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 #21-17 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 21, Number 17 Friday, 17 September 1999 Today's Topics: TMBG: tmbg-list FAQ TMBG: Montana lyrics. TMBG: Re: The Savannah Show Re: TMBG: Re: The Savannah Show/Flood(ing) TMBG: Montana lyrics, corrected somewhat. :0) TMBG: NEW SHOW DATE! 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What are you staring at in that hospital bed? Let me explain... I wasn't thinking about anything Then it hit me that Montana was really just a leg With the round part just the way you would expect And it started with a feeling that ended in a leg And it seemed to me Montana was a leg A leg Now I get it I'll tell the person next to me And then haul off and die I won't need this Electric folding bed I can lose these Tiny pill cups now 'Cause it hit me that Montana was really just a leg And then just like that it all fell into place And I don't think I could stand any longer in this place Since I figured out Montana was a leg A leg Now I get it I wasn't sure but now I know And I can finally go Give out my lungs, keep off and tell The information to the man in the next bed down In the morning he'll tell someone the last thing that I said When I told him that Montana was a leg From the beginning there was something about it staring me In the face; I should have guessed it right away When it started with the feeling that ended in a leg And it seemed to me Montana was a leg A leg Now I get it I'll tell the person next to me I'll tell them that / I'll say Montana was A leg Now I get it I wasn't sure but now I know And I can finally go :-) - Spencer ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:25:19 -0400 From: Adrienne Spruill Message-ID: <37E10BDF.BC69F98A@epix.net> Organization: Student Subject: TMBG: Re: The Savannah Show i hope this means that the john's and all of the east coast (which includes me by the way) are okay. -A MuseKJ@aol.com wrote: > > Holy cats...look at the reply I got from TMBG Dot, concerning my query on the > Johns in Savannah, GA: > > I had asked: > << I was wondering about whether or not the TMBG show in Savannah had been > canceled due to the hurricane conditions down there at the time. Could anyone > tell me if the show went on or not? >> > > and Dot responded with: > < evacuated.>> > > Karen "I knew there was a reason why I'd been feeling worried the past few > days" Riley > MuseKJ@aol.com ------------------------------ From: MuseKJ@aol.com Message-ID: <4a6dd811.2512734b@aol.com> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:22:35 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: The Savannah Show/Flood(ing) In a message dated 9/16/99 10:22:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, spruilla@epix.net writes: << i hope this means that the john's and all of the east coast (which includes me by the way) are okay. -A >> Yeah, the Johns are fine...Dot told me they got back on the bus, and went to Birmingham for their next gig a day early -- she said they needed a day off anyway...but me, we are bailing water out of our basement here in Linden, NJ, with the sump pump running non-stop and everything....my husband just went to Home Depot to buy an extra pump. And all NJ schools are closed today, so my kids are helping to man the decks, so to speak :-) Karen "the workboots are on today, my friends" Riley (MuseKJ@aol.com) Muse of the Day: Melpomene ~ ~ Muse of Tragedy There's a lake in my backyard, and a lake forming on my street (ripes!) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <000901bf0074$70583ae0$5a228a81@rcn.nmt.edu> From: "Refund" Subject: TMBG: Montana lyrics, corrected somewhat. :0) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:51:08 -0600 What are you staring at in that hospital bed? Let me explain... I wasn't thinking about anything. Then it hit me that Montana was really just a leg, With the round part just the way you would expect. And it started with a feeling that ended in a leg. And it seemed to me Montana was a leg. A leg. Now I get it. I'll tell the person next to me, And then haul off and die. I won't need this Electric folding bed. I can lose these Tiny pill cups now, 'Cause it hit me that Montana was really just a leg. And then just like that it all fell into place. And I don't think I could stand any longer in this bed. Since I figured out Montana was a leg. A leg. Now I get it. I wasn't sure but now I know. And I can finally go - Give out, my lungs - give up and tell The information to the man in the next bed down. In the morning he'll tell someone the last thing that I said, When I told him that Montana was a leg. From the beginning there was something about it staring me In the face; I should have guessed it right away, When it started with the feeling that ended in a leg, And it seemed to me Montana was a leg. A leg. Now I get it. I'll tell the person next to me I'll say Montana was (I'll tell them that Montana was) A leg. Now I get it. I wasn't sure but now I know, And I can finally go. ------------------------------ From: "Lee Steel" Subject: TMBG: NEW SHOW DATE! Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 06:41:19 -0700 Message-ID: Just listed in today's Hartford Advocate that They Might Be Giants will be playing at Toads Place in New Haven on October 29th. Yyyyyyiiiiiiiipppppppppeeeeeeee! -Lee ------------------------------ Message-Id: <4.1.19990916225911.00970a70@pop.prism.gatech.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 23:02:34 -0400 From: the hanged man Subject: TMBG: String Theory Caught the last few minutes of A Brave New World. Was that it on the String Theory song? Pretty cool, but very short. So, its over, and I missed just about all of it. Did anyone happen to capture it all on video and would be willing to sell me a copy (only to pay for your costs, of course). If possible, I'd like the whole series, cause I pretty much missed it all, and I'd like to see all of it, not just the TMBG. I'd be willing to pay extra for a high quality tape and all that. Love, the hanged man "There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." -Francis Bacon (1561-1626) ------------------------------ From: HeYAnArChY@aol.com Message-ID: <4e728fd1.25130c04@aol.com> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 23:14:12 EDT Subject: Re: TMBG: String Theory In a message dated 9/16/99 11:04:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thehangedman@death-star.com writes: > Caught the last few minutes of A Brave New World. Was that it on the > String Theory song? Pretty cool, but very short. So, its over, and I > missed just about all of it. Did anyone happen to capture it all on video > and would be willing to sell me a copy (only to pay for your costs, of > course). If possible, I'd like the whole series, cause I pretty much > missed it all, and I'd like to see all of it, not just the TMBG. I'd be > willing to pay extra for a high quality tape and all that. I too just saw it. It was weird, and scary, and I never want to see Linnell and Flansy as Death Metal types, ever ever ever again! ACK! ::shudders:: But the SONG was okay. I caught it all on tape but unfortunately have NO IDEA how to make a copy!! Sorry! I too am looking for bootlegs, tho! Preferably of the whole episodes...? Lydia Being afraid of TMBG since.... September 15, 1999! GOTCHA! ------------------------------ From: Christi587@aol.com Message-ID: <757c85af.25132fe2@aol.com> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:47:14 EDT Subject: TMBG: cat food A snippet discovered in an archived chat with Carolyn Hax (Washington Post advice columnist): "Rockville, MD: Hi Carolyn- I have what may be a silly, but hopefully not overly long question. After an agonizingly long time of waiting for my best friend to wake up and smell the catfood, he confessed that he is in love with me..." --Christy ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #21-17 ******************************