants is the newest craze. > People flood (yes, I see the pun) the stores to buy anything and everything > related to TMBG, what would you think? I think it would be terrible - because then, instead of being able to pay $20 to see them at the 9:30 club, I'd have to pay $40 to see them at the MCI Center... not to mention that they'd probably hate that popularity - they like relative obscurity... not being able to walk down the street without being swarmed would kind of suck... Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ lps@andrew.cmu.edu "Everything sticks until it goes away, * This space inadvertently And the truth is we don't know anything." -TMBG * left blank. ------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980702191034.006eb810@cybnetonline.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 14:10:34 -0500 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Sorry that's a poor argument. 13 to 16 year old girls do not control all market places. It wasn't the 13 to 16 year old girls who made Titanic a success, it was all of their repeat viewings. I can definitely be sure the 13 to 16 year old girls do not determine the music world. I'm sure Harvey Danger (Great Band) would have became #1 on a radio station I occasionally listen to, from 13 to 16 year old girls. Now on to, EVERYBODY I KNOW LOVES TMBG. Sure not everyone loves them to the point of buying their albums, but I do not know of one person who actually dislikes TMBG, not even my family who I force to listen to all the time. So if STD got popular, good. TMBG would just be tapping the audience they already have. So, there, THE END. LDB -- (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 ------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980702191351.006eaa38@cybnetonline.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 14:13:51 -0500 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna At 11:46 AM 7/2/98 -0700, Danielle Gaither wrote: >---Kim Justice wrote: >> >> Hey, I can't find "obsequious" in my magnetic poetry kit. >How about "zygote"? > >Actually, there's an idea: using cool words from TMBG songs as a basis for >magnetic poetry. Are you taking this down, kj? :) > Okay I'm confused, what "magnetic poetry" is. I do know what Obsequious is, I actually looked it up the other day. >> feeling cheated, >> kj >Scanning for obsequious zygotes, > >Danielle >Inspector Over the Mine > >P.S.--About your subject line: who would win? > I don't know, Madonna is pretti tuff. I'd be rooting for the Johns though. The Li'l Depressed Boy -- (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 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <359BDF7E.61C7@erols.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 15:29:02 -0400 From: Zydell Subject: Re: TMBG: Stop whining. I agree with Jason. I see a lot of topics come into the list that I don't care about (my delete key gets used) but it really doesn't bother me. The best way to get the focus back to TMBG is to start a really good thread. People on this list naturally care more about TMBG topics than Non-TMBG. I wonder if the complaints are due to the the lack of Pure TMBG posts rather than hating the large amount of non- TMBG posts. What I mean is that it is ok to have non- TMBG posts its just annoying when there is a complete absense of pure TMBG posting. Nancy J. Brown wrote: > > On the dozen or so lists i'm on, everyonce and a while somebody posts > about how there is too much off topic content on the list. Almost always > these are people who don't post much or not at all. To them i say don't > bitch about it. Post about what you wanna see more of. Moderators do > nothing but stagnate the list. Want more TMBG then post insightful posts > about TMBG. Don'rt justwait for those that do post to give you what you > want. > > jason, feeling guilty for jerking Turkey arround in EIA ------------------------------ Message-ID: <359BE090.3A0B@erols.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 15:33:36 -0400 From: Zydell Subject: Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna > P.S.--About your subject line: who would win? I would like to say it would be TMBG but if it came to blows, Madonna would have our boys in a double head lock and crack their skulls together. :) ------------------------------ From: Happyfroot@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:53:49 EDT Subject: TMBG: Filler Material & NON-TMBG: It's Not My Birthday Ok, first of all, the stuffbody call "Filler Material." Theme From Flood, & O Do Not Foresake Me: I think these are two where the Johns are trying to do something fun, or try to encooperate some odd chorus-type style into their music. O Do Not Forsake Me serves two purposes, one as the end of the first side (it's location on the tape) is because of the John's liking for cassettes & how it's like two albums . . . if you notice all of TMBG's albums are like two shorter albums combined (except maybe F.S.)! Stomp Box is a great song, it completely trashes on other rock bands who think they are angst filled because they use distortion pedals. Hot Cha & Particle Man, well, can't think of it right now, but I couldn't picture Flood without them! I think TMBG have good reasons for chosing all the songs they do to try to leave people with as little filler material as possible... Ok, on a non-tmbg related note, my birthday was about two weeks ago & like last year it sucked & was overshadowed by a big event in a friend's life (last year my friend left for Flordia & all our friends had a party for him & this year a good friend came back from China & again, I felt shafted...but I did get a really cool communist clock)So for my birthday, I would like people out there in list land to do me a favor! Go to http://www.wbcn.com & request my band "Poingly," either the song "I Think I'm Bleeding" or "Jesus's Gang." (Preferably around 9:00 PM on Sunday Night) It would mean a lot to me if I could hear my band on the radio just once . . . ok, thanks for your time (please note, I did not give this message it's own post to save up list messages!) jason "using this list as a cheap ad" glastetter http://www.poingly.com <~~~~ the cheap ad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:19:29 -0500 (CDT) From: The Reverend Bill Tatalovich Subject: Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Message-ID: On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Adam Tyner wrote: > At 12:27 PM 7/2/98 -0500, The Reverend Bill Tatalovich wrote: > > > >words), and all that, we still are getting posts about The State, Lincoln, > > How is Lincoln off-topic? They've been touring with TMBG for a while now, > and they share the same management. Again, I'm blowing things out of proportion for the sake of a fake argument. According to the strict guidelines that were set a day or two ago, Lincoln would be off-topic, and thus evil. Jeez....remind me never to be sarcastic on this list again.... Feeling misunderstood, The Rev |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Reverend Bill Tatalovich | | | | wt3@cec.wustl.edu | | personnel@kwur.wustl.edu | | | | Visit feedback for toddlers! | | http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~wt3/ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980702205742.18488.rocketmail@web1.rocketmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:57:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Ethan Jones Subject: Re: TMBG: John & John vs. Madonna > P.S.--About your subject line: who would win? The Giants. Unless it's a "who's the most slutty" contest. Then Madonna would win. Although her latest album's pretty good! Peace and Pickled Pollywogs-- Ethan === Check out my website! http://www.crosswinds.net/paris/~ejones42 "Though you turn a fire over, its flame will never flow down." _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <359C0BB8.CF8FF763@pacificnet.net> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 14:37:48 -0800 From: Bongo Subject: Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) The Reverend Bill Tatalovich wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Bongo wrote: > > > The TMBG list is part of the the TMBG followers' universe > > therefore when the list itself is my topic I *am* discussing something TMBG > > related. Even if you think it is off topic, one off-topic message that > > squelches many others makes obvious sense, doesn't it? > > Now wait a minute here. According to the (unchanged) post above from > pro-moderation pundit Bongo, anything that is a "part of the TMBG > followers' universe" is on-topic. Isn't television a part of the TMBG > followers' universe? (and don't lie and say you don't watch television. > You own one, don't you? Or, you once owned one, didn't you?) And aren't > other bands, movies, books, bodily functions, etc., etc., ad nauseum, part > of the TMBG followers' universe? Admittedly, there is a slight difference > in each individual list members' life (thank god...), but nevertheless, we > are discussing parts of our universe. Thus, all of our posts are > on-topic. Makes sense to me....according to Bongo's logic. > > Nitpicking, nicotine-filled, and loving every minute of it, > > The Rev > Obiviously, this list is something as TMBG fans we ALL have in common that's why its part of the TMBG followers' universe. Your love of South Park (or whatever it all of you are discissing these days) is not neccesarily a common interst among TMBG fans. Similarly, I won't assume all of you love Puff Daddy music and wont to post about him.-B O N G O ___________________________ "And the places that I'm dreaming of Do they dream only of me?" -Tom Waits ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 16:37:42 -0600 From: The Pope Subject: Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) stop this madness aaaaaaaahhhhhhh on other news I'm all hyped up to see the multi-media section of STD. "Yeah I want the Cheezy Poofs......Sweeeeeet" Jason "I like Southpark" Arnold ------------------------------ From: CajunGram@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:55:07 EDT Subject: Re: NONTMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) In a message dated 98-07-02 15:29:20 EDT, you write: << > AWWWWWWW YEAHHHH!!!! We got $240 dollars worth of puddin', AWWWWWWW > YEAHHHH!!!! Barry baby, what does it say there on the side of the box? Aw > Levone, it says "Cook.... and then chill" ANd Barry that's what we're gonna be > doing tonight, we gonna be cookin' ansd chillin' AWWWWWWWW YEAHHHHH!!!! hahahah... WHO'S GOT A PLATE OF SOMETHIN!!!??? >> Sorry to fan the flames of unTMBGness, but... I WANNA DIP MY BALLS IN IT!!!!!! Did anyonje else see that episode where Louie was at the last supper and Jesus was talking and then sombody runs in and says that Louies coming to dinner and they all leave Jesus and go hang out with Louie? Graham "One who lacks in the ways of plot discription" Amsden ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980702220128.12660.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Josh Buckland" Subject: Re: TMBG: john henry w/ bonus tracks? Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 15:01:28 PDT OH DEAR CHRIST, IT CAN'T BE TRUE!!!!!! ROB A BANK IF YOU HAVE TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU HAVE TO BUY THAT FUCKING CD!!!!!!!!!! AND THEN I'LL BUY IT OFF YOU FOR TWICE!!!!!!1 THAT CD IS ONE GODAMNED FIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 Josh Buck..... Oh, hell. You know me. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:02:05 -0500 (CDT) From: The Reverend Bill Tatalovich Subject: Re: NONTMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) Message-ID: On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 CajunGram@aol.com wrote: > I WANNA DIP MY BALLS IN IT!!!!!! > > Did anyonje else see that episode where Louie was at the last supper and Jesus > was talking and then sombody runs in and says that Louies coming to dinner and > they all leave Jesus and go hang out with Louie? "We have a warrant for Jesus of Nazareth. Are you Jesus of Nazareth?" "Uh, he went that way. He's wearing a dress shirt and saying something about his balls..." Great sketch. The Rev |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Reverend Bill Tatalovich | | | | wt3@cec.wustl.edu | | personnel@kwur.wustl.edu | | | | Visit feedback for toddlers! | | http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~wt3/ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980702220407.006ec3d0@cybnetonline.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 17:04:07 -0500 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... At 01:51 PM 7/2/98 -0700, leonard helfgott wrote: >who made the repeat viewings of Titanic? The figures say that 89% of the >viewers who had seen it more than twice were 13-16 year old girls, now, >would the Spice Girls be as big if they didn't have one 13-16 year old >girl fan? No. I'm just saying that they controll a large part of the >market. Just look at MTV, almost all of the rich preppy girls I know >spend half of their life in front of the tv watching either MTV or >Friends. > Leonard, I have a recomendation for you. Read the whole post before you respond. Yes I said the 13-16 made Titanic a success, but they don't control everything. And Yes, the spice girls would be going just great without the 13 year olds, why, you forget that most of Spice Girls Merchandise is purchased by Horny Teenage Boys. But the main point of the post is read my whole posts before you jump to hit the reply button. LDB -- (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 ------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980702220624.006f4698@cybnetonline.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 17:06:24 -0500 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) >on other news I'm all hyped up to see the multi-media section of STD. > What Multi-Media section, Uh, would someone tell me about this? Was it originally mentioned in a thread that I was deleting 'cause it disinterested me. (Wow, and I didn't complain, that's amazing) The Li'l Depressed Boy. -- (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 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980702221500.926.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Josh Buckland" Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 15:14:59 PDT I'd say to all my friends:"Ya know, I've benlistning to then since '93", and they'd say "yeah right, you probly saw for the first time a few days ago on MTV", and I'd say "Oh yeah? Well, I'll show you my TMBG stuff", and they'd say "Uh-huh, right", and I'd say "take this, sucker bitch", and then I'd kick their asses. It COULD happen. Oh, yeah, anyone seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? I read the book 10 yaers ago, and it was really exciting to get disapointed earlyer today. Josh Buckland dilbert_2000@hotmail.com "He wants to knock your house down... And he can't, because you're lying in the way of his bulldozer... I think we can come to some arrangement." --Ford Prefect, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980702180323.007d4940@email.psu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 18:03:23 -0400 From: "J. L. Moquin" Subject: Re: NON-TMBG: IFTS (aw yeah) CajunGram@aol.com wrote: [snip] >Did anyonje else see that episode where Louie was at the last supper and Jesus >was talking and then sombody runs in and says that Louies coming to dinner and >they all leave Jesus and go hang out with Louie? Jesus: "I LOVE Louie! I love EVERYBODY! That's my THING, man!" Gads, I miss the State. Miss it, miss it, miss it. Why didn't I tape them all when I had the chance?!?? I've watched Viva Variety and it's ok but NOT the same! (For one thing, only 5 of the members of the State have ANYTHING to do with VV.) -jennifer, mommy to alice the bean, 8/15/97 UPDATED!! http://www.emprl.psu.edu/~anth/ mailto:jls5@psu.edu "My motto, as I live and learn, Is dig and be dug in return" -- Langston Hughes ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:05:35 -0400 Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: <19980702.183156.4390.0.jbparke@juno.com> From: jbparke@juno.com (Jeff Parker) On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 02:18:30 EDT MatFoley99@aol.com writes: >Okay, I was sitting in bed the other day (or night, I guess) and thought of a >really cool scenario type question to ask you all: > >What if STD makes it big? If this Dr Worm video does happen, then say it made >it's way onto MTV and became a smash hit, would you like that? Severe Tire >Damage goes Platinum, and They Might Be Giants is the newest craze. People >flood (yes, I see the pun) the stores to buy anything and everything related >to TMBG, what would you think? > Just think about what this list would be like if TMBG was a big hit... (this pause inserted to give you time to think) Pretty scary , huh? v^v Jeffro v^v "Hey Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal!" _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980702222840.11830.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Josh Buckland" Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 15:28:39 PDT >> almost all of the rich preppy girls I know >>spend half of their life in front of the tv watching... Friends. What's wrong with Friends? I know it sucks, but I have a bit of a crush on Jennifer Aniston. Josh Buckland dilbert_2000@hotmail.com "He wants to knock your house down... And he can't, because you're lying in the way of his bulldozer... I think we can come to some arrangement." --Ford Prefect, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:45:30 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: TMBG: Teenage Girls defining popularity Message-ID: who made the repeat viewings of Titanic? The figures say that 89% of the viewers who had seen it more than twice were 13-16 year old girls, now, would the Spice Girls be as big if they didn't have one 13-16 year old girl fan? No. I'm just saying that they controll a large part of the market. Just look at MTV, almost all of the rich preppy girls I know spend half of their life in front of the tv watching either MTV or Friends Cap'n Helfgott ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:46:56 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: TMBG: On the Topic of Off Topic ("Censorship" is good.) Message-ID: if it's not a common interest, then nobody will respond to it, and if it is, you will easily find out due to the number of replies you get. Cap'n Helfgott ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:54:07 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: as a teenager, I don't know one guy who owns Spice Girl merchandise, and yes, it's true that a few stupid 12 year old guys have crushes on them, but an overwhelming amout of their profits come from the money of the 13-16 year old girls, and in a study done by NEWSWEEK, the Spice Girls were found to be the third most reliant on a single audiance of all products and/or big names to Barbie- confined to 4-9 year old girls- and G.I. Joe -confined to 4-8 year old boys- On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, The Li'l Depressed Boy wrote: > At 01:51 PM 7/2/98 -0700, leonard helfgott wrote: > >who made the repeat viewings of Titanic? The figures say that 89% of the > >viewers who had seen it more than twice were 13-16 year old girls, now, > >would the Spice Girls be as big if they didn't have one 13-16 year old > >girl fan? No. I'm just saying that they controll a large part of the > >market. Just look at MTV, almost all of the rich preppy girls I know > >spend half of their life in front of the tv watching either MTV or > >Friends. > > > Leonard, I have a recomendation for you. Read the whole post before you > respond. Yes I said the 13-16 made Titanic a success, but they don't > control everything. And Yes, the spice girls would be going just great > without the 13 year olds, why, you forget that most of Spice Girls > Merchandise is purchased by Horny Teenage Boys. But the main point of the > post is read my whole posts before you jump to hit the reply button. > > LDB > -- > (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: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:57:24 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: think about that line. Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 17:56:55 -0500 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... At 03:54 PM 7/2/98 -0700, leonard helfgott wrote: >as a teenager, I don't know one guy who owns Spice Girl merchandise, and >yes, it's true that a few stupid 12 year old guys have crushes on them, >but an overwhelming amout of their profits come from the money of the >13-16 year old girls, and in a study done by NEWSWEEK, the Spice Girls >were found to be the third most reliant on a single audiance of all >products and/or big names to Barbie- confined to 4-9 year old girls- and >G.I. Joe -confined to 4-8 year old boys- > They are all in the closet. Ahem. LDB -- (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: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 19:26:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jish Subject: TMBG: 40 min of PODAS up in mp3! Message-ID: OK, well I have been slacking off on my page for a while because I am not on a T1 anymore, but a friend of mine on #TMBG, Ryan47, suggested that making an mp3 of some of the unreleased stuff from Power of Dial A Song would be cool Soooo, I worked on it, and considering that it is only phone quality I was able to put up a 4.8meg mp3 which has 40 min of Power of Dial A Song!!! It includes the whole "part 1: unreleased songs", although some have since been released. I hope you enjoy this mp3 and drop by #TMBG on EFnet sometime :) EFnet #TMBG Home Page - http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~axelrad/ Special Offer page has the mp3 Jish ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 19:30:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Jish Subject: TMBG: Side note on the mp3 Message-ID: Because of the low level at which it was encoded, it is possible to listen to the podas.mp3 using the streaming function of winamp. I am not home and can't try it now, but it should be low enough bandwith that you can listen to it as a stream over the net. Jish ------------------------------ From: KdsInThHal@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 19:45:09 EDT Subject: Re: Re: TMBG: What if... i'm not trying to resume any flaming, but.. In a message dated 7/2/98 6:23:17 PM, dilbert_2000@hotmail.com wrote: >I'd say to all my friends:"Ya know, I've benlistning to then since '93", >and they'd say "yeah right, you probly saw for the first time a few days >ago on MTV", you said the first time you heard of them was last year. >Oh, yeah, anyone seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? I read the book 10 >yaers ago, and it was really exciting to get disapointed earlyer today. when you were in preschool? i'm sorry but i seem to recall an email from you way before all this nonsense (i'm not mean enough to post about it, but it involved you talking about a girl at school, remember?), and you were ~at least~ 2 or 3 years younger than me. cut this "i'm over 20" crap out.. if people actually believe it, it makes you look like a really *stupid* adult.. sarah doesn't like to watch people lie ------------------------------ From: KdsInThHal@aol.com Message-ID: <2b9804ab.359c2098@aol.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 20:06:47 EDT Subject: Re: Re: TMBG: What if... In a message dated 7/2/98 6:57:39 PM, helfgott@cc.wwu.edu wrote: >as a teenager, I don't know one guy who owns Spice Girl merchandise, and >yes, it's true that a few stupid 12 year old guys have crushes on them, >but an overwhelming amout of their profits come from the money of the >13-16 year old girls, and in a study done by NEWSWEEK, the Spice Girls >were found to be the third most reliant on a single audiance of all >products and/or big names to Barbie- confined to 4-9 year old girls- and >G.I. Joe -confined to 4-8 year old boys- i'm 16 (and 10 months;)) and i have ~no~ respect for that crap. i don't know anyone around my age that does either. the only titanic/spicegirls fans i know are my little sister's friends who are about.. 8-12 years old. (and how convenient, most of them live on our street. I was treated to a performace of their spice girls cd this morning.. from their front lawn.. to my living room.. anyways, i'm sure there are other leodroolers slightly older, but not that i know of. i personally *yeah* would like tmbg to have the fame they deserve. it would have the potential to be a nightmare of sorts, but... i don't know. i became a barenaked ladies fan somewhat before their "big U.S. fame" and ...it is really different now. the first time i saw them was in this little auditorium, not much different than one at your local high school. last time i saw them was at a *huge* hockey rink/area sold out show. and it is kind of frustrating when people are new fans and know nothing and don't believe you knew of them before... but it is refreshing in a way to be able to talk about them with people actually understanding who i'm talking about. now all the stations - alternative, *and* "modern rock", top 40, etc are playing the BNL.. and it is kind of scary, but they *deserve* the recognition, and the money. :) i'm happy for them. i don't think we have to worry about tmbg though.. if anything it could be Flood II, but i don't think they will top that... of course i could be wrong. dunno. that out of the way, non TMBG: the state ~ i'm so mad, i used to tape them and tape over it with either other episodes or other stuff.... eventually i had 1 episode left, or a combination of some (the one with the prom with the gay student, "i love andrew shue" and froggy jamboree) though my favourite skit was "carl! get the man a chicken sandwich!" :) anyone else have their book, "State By State With the State"? it came out about a year ago. it's great. I'm kind of tired of Viva Variety. It was great the first few times.. but i want to see them do something different. *sarah http://lava.home.ml.org ------------------------------ From: CajunGram@aol.com Message-ID: <67532cb0.359c2230@aol.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 20:13:34 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... In a message dated 98-07-02 19:01:47 EDT, you write: << At 03:54 PM 7/2/98 -0700, leonard helfgott wrote: >as a teenager, I don't know one guy who owns Spice Girl merchandise, and >yes, it's true that a few stupid 12 year old guys have crushes on them, >but an overwhelming amout of their profits come from the money of the >13-16 year old girls, and in a study done by NEWSWEEK, the Spice Girls >were found to be the third most reliant on a single audiance of all >products and/or big names to Barbie- confined to 4-9 year old girls- and >G.I. Joe -confined to 4-8 year old boys- > They are all in the closet. Ahem. >> What?!? I can't hear you!! I'm stuck in this closet!! Graham "Coming out of the closet to see them in concert" Amsden A*K*A Graham "Please send death threats to..." Amsden ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:51:38 -0700 (PDT) From: leonard helfgott Subject: Re: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: wow, I just started listening to BNL again (I bought Maybe You Should Drive) when if first came out, and I'm loving them again. Their new album comes out July 7th. About the Spice Girls, I know a couple of 16 year old fans, but not many, but it does stretch. I also know a couple of 8-10 year old Spice Girls fans, it doesn't matter. If THEY got famous, then nobody would believe me when i said that my sister bought me Flood when it first came out and I've been hooked on them ever since (I was 7, I liked Particle Man and Istanbul). Also, I think that everything THEM would raise in prices (cd's, t-shirts, shot glasses) Cap'n Helfgott On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 KdsInThHal@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 7/2/98 6:57:39 PM, helfgott@cc.wwu.edu wrote: > > >as a teenager, I don't know one guy who owns Spice Girl merchandise, and > >yes, it's true that a few stupid 12 year old guys have crushes on them, > >but an overwhelming amout of their profits come from the money of the > >13-16 year old girls, and in a study done by NEWSWEEK, the Spice Girls > >were found to be the third most reliant on a single audiance of all > >products and/or big names to Barbie- confined to 4-9 year old girls- and > >G.I. Joe -confined to 4-8 year old boys- > > i'm 16 (and 10 months;)) and i have ~no~ respect for that crap. i don't know > anyone around my age that does either. > the only titanic/spicegirls fans i know are my little sister's friends who are > about.. 8-12 years old. (and how convenient, most of them live on our street. > I was treated to a performace of their spice girls cd this morning.. from > their front lawn.. to my living room.. anyways, i'm sure there are other > leodroolers slightly older, but not that i know of. > > i personally *yeah* would like tmbg to have the fame they deserve. it would > have the potential to be a nightmare of sorts, but... i don't know. i became a > barenaked ladies fan somewhat before their "big U.S. fame" and ...it is really > different now. the first time i saw them was in this little auditorium, not > much different than one at your local high school. last time i saw them was at > a *huge* hockey rink/area sold out show. and it is kind of frustrating when > people are new fans and know nothing and don't believe you knew of them > before... but it is refreshing in a way to be able to talk about them with > people actually understanding who i'm talking about. > now all the stations - alternative, *and* "modern rock", top 40, etc are > playing the BNL.. and it is kind of scary, but they *deserve* the recognition, > and the money. :) i'm happy for them. i don't think we have to worry about > tmbg though.. if anything it could be Flood II, but i don't think they will > top that... of course i could be wrong. dunno. > > that out of the way, non TMBG: > the state ~ i'm so mad, i used to tape them and tape over it with either > other episodes or other stuff.... eventually i had 1 episode left, or a > combination of some (the one with the prom with the gay student, "i love > andrew shue" and froggy jamboree) though my favourite skit was "carl! get the > man a chicken sandwich!" :) anyone else have their book, "State By State With > the State"? it came out about a year ago. it's great. I'm kind of tired of > Viva Variety. It was great the first few times.. but i want to see them do > something different. > > *sarah > http://lava.home.ml.org > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0pb38oe00WB=0m2S00@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 21:21:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: TMBG: why extreme popularity would be bad... I've already posted a little bit about this, but I want to add a few thoughts as to why it would not be good for us as fans if TMBG became tremendously popular... they'd probably stop playing small club shows, but instead, large arenas, for higher prices. their own prices would be so much higher that colleges would be unlikely to be able to afford them, either, so no more college shows and... while still on the money issue, Dial-a-Song would no longer be able to support the hugue audience as a single phone line in John Flansburgh's apartment. Most likely they'd go multiline but also charge for it... right now, a large percentage of us TMBG fans have very similar interests in many areas, especially music. we also tend to have similar tastes for "unusual" ideas... we like "cult" movies and TV shows, and so on... (no, not *everyone*, but a large number) so we can talk about stuff other than TMBG. we fit in with each other, and a lot of us didn't fit in all that well in high school... in my experience, TMBG fans I know tend to be of above average intelligence, as well. now, I don't want to sound elitist, but I don't think it would be as fun to be a TMBG fan when "everyone's a TMBG fan." TMBG fanness is unique - it's something that not a lot of people have in common... are we all really that anxious to lose one element of our uniqueness? but it's not really something we can do much about, and odds are, even if Dr. Worm becomes huge, it won't lead people to much other stuff. Istanbul and Particle Man didn't. Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ lps@andrew.cmu.edu "Everything sticks until it goes away, * This space inadvertently And the truth is we don't know anything." -TMBG * left blank. ------------------------------ Subject: TMBG: Help Message-ID: <19980702.212155.12335.0.captainmarvel2@juno.com> From: captainmarvel2@juno.com (Derek A Klein) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 21:22:56 EDT Hello. I was wondering if someone can help me out here. I don't know if anybody is familiar with the website www.cybercomm.com/~tdk/tmbg.html , but each month on there there is a contest where you have to guess the song the quote is referring to. I don't have internet access, so I was wondering if someone can check out the website and e-mail me this months quote, and the answer for last months. Thanks! Derek "Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age" _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 22:34:48 -0500 (EST) From: Nub Subject: TMBG: tmbg: chat room??? Message-id: <01IYXWHE6BLE00BY9C@VASSAR.EDU> wow, has anyone checked out tmbg.com lately? they've got a chat room going, even though they say "it's not done yet." pretty cool. come on over... nub ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 22:32:47 -0400 Subject: Re: TMBG: What if... Message-ID: <19980702.223810.11494.0.erda@juno.com> From: erda@juno.com (g loworm) >Now on to, EVERYBODY I KNOW LOVES TMBG. Sure not everyone loves them >to the >point of buying their albums, but I do not know of one person who >actually >dislikes TMBG i know LOTS of people who dislike them _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ From: ArwenAnaNg@aol.com Message-ID: <66c00e78.359c466e@aol.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 22:48:12 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: why extreme popularity would be bad... In a message dated 98-07-02 21:26:02 EDT, lps+@andrew.cmu.edu writes: << right now, a large percentage of us TMBG fans have very similar interests in many areas, especially music. we also tend to have similar tastes for "unusual" ideas... we like "cult" movies and TV shows, and so on... (no, not *everyone*, but a large number) so we can talk about stuff other than TMBG. we fit in with each other, and a lot of us didn't fit in all that well in high school... in my experience, TMBG fans I know tend to be of above average intelligence, as well. >> Amen! I think that this post *should* shed some light on the endless fog of bickering about so-called "off topic" posts. Or maybe it's just wishful thinking. Arwen "Square Peg" AnaNg "A friend is someone you can call to help you move. A best friend is someone you can call to help you move a body." ------------------------------ Subject: Non-TMBG: Mod Lang e-mail address Message-ID: <19980702.230254.8991.0.captainmarvel2@juno.com> From: captainmarvel2@juno.com (Derek A Klein) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 23:03:59 EDT Hello. Does anyone know the e-mail address for the store "Mod Lang"? Thanks. Derek "Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age" _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 23:09:21 -0400 Subject: TMBG: tmbg-1-may-98 concert Message-ID: <19980702.230922.11454.1.erda@juno.com> From: erda@juno.com (g loworm) at this concert at the electric factory flans said it was on the radio. does anyone have a copy? _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980702230734.006a2e1c@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 23:07:34 -0400 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: Non-TMBG: Mod Lang e-mail address Certainly do. mod_lang@sirius.com At 11:03 PM 7/2/98 EDT, Derek A Klein wrote: >Hello. Does anyone know the e-mail address for the store "Mod Lang"? >Thanks. /=---------------- http://www.he-man.org/ctyner/ ----------------=\ http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/ctyner/ The home of He-Man, "Weird Al", Yoo-hoo, Killer Tomatoes, and more! Demented music list admin O- MiSTie #67,326 ------------------------------ From: mr.train@juno.com Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 23:06:21 -0400 Subject: Re: TMBG: What if...& Non-TMBG: the STATE Message-ID: <19980702.231458.4326.0.Mr.Train@juno.com> On Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Alon Yaari writes: > >> >>What if STD makes it big? >> Then maybe Elektra will re-press all of the singles with the yummy B-sides! Finally I can get my grubby little hands on pre-JH post-Flood singles! Maybe they'll release Live in NYC!! commercially! Re THE STATE:"GOD PLEASE KILL TIM" "Little do they now, God and I are like THIS" The State was the coolest show empty V ever had! I dunno why they call it music television when all it is is mostly crappy shows! Mtv taking off the State was almost as stupid as Comedy Central cancelling MST3K. those guys were DUMB! NOw to be pissed: My car got broken into on my BIRTHDAY and I lost four really good CDs: CPD - Zoot Suit Riot Connells-Ring Odds-Nest MOM2 I'm mad... but at least I didn't lose any TMBG discs (esp. not my JH Aussie import!) Tim, says "Still haven't voted for your favorite movie of all timE!?!?!?! send it to topflick@juno.com NOW!!! Miscellaneous Tim AKA TMB(do)G AKA Tambo (IRC) AKA Mr.Train (OML) Favorite TMBG song update: Dirt Bike (just to spite!) Last CD purchase: everclear - fountains of wayne - Royal Crown Revue Favorite mainstream song:One Week - Barenaked lAdies _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ From: ArwenAnaNg@aol.com Message-ID: <616da80b.359c4fc3@aol.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 23:28:02 EDT Subject: Re: NON-TMBG: "empty V" and the STATE In a message dated 98-07-02 23:23:21 EDT, mr.train@juno.com writes: << "empty V" ever had! I dunno why they call it music television when all it is is mostly crappy shows! >> LOL! ^_^ Never thought about that pun... clever! << Mtv taking off the State was almost as stupid as Comedy Central cancelling MST3K >> But at least there's the Daily Show (while Craig Kilborn is still around). Arwen "The TMBG.com chat room is open NOW" AnaNg ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980702233134.00ba5c0c@mail.qx.net> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 23:31:37 -0400 From: Bill Kirby Subject: Semi-TMBG: Josh Morgan? hey, tmbg listees... just wondering if anyone knows what happened to Josh Morgan. i and 12 or so other people sent him some money for a tmbg video compilation tape (back around the end of april) and i haven't received anything - no email, no tape, no nothing. i sent a request to all the others who were to receive this tape to see if any of them had received it, and only one person responded (and he hadn't received anything yet either). just curious... -bk ------------------------------ From: KdsInThHal@aol.com Message-ID: <8ae04469.359c5978@aol.com> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:09:26 EDT Subject: TMBG: Orson Bean on tv tonight hey! i read my "late show news" just in time.. sky and telescope's orson bean is scheduled to be on tom snyder tonight (7/2) which is in about half an hour on the east coast .. (it comes on at 12:35 here, at least, where i live) so um, if you're reading this now and want to see one of the john's phony critics.. hurry! ;) maestro! i say right on! sarah ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #8-5 ****************************