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          tmbg-list Digest, Volume 36, Number 12

                Thursday, 14 December 2000

Today's Topics:

                   TMBG: May December?
                 TMBG: Re: May December?
               Re: TMBG: Re: May December?
            Re[2]: TMBG: the johns as friends
             Sorta TMBG: Hey check this out!
                    TMBG: Re: non-fans
                  Re: TMBG: Re: non-fans
                  Re: TMBG: Re: non-fans
       TMBG: OT: ATTN DARTH MAUL FANS! (not a fwrd)
             TMBG: email from John and Emusic
                    TMBG: Record Deal
           RE: TMBG: email from John and Emusic
            TMBG: Other good bands on Emusic?
               Re: TMBG: Re: May December?
                  Re: TMBG: Re: non-fans
               Re: TMBG: Re: May December?
           Re: TMBG: email from John and Emusic
           Re: TMBG: email from John and Emusic
           Re: TMBG: email from John and Emusic
            TMBG: Re: tmbg-list Digest #36-11
               Re: TMBG: Re: May December?
         Re: TMBG: Replies to that emusic message
               TMBG: INTERP: She's An Angel

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:14:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Jenn Scagel <jmsca@conncoll.edu>
Subject: TMBG: May December?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012130813160.20790-100000@oak.conncoll.edu>

Anyone know anything about Linnell's version of "Will you Love Me in
December as You Do in May"? I came across it on Napster, and want to find
teh "real" version if it;s out there at all - I'm thinking of using it as
my first dance in my wedding in the summmer!

Thanks!

Jenn

--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   I don't want the world	   			Jenn Scagel
   I just want your half				 =^. .^=
   	    -TMBG					   Meow!

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:20:39 -0600
From: "Polaris" <polariswm@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <917t1v$1efb$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org
Subject: TMBG: Re: May December?

> Anyone know anything about Linnell's version of "Will you Love Me in
> December as You Do in May"? I came across it on Napster, and want to find
> teh "real" version if it;s out there at all - I'm thinking of using it as
> my first dance in my wedding in the summmer!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jenn
>
> --
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^
>    I don't want the world    Jenn Scagel
>    I just want your half =^. .^=
>        -TMBG    Meow!

To the best of my knowledge, that is the real version, but feel free to
cover it and play the cover.

Polaris
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"I know how hard it is to put food on your family."
-Predisent George W. Bush<sniff>

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From: BirdhouseIYS@aol.com
Message-ID: <ad.4470bb8.2768d580@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:37:04 EST
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: May December?

I think it's the only version of the song there is. The lyrics were written
by a NYC mayor, James J. Walker,(the reason it's on hall of mayors) and
Linnell wrote the music. I'm not 100% sure btu AI think it was wriiten as a
poem to this guy's wife. I remeber reading it somewhere a long time ago.

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From: karinh@sterl.com
Message-Id: <0012139767.AA976718090@smtplink.sterl.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:34:49 -0500
Subject: Re[2]: TMBG: the johns as friends

Yeah, I hear he wakes up in the middle of the night, screaming "my son is a mass
of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace...."  Pretty scary concept.
    Karin H
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Subject:    Re: TMBG: the johns as friends
Author: "Christina Rockwell" <rockwellchr@hotmail.com>
Date:       12/12/00 8:02 PM

I hear that Linnell is afraid of his son.
> for sure, though; we only know that Flans likes to ham it up at shows, and
> that Linnell is afraid of his fans.

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Message-Id: <a05010400b65d47837168@[164.116.116.139]>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:37:41 -0800
From: "Pzickler" <pzickler@mv.k12.wa.us>
Subject: Sorta TMBG: Hey check this out!

So like 2 months ago we all wrote about what we're listening to these
days, but I kinda forgot to include my latest fave band, so I'm
mentioning them now, in this post, OK?

Anyway, they're huge They fans, plus the bass player's uncle is in
the Violent Femmes, and I understand the Femmes and the Johns are
friends, so there is some connection.

So check it totally out:  http://www.crosswinds.net/~zeppyfish/silk.html

Silk Candied Apples.  Let me know what you think.

PZ

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From: Pahteeh@aol.com
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:03:13 EST
Subject: TMBG: Re: non-fans
Message-ID: <79.d7dc218.276913e1@aol.com>

That's how I got into alot of the bands I like now. Usually it would be that I heard a song on the radio
or from a friend or I'd see the band live as an opener or something, and if I saw a cd by that same artist either in a discount rack or regularly
priced, (depending on how much I liked the song), I'd buy it. That's how I got into TMBG, The Proclaimers, Bad Religion, Queen, The Candy Butchers, Dance Hall Crashers, etc., etc., etc... I actually got into Moxy Fruvous because of a combination of this list, and napster.

I do it all the time, too.  Mostly with used CD's, though.  School of
Fish was the most recent, just for the name.  I didn't really like it,
but it was 3 dollars.

I, too, wouldn't be a "fan" of Them if I hadn't just bought one of the
CD's.  Factory Showroom, actually.  Bad one to start with (small note:
this does not mean I think Factory Showroom is bad, I just prefer all
the other albums to it.)  I bought all the other albums within 2
weeks.  That's my story.

-Kevin
<.<....<<<.>..<.>>.<<<<<.>.<..something about a spoon>>>.<....<<<.>>

----- Original Message -----
From: John David Crafton <hypertext_eye@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:22 pm
Subject: Re: TMBG: non-fans

> James & Kimberly Mohan wrote:
> > fans.... I mean, how many people just just buy a CD without
> listening to it?  (...ok...I
> >
> I do it all the time... in fact that was how I got into TMBG.
>
> -JohnDavidCrafton

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From: MikeTheGiant@aol.com
Message-ID: <92.d989edd.27691c34@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:38:44 EST
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: non-fans

In a message dated 12/13/00 1:05:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, Pahteeh@aol.com
writes:

<< > James & Kimberly Mohan wrote:
 > > fans.... I mean, how many people just just buy a CD without
 > listening to it?  (...ok...I
 > >
 > I do it all the time... in fact that was how I got into TMBG.
 >
 > -JohnDavidCrafton >>

I have bought several CDs without listening to it.  I bought several U2 CDs
just because it was U2.  I also have bought several movie soundtracks,
without ever seeing the movie, just by seeing that a band is on the
soundtrack.

Mike Stabile

"The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere,
someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there
on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.' " - George Carlin

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:10:17 -0600
Message-ID: <3A37C999.5122ACA0@uswest.net>
From: "James & Kimberly Mohan" <mohan1@uswest.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: non-fans

Pahteeh@aol.com wrote:

> That's how I got into alot of the bands I like now. Usually it would be that I heard a song on the radio or from a friend or I'd see the band live as an opener or something, and if I saw a cd by that same artist either in a discount rack or regularly priced, (depending on
> how much I liked the song), I'd buy it. That's how I got into TMBG, The Proclaimers, Bad Religion, Queen, The Candy Butchers, Dance Hall Crashers, etc., etc., etc... I actually got into Moxy Fruvous because of a combination of this list, and napster.

...ok....you missed my point....i said WITHOUT listening to it.  Who hasn't bought an album after hearing just one song?

In my opinion, if you hear one song, and it makes you want to buy the album, you're a fan.

btw, most of my CD collection was acquired by either..

a) I heard a song on the radio or saw them live
b) from a friend (tape mix)
c) it was $2 (or less), and it looked interesting, so I took a chance. (I once bought a very cheesy techno CD, but it was only 49 cents...)

> I, too, wouldn't be a "fan" of Them if I hadn't just bought one of the CD's.  Factory Showroom, actually.  Bad one to start with (small note: this does not mean I think Factory Showroom is bad, I just prefer all the other albums to it.)  I bought all the other albums within
> 2 weeks.  That's my story.

I've been listening to Them since LINCOLN came out in '88.....(and I understand your feelings about Factory....not Their strongest..)

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John David Crafton <hypertext_eye@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:22 pm
> Subject: Re: TMBG: non-fans
>
> > James & Kimberly Mohan wrote:
> > > fans.... I mean, how many people just just buy a CD without
> > listening to it?  (...ok...I
> > >
> > I do it all the time... in fact that was how I got into TMBG.
> >
> > -JohnDavidCrafton

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Message-ID: <20001213195405.9447.qmail@web218.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:54:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Mysterio Gal <mr_realgal@yahoo.com>
Subject: TMBG: OT: ATTN DARTH MAUL FANS! (not a fwrd)

*delurk*
Fellow Giantheads,

Lay down thy fetid plums, and prepare thy digits

My other list, dedicated to Sith Academy, has started
a petition to dark horse, requesting that Darth Maul
become a regular character, and that we learn more
about his mysterious past (tho' not too much, a little
mystery is a very good thing)  It's called the:

   "Darth Maul Comic Petition"

hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free
online petition
service, at:

   http://www.PetitionOnline.com/maul/

It's a good cause, that I truly believe in, and
feeling that there might be someone else on the list
that may share my interests, hopefully that person
will lend a hand.  If you can spare a moment, please
take a look, and consider signing yourself.

Off Topically,

=====
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From: Vazco@aol.com
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:39:29 EST
Subject: TMBG: email from John and Emusic
Message-ID: <9.e48e9ea.27693881@aol.com>

I just got this in my mailbox...im sharing with those of you who arent on TMBG Unlimited. I hope thats not indecent or anything..
If you AREN'T on TMBG Unlimited..wont ya reconsider?

Mario

TMBG SIGN TO RESTLESS

We are very happy to announce we have inked a long term deal with our friend
Restless Records/BMG (the long-time distributor of our early back catalog).
They are putting out the Malcolm In The Middle soundtrack featuring "Boss of
Me," with accompanying video, as well as our next rock album, which we are in
the process of finishing up. Obviously this is a happy time for us, and we
wanted to make everyone aware of the good times to come. We will continue to
work closely with our friends at EMusic, and we have just launched TMBG
Unlimited there, a subscription service that will give y'all unique and near
total access to all our endeavors in 2001.

CHRISTMAS CATALOG ORDERS AT TMBG.COM DEADLINE IS THIS WEEK

This Wednesday is the last moment to place your tmbg.com order so we can
guarantee it will be delivered for Christmas. We have a special
2-videos-for-$25 offer that many people are taking advantage of (get one for
yourself, give one as a gift for this low price). Of course there are a ton
of other things available, including hard to find EP's, cool new T-shirts and
all the other things we call merch. (We just got a super-sweet secured
e-commerce site that processes and tracks transactions much more efficiently,
so we welcome the Xmas onslaught like never before).

EMAIL NAME QUEST / SANTA CLAUS SONG

We are still looking for email names, and with the promise of cool free
MP3's, we want to encourage you to turn on your friends to tmbg.com. We are
going to be offering up our version of "Santa Claus", originally recorded by
garage legends The Sonics in the '60s, and "distressed" by TMBG for this
holiday season.

2001 is going to be an incredible year for TMBG. With Malcolm In The Middle,
our special disc with McSweeney's literary journal, The Oblongs (the new WB
animated series we are doing the theme for) along with "No!" (our children's
album), our Restless album, and TMBG Unlimited,  TMBG's recorded output will
reach many new audiences.    We are planning a West Coast tour in early
February, along with longer national tours in the spring. See you out
there--til then, dig the MP3s!

-- John Flansburgh- guitarist/glass wearer-TMBG

------------------------------

From: "Christina Rockwell" <rockwellchr@hotmail.com>
Subject: TMBG: Record Deal
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:36:17 -0500
Message-ID: <LAW2-OE67bH8J0sca0Z00004a21@hotmail.com>

Now that it is announced that TMBG are signed to Restless, do you think we
can stop using the lack of a record deal to excuse their use of mp3
exclusive releases?  On a similar note, do you think this will STOP the mp3
only albums?  I certainly hope so.  I just hope that they don't ride off
into the sunset quite yet.  Despite my anti-TMBG sentiment as of late, I
still really do believe they have something WOW! up their sleeves. (psst
mp3s aint it) I can't wait.
Chrissy
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 Ying- the first half of inner harmony, symbolizing peace and serenity..
 Seeing as How I'm the encapsulation of neither, you know I'm not
so much studying, as sticking it to the "peaceful sexy man" trying to
bring my people down..". friend, Paul Wenzel
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From: "Carl Hoffmann" <carl@corp.talkcity.com>
Subject: RE: TMBG: email from John and Emusic
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:09:49 -0800
Message-ID: <NEBBLGAKPCIEOPBBHDMNKEBKDCAA.carl@corp.talkcity.com>

Man, beat me to it to be the first post (lol).  Looks like a bid for
distribution stability, given the hard times eMusic is facing in the
business world.

--Carl Hoffmann

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Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 12:39 PM
To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org
Subject: TMBG: email from John and Emusic

I just got this in my mailbox...im sharing with those of you who arent on
TMBG Unlimited. I hope thats not indecent or anything..
If you AREN'T on TMBG Unlimited..wont ya reconsider?

Mario

TMBG SIGN TO RESTLESS

We are very happy to announce we have inked a long term deal with our friend
Restless Records/BMG (the long-time distributor of our early back catalog).
They are putting out the Malcolm In The Middle soundtrack featuring "Boss of
Me," with accompanying video, as well as our next rock album, which we are
in
the process of finishing up. Obviously this is a happy time for us, and we
wanted to make everyone aware of the good times to come. We will continue to
work closely with our friends at EMusic, and we have just launched TMBG
Unlimited there, a subscription service that will give y'all unique and near
total access to all our endeavors in 2001.

CHRISTMAS CATALOG ORDERS AT TMBG.COM DEADLINE IS THIS WEEK

This Wednesday is the last moment to place your tmbg.com order so we can
guarantee it will be delivered for Christmas. We have a special
2-videos-for-$25 offer that many people are taking advantage of (get one for
yourself, give one as a gift for this low price). Of course there are a ton
of other things available, including hard to find EP's, cool new T-shirts
and
all the other things we call merch. (We just got a super-sweet secured
e-commerce site that processes and tracks transactions much more
efficiently,
so we welcome the Xmas onslaught like never before).

EMAIL NAME QUEST / SANTA CLAUS SONG

We are still looking for email names, and with the promise of cool free
MP3's, we want to encourage you to turn on your friends to tmbg.com. We are
going to be offering up our version of "Santa Claus", originally recorded by
garage legends The Sonics in the '60s, and "distressed" by TMBG for this
holiday season.

2001 is going to be an incredible year for TMBG. With Malcolm In The Middle,
our special disc with McSweeney's literary journal, The Oblongs (the new WB
animated series we are doing the theme for) along with "No!" (our children's
album), our Restless album, and TMBG Unlimited,  TMBG's recorded output will
reach many new audiences.    We are planning a West Coast tour in early
February, along with longer national tours in the spring. See you out
there--til then, dig the MP3s!

-- John Flansburgh- guitarist/glass wearer-TMBG

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:11:34 -0700 (MST)
From: slothdog <slothdog@weirdness.com>
Subject: TMBG: Other good bands on Emusic?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012131608580.4891-100000@cob537.dn.net>

Ok, so I got suckered into subscribing to TMBG Unlimited, and it appears
that in less than a month I've managed to download everything from every
band I've even remotely heard of before. Which leads to the question....
What other bands on Emusic do TMBG fans recommend?  As long as I'm paying
for it I may as well try out some new stuff...

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From: "General Purplefeet" <xornom@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: May December?
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 01:27:20 -0000
Message-ID: <F3090LQkmvXMZNtzsOz00018ddb@hotmail.com>

BirdhouseIYS:
>I think it's the only version of the song there is. The lyrics were written
>by a NYC mayor, James J. Walker,(the reason it's on hall of mayors) and
>Linnell wrote the music. I'm not 100% sure btu AI think it was wriiten as a
>poem to this guy's wife. I remeber reading it somewhere a long time ago.

The discography at tmbg.org credits the song to "Walker/Ball," so my guess
is that this Ball guy, whoever he was, wrote the music.  I think the song
(as a song) dates back to before Linnell was born, so I'm pretty sure he
wasn't involved in its writing.
--
Eat your broccoli,
Nathan
DinnerBell@tmbg.org
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From: "General Purplefeet" <xornom@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: non-fans
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 01:30:27 -0000
Message-ID: <F249lREzLfyBeVEI6eV00018151@hotmail.com>

Jim Mohan:
>Pahteeh@aol.com wrote:
>
> > That's how I got into alot of the bands I like now. Usually it would be
>that I heard a song on the radio or from a friend or I'd see the band live
>as an opener or something, and if I saw a cd by that same artist either in
>a discount rack or regularly priced, (depending on
> > how much I liked the song), I'd buy it. That's how I got into TMBG, The
>Proclaimers, Bad Religion, Queen, The Candy Butchers, Dance Hall Crashers,
>etc., etc., etc... I actually got into Moxy Fruvous because of a
>combination of this list, and napster.
>
>...ok....you missed my point....

Oh, let's not start THAT again...

>In my opinion, if you hear one song, and it makes you want to buy the
>album, you're a fan.

Well, you have a fairly loose definition of "fan."  I'm not sure I'd agree.
I guess there are different levels of fandom, though.
--
Eat your broccoli,
Nathan
DinnerBell@tmbg.org
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From: Kaylum@aol.com
Message-ID: <28.e72ce8c.27697de7@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:35:35 EST
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: May December?

The discography at tmbg.org credits the song to "Walker/Ball," so my guess
is that this Ball guy, whoever he was, wrote the music.  I think the song
(as a song) dates back to before Linnell was born, so I'm pretty sure he

Yes, both the words and music were definitely written long ago.  When I
played that song for my dad, he said he was pretty sure that song was written
for an old musical, which kinda makes sense because it does sound like a duet
between a man (the first verse) and a woman (the second).

Kay

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Mario:
>I just got this in my mailbox...im sharing with those of you who arent on
>TMBG Unlimited. I hope thats not indecent or anything..

The message wasn't sent to people on TMBG Unlimited, but to people who
signed up for the "official" e-mail list (which seems to be largely an
egroups promotion, but oh well).  Since it's free to sign up, there really
isn't any reason why anyone here wouldn't be on it, so sending the message
here is kind of unnecessary.

>If you AREN'T on TMBG Unlimited..wont ya reconsider?

Do you work for emusic or something?

>2001 is going to be an incredible year for TMBG. With Malcolm In The
>Middle,
>our special disc with McSweeney's literary journal

How come Hong, Fang, Tang, and Sung don't get THEIR own literary journals?

>The Oblongs (the new WB
>animated series we are doing the theme for) along with "No!" (our
>children's
>album), our Restless album, and TMBG Unlimited,  TMBG's recorded output
>will
>reach many new audiences.

Weren't we supposed to be getting most of those in 2000?  I'd like to
believe that all of this is coming out in 2001, but I'm not going to get my
hopes up.

Incidentally, there's a new song up at Dial-A-Song.  It's Linnell singing,
and the song is something about various inanimate objects asking what it's
like to be alive.  That's what I gathered, anyway.  I really liked it.  Oh,
and I think it was also Linnell speaking after the song, which is a change
from...well, pretty much every other time I've called this year.
--
Eat your broccoli,
Nathan
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<< Incidentally, there's a new song up at Dial-A-Song.  It's Linnell singing,
 and the song is something about various inanimate objects asking what it's
 like to be alive.  That's what I gathered, anyway.  I really liked it.>>

I think this song is incredibly cool. There's an mp3 of it up on twistid,
called "No Answer". It's 6mb, cause my mp3 encoder sucks, but when I get a
chance, I'll see about making it a smaller file.

PR Mega
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In a message dated 12/13/00 8:39:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
xornom@hotmail.com writes:

> >If you AREN'T on TMBG Unlimited..wont ya reconsider?
>
> Do you work for emusic or something?
>
>

No, I just want anything that promotes They Might Be Giants to do well!!  I
wasnt sure who that email was going out to, so apologies for the redundancy.
Im still a rookie on this list, although you can probably tell im feeling
quite at home...

mario

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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/13/00 8:39:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, <BR>xornom@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">&gt;If you AREN'T on TMBG Unlimited..wont ya reconsider?
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<BR>Do you work for emusic or something?
<BR>
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<BR>
<BR>No, I just want anything that promotes They Might Be Giants to do well!! &nbsp;I <BR>wasnt sure who that email was going out to, so apologies for the redundancy. <BR>Im still a rookie on this list, although you can probably tell im feeling <BR>quite at home...
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John Flansburgh, yes *the* John Flansburgh, wrote:

> We are very happy to announce we have inked a long term deal with our friend
>    Restless Records/BMG (the long-time distributor of our early back catalog).
>
     I'm happy for you and John and yet I can't help thinking that you and John were hoping for something a little better.

>    They are
>    putting out the Malcolm In The Middle soundtrack featuring "Boss of Me," with
>    accompanying video, as well as our next rock album, which we are in the process of
>    finishing up.
>
     That soon? Cool!

>   We will continue to work closely with our friends at
>    EMusic, and we have just launched TMBG Unlimited there, a subscription service that
>    will give y'all unique and near total access to all our endeavors in 2001.
>
   After some initial skepticism, I'm now an emusic fan. Still, I'm hoping that you'll put those tracks out on a boxed CD set.

>    Christmas Catalog Orders at TMBG.com: Deadline Is This Week
>

      Oh goody! My friends and relatives will be delighted to receive a box full of shattered glass. (You guys who ordered shot glasses or coffee mugs know what I mean.) Just kidding John.

> We are still looking for email names, and with the promise of cool free MP3's, we
>    want to encourage you to turn on your friends to tmbg.com.
>
      Ummm...okay... I've been meaning to talk to you about that John. My friends will be as enthusiastic about that as receiving "Waaanted 97 People Who Want to get Rich" spam.

>    2001 is going to be an incredible year for TMBG. With Malcolm In The Middle, our
>    special disc with McSweeney's literary journal,
>
     McWho? I didn't hear about that one!

>  The Oblongs (the new WB animated
>    series we are doing the theme for)
>
       Didn't hear about that one either!

>  We are planning a West Coast tour in early February, along with longer
>    national tours in the spring.
>

West Coast Tour? Whoooo-hooooooo! I take back all my sarcasm!

>    -- John Flansburgh - guitarist/glass wearer-TMBG
>
       "glass wearer"?  Don't you mean glasses wearer maybe?  Sorry! Sorry! Don't mean to nitpick! See you in L.A. soon!

-B    O    N    G    O

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John Flansburgh, yes *the* John Flansburgh, wrote:
<br>&nbsp;
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>We are very happy to announce we have inked a long term deal with our friend
&nbsp;&nbsp; Restless Records/BMG (the long-time distributor of our early back catalog).</pre>
</blockquote>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm happy for you and John and yet I can't help
thinking that you and John were hoping for something a little better.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>&nbsp;&nbsp; They are
&nbsp;&nbsp; putting out the Malcolm In The Middle soundtrack featuring "Boss of Me," with
&nbsp;&nbsp; accompanying video, as well as our next rock album, which we are in the process of
&nbsp;&nbsp; finishing up.</pre>
</blockquote>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That soon? Cool!
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>&nbsp; We will continue to work closely with our friends at
&nbsp;&nbsp; EMusic, and we have just launched TMBG Unlimited there, a subscription service that
&nbsp;&nbsp; will give y'all unique and near total access to all our endeavors in 2001.</pre>
</blockquote>
&nbsp;&nbsp; After some initial skepticism, I'm now an emusic fan. Still,
I'm hoping that you'll put those tracks out on a boxed CD set.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>&nbsp;&nbsp; Christmas Catalog Orders at TMBG.com: Deadline Is This Week</pre>
</blockquote>

<p><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oh goody! My friends and relatives
will be delighted to receive a box full of shattered glass. (You guys who
ordered shot glasses or coffee mugs know what I mean.) Just kidding John.
<br>&nbsp;
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>We are still looking for email names, and with the promise of cool free MP3's, we
&nbsp;&nbsp; want to encourage you to turn on your friends to tmbg.com.</pre>
</blockquote>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ummm...okay... I've been meaning to talk
to you about that John. My friends will be as enthusiastic about that as
receiving "Waaanted 97 People Who Want to get Rich" spam.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>&nbsp;&nbsp; 2001 is going to be an incredible year for TMBG. With Malcolm In The Middle, our
&nbsp;&nbsp; special disc with McSweeney's literary journal,</pre>
</blockquote>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; McWho? I didn't hear about that one!
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>&nbsp;The Oblongs (the new WB animated
&nbsp;&nbsp; series we are doing the theme for)</pre>
</blockquote>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Didn't hear about that one either!
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>&nbsp;We are planning a West Coast tour in early February, along with longer
&nbsp;&nbsp; national tours in the spring.</pre>
</blockquote>

<p><br>West Coast Tour? Whoooo-hooooooo! I take back all my sarcasm!
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>&nbsp;&nbsp; -- John Flansburgh - guitarist/glass wearer-TMBG</pre>
</blockquote>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "glass wearer"?&nbsp; Don't you mean
glasses wearer maybe?&nbsp; Sorry! Sorry! Don't mean to nitpick! See you
in L.A. soon!
<p>-B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; O&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; G&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
O
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In a message dated 12/13/00 8:39:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
BirdhouseIYS@aol.com writes:

> I think it's the only version of the song there is. The lyrics were written
>  by a NYC mayor, James J. Walker,(the reason it's on hall of mayors) and
>  Linnell wrote the music.

No, that is *not* the only version. Someone gave me a bunch of old records.
One of them was a boxed set of a collection of even older songs, and one of
those songs was "Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May," as performed
by some guy I've never heard of on a honky tonk piano. It was weird, and not
nearly as good as Linnell's version.

Beth
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Bongo:
>John Flansburgh, yes *the* John Flansburgh, wrote:
>
>
> > We are very happy to announce we have inked a long term deal with our
>friend
> >    Restless Records/BMG (the long-time distributor of our early back
>catalog).
> >
>      I'm happy for you and John and yet I can't help thinking that you and
>John were hoping for something a little better.

Yeah, if they were going to work with Restless, it seems like they could
have made the deal long ago.  After all, Severe Tire Damage was on Restless,
and They made it seem as if it was a stopgap measure, not a permanent label.
  Then again, we don't know what wheeling and dealing went on.  Maybe TMBG
considered another offer, and then Restless gave them a better deal.

> >    -- John Flansburgh - guitarist/glass wearer-TMBG
> >
>        "glass wearer"?  Don't you mean glasses wearer maybe?

No, a little-known fact about Flans is that he only has bad eyesight in ONE
eye.  The other is just fine.  Therefore, his spectacles only have glass in
one frame.  He started wearing these when the kids in high school teased him
about his monocle.
--
Eat your broccoli,
Nathan
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Well, folks.  I had a revelation tonight into the thoughts of the author of
this song, so I thought I'd share them with you.  I know how the author
feels, as I'm going through this myself.  Take from them what you will,
obviously my interpretation is my own.  Lyrics courtesy of TMBG.org.

INTERPRETATION:  	She's An Angel
By:  			Tarsi
Author: 		They Might Be Giants
Sung by: 		John Linnell
Length: 		2:34
On Albums: 		They Might Be Giants
			Then: The Earlier Years
			Don't Let's Start
			Live!! New York City 10/14/94

(interpreter's comments are between the sets of ----'s)

BEGIN INTERPRETATION:

I met someone at the dog show
She was holding my left arm

----Ever meet someone of the opposite sex who just stops you dead in your
tracks?  I think that's what the author is experiencing.  The "holding my
left arm" is symbolic of making that connection, that spark.----

But everyone was acting normal so I tried to look nonchalant.

----Of course, no one else notices it.----

We both said, "I really love you,"

----The two people smile back and forth, laugh together, joke, etc.----

The Shriners loaned us cars
We raced up and down the sidewalk twenty thousand million times

----The two people have fun doing things over and over again, even though
they are repetitious, because they are enjoying themselves.----

Why did they send her over anyone else?

----Why am I attracted to this person in particular?  What makes her make
me "tingle" like this?  Who's controlling this set of events?----

How should I react?

----How DOES one react when presented with something like this?  How are
you supposed to act when you've met someone you instantly click with?----

These things happen to other people
They don't happen at all, in fact

----In typical fashion, almost noone really believes in love at first
sight, or if they do, it seems to always happen to other people ("Man Meets
Girl On Subway, Gets Married Next Day") and so forth.----

When you're following an angel

----Angel, an allusion to the "perfect woman" (substitute your preferred
gender, although I think this song is from a heterosexual male's
perspective), at any rate, the person which to you seems wholly ideal to be
with.----

Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?

----Do you have to do crazy, wild things, chivalrous things to get her
attention?  Do you sacrifice all you are just for her?----

Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead
Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things

----Women congregate and talk about others and often talk about boys,
etc.  All men would like to think that they're saying nice things.  (in the
bathroom, right?)  (of course, using the "angels on a pinhead" classic
philosophic argument from the 20th century) ----

I heard they had a space program
When they sing you can't hear, there's no air

----When the girl talks to the guy, the guy is "spaced out" and can't
respond "no air" because he is too nervous to be talking to the "angel".  ----

Sometimes I think I kind of like that

----The guy sometimes rather likes that feeling of euphoria that comes from
conversing with the girl.----

and Other times I think I'm already there

----Then again, sometimes he just wonders if he's a raving nut.----

Gonna ask for my admission

----The guy decides he's going to try for the girl.----

Gonna speak to the man in charge

----He's gonna pray about it "man in charge"----

The secretary says he's on another line,
Can I hold for a long, long time?

----The old adage of, "God answers all prayers...just not all
immediately."  The guy sees no improvement in the situation, he's not
getting anywhere, etc.----

I found out she's an angel

----Again, back to the realization that she's the perfect girl for him----

I don't think she knows I know

----The girl, oblivious as she is, has not yet realized that he views her
this way.----

I'm worried that something might happen to me
If anyone ever finds out

----As he's seen before, once a group of friends/relatives/etc finds out
that he likes a girl, the poking fun of and teasing begins.  Also, if the
girl herself finds out, what then?  Either she likes it or hates
it.  Everyone hates rejection.----

END OF INTERPRETATION

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