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tmbg-list Digest, Volume 1, Number 100
Tuesday, 19 December 1995
Today's Topics:
<none>
ok. this is [another] it!!
Shows I know of
momento of silenceo
the cover album
Re: the cover album
sleeping in the poppies
the cover album
Re: Christmass
Mailing List at Web Site
(none)
Happy Chanukkah
band participation
i've got an important question...
Make MPEGs!
Vote for TMBG
Re: tmbg-list Digest #1-99
AKA Driver
FW: Net highway (fwd)
Re: AKA Driver
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From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us
Date: 18 Dec 1995 12:33:52 EDT
Subject: <none>
TM>ramblings, about 2 months later TMBG was on House of Blues with Victoria
TM>Williams (who is also a pretty good musician and i highly recommend her)
TM>TMBG played The Guitar and No one knows my plan (with a breath stopping
TM>performance i might add).
They also played Istanbul Not Constantinople. I really like that song
now that I saw Them play it. Does anyone have a updated tour schedule,
or aren't they touring now? I've been behind on this stuff since the
accident. It wasn't my fault, that damn jar of pickles came outta no
where.
TM>my apologies to all....i have been re-informed that it was indeed an epis
TM>of Tiny Toons (we're all allowed one mistake on this list right?)
NO! No mistakes! I was so amazed when I heard They Might Be Giants on
Tiny Toons. Istanbul and Particle Man. Unfortunately, when they did
Particle Man, they kinda got it confused. Particle Man got the shaft
the whole time.
TM>well, to all the people who are into this band making crup, I can play a
TM>pretty skroggin' wicked pan flute. Ok, maybe I can't , maybe I lied. I'
TM>hypoglycemic. "Hypo" for make, "glycemic" for stuff up. ok, yes, I DID
TM>steal that from someone else. (unoriginal bastard)
At least you could try to be original and steal someone who we don't
know's stuff. I can play the skin flute. When I start, I count
off..."1, 2, 1, 2, 3, WANK!" You should hear me wank my skin flute to
Don't Lets Start. It rocks!
TM>anyhoo... excuse my ignorance masked as newness: I don't know what I'm
TM>doing really, but I'm sure you are all smart enough to see that.
Really? I didn't notice. I guess that's just my newcomer ignorance
coming out.
TM>guess I need to talk about the band to make this relevant, here goes:
Me too...
TM> TMBG are the shiznit. They're all that. And I bet they're
TM>pretty good at checkers too.
Shiznit indeed! I think They'd make better wankers.
TM> *a misguided SON OF GOD* <---------A misguided everything.
TM>the index for names and the name John Linnell caught my eye. It turns ou
TM>that back in the 1800's there was an artist named John Linnell.
TM>Interesting, huh? :)
Yeppers, pretty interesting. Now you should find out if that's his
grandfather. I think I remember something about John Linnell III, but
I could be wrong (probably).
Nothingman
-You're free to come and go and talk like Kurtis Blow.
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 20:43:28 -0500
Subject: ok. this is [another] it!!
From: mrme@usa.pipeline.com (Rabbit Ears)
alright, for all of you who are still confused about channel one.. it's
nothing REALLY special.. it's just a nationwide news program, hosted by
mostly 17 to 20 (i think) year old "kids".. i don't believe it can be
watched by the average tv watching person, because it has to come to each
school via a special satalite dish that all schools that recieve the
program have.. it comes on EVERY day and usually runs for about 12
minutes.. very informative actually, and i find it to me more
professionally done than most shows run by adults.. if possible, i'll get a
date when they might run the song and maybe you could all drop by a school
and watch it live.. (it is also a live show) but that's up to you.. i'm
just
me.......................................................................................................................................................... + 1
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:Rabbit Ears:
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 95 13:08:19 EST
From: apf@caess1.cae.aro.allied.com (Adam P. Fistler)
Subject: Shows I know of
For the person that asked, heres a list of shows that I know of.
Dec 30:
7 PM at the Trocadero in Philly, PA tickets are $16 + Ticketbastard charges
Dec 31:
7 PM at Tramps in New York, NY tickets are $15 + ticketbastard charges
11 PM at Tramps in New York, NY (21+ show) tickets are $25 + charges
Jan 17:
? at the 9:30 in DC, tickets are $20 + whatever Protix throws on.
Anyone know of more shows?
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 09:18:37 -0500
Subject: momento of silenceo
From: mrme@usa.pipeline.com (Rabbit Ears)
.....a short moment of silence for those out there that either don't have
the resources to be on the list or have never even heard of tmbg.. i figure
it's only respectful being the hollidays and such.....
--
:Rabbit Ears:
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 13:09:51 -0600 (CST)
From: The Guy Who Hit You in the Eye <pusc0694@kish.cc.il.us>
Subject: the cover album
After all this talk of covering TMBG I came up with this list of bands
and the They Songs they should cover. If for some reason you dislike one
of the artists on the list please don't send me hate mail.
the rentals-Rythm section Want Ad
Primus- Your racist friend
Cracker- Stand on your own head
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-The Gitar
Rancid- Stomp Box
Nine inch Nails- Where your eyes don't go
Stone Temple Pilots- self called nowhere
Weezer-Dead
Porno for Pyros-Sleeping in the flowers
Tom Waites-Turn around
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:12:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Frosty the Supervisor <frost@Trenton.EDU>
Subject: Re: the cover album
On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, The Guy Who Hit You in the Eye wrote:
> After all this talk of covering TMBG I came up with this list of bands
> and the They Songs they should cover. If for some reason you dislike one
> of the artists on the list please don't send me hate mail.
>
>
> the rentals-Rythm section Want Ad
>
> Primus- Your racist friend
>
> Cracker- Stand on your own head
>
> The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-The Gitar
>
> Rancid- Stomp Box
>
> Nine inch Nails- Where your eyes don't go
>
> Stone Temple Pilots- self called nowhere
>
> Weezer-Dead
>
> Porno for Pyros-Sleeping in the flowers
>
> Tom Waites-Turn around
>
I think Weird Al Yankovic should do the "Famous Polka".
'Nette
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:10:05 -0500
From: SANDLER KAREN M <karen@cooper.edu>
Subject: sleeping in the poppies
Is it schizoid paranoia?
(i say ha! to this infamous jenny)
i just bought tickets to the tramps new years show in nyc.
has anyone else heard rumours that good old chuckie (a.k.a.
frank black) will be there too?
I had thought that David Lovering was dead!
Anyway, I'm learning to play bass guitar and I was wondering
were i could get some giant bass lines.
finals finals ack.
Karen in NYC (i think)
i bought my copy of Lincoln for $.50, heh heh
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From: Matthew James <mjames@justice.loyola.edu>
Subject: the cover album
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:26:21 -0500 (EST)
>
> After all this talk of covering TMBG I came up with this list of bands
> and the They Songs they should cover. If for some reason you dislike one
> of the artists on the list please don't send me hate mail.
This ain't hate list, it's just a statement of disbelief.
>
>
> the rentals-Rythm section Want Ad
Ok, haven't really heard the Rentals so don't know how that'd sound.
>
> Primus- Your racist friend
I don't know if I could see Primus do this song, doesn't seem their style
if I thought about it, I might be able to see them do another song possibly.
>
> Cracker- Stand on your own head
Don't think i could see Cracker doing any TMBG song.
>
> The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-The Gitar
This would be interesting...
>
> Rancid- Stomp Box
Yah, they'd probably do a good job of it, in their style, course I'm not
much of a fan of Rancid
>
> Nine inch Nails- Where your eyes don't go
This one blew me away a bit, I could never seem NIN doing this song in
a million years.
>
> Stone Temple Pilots- self called nowhere
Again, another one in total disbelief, again not a fan of STP though.
>
> Weezer-Dead
Hmmm this'd be odd but might be interesting to see it done.
>
> Porno for Pyros-Sleeping in the flowers
Don't know if Porno for Pyros is this happy or whatever this song emanates
to do this, but I haven't heard a whole lot of their songs
>
> Tom Waites-Turn around
This'd be really weird but I think Tom would do any song were he given
the chance in his own weird way
Rather odd choice but then again I don't know who I'd have playing these
songs either.
As far as fitting together I think the Rancid-Stomp Box connection is
best made.
Matt
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"EIREANN GO BRATH!"| Eireannach siochan | Wedge Antilles | <The Beatles!>
"I'm not the only dust my mother raised."--TMBG| "Hail to the king, baby"-Ash
Anything Box|Erasure|Warsaw-Joy Division-NewOrder|Elastica|Blur|Suede|Pulp
Smiths|Revenge|The Other Two|Rush|Morrissey|Moxy Fruvous|Lightning Seeds
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From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Subject: Re: Christmass
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:29:22 -0500 (EST)
> aw man, that's awsome!! like was it home made or something? i told my
Hallmark personalizes orinimants....probably a little
late for this year though...
--
Leo Bicknell - TMBG List Admin - tmbg-list-request@tmbg.org
System Administrator / Network Technician
bicknell@ufp.org - bicknell@vt.edu - bicknell@tmbg.org
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:38:13 -0600
From: jchaffer@tmbg.org (Jonathan Chaffer)
Subject: Mailing List at Web Site
I've been doing some HTML rewrites for the web site (www.tmbg.org) and I've
put up a section on current threads on the mailing list. At the moment, it
has only Mr. Klaw's Band List, but it should expand significantly in the
near future. To get there from the main page, click on "What's here" and
then on "TMBG Mailing list." See you there!
--Jon
Save MST3K!
http://fermi.clas.virginia.edu/~jcp9j/canceled.html
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:44:56 -0600 (CST)
From: Anne Swan <aswan@tenet.edu>
> > aw man, that's awsome!! like was it home made or something? i told my
>
> Hallmark personalizes orinimants....probably a little
> late for this year though...
i have a tmbg christmas ornament that i made several years ago. i just
took a normal booring old ball ornament and wrote tmbg stuff all over
it. works great.
paul, broadcasting live from his new Christmas break address...
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 20:50:34 GMT
From: joekeith@dircon.co.uk (Joe Keith)
Subject: Happy Chanukkah
To those celebrating over the next 8 days. Happy Chanukkah.
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From: Matthew James <mjames@justice.loyola.edu>
Subject: band participation
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 16:33:12 -0500 (EST)
I was just thinking about various bands the other day and proceeded to
think about TMBG. I also remember a short thread on here once where people
were talking about one of the Johns doing more of the work or one of them
being the "ring-leader" of the group and the other was a side show act type
deal. That got me to thinking just how much each John contributes to TMBG.
Neither one really contributes more, they both sing, they both play the
instruments (although I'd probably say Linnell plays more instruments),
they both write the songs and they both are great up there on stage.
When you think of a lot of other bands, they genrally have 1 or maybe 2
guys that are the great ones that everyone loves and then there are the
other members that don't write songs or just play one instrument and
never sing, etc. TMBG ain't like that, that's what makes em so great, they
can play just about anything (heck Stump the Band is pretty impressive),
they can both sing anything, and they both have wonderfully creative minds.
Now, you might say, Matt, what about Tony Maimone and Brian Doherty? They
only play their one instrument and don't seem to contribute as much. I'd
explain this as they are pretty darn new to the group and had not started
initially with the Giants. This is not to say they aren't part of the band
but give it a little while. Tony plays the bass but he's also played the
yuckalelee (sp?) I believe on Extra Savoir Faire, and Brian has played the
Glockenspiel on the great tune, Shoehorn with Teeth, and I wouldn't be
surprised if I saw them put a pretty good effort into writing the songs
in the future (actually they may be already, I'm not sure who writes
which songs, does anyone know?) This is probably the main reason why I
like this band, they are capable of anything.
You may be thinking, why the heck is Matt writing this? Well I'll tell you
I'm trying to avoid writing these programs!! hehehe
No, really, I just wanted to tell yas how much I think of the Johns.
Glad they're touring again!!!
Matt (who'll hit the decade mark for concerts in January)
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"EIREANN GO BRATH!"| Eireannach siochan | Wedge Antilles | <The Beatles!>
"I'm not the only dust my mother raised."--TMBG| "Hail to the king, baby"-Ash
Anything Box|Erasure|Warsaw-Joy Division-NewOrder|Elastica|Blur|Suede|Pulp
Smiths|Revenge|The Other Two|Rush|Morrissey|Moxy Fruvous|Lightning Seeds
-------The poor remain poor. Someone has to work at Woolworths.----------------
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:12:14 -0500 (EST)
From: "DAVID A. MEYERSON" <davidmey@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
Subject: i've got an important question...
how often does TMBG play in the Chicago area? cause...
I JUST GOT IN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"The Force Will Be With You, Always."
Obi-Wan Kenobi
buh bye
Daniel
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From: joeyd@netcom.com (Mr. DJ)
Subject: Make MPEGs!
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:44:29 -0800 (PST)
PLEASE:
Will someone please take the few minutes to make an MPEG of the
House of Blues performance of NOKMP, or make some WAV or AUs of some
weird bootleg stuff?
AND tell me where to get it...
thank you all for being geeks like me.
(JD-DJ)
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 18:49:41 -0800
From: Rabbit Ears <MrMe@usa.pipeline.com>
Organization: Linear Software
Subject: Vote for TMBG
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hey everybody, check this out.. i did a search on cramer (for some
ungoddly reason, and i found this!!)
the address is http://www.geodyn.psu.edu/~cramer/they/
it's amazing what you can find on the net..
> Vote for TMBG
>
> Hi there TMBG fans! To end the eternal what's-your-favorite-song
> fiascos on the They Might Be Giants newsgroup and mailing list, I have
> created a what's-your-favorite-song/album/video World Wide Web page!
> Vote early! Vote often!
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Vote for your favorite:
>
> * Album
> * Video
> * Song
> * NEW!!! : LEAST Favorite Song
>
> Or you can view the results.
>
> Send comments and suggestions to cramer@geodyn.psu.edu.
>
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Hi there TMBG fans! To end the eternal what's-your-favorite-song fiascos on
the <A HREF="http://www.dnai.com/~obo/tmbg/">They Might Be Giants</A>
<A HREF="news:alt.music.tmbg">newsgroup</A> and mailing list, I have created a
what's-your-favorite-song/album/video World Wide Web page! Vote early! Vote
often!
<HR>
Vote for your favorite:
<UL>
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 19:53:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Sebold <psebold@husky.northern-hs.ga.k12.md.us>
Subject: Re: tmbg-list Digest #1-99
Well, this fine day I have two points to make.
1) for anyone using the word "PEZ" in a sentence, it is all
capitals, never ever lowercase, unless, of course, you really don't give
a howdy dooo about proper PEZ capitalization, in which case, pez is ok.
2) Nothingman was given the Tape of Life From the House of Blues
from a friend ofours. I don't get TBS, so I was planning on borrowin
gthe tape when he was through with it. When I got the tape, the sorry
bastard had taped over it with some ignorant Star Trek crap. I mean, I
believe that to be a crime against humanity.
-Really Folks, it just ain't right.
SON oF gOD
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:03:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Rian Rutherford <garthi@teleport.com>
Subject: AKA Driver
I was just wondering if they took out the lyrics of AKA Driver
(Nyquil Driver?) because they had copyright material. And that would
probably explain the name of AKA Driver instead of Nyquil driver too...
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Subject: FW: Net highway (fwd)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 22:32:45 -0500 (EST)
From: "Matt James" <elrond@sowebo.charm.net>
This is absolutely HILARIOUS. Check it out.
Sorry to the TMBG list but this was too funny to pass up!
Matt
> Like George Carlin...I find Goofy Suff....And I share It With You!
>
>
> >>There it is again. Some clueless FOOL talking about the "Information
> >>Superhighway." They don't know JACK about the net. It's NOTHING
> >>like a Superhighway. That's a BAD metaphor.
> >>
> >>Yeah, but suppose the metaphor ran in the OTHER direction. Suppose
> >>the HIGHWAYS were like the NET. All right! Severe craziness. A
> >>highway HUNDREDS of lanes wide. Most with potholes. Privately
> >>operated bridges and overpasses. No highway patrol. A couple of
> >>rent-a-cops on bicycles with broken whistles. 500 member VIGILANTE
> >>POSSES with nuclear weapons. 237 ON RAMPS at every intersection. NO
> >>SIGNS. Wanna get to Ensenada? Holler out the window at a passing
> >>truck to ask directions. AD HOC traffic laws. Some lanes would VOTE
> >>to make use by a single-occupant-vehicle a CAPITAL OFFENSE on Monday
> >>through Friday between 7:00 and 9:00. Other lanes would just SHOOT
> >>you without a trial for talking on a car phone.
> >>
> >>AOL would be a giant diesel-smoking BUS with hundreds of EBOLA victims
> >>and a TOILET spewing out on the road behind it. Throwing DEAD WOMBATS
> >>and rotten cabbage at the other cars most of which have been ASSEMBLED
> >>AT HOME from kits. Some are 2.5 horsepower LAWNMOWER ENGINES with a
> >>top speed of nine miles an hour. Others burn NITROGLYCERINE and IDLE
> >>at 120.
> >>
> >>No license tags. World War II BOMBER NOSE ART instead. Terrifying
> >>paintings of huge teeth or VAMPIRE EAGLES. Bumper mounted MACHINE
> >>GUNS. Flip somebody the finger on this highway and get a WHITE
> >>PHOSPHORUS GRENADE up your tailpipe. Flatbed trucks with
> >>ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE BATTERIES to shoot down the KRUD Traffic Watch
> >>helicopter. A little kid on a tricycle with a squirtgun filled with
> >>HYDROCHLORIC ACID.
> >>
> >>NO OFFRAMPS.
> >>
> >>Now THAT'S the way to run an Interstate Highway system.
> >>
> >>
>
>
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From: joeyd@netcom.com (Mr. DJ)
Subject: Re: AKA Driver
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 19:50:44 -0800 (PST)
>
> I was just wondering if they took out the lyrics of AKA Driver
> (Nyquil Driver?) because they had copyright material. And that would
> probably explain the name of AKA Driver instead of Nyquil driver too...
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> |garthi@teleport.com | "These go up to 11" -Nigel Tuffnel|
> |----------------------| ------------------------------------
>
>
Yeah. The FAQ says that Linnell could understand why. He
said that it wasn't like they were going to put NyQuil outta business or
something.
(JD-DJ)
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