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 #19-30 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 19, Number 30 Friday, 30 July 1999 Today's Topics: TMBG: Re: LTW art Re: TMBG: Brave New World Re: TMBG: Brave New World Re: TMBG: Singles TMBG: My TMBG history Re: TMBG: Another Question Re: TMBG: Singles Re: TMBG: TMGB: singles Re: TMBG: Singles Re: TMBG: My TMBG history Re: TMBG: Singles TMBG: Brave New World this morning Re: TMBG: Another Question Re: semi-TMBG: My TMBG history Re: TMBG: Brave New World TMBG: Re: LTW art Re: semi-TMBG: My TMBG history Re: TMBG: My TMBG history Re: TMBG: Brave New World Re: TMBG: Brave New World Non-TMBG: Help! Re: TMBG: My TMBG history TMBG: Re: tmbg-list Digest #19-29 Re: NON-TMBG: Re: tmbg-list Digest #19-29 TMBG:New Tour Date... TMBG: BNW TMBG: Brave New World: Older TMBG: older TMBG: brave new world chat Re: TMBG: older Re: TMBG: Brave New World: Older TMBG: "What We Did This Summer" Realaudio Re: TMBG: "What We Did This Summer" Realaudio TMBG: Brave New World: HELP! Re: TMBG: Brave New World this morning Re: TMBG: Brave New World TMBG:Brave New World-Bravo! + Linnell interview + LTW online :( 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, 29 Jul 1999 01:14:50 -0500 From: "Jay G." Message-ID: <7noqok$2rj5$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: TMBG: Re: LTW art wrote in message news:b3180c57.24d144ec@aol.com... > Hey guys- > > Does anyone know the URL where I can find the LTW art? All I can ever > find are little thumbnails... Thanks! I got LTW art up at my page, as well as a link to eRiCh's site where she has art for the back: http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~jdgilles/tmbg/LTW.html -Jay ------------------------------ From: EmarZero@aol.com Message-ID: <5d032f7.24d14d91@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 02:24:17 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World One question... WHAT TIME DOES IT COME ON? Emar ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 01:54:10 -0500 From: "Jay G." Message-ID: <7not2n$2thn$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World wrote in message news:5d032f7.24d14d91@aol.com... > One question... WHAT TIME DOES IT COME ON? > 10pm Eastern, which is 9pm Central, and something something Pacific. -Jay ------------------------------ From: Samman85@aol.com Message-ID: <3445cc91.24d1bebe@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:27:10 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Singles Oops. Just sent this to Sarah rather than the whole list. Sorry, Sarah. > i have one more thing to ask: is it just me, or does anyone else >here sort of question the songs They have chosen as singles? my strongest >examples would be "She Was a Hotel Det.", "Snail Shell", "SEXXY", and "the >Guitar". Some of the others They picked were sensible, IMO, but i'm floored >as to why some of the ones above were chosen instead of so many other great >songs. Just a gripe, i guess. Actually, not every big song has been a single. I'm not even sure if Birdhouse was a single, although I bet it was... And everyone on the list will email me and tell me what an idiot I am... Actually, if I'm going to sound stupid: was Particle Man a single either? Same case with Dr. Worm! It came out in what ... the UK and Japan? And without extra tracks? I like their choice of singles, though, in the great exception of SEXXY. Even going back to "Token Back To Brooklyn" and then playing it doesn't work. It muct be skipped. Sam "Can one monkey rule the universe?" ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729143148.79956.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: TMBG: My TMBG history Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:31:48 GMT To answer a lot of questions at once, I am writing this post based on the questions I have seen going by lately. The first time I heard TMBG was in seventh grade. My evil typing teacher, Mrs. Coldiron, would play this song every day when we practiced typing. We all thought it was REALLY weird, but some of us really liked it. Every day we would type and try to figure out the strange lyrics that went " . . . there's a picture opposite me, of my primitive ancestry, which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free . . .". We sang what we could decipher in the lunchroom and wondered who the hell it was. There was this dorky guy who regularly wore They Might Be Giants shirts. He told us what Mrs. Coldiron was playing, but no one listened to him, because he was a dork. Now I'm a dork, and no one listens to me! :) ********************************************************************** As for which song I would like to see as a hit, I must first say that I don't want TMBG to be popular. Like, at all. They're a private pleasure, dammit! They have enough hardcore fans to keep Them going!! I suppose that an easy target would be "No One Knows My Plan", because of its ska-like powers. Please do not flame this statement, it's the only way I can think of to describe it. You know what I mean! As for what I want to be popular . . . umm . . . okay, I'll just avoid the question entirely, and plead the fifth. :) Kristina "This song dwells on the universal theme of falling in love, falling out of love, and then finding that person, and killing them." Panos _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729151233.50370.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: Another Question Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:12:32 PDT Sarah wrote: > > What TMBG song do you wish was a hit?. > > > Which song do you wish they were known for, that everyone would > > >hear and know this was TMBG? > >I kinda wish "Hey Mr. DJ" or "Nightgown of the Sullen Moon" were >hits.... >or at >least better known. Mostly 'cuz those are my favourites (as well as > >"Birdhouse.." >even if it is almost 'too popular', its still a great song...) Well, the Johns presumably didn't feel the same way, since They relegated those two songs to B-sides. (Actually, "Hey Mr. DJ" was also an A-side, but it wasn't released commercially at all until _Miscellaneous T_.) -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "You scratch my back and I'll scratch your record" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: Matt James Message-Id: <199907291517.LAA06074@fellspt.charm.net> Subject: Re: TMBG: Singles Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:17:29 -0400 (EDT) > > i have one more thing to ask: is it just me, or does anyone else > >here sort of question the songs They have chosen as singles? my strongest > >examples would be "She Was a Hotel Det.", "Snail Shell", "SEXXY", and "the > >Guitar". Some of the others They picked were sensible, IMO, but i'm floored > >as to why some of the ones above were chosen instead of so many other great > >songs. Just a gripe, i guess. > > Actually, not every big song has been a single. I'm not even sure if > Birdhouse was a single, although I bet it was... And everyone on the list > will email me and tell me what an idiot I am... Actually, if I'm going to > sound stupid: was Particle Man a single either? > > Same case with Dr. Worm! It came out in what ... the UK and Japan? And > without extra tracks? > There's a difference between commercially released singles and radio singles. Dr. Worm, Snail Shell, and I think Birdhouse were radio singles sent only to radio stations. Now you might be lucky enough to have 'Promo Only' copies, but apart from that you wouldn't find a normally commercial release of these singles. SEXXY, Don't Let's Start, The Guitar and some others were sold at record stores, had B-sides, etc. Generally, a radio single will merely have the radio edit and perhaps one other version on the disc. Commercially released singles will have B-sides, remixes, and could have as many as 4 or 5 different tracks on them. -Matt ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729152127.87389.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: TMGB: singles Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:21:27 PDT sarah wrote: >In a message dated 7/28/99 9:40:59 PM, VladAmel@aol.com writes: > > > > > i have one more thing to ask: is it just me, or does anyone > >else > >here > >sort of question the songs They have chosen as singles? my > >strongest > >examples would be "She Was a Hotel Det.", "Snail Shell", "SEXXY", > >and >"the > > > >Guitar". Some of the others They picked were sensible, IMO, but > >i'm >floored > > > >as to why some of the ones above were chosen instead of so many > >other >great > > > >songs. Just a gripe, i guess. > > > > >well, wasn't sexxy chosen by elektra? or was that just >misinformation? >... I don't know, but I think I read somewhere that the Johns were usually in charge of choosing Their own singles. If not, we could blame Paul Fox for "Snail Shell." Andy Partridge did say that he had odd ideas for singles. >hotel detective. i have no idea. one of my least favourite of tmbg's. >(though i LOVE the disco hotel detective on the back to skull ep) I really think "Hotel Detective" is a poor fit on the pink album. It really doesn't fit with that album's style, and someone who's heard the single and wants to find other songs like it might be displeased with the pink album. Sometimes a song that doesn't really fit on a record makes a good single, though, since it can be thought of out of the context of the album (if that made any sense). >and actually, that summer, on >vacation, >i met a little unforgettable 4 year old boy named john henry, and i > >remember when i heard the album title, i laughed. And that little boy grew up to beat a steam drill in a railroad-building contest. On a completely different note, Hotmail seems to have erased the addresses in my address book. I suppose there's nothing to do but put them back in, but I'm wondering if anyone else who uses Hotmail has had similar problems. -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "There lies a steel-drivin' man" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729152624.10642.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: Singles Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:26:24 PDT Sam wrote: >Actually, not every big song has been a single. I'm not even sure if >Birdhouse was a single, although I bet it was... And everyone on the >list >will email me and tell me what an idiot I am... "Birdhouse" WAS a single, you idiot! Actually, you're not really an idiot. I'm not sure if that single was ever released commercially. It was just "Birdhouse" and a B-side from _Flood_ ("Hot Cha," I think). >Actually, if I'm going to >sound stupid: was Particle Man a single either? No, it wasn't. It's a bit odd that this song became more popular than ones that WERE released as singles, but I suppose the Tiny Toons Factor had something to do with that. >Same case with Dr. Worm! It came out in what ... the UK and Japan? >And >without extra tracks? It was a single in the United States, but it didn't have any B-sides, and it was never released commercially. The British version DID have B-sides, but they were all tracks from _Severe Tire Damage_. -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Doin' the things a particle can" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729152914.33995.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: My TMBG history Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:29:14 PDT Reverend Kristina K. Panos wrote: >I suppose that an easy target would be "No One Knows My Plan", because of >its ska-like powers. Please do not flame this statement, it's the only way >I can think of to describe it. You know what I mean! I'm not going to flame you (I generally try to avoid doing that kind of thing), but it does bother me when people refer to any song that uses horns as ska. (Hey! Chicago must be a ska band! Same goes for Louis Armstrong!) -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Tour the world with a ska band" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729153109.18855.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: Singles Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:31:09 PDT Matt James wrote: >There's a difference between commercially released singles and radio > >singles. >Dr. Worm, Snail Shell, and I think Birdhouse were radio singles sent >only >to >radio stations. Now you might be lucky enough to have 'Promo Only' > >copies, but >apart from that you wouldn't find a normally commercial release of >these >singles. >SEXXY, Don't Let's Start, The Guitar and some others were sold at >record >stores, had B-sides, etc. "Snail Shell" was also a commercially released EP with B-sides. It was called "Back To Skull." -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Human skull on the ground" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: Matt James Message-Id: <199907291600.MAA12722@fellspt.charm.net> Subject: TMBG: Brave New World this morning Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:00:31 -0400 (EDT) I just got finished listening to the Diane Reemes show on NPR and they had Robert Krulwich and Ted Koppel on talking about "Brave New World". They talked briefly about the dancer that is going to be on but because I tuned in about 25 minutes late I missed any possible mention of TMBG. It seems like this show is getting quite a bit of hype and many people might see it, good exposure for TMBG, I'd say! -Matt ------------------------------ From: BigTMBGfan@aol.com Message-ID: <4aa85e67.24d1dddc@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:39:56 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Another Question I wish that Ana Ng or She's an Angel were a hit, for the simple fact that Ana Ng sounds like something most people would like. Also, most of my friends that don't like TMBG like Ana Ng. She's an Angel should be a hit for the simple fact that it is my favorite song. Also, Don't Let's Start gets some airplay around the Baltimore/DC area on WHFS during Archives a.k.a. Flashback Cafe. Mike Remember, the only thing better than food, is free food!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:38:16 -0400 Subject: Re: semi-TMBG: My TMBG history Message-ID: <19990729.123824.2718.11.Phone_Book@juno.com> From: polly j maloiseau porn star cardigan mulac wrote: >>I suppose that an easy target would be "No One Knows My Plan", >>because of its ska-like powers. Please do not flame this statement, >>it's the only way I can think of to describe it. You know what I mean! >I'm not going to flame you (I generally try to avoid doing that kind of >thing), but it does bother me when people refer to any song that uses >horns as ska. (Hey! Chicago must be a ska band! Same goes for Louis >Armstrong!) i'm reminded of a fellow in a visual c++ computer science course, a few years back. the teacher--a young, perky woman by the name of debbie slusher--allowed students to bring their own cd albums and play them on certain endowed computers, while programming assignments. this fellow (a black wearing pseudo-goth, i believe he could accurately be described as) saw one person's "squirrel nut zippers" album and said to her, "ew. i hate ska." another time he viewed my van halen album and said, "hah! eighties punk! sheesh!" a quick look to his chagrined face showed he was not joking. and you don't want to know what the entire class thought of my TMBG albums. oh, god, i'd play them and they'd .. they'd groan, loudly; some would go so far as YELL at me to turn them off. i was new in my love of TMBG! i still can't see why some don't feel the same as i. peace, love, and good happiness stuff, jay, who gave in after a few weeks and stopped playing tmbg. feh. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 01:54:10 -0500 From: "Jay G." Message-ID: <7nq1l9$co4$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World wrote in message news:5d032f7.24d14d91@aol.com... > One question... WHAT TIME DOES IT COME ON? > 10pm Eastern, which is 9pm Central, and something something Pacific. -Jay ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:21:51 -0500 From: "Jay G." Message-ID: <7nq1qs$crl$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: TMBG: Re: LTW art Jay G. wrote in message news:7noqok$2rj5$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org... > > wrote in message news:b3180c57.24d144ec@aol.com... > > Hey guys- > > > > Does anyone know the URL where I can find the LTW art? All I can ever > > find are little thumbnails... Thanks! > > I got LTW art up at my page, as well as a link to eRiCh's site where > she has art for the back: > > http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~jdgilles/tmbg/LTW.html oops, ment HE has art for the back. Sorry eRiCh. -Jay ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:07:33 -0500 From: Mike Leffel Message-ID: <37A08A55.E783E2DD@conpoint.com> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: Re: semi-TMBG: My TMBG history > > jay, who gave in after a few weeks and stopped playing tmbg. feh. >and you don't want to know what the entire class thought of my TMBG >albums. oh, god, i'd play them and they'd .. they'd groan, loudly; some >would go so far as YELL at me to turn them off. i was new in my love of >TMBG! i still can't see why some don't feel the same as i. What *IS* it with people??? People who can listen LOVINGLY to COMPLETE DRECK all day long, pay *MONEY* to sit in hot outside 'concerts' all day long listening to CRAP, and watch MTV *CONSTANTLY* (on the most part) waiting for them to play CRAP, will HATE TMBG!!!!+ ((+)Personal Opinion. Make not no flame to me, apes.) In one of my personal experiences regarding an anti_TMBG-er (very few, because I keep a tight circle of people I like who like what I like), some complete MORON GIRL and IDIOT BOY were in the car with Bob Scott and I going home on a long long trip in the middle of the night. (I do believe he related this story months ago, perhaps not) *ONE* *NANOSECOND* *OF* *APOLLO18* and these freaks ****REBELLED****!!!!! It became a very immature whining fit on their part (and it was MY *a18!*) and it involved her trying to tear Bob's cd player out, MY cd out and throw it out the window, and several other near-flyofftheroad attack tactics. Thankfully, Bob Scott is one stern person (don't let that cute face fool ya! He's a right bastard!) and shut them up but good for the rest of the night after we pulled into a gas station. We haven't seen either of these nimrods since! (well, I was never friends with them anyway, and only knew them through bob, who knew them through... nevermind.) Anyway, people are nuts. Why is TMBG so irritating to the ears of someone who thinks BUTHOLE SURFERS is cool?! ENDO ME TALKIE TALK FOR NOW Mike "And that's how Stinky the Fur Trader became George Washington!" Leffel ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: <8e2519fa.24d1e580@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:12:32 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: My TMBG history In a message dated 7/29/99 9:33:03 AM, tubeway_army@hotmail.com writes: >As for which song I would like to see as a hit, I must first say that I > >don't want TMBG to be popular. Like, at all. They're a private pleasure, > >dammit! They have enough hardcore fans to keep Them going!! > well, i don' t think we have much to worry about, there. and, on the off chance they *did*, at least it'd be damn funny. {still have the image in my head of tmbg in a mcg video, and linnell in that damn sombrero!} carson daly: "woo! welcome back to trl! next up is the new tmbg video, dr. worm!" fan outside the window: "JOHN YOU'RE SO HOT!" though it'd probably be more like... carson daly: "welcome back to trl! oh yeah! we've got they might be giants' john flansburgh and john LINNel in the hizz-ouse!" linnell: "um, that's linneLL." carson daly: "yeah, whatever. ...but it'd STILL be funny. :) sarah ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:55:21 -0700 Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World Message-ID: <19990729.135523.-933889.0.Garrett27@juno.com> From: Garrett M Liggett On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 01:54:10 -0500 "Jay G." writes: > > wrote in message news:5d032f7.24d14d91@aol.com... >> One question... WHAT TIME DOES IT COME ON? >> > >10pm Eastern, which is 9pm Central, and something something Pacific. > >-Jay > > 10pm for those Pacific people...Yay! They're coming out here this year! Garrett Liggett ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ From: RingOH@aol.com Message-ID: <9b696978.24d20484@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:24:52 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World hey! us east-coasters will see Brave New World three hours before the west coasters! We'll try not to give it away... Rick "Which one of us is the one that we can't trust?" ------------------------------ From: GhostKrabb@webtv.net (Dexter Flansburgh) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:14:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Non-TMBG: Help! Message-ID: <22978-37A0D242-1432@postoffice-242.iap.bryant.webtv.net> I'm looking for an address. It's that guy who's burning LTW for some people. Can any of you (or the person himself) complete this address for me so that I may contact him? Thanks: balloon@PlaceDomainName.Here <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>"You can't grow, you don't have enough room." <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729222355.92192.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: My TMBG history Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:23:55 PDT Mike Leffel wrote: > What *IS* it with people??? People who can listen LOVINGLY to >COMPLETE >DRECK all day long, pay *MONEY* to sit in hot outside 'concerts' all >day >long listening to CRAP, and watch MTV *CONSTANTLY* (on the most part) >waiting for them to play CRAP, will HATE TMBG!!!!+ Well, they say one man's trash is another man's treasure. If you want to base decisions solely on musical talent, though, the Johns are not the best musicians out there. I know that my mother doesn't much care for Them, partially because of Their mediocre tunes and voices. My mother doesn't listen to Butthole Surfers or watch MTV, either, though. Compared to a lot of what's out there now, the Johns really ARE great musicians. I guess I can't understand how someone can listen to grunge and heavy metal, and then get annoyed by the music of TMBG (which is generally pretty easy on the ears), but, to use another tired cliche, there's no accounting for tastes. -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "I'm just FULL of cliches today!" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990729230600.4847.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Scott Murry" Subject: TMBG: Re: tmbg-list Digest #19-29 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:05:59 GMT I appologize for responding to a possibly already dead thread, but such is the life of someone who's e-mail account can only handle the Digest form of the list! In a message dated 7/28/99 12:31:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Samman85@aol.com writes: >I was thinking the other day about how all my friends knew TMBG as the band > who did "Istanbul," "Particle Man," and maybe "Birdhouse in Your Soul." > > That's an experience I've seen paralelled a lot on this list, as they >were > the hits and they were on Tiny Toons. So, this leads to my informal poll: > > What TMBG song do you wish was a hit? > > Which song do you wish they were known for, that everyone would hear and >know > this was TMBG? > > I would have to say either "Ana Ng" or "They'll Need A Crane," as they're > pretty much my favorite TMBG songs and they are interesting, intriguing, and > > just poppy enough to get people's attention. > > What would you guys say? >I don't know. Probably the STD version of "Birdhouse" or "Till My >Head >Falls >Off". Maybe "Spiraling Shape". "Sleeping in the Flowers" and "Snail >Shell" >also come to mind. Maybe "The Guitar". "New York City" is a good >song, but >it's not really in their style, and it's not original. I'd have to >say >STD's "Birdhouse". >Rick "Sensible to ear and sternum" Jennings I must say that all of TMBG's songs are appealing and fun to listen to for me, and my "favorite THEY song" changes almost daily...However, I DON'T want everyone to know who THEY are because that's part of THEIR charm. If THEY had the following of worthless bands like N'sync & Back Street Boys, I don't think I could take it. If I did want THEM to be universally famous I guess I'd have to say that the song that tops my list most often is "She's An Angel." On the other hand, I think that more representative songs of their overall style, wit, and sick lyrical charm are: "Where Your Eyes Don't Go," and "Cowtown." (not to mention Hot-Cha, after which we named our new puppy...when it runs away it's "Hot-Cha, Where are you?") So there it is. Scott AKA "The boy from LouisiAna(Ng)" _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990730002758.4788.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: NON-TMBG: Re: tmbg-list Digest #19-29 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:27:57 PDT Scott Murry wrote: >I appologize for responding to a possibly already dead thread, but such is >the life of someone who's e-mail account can only handle the Digest form of >the list! Hey, a thread is only dead when people quit responding to it. I guess that you've revived it if it WAS dead. -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Now it's over, this thread is dead, and it hasn't done anything that it wants" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: TMBGnMP@aol.com Message-ID: <46d3a985.24d24d84@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:36:20 EDT Subject: TMBG:New Tour Date... Hi I was just at pollstar.com and there is a listing for TMBG on 10/08/99 in Minneapolis, MN @ Great Hall. It should be up on theymightbegiants.com soon. :) TMBGnMP@aol.com ------------------------------ Message-Id: <199907300322.XAA139152@f04n07.cac.psu.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:23:35 -0400 From: Jason Fickley Subject: TMBG: BNW uh, spoilers or something if you haven't seen Brave New World Well, I think BNW was interesting. I figured the TMBG content would be relatively small, but it was still cool. The timers were interesting, although I don't quite get the 'time elapsed' thing at the end. This was undoubtedly great exposure for the band. I love the shots at the end of the show of Dan Hickey and Cog looking at each other and TMBG sitting, watching some robot crawl by. Is anyone else shocked they were playing Siftin' in the background prior to the Older video? --Jason-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:24:29 -0400 Subject: TMBG: Brave New World: Older Message-ID: <19990729.232429.-281289.0.jbparke@juno.com> From: Jeff Parker So what do we all think about the Brave New World thingamajig? The show seems like it could be pretty interesting... The video for older was VERY nifty! I love the way the timers for each band member only incremented when that member was on camera... and Flans looking straight up into the camera and wailing "TIME!" was just awesome. Linnell is looking a little bit older, especially during the close-ups, dontcha think? Anywayz, i can't wait to see what them wacky giant boys will come up with next! That's it... v^v Jeffro v^v np: LTW next concert: Dave Matthews tomorrow!!! Yippedy Skippedy!!! ------------------------------ From: TMBGreat@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:25:21 EDT Subject: TMBG: older Is the version of "Older" they did on the show the one on LTW? -Kimberly ------------------------------ From: TMBGreat@aol.com Message-ID: <43f3595d.24d275a7@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:27:35 EDT Subject: TMBG: brave new world chat Voltaire from [205.188.193.179], at 11:22pm ET What lead you to use They Might be Giants in your program? * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Andrew Lange from [205.188.197.53], at 11:23pm ET I loved the way you fit the music of They Might Be Giants right in with the theme of the show. * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Robert Krulwich at 11:24pm ET They are very smart. They have a reporters' eye: they write very well about things happening around us...And they're fast...AND, by the way, they wrote the music at the beginning of the show, which means they're incredibly versatile..and I was thrilled to work with them. ------------------------------ From: HallOfEyes@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:31:33 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: older In a message dated 7/29/99 11:30:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TMBGreat@aol.com writes: << Is the version of "Older" they did on the show the one on LTW? >> Yes it is! Also notice TMBG did the theme music! Which doesn't sound ANYTHING like them! Wow! Jordan ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:32:07 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World: Older In a message dated 7/29/99 10:25:42 PM, jbparke@juno.com writes: >So what do we all think about the Brave New World thingamajig? i really liked it! :] >The show seems like it could be pretty interesting... The video for >older was VERY nifty! I love the way the timers for each band member >only incremented when that member was on camera... and Flans >looking straight up into the camera and wailing "TIME!" was just >awesome. Linnell is looking a little bit older, especially during the >close-ups, dontcha think? actually, he looked a wee bit younger if anything. :) i luuuhhhved it so, i can't even -- tmbg, on network prime time tv? closeups? names and such? oh yeah! :D and linnell spinning at the end was pretty cool. :) was *i* the only one who thought of tmbg when they showed the giant skull head in the beginning? c'mon! :) sarah ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:32:10 -0500 From: "Jay G." Message-ID: <7nr94c$15sr$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: TMBG: "What We Did This Summer" Realaudio Go here to listen to Realaudio files of 3 tracks off the promo CD: "What We Did This Summer" You're Not The Boss of Me Dr. Evil Cyclops Rock http://www.muohio.edu/~combsmc/tmbg/ JJRRutgers posted this URL in the chat room. -Jay ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 00:23:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Josh Axelrad Subject: Re: TMBG: "What We Did This Summer" Realaudio Message-ID: Just a request to people who go to listen to these songs... Some of us want to wait till the next album comes out ot hear studio versions of songs such as Cyclops Rock... so please try to limit the discussion of this .ra on the list... ie. try to warn of SPOILERS and such... Thanks... -- Jish TMBG.net and the EFnet #TMBG Home Page http://www.tmbg.net/ On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Jay G. wrote: > Go here to listen to Realaudio files of 3 tracks > off the promo CD: "What We Did This Summer" > > You're Not The Boss of Me > Dr. Evil > Cyclops Rock > > http://www.muohio.edu/~combsmc/tmbg/ > JJRRutgers posted this URL in the chat room. > > -Jay > > ------------------------------ From: EmarZero@aol.com Message-ID: <8fc92911.24d282eb@aol.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 00:24:11 EDT Subject: TMBG: Brave New World: HELP! Hey, all. Emar here... I REALLY would like to see "Older." I had a tape prepared and the VCR set to tape, but then (if you're in Georgia, it's likely you've heard) this psycho decided to kill his wife, 2 kids, and about 9 other people, and then himself, and every network affiliate is going NecroManic over it. Hence, no BNW. If some noble soul could maybe upload it as a RM file or similar somewhere... I would worship them. Emar "Damn Psychopaths!" Zero ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:34:40 -1000 From: "Courtney L. Patubo" Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World this morning Matt sez: >I just got finished listening to the Diane Reemes show on NPR and they had >Robert Krulwich and Ted Koppel on talking about "Brave New World". They >talked >briefly about the dancer that is going to be on but because I tuned in >about 25 minutes >late I missed any possible mention of TMBG. It seems like this show is >getting >quite a bit of hype and many people might see it, good exposure for TMBG, >I'd say! Yeh, my boyfriend heard it yesterday afternoon, and I missed it! He said that they played some songs, but he didn't tell me what. I wonder if they'll play it again sometime...? But yes, there's been much hype this week! Courtney L . Patubo - cpatubo@sirius.com toonie@tmbg.org * ICQ #3762743 http://www.sirius.com/~cpatubo "You made my day, now you have to sleep in it." ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:35:42 -1000 From: "Courtney L. Patubo" Subject: Re: TMBG: Brave New World >hey! us east-coasters will see Brave New World three hours before the west >coasters! We'll try not to give it away... Hey! It hasn't even been on yet here in Hawaii (2.5 more hours)! Take that! Courtney L . Patubo - cpatubo@sirius.com toonie@tmbg.org * ICQ #3762743 http://www.sirius.com/~cpatubo "You made my day, now you have to sleep in it." ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990730013159.006968d4@mail.csrlink.net> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 01:31:59 -0400 From: Dylan Flipse Subject: TMBG:Brave New World-Bravo! + Linnell interview + LTW online :( I don't want to ruin it for those who haven't yet seen it, but I found myself enjoying Brave New World more than I do most TV. A video tape (Russ, my man!) with the series of TMBG videos from BNW will be a very cool thing. I'll say no more... Had a couple of folks in #tmbg on the Undernet tonight...felt entitled to MP3s of Long Tall Weekend. (And to calling me a "HYPCRITE" when we refused, but I digress.) One point they tried to make was that TMBG must have money, they've had record contracts, etc. I told them about the Linnell interview in which he basically says "Hey, we're not rich!" but I couldn't show it to them. Anyone have this archived, know where it might be, maybe just have that quote? It'd be appreciated. Finally, it's June 29th, a solid ten days after Long Tall Weekend hit the "shelves." I found several sites offering LTW MP3s with the search engine at oth.net. Who didn't expect that? Question-do we do anything about it? Email emusic.com, email the ISPs, email Operator Dot? Do we even want to bother? I download MP3s all the time, but...this is They Might Be Giants. Dylan "Mike Leffell, eh? I'll say no more, say no more." Flipse Dylan Flipse - dylan@flipse.com http://www.flipse.com - Just do it ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #19-30 ******************************