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tmbg-list Digest, Volume 2, Number 143
Wednesday, 22 May 1996
Today's Topics:
RE: TMBG languages
Re: POSTERS
RE: TMBG languages
Re: a TMBG anecdote
posters
Re: TMBG languages
Re: Lots and lots of Misc. T alking
EH?!
Rated 4.7!!!
TMBG on video
Phew!
=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A1Gigantes en Espa=F1ol!?=
Re: Lots and lots of Misc. T alking
its alright
Another New Guy !!!
Re: Lots and lots of Misc. T alking
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From: "Rensink, Brenden - S" <brensink@bhs3.bham.wednet.edu>
Subject: RE: TMBG languages
Date: Tue, 21 May 96 08:37:00 P
Actually, I don't remember where, I think it was in the holiday newsletter,
But the Johns were trying to compose some song in greek. I don't know!
Sounds good to me.
Brenden - nednerB
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Subject: Re: POSTERS
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:08:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Chris Bongaarts <Chris.Bongaarts-1@umn.edu>
In the immortal words of tim.clark@rma.edu:
>Speaking of posters where do you get posters of TMBG? Being as I am in the
Here's an old tip from the list. I have no idea if the company in
question still exists, but it might be a lead...
-CB
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 94 11:32:57 CDT
To: they-might-be@gnu.ai.mit.edu
From: mmarx@trivia.coginst.uwf.edu (David Marx)
Subject: Incredible?! Well, okay, here's the address
Allright, here's the address for Burning Airlines T-shirt catalog. Send
$1.50 for the catalog. The address is:
Burning Airlines
Box 3757 * Dept. S1
Trenton, NJ 08629
I think they have about three TMBG posters. One that has the snowman on
it. one giant one. They are between $6-$11.
Gotta go.
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David Marx
mmarx@trivia.coginst.uwf.edu
"There's a fine line between stupid and clever." - Spinal Tap
"Summer is ready when you are." - the Breeders
"My chrome's sharp and shiny, just like an icicle.
I ride around town on my low-rider bicycle" - Beastie Boys
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 14:03:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ryan Staib <97starya@james.hawken.edu>
Subject: RE: TMBG languages
On Tue, 21 May 1996, Rensink, Brenden - S wrote:
> Actually, I don't remember where, I think it was in the holiday newsletter,
> But the Johns were trying to compose some song in greek. I don't know!
Yup, it was the holiday newsletter. They were trying to translate
Number 3 (?) into greek (I think to fit the meter and all), with the help
of someone... Chris someone I think. I think it's the same person they
collaborated with on... Annabouboula... or something, I don't
remember exactly what, but it's on the discography. I memorized the
newsletters and the discography pretty much (after reading them 3 times),
but I don't know them verbatim or anything, so... Oh, and since they
didn't finish it (and said they probably never will), it's become the
longest-standing TMBG project ever.
RS
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From: Ruprecht76@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 15:20:42 -0400
Subject: Re: a TMBG anecdote
In a message dated 96-05-20 19:13:28 EDT, nnicole@hooked.net (Nicole Carlson)
writes:
>
>> Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 21:10:42 -0400
>> From: julinka@tmbg.org
>> Subject: Re: TMBG languages
>>
>> I translated most of "Out of Jail" into Polish and recorded it while
>playing
>> on my cheezy keyboard. Fun-fun.
>>
>> love and other neat stuff,
>> Julia
>
>Let's collect the foreign language versions and post them somewhere!
>Wouldn't that be cool?
I'd be quite happy to host the foreign language versions at my tmbg page the
Hall Of Heads now that I'm moving it again... So anybody who has
translations, send them to me, and post them and give you credit...
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From: Veruca555@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 15:25:43 -0400
Subject: posters
About TMBG posters ... At a concert I attended in Oct of 1994 at Lisner
Auditorium in DC, posters were being sold along with t-shirts. For $5, you
could have your own, autographed by the Johns poster of the John Henry cover
photo (that girl). It is framed and hanging on my wall. You can purchase that
same poster through the Newsletter, only sans autographs.
neal
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From: Ruprecht76@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 15:52:50 -0400
Subject: Re: TMBG languages
In a message dated 96-05-21 10:41:40 EDT, brenden writes:
>
>Actually, I don't remember where, I think it was in the holiday newsletter,
>But the Johns were trying to compose some song in greek. I don't know!
> Sounds good to me.
They were going to do something with some greek guy they know and his band
that was called "Annaboubala" or something...
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From: Ruprecht76@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 15:52:44 -0400
Subject: Re: Lots and lots of Misc. T alking
In a message dated 96-05-20 23:36:36 EDT, hexagon@salmander.com writes:
>
> about other misc. crap:
>I just noticed that in "sno[w]ball in hell" (i think that's the right
one...)
>whoever's singing (i think maybe linnel? maybe not...) sez "my fantasy's in
>a xerox shop" or something which goes along with the "i've got a crush...
>copy shop clerk" from snail shell [sleeping in the flowers]... hmmm..
>
Not too long ago we had this discussion, but that's all right, I like this
one...
Apparently, according to everyone who's listened very closely to snowball in
hell and has been (or ben) told what to listen for, the line actually says
"my panacea is in a Xerox shop" (panacea means a cure-all, elixir is a
synonym)... people have said that this changes the connection between the two
songs, but I don't think so... his cure-all in the Xerox shop could easily be
the copy shop clerk... just as easily as if it did say "fantasy"... So I can
still call Sleeping in the Flowers "The Continuing Adventures of a Snowball
in Hell" ... is this in the FAQ yet?
a spooky man named me
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From: tim.clark@rma.edu
Organization: Randolph-Macon Academy
Date: Tue, 21 May 96 17:42:33 -0400
Subject: EH?!
>> Speaking of posters where do you get posters of TMBG? Being as I am in the
>> middle of NOWHERE. (virginia) Theres no music stores around here that sell
>>any
>> decent posters! Give me an address! HECK! You can send me one since you
>>guys are so nice! :)
>Fairfax county, VA has some good stores I'm sure...
>Are you going to the Fairfax county fair where TMBG will be playing btw?
>Matt
WHAT?!??! I didnt know this! why wasn't I notified! Matt I want YOu in charge
of this...WHEN will they be playing? What days? What time? How much? Etc.!
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 17:48:38 -0500
From: ultragon@salamander.com (David Skretta)
Subject: Rated 4.7!!!
Hello once again to all of the TMBG fans. I've uncovered something a
bit disturbing. At http://www.ffly.com I ran a search for They Might Be
Giants. It turned out on a scale from 1-7, 7 being highest, 1 being lowest,
the average rating was 4.7! I was blown away by these ratings, and I
couldn't beleive it. I ended up rating three of TMBG's albums 6,7,7. Oh
well, maybe not everyone even knows about them!
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* David Skretta -ultragon@salamander.com -or- * The time to hesitate*
* Web Site -http://www.salamander.com/~ultragon* is through... *
* * The Doors *
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From: Michael.N.Piastowski@lawrence.edu
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 18:19:24 -0600 (CST)
Subject: TMBG on video
I hear there is a video compilation that one ambitious soul is attempting to
assemble. I have a copy of some earlier videos: Purple Toupee, They'll Need a
Crane, Puppet Head, Ana Ng, Hotel Detective, and Don't Let Start. I would be
willing to send a copy of it to the brave person who is in charge of
compilation. I am also interested is geting a copy of the tape when it is
finished. Somebody e-mail me and inform me in what I need to know.
"There are three kinds of actuaries: those who can count, and those who can't."
--Bob (An actuary on Jeopardy)
Mike P.
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From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Subject: Phew!
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 19:25:33 -0400 (EDT)
I have finished updating all of the aliases. There
were 5 people who didn't put a valid e-mail address in their
submission. If you didn't get mail from me today about your
aliases then you need to resubmit with a valid e-mail address.
I would also like to thank all those people who droped
me personal notes in the last few days about sending in
donations. I did read all of them, alas I don't have time
to reply to that much mail individually right now. Thanks
for your support.
--
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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From: klamb@ecentral.com
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 17:45:01 -0600
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A1Gigantes en Espa=F1ol!?=
> Ellos Pueden Ser Gigantes!
um... not to be nitpicky, but wouldn't it be podrian rather than pueden?
Pueden means 'can' or 'able to'.
just a second-year spanish student who is rapidly running out of things
to procastinate with,
marty
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 23:13:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ryan Staib <97starya@james.hawken.edu>
Subject: Re: Lots and lots of Misc. T alking
Look. I've listened (carefully and repeatedly) to the line, and
I'm still not convinced he says 'panacea.' First of all, it says in the
lyric sheet that it's fantasy. Second, the meaning of the song supports
fantasy and not panacea. It goes on to describe a fantasy, an imagined
situation, in which he's at a xerox shop. It does not mention anything
further about a panacea. Also, just because it _can_ sound like panacea
does not mean it actually _is_ panacea. Example: In Hideaway Folk Family,
it _sounds like_ he's saying 'the sad little cross-eyed bear' but he's
really saying 'and sadly the cross-eyed bear.' It all depends which one
you have in mind when you listen to the line. If you go in listening for
the correct one, you can hear it. But if you go in expecting and
listening for the other one, you can hear (or think you hear) it. The
same applies to fantasy/panacea. I use headphones and a variety of
equalization settings when I'm looking for something subtle (because it's
the only reliable way to do it). When I do that, I can't actually tell
what they're saying. When I think 'panacea's' I sort of hear it. When I
think 'fantasy is' I sort of hear it. It all depends on what I'm thinking
or listening for. What I can tell you, however, is that without a lyrics
sheet or any previous knowledge, I would still suspect that it's
'fantasy,' and so, not being able to disprove it, that's what I'm
sticking with.
RS
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From: tim.clark@rma.edu
Organization: Randolph-Macon Academy
Date: Tue, 21 May 96 23:44:16 -0400
Subject: its alright
Guys...maybe its pancea pancreas fantasy whatever...calm down. its alright...:)
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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:00:07 +1100
From: fass256@ariel.macarthur.uws.EDU.AU (joe giunta)
Subject: Another New Guy !!!
A note from another new guy.
I am writing from Sydney Australia. (I noticed there aren't many, maybe
any from there here (HUH ?)
Anyway, just to get the metaphorical ball rolling, I'll do my
Snappy answers to Stupid questions bit now...
First listening :
My sisters friends boyfriend was a big fan for years and I got a tape
off him. It was Lincoln and I've been listening ever since.
First concert :
In Sydney, at the Metro for the John Henry tour. The conga-line was
long, but nothing worth bragging about. Question ? - Does anyone know when
the next album is coming out and if they are keeping the same band ?
Back to the concert, SPY was brilliant, the conducting seemed longer than
on the album, but thats not to say I was complaining. For some reason ANA NG
was the most requested song.
Also , does anyone know if They tour Australia for each album, or was this
just luck. (I know they where out here for Apollo 18, but I wasn't a fan then).
finally, As for what 'End of the Tour' means, I haven't had time to have a
good look at it, but I'll write back with my twisted opinion later.
Bye for now, ......JOE !!!
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From: DSEEBODE@aol.com
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 02:20:26 -0400
Subject: Re: Lots and lots of Misc. T alking
well, i guess you found the 'panacea' for that question.
dave
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