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 #19-26 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 19, Number 26 Monday, 26 July 1999 Today's Topics: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. TMBG: Webcast of Long Tall Weekend show Re: TMBG: Webcast of Long Tall Weekend show Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. TMBG: info on signing up... 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Re: No longer TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. 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 ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <19990724203736.84010.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 13:37:35 PDT Lawrence P Solomon wrote: >But The Bells... it's... it wasn't that good live. They really >seemed to >hate >playing it, but almost with the attitude of "We're playing this >because we >feel we have to do it once." That reminds me. What tracks that appear on TMBG records have never been played live? Which ones have only been played once? (This isn't a trivia question; I'm just interested in knowing.) >They left out the drum solo at the end It was probably closer to the demo version, which had synthesized (rather than sung) bells, and no drum solo. Speaking of the demo version, is there anywhere I can find the old WAV Dial-A-Songs from tmbg.com? I lost all of my old copies, and I sometimes have an urge to hear them again. -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "The girl with cotton in her ears" 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: <19990724204125.99172.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 13:41:24 PDT Lawrence P Solomon wrote: >Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > > > I really don't like the improv section either (especially not as > > it >appears > > on _John Henry_), but I can't think of any other _John Henry_ song > > >that > > really gets anything out of the live treatment. This could be > > >because much > > of _John Henry_ was recorded as a live band. Maybe that's why > > They >steered away from _John Henry_ tracks on the live album. > >What?! What about Snail Shell, Sleeping in the Flowers, and NyQuil > >Driver? >Very different live, and lots of energy in them. Get the horns in >there >for >Sleeping and... actually, I wonder why they *did* leave it off STD? >It >was played at most of the Fall '97 shows... Well, I haven't heard very many live TMBG performances (and I've only seen one), so I guess I really wouldn't know. Another song that is obviously different in concert is "O, Do Not Forsake Me," but I don't think I would have wanted that on _Severe Tire Damage_. I've heard two versions of Flans singing it, and he's just not as good at it as Hudson Shad. -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "For I am one thousand years old" 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: <19990724204932.53932.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: TMBG: Webcast of Long Tall Weekend show Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 13:49:32 PDT Yes, I know this has been covered before, but I must have deleted the message(s) that contained the relevant information. Is the webcast of Monday's show still available? If so, where and how can I access it? -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Maybe I should start listening the first time" 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: <19990724210353.47580.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: Webcast of Long Tall Weekend show Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 21:03:53 GMT >Yes, I know this has been covered before, but I must have deleted the >message(s) that contained the relevant information. Is the webcast of >Monday's show still available? If so, where and how can I access it? Should be at: http://www.broadcast.com/music/concerts/theymightbegiants/ Kristina "Chaotic Evil half-elf" Panos _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379A3064.C07C8653@tmbg.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:30:12 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > That reminds me. What tracks that appear on TMBG records have never been > played live? Which ones have only been played once? (This isn't a trivia > question; I'm just interested in knowing.) as far as I know, it's just: I'm Def, Become a Robot, Hell Hotel, Stand on Your Own Head, Theme from Flood, Women and Men, They Might Be Giants (instrumental only), Hall of Heads, Hypnotist of Ladies, 19/21 Fingertips, Hey Mr. DJ, Mr. Klaw, Cabbagetown, I Blame You, Moving to the Sun, Mrs. Train, We've Got a World that Swings, Dark and Metric, Edison Museum, Drinkin', Token Back to Brooklyn. If anyone has evidence to refute any of these claims, I'd love to hear it! :) -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ From: Kaylum@aol.com Message-ID: <6bd5b656.24cb8b04@aol.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:32:52 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. << They Might Be Giants (instrumental only) >> What record was this on? Kay ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379A3241.47652312@tmbg.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:38:09 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Kaylum@aol.com wrote: > << They Might Be Giants (instrumental only) >> > > What record was this on? it's on Flood and the '85 Demo Tape. They've only done it instrumentally in concert, though. Not the full version. I guess my wording was a little confusing, but I couldn't think of how else to say it and be concise at the same time. -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990724222106.95707.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:21:03 PDT Lawrence P Solomon wrote: >Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > > > That reminds me. What tracks that appear on TMBG records have > > never >been > > played live? Which ones have only been played once? (This isn't > > a >trivia question; I'm just interested in knowing.) > >as far as I know, it's just: I'm assuming that this list is of songs that They've never played, and not ones that have only been played once. >I'm Def, Become a Robot, Hell Hotel These are fairly old songs, and they might have been played live before any TMBG records had been released. If not, there are probably some other _Then_ bonus tracks that haven't been played live. I mean, how many shows included "Fake Out In Buenos Aires"? >Theme from Flood, Women and Men I know there was a show in which They played the entire pink album. Did They do the same thing for _Flood_, or am I misremembering setlists that I've seen? >They Might Be Giants (instrumental only) They played this one, including the lyrics, at the only TMBG concert I've attended. (It was at Indiana University of Pennsylvania during the spring of 1997, for those of you who might be interested). >Token Back to Brooklyn. I haven't ever heard a live version, but I seem to recall seeing it on a setlist at some point. -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "They might be big, big, fake, fake lies" 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: <3.0.3.32.19990724153217.006a0e90@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:32:17 -0700 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. At 03:21 PM 7/24/99 PDT, Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > >I know there was a show in which They played the entire pink album. Did >They do the same thing for _Flood_, or am I misremembering setlists that >I've seen? The only shows I know of where they've played entire albums in sequence were for the Pink Album (even including a transition to side B song!) and John Henry. I don't believe they've done that for "Flood" or any other album (not even "Severe Tire Damage"! :-). -Adam ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ------------------------------ From: RingOH@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:45:28 EDT Subject: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? I FINALLY saw Austin Powers on Thrusday, and in the scenene where Felicity was with Fat Bastard, he sang something like this: (to the tune of Particle Man) "Sexy man, Sexy man. Doin' the things A sexy man can!" I'm probably the millionth person to post this, but I never SAW any other posts about, so I'll assume I'm the first. I was also kind of disappointed with the Dr. Evil song. I wanted to hear John or John sing it. So there. Rick "Nobody knows what I'm really like, but everyone says I'm great" Jennings ------------------------------ From: HallOfEyes@aol.com Message-ID: <6bd84eb1.24cb9d3b@aol.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:50:35 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? In a message dated 7/24/99 6:46:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RingOH@aol.com writes: << I FINALLY saw Austin Powers on Thrusday, and in the scenene where Felicity was with Fat Bastard, he sang something like this: (to the tune of Particle Man) "Sexy man, Sexy man. Doin' the things A sexy man can!" >> He actually sang it more to the tune of Spiderman, which goes "Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can..." etc... But actually, being that Mike Meyers is a tmbg fan, it wouldnt be that huge a stretch...still it sounds more like Spiderman >>I was also kind of disappointed with the Dr. Evil song. I wanted to hear John or John sing it.<< !!!! John and John sing almost EVERY tmbg song...Robin is great. Jordan ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990724154534.006a06c8@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:45:34 -0700 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? I still think that's more of a reference to the '60s Spider-Man theme. Of course, Particle Man was partially based on that theme too, so it's all intertwined. -Adam At 06:45 PM 7/24/99 EDT, RingOH@aol.com wrote: >I FINALLY saw Austin Powers on Thrusday, and in the scenene where Felicity >was with Fat Bastard, he sang something like this: (to the tune of Particle >Man) > >"Sexy man, Sexy man. >Doin' the things >A sexy man can!" ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990724154743.006a1c4c@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:47:43 -0700 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Especially considering that "sexy man" has the same number of syllables as "Spider-Man". If he were trying to parody Particle Man, I'm sure Mike Myers is talented enough to find a word or phrase consisting of 4 syllables. :-) -Adam At 06:50 PM 7/24/99 EDT, HallOfEyes@aol.com wrote: > >He actually sang it more to the tune of Spiderman, which goes "Spiderman, >Spiderman, does whatever a spider can..." etc... >But actually, being that Mike Meyers is a tmbg fan, it wouldnt be that huge a >stretch...still it sounds more like Spiderman ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: <20d50a55.24cba4e3@aol.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 19:23:15 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? dang, i was gonna quote what i was replying to, but i hit delete by accident. it was about john or john singing dr. evil... well, like jordan said, something to the effect of: "!!! john and john sing every song! robin is great!" yeah, i agree. :) *however*, i {and many others} DID get to hear one of the johns sing dr. worm before the central park show last month, during their soundcheck. i'm pretty sure it was linnell, but at first i thought it was flans. it was interesting. :) as for AP2, i still haven't seen the movie. while i was in ny in june, my family saw it without me. oh well, i'd rather not see it with them anyway. but that was still mean. i do wish to see fat bastard though. "git in my belly!" :) sarah, back from hell np. the super friendz "mock up, scale down" ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990724233018.83981.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:30:18 PDT Adam Tyner wrote: >The only shows I know of where they've played entire albums in >sequence >were for the Pink Album (even including a transition to side B song!) >and >John Henry. I don't believe they've done that for "Flood" or any >other >album (not even "Severe Tire Damage"! :-). For that matter, have They ever played "About Me" live? -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "You might be thinking that you're free" 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: <19990724233445.95155.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:34:44 PDT sarah wrote: >it was about john or john singing dr. evil... > >well, like jordan said, something to the effect of: "!!! john and >john >sing every song! robin is great!" yeah, i agree. :) > >*however*, i {and many others} DID get to hear one of the johns sing >dr. >worm >before the central park show last month, during their soundcheck. >i'm >pretty >sure it was linnell, but at first i thought it was flans. it was >interesting. :) But Linnell sings "Dr. Worm" EVERY time! (Yes, I know what song you really meant.) >sarah, back from hell Hey, I live there! I've GOT to find a new place to hang out. By the way, I'm currently listening to the webcast of Monday's show, and I noticed that "Cyclops Rock" has different lyrics than those in the other version that I've heard. How many different versions of these lyrics are there? -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Ever noticed how all your favourite songs have cowbells in them?" DeHoff DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ Now playing: Maybe I Know _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990724162955.006a1210@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:29:55 -0700 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. At 04:30 PM 7/24/99 PDT, Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > >For that matter, have They ever played "About Me" live? I don't believe so. -Adam ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990724233617.73138.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 23:36:17 GMT >Adam Tyner wrote: >>The only shows I know of where they've played entire albums in >sequence >>were for the Pink Album (even including a transition to side B song!) >and >>John Henry. I don't believe they've done that for "Flood" or any >other >>album (not even "Severe Tire Damage"! :-). > >For that matter, have They ever played "About Me" live? Yes! I heard them play it 08/10/98 at the River Market in Kansas City. >May the light shine upon thee, >Nathan Mulac "You might be thinking that you're free" 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 _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: TMBGnMP@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 19:34:57 EDT Subject: TMBG: info on signing up... Hi, I just got a response form her and you can write to TMBGdot@aol.com with your email, name, and address which will then put you on all of the lists. Hope that helps. :) TMBGnMP@aol.com ------------------------------ From: GhostKrabb@webtv.net (Dexter Flansburgh) Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:38:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: TMBG: info on signing up... Message-ID: <13801-379A4E73-6816@postoffice-243.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Is it an announce list or a discussion list? -dex <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>"You can't grow, you don't have enough room." <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990724163439.006a0a40@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:34:39 -0700 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: TMBG: info on signing up... At 04:38 PM 7/24/99 -0700, Dexter Flansburgh wrote: >Is it an announce list or a discussion list? -dex Announcement list, from the way theymightbegiants.com describes it. Of course, I just made a mistake regarding "About Me" a couple of minutes ago, so perhaps I'm not the best source of information. ;-) -Adam ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379A5137.A12D8E89@tmbg.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 19:50:15 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > >They Might Be Giants (instrumental only) > > They played this one, including the lyrics, at the only TMBG concert I've > attended. (It was at Indiana University of Pennsylvania during the spring > of 1997, for those of you who might be interested). um, you're either remembering a different show or a dream or something. I'm looking at both the setlist and what they actually played, and neither of them contain this song. Kind of like they *didn't* play Why Must I Be Sad at GenCon last year, even though someone reported that they did. (and I told Josh about that but he still hasn't fixed it on tmbg.net) I mean, there's no way they'd dig up a song for *one* show unless it's some special performance, like the Mercury Lounge or an Irving Plaza or Bowery Ballroom theme show. Kind of like if Moxy Fruvous ever play Bed and Breakfast it won't be at a college show... -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379A51E0.5BA0BF21@tmbg.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 19:53:04 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" wrote: > Yes! I heard them play it 08/10/98 at the River Market in Kansas City. at *what* show?!? Do you have a full setlist? tmbg.net doesn't even list that one... -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725000045.1056.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:00:44 PDT Lawrence P Solomon wrote: >Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > > > >They Might Be Giants (instrumental only) > > > > They played this one, including the lyrics, at the only TMBG > > concert >I've > > attended. (It was at Indiana University of Pennsylvania during > > the >spring > > of 1997, for those of you who might be interested). > >um, you're either remembering a different show or a dream or >something. It's certainly not a different show, unless I was magically transported after entering the multi-purpose room in the union building. That's the only show I've ever attended. I could be remembering incorrectly, though. That was a few years ago, and I didn't know very many of the songs back then. >I mean, there's no way they'd dig up a song for *one* show unless >it's >some >special performance, like the Mercury Lounge or an Irving Plaza or >Bowery >Ballroom theme show. I never said They did. They could have played it at other shows, too. >Kind of like if Moxy Fruvous ever play Bed and Breakfast >it won't be at a college show... Friggin' anti-college bastards. (I'm just kidding. I like Moxy Fruvous. I just can't see why college shows can't be "special.") -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Then again, this post could be a big, big, fake, fake lie" 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: <379A566F.29C6C4A0@tmbg.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 20:12:31 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > Friggin' anti-college bastards. (I'm just kidding. I like Moxy Fruvous. I > just can't see why college shows can't be "special.") because a band will never get its actual audience at college shows. sure, they'll get some (or even a lot of) fans, but a good portion of the audience will have either never heard of them or only be familiar with a few songs. Plus, since a lot of college shows aren't open to the public, the fans who would travel to see the shows aren't there, and really, if a band is going to do something that they know the hard-core fans will appreciate, they'll do it when they know there are going to be a lot of hard-core fans there. -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: <4a92378e.24cbb2e1@aol.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 20:22:57 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Fat Bastard = Particle Man? i wrote: >*however*, i {and many others} DID get to hear one of the johns sing >dr. > >>worm i meant dr. evil. yeh. i'm not a total idiot. sarah ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990724205044.009b2a90@idt.net> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 20:50:44 -0400 From: Michael Hooker Subject: TMBG: e mail trouble hi, lately when i try to open a TMBG digest my e mail program locks up( eudora ). it doesnt happen with other e mails i get. anybody else have this problem? any solutions? they are by far my largest e mails, sometimes 59 K. thanks, Mike Hooker ------------------------------ Message-ID: <004d01bed638$d7653780$2aa308d0@northstar> From: "Kelly Mendenhall" Subject: Re: TMBG: sheet music Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:58:41 -0700 Hey I found that Melody Assistant program for those interested... It can be downloaded from c-net http://www.download.com/pc/software/0%2C332%2C0-33682-g%2C1000.html that should hopefully get ya there... Later, Kelly ------------------------------ From: Gurgi1299@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 21:16:17 EDT Subject: TMBG: Long Dead Thread (Two Unrelated Things...) In a message dated 6/30/99 9:43:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MuseKJ@aol.com writes: << Am I the only married woman on this list? >> I know I could (should) have responded to this a long time ago...but my husband was in the hospital after having a heart attack. I was married in January of this year... ~Kimberly ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725012112.32421.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 01:21:12 GMT >"Reverend Kristina K. Panos" wrote: > > > Yes! I heard them play it 08/10/98 at the River Market in Kansas City. > >at *what* show?!? Do you have a full setlist? tmbg.net doesn't even list >that one... Well, I guess that would be the 08/10/98 show at the River Market in Kansas City. Technically, it was the Mancow's Morning Madhouse/107.3 monster blowout extravaganza of the century or something. No, I don't have a setlist. Sorry. :( Kristina "Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!" Panos _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725013026.3465.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 01:30:25 GMT >Lawrence P Solomon wrote: >>Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: >> >> > >They Might Be Giants (instrumental only) >> > >> > They played this one, including the lyrics, at the only TMBG > > >>concert >>I've >> > attended. (It was at Indiana University of Pennsylvania during > > the >>spring >> > of 1997, for those of you who might be interested). >> >>um, you're either remembering a different show or a dream or >something. > >It's certainly not a different show, unless I was magically transported >after entering the multi-purpose room in the union building. That's the >only show I've ever attended. I could be remembering incorrectly, though. >That was a few years ago, and I didn't know very many of the songs back >then. > >>I mean, there's no way they'd dig up a song for *one* show unless >it's >>some >>special performance, like the Mercury Lounge or an Irving Plaza or >Bowery >>Ballroom theme show. > >I never said They did. They could have played it at other shows, too. > >>Kind of like if Moxy Fruvous ever play Bed and Breakfast >>it won't be at a college show... > >Friggin' anti-college bastards. (I'm just kidding. I like Moxy Fruvous. >I >just can't see why college shows can't be "special.") Maestro! I say right on! Why can't They be Themselves *anywhere* but New York f*cking City? From all the live shows that I've seen personally, heard on cd, or heard about, They are SO much more fun there. I understand the whole hometown loyalty, but dammit, it's just not fair! :) Kristina "Will absolutely EVERYTHING piss me off today?" Panos >May the light shine upon thee, >Nathan Mulac "Then again, this post could be a big, big, fake, fake lie" >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 _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725013430.83462.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: e mail trouble Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 01:34:30 GMT >hi, > lately when i try to open a TMBG digest my e mail program locks up( eudora >). it doesnt happen with other e mails i get. anybody else have this >problem? any solutions? they are by far my largest e mails, sometimes 59 K. Perhaps you should try the "message" option, as each message is usually no larger than 3k (with the exception of some of Adam Tyner's posts :) I find that it fills my Hotmail inbox quite nicely, and I feel warm and fuzzy all over because of it! Kristina "What on Earth is a TMBG?" Panos :) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: gooey@flashmail.com Message-Id: <4.1.19990725023518.0093c940@pop.gwu.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 02:37:30 -0100 From: "Jay G." Subject: TMBG: LTW cover and TMBG reference. >I checked eBay, and many people have already >put up their promo CDs for sale! Besides wanting >to kill them, I noticed one of them had actually What's wrong with selling a CD to someone who really wants it? You make me puke. ------------------------------ From: BigTMBGfan@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 02:34:27 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. In a message dated 7/24/1999 5:30:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, zaph@tmbg.org writes: << Nathan Mulac DeHoff wrote: > That reminds me. What tracks that appear on TMBG records have never been > played live? Which ones have only been played once? (This isn't a trivia > question; I'm just interested in knowing.) as far as I know, it's just: I'm Def, Become a Robot, Hell Hotel, Stand on Your Own Head, Theme from Flood, Women and Men, They Might Be Giants (instrumental only), Hall of Heads, Hypnotist of Ladies, 19/21 Fingertips, Hey Mr. DJ, Mr. Klaw, Cabbagetown, I Blame You, Moving to the Sun, Mrs. Train, We've Got a World that Swings, Dark and Metric, Edison Museum, Drinkin', Token Back to Brooklyn. >> If I remember correctly, in a 1995 show, I remember hearing Stand on Your Own Head, and Hey Mr. DJ, at Shriver Hall at Johns Hopkins University, I might be wrong, but I don't think I am... Mike And remember, the only thing better than food, is free food ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379ABBCF.CCCA75BB@conpoint.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 02:25:03 -0500 From: Mike Leffel Subject: TMBG: What the hell is a Screaming Argonaut? Thought you guys would get a laugh, and those who didn't know would get a laugh, and the laugh laugh laugh it's too damn late and I am tired. I wouldn't have known about this if it wasn't for LPS' page, and I've enjoyed it for a couple of months now! Thanks, LPS! ^_^ Mike "Just saw EWS, and it was worth it for Lee Lee!" Leffel Wordsmith wrote: > > argonaut (AR-go-not) noun > > A cephalopod mollusk (Argonauta argo) with eight tentacles, the female of > which inhabits a paper-thin shell that later acts as an egg case. Also > known as paper nautilus. > > [Latin, Argonaut.] > > Argonaut noun > > 1. Greek Mythology. One who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of > the Golden Fleece. > > 2. Also argonaut. A person who is engaged in a dangerous but rewarding > quest; an adventurer. > > [Latin Argonauta, from Greek Argonautes : Argo, the ship Argo + nautes, > sailor (from naus, ship).] > > "In essence, these argonauts of the local competitive rebirth were on the > same difficult side of the financial coin as their early 20th century > ancestors." > Royce J. Holland, Future Vision, Telephony, 20 May 1996. > > This week's theme: eponyms > > ........................................................................... > Whoever heard of a hundred thousand animals rushing together to butcher > each other, as men do everywhere [during war]?" -Desiderius Erasmus > (1466-1536) > > Q: What is your privacy policy? > A: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, > swapped, marketed, exchanged, bartered, distributed, or disclosed in any > other way. We don't like to receive junk mail, and know you don't either. > > Pronunciation: > http://www.wordsmith.org/words/argonaut.wav > http://www.wordsmith.org/words/argonaut.ram ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 03:17:43 -0500 From: Bob Scott Message-ID: <379AC827.C4D92D5C@conpoint.com> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: TMBG: Re: Welcome Adam Bongo wrote: > Despite the fact that they can talk about "Eyes Wide Shut" anywhere on the Net, they insist > on doing it here. Speaking of "Eyes Wide Shut", I just thought I'd point out how much I enjoyed it. If you like Kubrick, you'll probably like it. If you like being confused by a movie, you'll like it. I found the first hour boring, but that was probably just a side effect of very little sleep the night before seeing the film. Bob "Wonders what to think of the scene with the squid attacking Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as they try to escape Mars, god of war..." Scott ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: <111f2dac.24cbf05b@aol.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:45:15 EDT Subject: Re: Non-TMBG: Okay, okay, okay. In a message dated 7/24/99 3:22:10 PM, dilbert_2000@hotmail.com writes: >Alright. If everyone feels so strongly about me, I will unsubscribe, just > >tell me how to do so. you don't have to unsubscribe, just quit posting RIDICULOUS things. rather, think before you post. doesn't take much effort. if you're posting something to specifically cause a controversy of sorts (i'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that's what you were doing, and not that you really are so stupid that you don't realize it)... think about possible outcomes *of* the post before you hit the send button. just a suggestion. sarah quote in honour of my tmbg-list pirate friends: "i can feel the nausea coming on; the boat won't rock without a sing along" - the super friendz :) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379B17DB.E00A6838@tmbg.org> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 09:57:47 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: TMBG: Re: gooey@flashmail.com wrote: > What's wrong with selling a CD to someone who really wants it? > > You make me puke. CDs, sadly, not a whole lot. CD-Rs, everything. These are promo CDs, so really, people shouldn't be making a profit off them (they got them for free), but everyone seems to be a capitalist pig and trying to make a quick buck off of absolutely everything they can. As far as I know, there isn't anything illegal about reselling something you rightfully own. But selling CD-Rs is outright illegal. You can sell something as long as you don't retain a copy after it's sold, but copying it allows you to do just that, which is why it's illegal. -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725143444.93161.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 14:34:44 GMT >gooey@flashmail.com wrote: > > > What's wrong with selling a CD to someone who really wants it? > > > > You make me puke. > >CDs, sadly, not a whole lot. CD-Rs, everything. > >These are promo CDs, so really, people shouldn't be making a profit off >them >(they got them for free), but everyone seems to be a capitalist pig and >trying >to make a quick buck off of absolutely everything they can. As far as I >know, >there isn't anything illegal about reselling something you rightfully own. > >But selling CD-Rs is outright illegal. You can sell something as long as >you >don't retain a copy after it's sold, but copying it allows you to do just >that, which is why it's illegal. So, you would argue that selling copies of something you rightfully own is wrong? What's the difference between someone who ordered LTW and burned it to disc, and someone who got it for free and made copies? In both cases, is the album rightfully theirs? Kristina "Answers, dammit! I want answers!" Panos _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 12:27:52 -0400 Subject: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Message-ID: <19990725.123000.-211297.1.presence76@juno.com> From: Adam Shoop Listen: You're in for the boring part of this post - I'm getting it out of the way early. I now choose to clairify my standing on the off-topic posting issue. I don't mind it so much that off-topic posts appear, but to the extent that they are discussed over a public list. 1.) When you are thinking about replying to a post you saw on this list, think if it would be better to reply to the entire list, or maybe 4-5 people that actually care. 2.) Also, some things carry on long after anyone would care about it. The two people loving each other, and kissing, and fondling each other, and having sex, could have stopped long before it reached 8-10 posts or however long it went on for. I think there were probably 2 people interested in that conversation, and those were the two participants. Please, keep this stuff private! 3.) Instead of making 4-5 small posts with less than 20 words each (and many times, 0 words TMBG related), make an effort to submit a consummate post of all your thoughts. 4.) When including the original text in a reply, reply with the text that pertains to what you are speaking of. I hate looking at 300 word explanation of something I read already, only now it has >'s at the beginning of every line, only to get to the bottom and find one sentence that only references one point made in the original post, or says something like, "Yeah! I totally agree!". Me-too posts need to be eliminated all together. Adam Tyner writes: >Especially considering that "sexy man" has the same number of syllables as "Spider-Man". If >he were trying to parody Particle Man, I'm sure Mike Myers is talented enough to find a word >or phrase consisting of 4 syllables. :-) Adam Tyner Major: syllables Minor: semantics =) Listen: Everyone keeps making reference to Live!! NYC, which is obviously TMBG live from NYC. As far as I know, this isn't an official release, but something that is either highly bootlegged, and everyone is familiar with that particular recording, or something that was broadcast via radio that everyone has a copy of. Either way, I'm looking for live recordings now that I know they exist (and suspect in mass quantities of a variety of shows). I would like CD-R's, so people with this capability, and live shows, I'd like to do 2:1's or something since I don't have any recordings to offer. Also, if any of you have suggestions for particular shows I should look for that are really good, I'd like to hear them. Lawrence P Solomon >I mean, there's no way they'd dig up a song for *one* show unless it's some special >performance, like the Mercury Lounge or an Irving Plaza or Bowery Ballroom theme show. >Kind of like if Moxy Fruvous ever play Bed and Breakfast it won't be at a college show... I'm not sure how TMBG feel about doing things like this, but really, sometimes a band is just in the mood to play because the crowd is great and what not, and they decide to just have fun, and play things they didn't intend to. Is the setlist you saw for the show something that was what they were supposed to follow for the show, or something that came after the actual show? > lists tracks that haven't been played live Hmm. I'm kind of surprised that Hypnotist of Ladies hasn't been played live. It's just a really fun track with that classic Bo Diddley riff - I really like to hear it with the tremelo effect. If I ever get a band together, it's a track I have already considered covering. Also the track They Might Be Giants. I'm surprised they wouldn't do this live often because it suits a live performance - like They Got Lost. And, I don't think the Theme From Flood would be appropiate for live concerts. [now speaking about Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]: >They tend to nail this one live. It's much more upbeat, and now, with the yelling and stuff at >the end, to make it really crazy, it's even better. I disagree with this greatly (see below, and my original post for the reasons). If I was actually at a concert I would want to hear this, but when all you have is the audio, it doesn't hold up against the studio version. "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" >Istanbul: I'm not sure if I like it as much as the original (the TMBG original, that is), but that's >not really the point. It has an interesting and fun new sound that still fits with the song. >Overall, it's a good rearrangement of the song. It doesn't really seem like a rearrangement to me, it just sounds like they cut out stuff they couldn't and didn't feel like reproducing on stage: violin solos, and vocal melodies respectively. I understand leaving out the violins, but the vocal melodies are some of the most captivating elements to TMBG's music. How about Dinner Bell? As the "Experimental dog..." part is going on the other spews out the really funny body parts, "I don't want a...", and the "I don't know..." parts. More specifically, listen to the last part of the verse, when John sings, "Waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing", the other John slowly sings "Waiting for the dinner bell", and then they reunite and harmonize on the line "Dinner bell dinner bell ring" with two different vocal melodies that work really well with each other. Classic stuff. Adam Tyner writes about Till My Head Falls Off: >I think it's a good live recording though, and I like the solo more. What kind of effects box is >Flans using there (and throughout the song)? I wouldn't consider it a "stomp box" so to speak, because you can't just push a button in and let it work. It's called a wah-wah pedal and requires you to use a foot as you play, and works by rocking it forward or backward. When forward, it boosts the high timbers of the frequency, and shaves some of low end of the frequency off and when pedal is back, it boosts the low end frequency, and shaves a little bit of high end of the frequency off. And of course there is everything in between. So with just one note, you can bring out all sorts of high and low timbres. Imagine what you can do with a guitar solo. If you're interested in the sound of this, check out Cream's [Eric Clapton] track, White Room from the album Wheels of Fire. And so on. Adam ___________________________________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379B546B.EDA791C5@tmbg.org> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 14:16:11 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" wrote: > So, you would argue that selling copies of something you rightfully own is > wrong? Absolutely. Selling the exacty product you rightfully own, and giving up ownership in the process, is fine, though. > What's the difference between someone who ordered LTW and burned it to disc, > and someone who got it for free and made copies? In both cases, is the > album rightfully theirs? No! Not at all. The *one* copy is rightfully theirs. If they want to sell it, I don't think there's anything stopping them. It's when they COPY it that it becomes wrong and illegal. You're not allowed to copy, say, John Henry, and sell the copy (or the original) Basically the people who copy things on CD-Rs and then sell the copies are turning *HUGE* profits (because it's cheap to burn a CD) and the band is getting absolutely none of it, from people who would otherwise buy the CD. Copying them and giving them to people is still technically illegal, but less "Wrong." -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <379B5A97.CE325F0D@tmbg.org> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 14:42:31 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Adam Shoop wrote: > Listen: > Everyone keeps making reference to Live!! NYC, which is obviously TMBG > live from NYC. As far as I know, this isn't an official release, but > something that is either highly bootlegged, and everyone is familiar with > that particular recording, or something that was broadcast via radio that > everyone has a copy of. Either way, I'm looking for live recordings now > that I know they exist (and suspect in mass quantities of a variety of > shows). I would like CD-R's, so people with this capability, and live > shows, I'd like to do 2:1's or something since I don't have any > recordings to offer. Also, if any of you have suggestions for particular > shows I should look for that are really good, I'd like to hear them. Live in NYC was a radio promo that radio stations never played. A lot of people do have it, and occasionally you'll find an original one for sale somewhere. as far as acquiring a collection goes, do B&P (blanks and postage). it's cheaper for you, and the person copying the tape for you gains no illegal profit from it. There are plenty of B&P people out there (me, for example, although I've gotten frustrated with the whole thing since every time I tell people "Ok, send the tapes and a return package with X amount of postage..." they never bother sending anything I also don't have a CD burner, so getting CD-Rs of shows from me would be difficult). I'd avoid the 2:1s, especially the ones who say it "helps the newbie," because that's total bullshit. You're out 2 tapes and you only get one back. Helpful, indeed. One warning about TMBG shows on CD-R. Most TMBG show recordings aren't high enough quality to want on CD, unfortunately. A good portion of them were recorded on analog tape, which you might as well keep on tape because it's cheaper. shows you should look for... anything recent from the Milwaukee/Chicago area, because the guy who tapes up there always does an *excellent* job. (3/31/96 especially) Some of the Mercury Lounge shows from 1997 are interesting, but the quality tends to be not all that great. And two out of the three Irving Plaza shows from 2/97 are really good (and great shows, too) 2/7 and 2/21. Some other interesting ones are 10/5/92 (stage collapse during Famous Polka), stuff from summer of 1993 because of the massive horns section (they did stuff like Jessica, Lullaby to Nightmares [yes, folks, this is an *old* song], Thermostat, A Self Called Nowhere) > I'm not sure how TMBG feel about doing things like this, but really, > sometimes a band is just in the mood to play because the crowd is great > and what not, and they decide to just have fun, and play things they > didn't intend to. Is the setlist you saw for the show something that was > what they were supposed to follow for the show, or something that came > after the actual show? The setlist is something they tend to follow very closely, especially where "rarities" are concerned. In most cases, if they do a one time performance of something, it'll be on the setlist. The only exceptions to this I can think of off the top of my head are when they played "O, Tannenbaum" at the 12/18/97 show and "Dead" on 10/15/98... They would add Rhythm Section Want Ad to many shows in spring of 1998, but it was by no means a "rarity" at the time. -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725185914.1510.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 11:59:14 PDT Lawrence P Solomon wrote: >because a band will never get its actual audience at college shows. Actually, TMBG might get Their most appreciative audiences at colleges. After all, many of Their fans are around college age, and it was a college chart on which "Ana Ng" obtained number one. (Then again, the people who were in college at that point probably aren't now.) Still, I can see your point. >Plus, since a lot of college shows aren't open to the public The one I attended was, although tickets cost more for the general public. Not much of the public showed up, though. It was a fairly small audience (although there were more than enough people for my taste). -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Exquisite Live Show" 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: <19990725190610.81169.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 12:06:09 PDT Reverend Kristina K. Panos wrote: >Why can't They be Themselves *anywhere* but New York f*cking City? From >all the live shows that I've seen personally, heard on cd, or heard about, >They are SO much more fun there. I understand the whole hometown loyalty, >but dammit, it's just not fair! :) I can see what you're saying. It does seem a bit odd to say, in essence, "We're taking this show on the road, but the GOOD concerts will be around where we live." As for "They Might Be Giants" being played at the show (the Indiana one, in case you forgot), I checked tmbg.net, and it isn't mentioned there. I also thought that They opened with "Older," but the setlist says "New York City." Oh, well. My memories of that show are fairly blurry. (Or maybe I really WAS magically transported to another venue.) They DID play "I Have Learnt The Value Of Human Sacrifice," though, and I've heard that it was fairly rare at the time. By the way, Jish calls this show "the best TMBG show that nobody went to." Wait a minute! _I_ was there! Doesn't that automatically make it the most important show ever? (I'm just kidding. I'm not really that egotistical.) -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "No! Really! I'm not!" 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: Nova19@aol.com Message-ID: <6855fdb0.24ccbbe1@aol.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 15:13:37 EDT Subject: TMBG: marriages? Hey, I knew Flans was married, but I was looking at some webpage a little while ago that said Linnell was married as well. Is that true? does anyone know the names of the wives? just curious. -Lindsey (formerly snlgirl7) ------------------------------ From: BigTMBGfan@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 15:15:14 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Did anyone open for TMBG at the Irving Plaza Concert? Mike Remember, the only thing better than food, is free food!!! ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725192338.47651.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: marriages? Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 19:23:38 GMT >Hey, I knew Flans was married, but I was looking at some webpage a little >while ago that said Linnell was married as well. Is that true? does >anyone >know the names of the wives? just curious. They are both married. JF is married to Robin Goldwasser, or, Sister Puff, from Mono Puff. I don't know Mrs. John Sydney Linnell's first name. :( Kristina "It's not my birthday" Panos _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725192535.22723.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Reverend Kristina K. Panos" Subject: Re: TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 19:25:35 GMT >Did anyone open for TMBG at the Irving Plaza Concert? > >Mike If you are talking about the 07/19/99 Irving Plaza show, yes, You Were Spiralling opened for them. They also opened for them on Father's Day in Central Park. Kristina "Stay-Puft" Panos _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: Kaylum@aol.com Message-ID: <473efe44.24ccbf61@aol.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 15:28:33 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: marriages? In a message dated 99-07-25 15:24:56 EDT, you write: << They are both married. JF is married to Robin Goldwasser, or, Sister Puff, from Mono Puff. I don't know Mrs. John Sydney Linnell's first name. :( >> Linnell's wife is Karen, and they have an adorable son, Henry :) Kay, hoping little Henry's middle name is John ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990725194409.980.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: No longer TMBG: They Might Be Giants, etc. Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 12:44:08 PDT Adam Shoop wrote: >You're in for the boring part of this post YAY! The boring part! >1.) When you are >thinking about replying to a post you saw on this list, think if it >would >be better to reply to the entire list, or maybe 4-5 people that >actually >care. Good point, but you never really know how many people are going to care. Perhaps there's some quite list member in Outer Zambonia who really wants to see some one-line replies. For the most part, though, I try to keep private stuff off the list (not that I HAVE that much private stuff to say), but I'll usually answer questions and the like on the list, because I think that other people might like to see the answers, even if they haven't explicitly said so. >2.) Also, some things carry on long after anyone would care about >it. The two people loving each other, and kissing, and fondling each >other, and having sex, could have stopped long before it reached 8-10 >posts or however long it went on for. I think there were probably 2 >people interested in that conversation, and those were the two >participants. Please, keep this stuff private! Aw, you're just jealous because you weren't one of the participants! (For what it's worth, I could probably have done without those posts, too.) >3.) Instead of making >4-5 small posts with less than 20 words each (and many times, 0 words >TMBG related), make an effort to submit a consummate post of all your >thoughts. There are some list members who agree with this, and others who disagree. Those who disagree tend to say that it makes sense to keep threads separate, and that it's annoying to get a bunch of different subjects mixed up into one message. Personally, I'd say that your idea makes sense when making original posts (as long as you can write out all of your thoughts at once, which I often can't). When replying, however, it's a hassle to consolidate several replies into one post. Too much cutting, pasting, and jumping around from one message to another. Of course, this depends on your mail system. >4.) When including the original text in a reply, reply with >the text that pertains to what you are speaking of. I hate looking >at >300 word explanation of something I read already, only now it has >'s >at >the beginning of every line, only to get to the bottom and find one >sentence that only references one point made in the original post, or >says something like, "Yeah! I totally agree!". Me-too posts need to >be >eliminated all together. Yeah! I totally agree! -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan Mulac "Me too!" 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 ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #19-26 ******************************