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 #16-19 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 16, Number 19 Friday, 19 March 1999 Today's Topics: TMBG: Re: New Song at www.dialasong.com Re: TMBG: New Song at www.dialasong.com TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions TMBG: tour dates "Smoking Gun" theory (was Re: TMBG: New Song at www.dialasong.com) TMBG: TMBG FANS HELP!!! TMBG: TMBG FANS HELP!!! Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions -Reply Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions -Reply Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions -Reply TMBG: The plot thickens... TMBG: The Smoking Gun TMBG: tmbg to sell mp3s TMBG: Re: Dorm life Re: TMBG: Re: that is not all tho TMBG:Older question Re: TMBG:Older question Re: TMBG:Older question TMBG: Video Collection?? Re: TMBG:Older question Re: TMBG:Older question 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: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:32:41 -0600 From: Bob Scott Message-ID: <36F0AC18.52BF82D9@tmbg.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: TMBG: Re: New Song at www.dialasong.com "Jay G." wrote: > www.dialasong.com has a new song up called "The Smoking Gun" > It's short, about 30 seconds long, and it's not in the sound archive > at tmbg.com. > > -Jay Is it just me, or has there been some work done on the DAS site? It seems quite a bit more... well, web-tastic! bobscott@tmbg.org AKA Bob "Shoot me now!!!" Scott My RL friends are strange... ------------------------------ Message-ID: <000b01be7112$9b89c540$12a6bfd1@cannon> From: "eRiCh" Subject: Re: TMBG: New Song at www.dialasong.com Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:40:32 -0800 Not only one song but all the way at the bottom of the page there is a little play button with a dial a song jingle. And did anyone else have a problem with the "What is everyone Staring At?" Mp3 at my website? eRiCh [Attachment omitted, unknown MIME type or encoding (text/html)] ------------------------------ Message-ID: <312FD527DF9BD111A3BC00A0C941EC858AB864@EXCALIBUR> From: "Pickstock, Kevin" Subject: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:26:38 +0000 What are the highest chart positions achieved by TMBG releases? I remember "Birdhouse" making the UK top 20, but beyond that I really don't know. Have they had success in the US Billboard charts, or reached no.1 in any country? from Kev, Luton, England (really I'm not actually your friend but I am) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <003301be713e$ac658d00$c7b3a4c1@squid> From: "Uncle Squid" Subject: Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:55:39 -0000 >What are the highest chart positions achieved by TMBG releases? I >remember "Birdhouse" making the UK top 20, but beyond that I really >don't know. It got to # 2 here in the UK I think >Have they had success in the US Billboard charts, or reached >no.1 in any country? I don't know but I doubt it, they're not mainstream manufactures plop. -- Uncle Squid (from Colchester, UK): No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark. Uncle Squid's new site: www.keme.net/~thelimes/uncle_squid/ Carter USM fan chat: http://members.xoom.com/_out_there_/carter_usm/ ||| ICQ: 12605535 ||| Tel: (01206) 502043 ||| Fax: (01206) 514682 ||| ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:18:16 -0500 (EST) From: Josh Axelrad Subject: TMBG: tour dates Message-ID: I don't know if anybody mentioned this but there are quite a few tour dates that are up on pollstar that are yet to show up on tmbg.com. I will copy them here for your convenience: 04/16/99 Lock Haven PA Lock Haven University 04/17/99 Bowling Green OH Anderson Arena 04/18/99 Cincinnati OH Bogart's 04/19/99 Indianapolis IN Vogue 04/21/99 Valparaiso IN Valparaiso University 04/22/99 Decatur IL Kirkland Arts Center 04/26/99 Des Moines IA Hoyt Sherman Auditorium 04/27/99 Joplin MO Taylor Perf. Arts Center 04/28/99 Louisville KY Kentucky Center 04/29/99 Columbus OH Newport Music Hall 05/01/99 Norton MA Wheaton College 05/02/99 Lyndonville VT Lyndon State College -- Jish TMBG.net and the EFnet #TMBG Home Page http://www.tmbg.net/ ------------------------------ From: Kaylum@aol.com Message-ID: <9072120a.36f10469@aol.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:49:29 EST Subject: "Smoking Gun" theory (was Re: TMBG: New Song at www.dialasong.com) << www.dialasong.com has a new song up called "The Smoking Gun" It's short, about 30 seconds long, and it's not in the sound archive at tmbg.com. >> If you click on the "Dial" box after downloading "The Smoking Gun" (which I can't hear because I can only download songs that are archived on the index for some reason, but that's another story), it takes you to this odd Onion-esque website. I have a feeling that TMBG didn't write that short song, but rather it is sort of a jingle for that website, and that (horror of horrors) they've rented out the DAS space to promote whoever produces The Smoking Gun. Whaddya think? Kay ------------------------------ From: tmbgirl@juno.com Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:36:53 -0700 Subject: TMBG: TMBG FANS HELP!!! Message-ID: <19990318.075100.3518.4.TMBgirl@juno.com> okay so just as i was about to reply to jish's posting of the tour dates with a big old "DIS" i have a HUGE favor to ask... go to: http://sidewalkapps.com/rd.asp?id=11057 and vote for TMBG (and please Marcy Playground if you could just cuz i love that band). It's KTCL's (the grooviest station in Colorado) "big adventure" The absolutely biggest concert of the year (that isn't a full out tour). Anyways, last years bands ranged from Run DMC to Eve 6, and the year before that it was anywhere from Coolio to the Violent Femmes. Please, help us poor souls in the west out... we rarely get to see 'em... and Jim and other semi-westerners... if you wouldn't be all for coming to denver for this show (which would be well worth your time/money) just think it may spark them to do a mini-tour of the west... eh? For everyoen else... well this could be major exposure to a big audience of people for the boys...do it for them, if not for me. Expecially since all of the Big Adventure bands get MAJOR airtime in the weeks to come before the show. :) take it easy, JOrdaN http://www2.netcom.com/~arnot/joda/bootlegs.html ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ From: tmbgirl@juno.com Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:40:41 -0700 Subject: TMBG: TMBG FANS HELP!!! Message-ID: <19990318.075100.3518.6.TMBgirl@juno.com> okay so just as i was about to reply to jish's posting of the tour dates with a big old "DIS" i have a HUGE favor to ask... go to: http://sidewalkapps.com/rd.asp?id=11057 and vote for TMBG (and please Marcy Playground if you could just cuz i love that band). It's KTCL's (the grooviest station in Colorado) "big adventure" The absolutely biggest concert of the year (that isn't a full out tour). Anyways, last years bands ranged from Run DMC to Eve 6, and the year before that it was anywhere from Coolio to the Violent Femmes. Please, help us poor souls in the west out... we rarely get to see 'em... and Jim and other semi-westerners... if you wouldn't be all for coming to denver for this show (which would be well worth your time/money) just think it may spark them to do a mini-tour of the west... eh? For everyoen else... well this could be major exposure to a big audience of people for the boys...do it for them, if not for me. Especially since all of the Big Adventure bands get MAJOR airtime in the weeks to come before the show. :) take it easy, JOrdaN http://www2.netcom.com/~arnot/joda/bootlegs.html ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Message-ID: <36F114A4.49591072@sevenlands.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:58:44 -0500 From: carlyn nugent Subject: Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions > >What are the highest chart positions achieved by TMBG releases? I > >remember "Birdhouse" making the UK top 20, but beyond that I really > >don't know. > > It got to # 2 here in the UK I think > > >Have they had success in the US Billboard charts, or reached > >no.1 in any country? I think they may have registered a time or two on the US Billboard Charts, but can't seem to find a good resource for that info. I'd be very surprised to find them anywhere in the Top 20 (or even 50) at any point in time...perhaps in the Top 100 or 500...They've most assuredly never had a Top 10 *anything* in the States. But, that's just Billboard. I think they've done a bit on college radio and alternative charts. CN > No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's > dark. Everyone around me is a total stranger, Everyone avoids me like a psyched lone ranger...Everyone... ------------------------------ From: rhilton@bitc.org.uk Message-Id: Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:32:40 +0000 Subject: Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions -Reply Number 2! So, more importantly, what was the crap that kept them off the elusive number 1 spot? Richard ~ with no clever tag line >>> "squid@thelimes.keme.co.uk" 18/March/1999 01:08pm >>> >What are the highest chart positions achieved by TMBG releases? I >remember "Birdhouse" making the UK top 20, but beyond that I really >don't know. It got to # 2 here in the UK I think >Have they had success in the US Billboard charts, or reached >no.1 in any country? I don't know but I doubt it, they're not mainstream manufactures plop. -- Uncle Squid (from Colchester, UK): No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark. Uncle Squid's new site: www.keme.net/~thelimes/uncle_squid/ Carter USM fan chat: http://members.xoom.com/_out_there_/carter_usm/ ||| ICQ: 12605535 ||| Tel: (01206) 502043 ||| Fax: (01206) 514682 ||| ------------------------------ From: rhilton@bitc.org.uk Message-Id: Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:02:32 +0000 Subject: Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions -Reply > No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's > dark. Everyone around me is a total stranger, Everyone avoids me like a psyched lone ranger...Everyone... is turning Japanese? Richard ------------------------------ Message-ID: <36F121F4.A2896D49@sevenlands.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:55:32 -0500 From: carlyn nugent Subject: Re: TMBG: TMBG Chart Positions -Reply rhilton@bitc.org.uk wrote: > > > No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no > wonder it's > > dark. > > Everyone around me is a total stranger, Everyone avoids me like a > psyched lone ranger...Everyone... > > is turning Japanese? > Richard Well, that's why *I'm* turning Japanese...I really think so. CN ------------------------------ From: Kaylum@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:29:21 EST Subject: TMBG: The plot thickens... After careful investigation (o.k., after reading the newsgroup), it appears that the company who created the Smoking Gun website also created www.tmbg.com. Hmmm... Kay ------------------------------ Message-Id: <4.1.19990318153749.00929c50@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:39:26 -0500 From: Adam Tyner Subject: TMBG: The Smoking Gun I saw a post earlier today from someone who couldn't hear the Smoking Gun song, and someone else said it wasn't listed in the sounds directory at tmbg.com. It's available at the address below if you're still having trouble finding it: http://www.dialasong.com/sounds/ or directly, http://www.dialasong.com/sounds/thesmokinggun.mov Hope this helps, -Adam -- /=---------------- http://www.he-man.org/ctyner/ ----------------=\ http://www.crystal-night.com/~ctyner/tuscadero.html http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/ctyner/ He-Man, Tuscadero, "Weird Al", Yoo-hoo, Killer Tomatoes, & more! ------------------------------ From: Jeremy Skrenes Subject: TMBG: tmbg to sell mp3s Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:49:06 -0500 just saw in CMJ magazine that tmbg is going to sell mp3s of 6 of their albums (is that all of them, i'm too lazy to count) along with around 100 other tracks. these tracks will provide home to a good deal of their dialasong tunes as well as "some of their crazier tunes," according to flansy. they'll be availabe from tmbg.com and another website that i can't remember now. when i get the chance i'll put the full article here. jeremy * ----------------------------------------- Jeremy Skrenes Email: Jeremy.Skrenes@valpo.edu Valparaiso University ------------------------------ From: NitpickR@aol.com Message-ID: <18de360b.36f182ec@aol.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:49:16 EST Subject: TMBG: Re: Dorm life Hello 41- In an off-topic post, I would like to bitch about my dorm for a second. I usually really like it. I think it's the best dorm on campus. But last night, somebody decided to stop up a sink and flood our wing. It really sucked. I kept singing in my head "Why is the world in love again..." you know the rest. But things are drier now, and better. I did the apartment life too, and since I didn't ever go to school with anybody I previously knew at school, I like dorms better. It's very convienient. I say yay. Adam ------------------------------ From: Tmbg4life@aol.com Message-ID: <2fe32d10.36f1b135@aol.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:06:45 EST Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: that is not all tho In a message dated 3/17/99 10:25:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, xornom@hotmail.com writes: << You're probably subscribed to the digest and not the list, then. I can't see why you'd want to be subscribed to both. >> yea the wierd thing is that i subscribed to both the list and the digest ------------------------------ From: ErgoTM@aol.com Message-ID: <1bf79264.36f1cfa1@aol.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:16:33 EST Subject: TMBG:Older question I just recently downloaded an MP3 of older, it sounds like it was recorded in a studio. Is Older on any LP's or EP's or P's of any kind, I always thought it was only played live. Geoff "50% more razzle, 20% less Dazzle" Craig ------------------------------ Message-Id: <4.1.19990318232712.0093ba70@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:28:11 -0500 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: TMBG:Older question Well, you might have gotten a live version from a sound check. (I seem to remember one of those floating around.) But it *was* recorded for Factory Showroom, and tapes of outtakes starting floating around almost immediately. -Adam At 11:16 PM 3/18/99, ErgoTM@aol.com wrote: >I just recently downloaded an MP3 of older, it sounds like it was recorded in >a studio. Is Older on any LP's or EP's or P's of any kind, I always thought >it was only played live. -- /=---------------- http://www.he-man.org/ctyner/ ----------------=\ http://www.crystal-night.com/~ctyner/tuscadero.html http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/ctyner/ He-Man, Tuscadero, "Weird Al", Yoo-hoo, Killer Tomatoes, & more! ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:28:06 EST Subject: Re: TMBG:Older question In a message dated 3/18/99 11:25:27 PM, ErgoTM@aol.com writes: >I just recently downloaded an MP3 of older, it sounds like it was recorded >in >a studio. Is Older on any LP's or EP's or P's of any kind, I always thought >it was only played live. well, despite the fact that it could have been a cleanly produced radio performance (ie loveline) .. there's a tape floating around of the factory showroom sessions (please let's don't let's start this thread again....), and i think older is on there. sarah ------------------------------ Message-ID: <36F32D2E.430@stlnet.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:08:01 -0600 From: Chris Lynne Subject: TMBG: Video Collection?? hey guys.. geez.. it's been quite a while since I've posted (or read my digests for that matter...) but I have a question.. has anyone heard anything about the video comp.? cause I got that one flyer saying that they would be out soon, but I haven't heard really anything in quite a while, so I was wondering if any of you have heard or even received it yet... (I'm talking about the official one, by the way..) sorry if this topic has already been talked about, but as I said I haven't read my digests in like over 4 months (tsk-tsk, I know..) Thanks, though.. Chris chrisl@tmbg.org Dr Wormm - AIM ------------------------------ Message-ID: <003c01be71d4$d0ac22a0$3aa6bfd1@cannon> From: "eRiCh" Subject: Re: TMBG:Older question Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:50:44 -0800 What about the Kit Kat Acoustic Sessions CD? is that live or studio? eRiCh [Attachment omitted, unknown MIME type or encoding (text/html)] ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: <71e268c5.36f1f403@aol.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:51:47 EST Subject: Re: TMBG:Older question In a message dated 3/19/99 1:50:45 AM, cannon@amouse.net writes: >What about the Kit Kat Acoustic Sessions CD? is that live or studio? eRiCh isn't studio "live"? whatcha askin? it was taped in a studio, i guess.. for broadcast on radio. sarah ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #16-19 ******************************