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 #2-223 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 2, Number 223 Saturday, 10 August 1996 Today's Topics: Other CDs Re: Wreckin the masses NEWPORT EP 4 SALE + Re:other stuff Two Trumpets happy vibes Re: tmbg-list Digest #2-222 Re: Wreckin the masses Re: Other CDs 930 Re: Wreckin the masses Fan titles... Re: Fan titles... 930 They Country reply more input on country and heads Re: calll out the undertakerrrrrrr! Various peices of useless info Details details. Re: Fan titles... Naming ourselves and other assorted goodies... tmbg-list Digest #2-216 Re: tmbg-list Digest #2-216 Re: Fan titles... Video Comp. Administrivia: For all administrative issues, such as change of address, withdrawal from the list, etc., send a message to the following address: tmbg-digest-request@tmbg.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 03:45:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Rose, guaranteed" <flippy@yucc.yorku.ca> Subject: Other CDs Once upon a time Cody J. Reynolds wrote: I have just received from Columbia House Flood, Apollo 18, and John Henery. What are their other albums? Well, Cody, there is the first one , it is self titled, and then there is the one called Miscellaneous T, and of course who can forget Lincoln. My personal fave though is They Might Be Giants Sing The Songs Of Connie Francis, it is so moving! I also like these other TMBG records, and recommend them all. -They Might Be Giants: A Heap Of Music -They Might Be Giants Tell The Story Of Noah's Ark -They Might Be Giants: The Trent Reznor Remixes -They Might Be Giants: Live In Siberia -They Might Be Giants and Sammy Davis Jr: Together At Last! -They Might Be Giants Sing Of The Sinking Of The Lusitania -They Might Be Giants: Songs We Hate -They Might Be Giants Play With Themselves -They Might Be Barry: John And John Do Manilow -They Might Be Giants Wanna Fuck You Like An Animal -They Might Be Giants Serenade Boris Yeltsin -They Might Be Giants: Third Stage -They Might Be Giants: The Thompson Twins Legacy -They Might Be Giants: The 1976 Demo Tape -They Might Be Englebert: John and John Do Humperdinck -They Might Be Giants: The IRS Tapes -They Might Be Giants with Luciano Pavarotti: A Night Of Love -They Might Be Giants: Pac Man Fever -They Might Be Giants Sing The Songs Of Richard Harris -They Might Be Giants: The Country Album and... -They Might Be Giants: Superfueled Freaksicle!! oh yeah...that one hasn't come out yet...heh heh Collect 'em all!! Mike --------------------------flippy@yucc.yorku.ca------------------------- "All of your friends will be floating right above your disembodied head." They Might Be Giants/King Missile/Ween/XTC/REM/Art Of Noise/Yello RYERSON FILM: CLASS OF 1996 Brazil/Batman/Aliens/2001/Evil Dead II "You gotta put one in the brain. Then he's dead. Then we can go home." Long live the Hud. -----------------------http://yucc.yorku.ca/~flippy-------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 03:57:36 -0400 From: "The Real Mr. Klaw" <yu108533@YorkU.CA> Subject: Re: Wreckin the masses At 01:08 8/9/96 -0400, ZippyKelp@aol.com wrote: >>and two trumpets at once (Flood tour (I think), Apollo 18 tour ... >>ooo ... what song was this?!?) > >Was it They might Be Giants (just a guess)? No...Flansburgh plays two trumpets on Lie Still Little Bottle. I saw him do it live in 1992. Alex ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 08:06:48 -0700 From: John Lambert <greenjello@tmbg.org> Subject: NEWPORT EP 4 SALE + Re:other stuff howdy! i got an extra copy of the monopuff- the devil went down to newport(ep) last night and would like to sell it to some unfortunate lister who for some reason can't find it anywhere. it contains: (for you who don't know) tdwdtn (totally rockin') oddball tryptophane tdwdtn (totally remade!) it cost me $6.00... so that's what i'll sell it for. i'll even be a super guy and throw in postage as long as you live in the U.S.! help get monopuff around the globe!!!!!! now on to other junk: >Fritz said: >If TMBG ever, EVER go all-out country I will never listen to them again >- just think, Flans singing "Thar's a tear, in mah beer"... and the >phrase "y'all" just wouldn't suit a New York accent......would it??? oh please!!!!! i think we should all whip out the "narrow your mind" ugly stick & beat you with it!! (extremely sarcastic and trying to be whimsical) seriously though, why throw out an entire genre of music like that? if you don't like it and you do like tmbg.... what's the problem? do labels really upset you that bad? >Subject: Other TNBG Cd's >From: freon@juno.com (Cody J Reynolds) >Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 23:44:54 EDT >I have just received from Columbia House Flood, Apollo 18, and John >Henery. What are their other albums? hehehe who are "tnbg" and their album "john henery" just have one thing to say to cody j reynolds "slow, speed fingers, slow..." and lastly.... mark, what about Prosthetic Fore----HEADS! not just another john mailto:greenjello@tmbg.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 10:00:48 -0400 From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Two Trumpets >and two trumpets at once (Flood tour (I think), Apollo 18 tour ... Last time I checked it was physically impossible to play two trumpets at once. JF did "play" two of those trumpet-like instruments in the Birdhouse video didn't he? -- Evan Chakroff The Internet Mystery Spot . <-- http://www.GeoCities.com/SoHo/4545 "It's as much fun as a barrel of monkees... and a shotgun." -Another Satisfied Customer ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 10:16:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Tara Lynne Weber <00085244@bigred.unl.edu> Subject: happy vibes Wow, I just got done reading the alt.music.tmbg ng (our system doesn't have it so I looked at it on the WWW), and wow, what a difference from this list. They are so hostile! Ouch! I wouldn't wanna post there. It just made me appreciate all the more how cool this list is. I love you guys (sniff sniff). :) Sorry, I'm a little over-caffeinated. --Tara *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* * Tara Weber | "eVeRy jUMbLeD PiLe oF peRSoN hAs a * * 00085244@bigred.unl.edu| tHiNKiNg paRt tHaT woNdeRs wHat tHe paRt * * Ondine@tmbg.org | tHaT isN't tHiNkinG iSn't tHiNKiNg oF." * * | --tHeY MiGhT bE giAnTS * *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ------------------------------ From: M3MEEBKM@aol.com Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:59:19 -0400 Subject: Re: tmbg-list Digest #2-222 In a message dated 96-08-09 03:31:01 EDT, you write: >Sons Of Johns > > I like that one, but I think it should be "Children of Johns" so as not to be unfair to all of the legions of girls out there. ;) Since I haven't been able to read any tmbg-list w/ attached download file, can whoever is the mind behind the 930 club meet-up email me and keep me updated as to what's going on? I'd worship you for quite some time.(Not as a god of course....) Love The Erika ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Wreckin the masses From: superuprecht@juno.com (Ruprecht Gee) Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 12:21:13 EDT On Fri, 9 Aug 1996 01:08:20 -0400 ZippyKelp@aol.com writes: >>2. You are correct in saying it is not a grammatical error. However, >>DLS *does* have a grammatical error in it, and it's one that has sort >of >>been brought into the language and almost passes for being correct - >"No >>one in the world ever gets what *they* want..." Technically it >should >>he/she/it, but that clearly doesn't fit in the song, and I guess John >>was just trying to be PC. >Actually, that's not gramatically correct. You'll never see he/she/it >in >correct writing (I'm 99% percent sure I remember this one thing from >English >class two years ago). I believe it'd be proper to say "No one in the >world >ever gets what *the person* wants" or "... what *one* wants." I'm >fairly >positive. > He she or it is are only correct when following a previous sentence of a certain paragraph where he/she/it is defined... ex. I ate some icecream yesterday. It was pretty good. ============================================================================= a spooky man named Ike ============================================================================= I wish that I could jump out of my .sig ============================================================================= ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Other CDs From: superuprecht@juno.com (Ruprecht Gee) Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 12:21:13 EDT On Fri, 9 Aug 1996 03:45:16 -0400 (EDT) "Mike Rose, guaranteed" <flippy@yucc.yorku.ca> writes: > > Well, Cody, there is the first one , it is self titled, and >then >there is the one called Miscellaneous T, and of course who can forget >Lincoln. My personal fave though is They Might Be Giants Sing The >Songs >Of Connie Francis, it is so moving! I also like these other TMBG >records, >and recommend them all. You've forgotten a few Mike, They Might Be Frank They Might Be Giants Ripoff the Beatles and Pretend to be Oasis They Might Be Giants Take Manhatten They Might Be Giants: Everybody is Doing it, Why Can't We? They Might Be Giants: Dookie They Might Be Giants: August and Everything After They Might Be Giants: We Wanna Rock Like Big Fat Rock 'n' Roll Stars but that's all the rest of 'em... ============================================================================= a spooky man named Ike ============================================================================= I wish that I could jump out of my .sig ============================================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:23:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Birdlace <kaochiho@erols.com> Subject: 930 Candy Butchers are opening for They at the 930 show. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:54:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Lawrence P Solomon <lps+@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: Wreckin the masses Excerpts from internet.music.tmbg: 9-Aug-96 Re: Wreckin the masses by Ruprecht Gee@juno.com > He she or it is are only correct when following a previous sentence of a > certain paragraph where he/she/it is defined... ex. I ate some icecream > yesterday. It was pretty good. Hmmm, let's make this even more off topic now... he, she or it is correct when it has an antecedent - a noun to which it refers. In this case, the antecedent is no one - "No one in the world ever gets what he wants..." The number of the pronoun must match that of the antecedent. Saying "they" in that context is incorrect because "no one" is singular and "they" is plural (as opposed to They, which is singular - as in "They is going to be at the 9:30 club next Friday :) (ok, I managed to include some TMBG related stuff :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 13:03:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Joshua Hall-Bachner <particle@servtech.com> Subject: Fan titles... > >And now, I submit for your approval some suggestions for a proper title for >TMBG fans: >Head Heads That would probably be a Talking Heads fan. >Fans of Flans That would be Mono Puff fans, most likely. I think "Disembodied Heads" or "Skull Heads" work pretty well. :) /---------------------------Joshua Hall-Bachner---------------------------\ | particle@servtech.com http://www.servtech.com/public/particle/ | | "Life is like a jigsaw. You get the straight bits, but there's something| \-----missing in the middle."--XTC, "All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)"-----/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:24:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Schaefer <mtschaef@students.uiuc.edu> Subject: Re: Fan titles... > >And now, I submit for your approval some suggestions for a proper title for > >TMBG fans: > >Head Heads > > That would probably be a Talking Heads fan. > > >Fans of Flans > > That would be Mono Puff fans, most likely. > > I think "Disembodied Heads" or "Skull Heads" work pretty well. :) How about Prosthetic ForeHEADS? Mike ------------------------------ From: Matthew James <mjames@justice.loyola.edu> Subject: 930 Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 14:46:36 -0400 (EDT) > Candy Butchers are opening for They at the 930 show. YES!!!!!!!! Matt -- -----------------Bruce Campbell-Sam Raimi for '96------------------------ Matt James polk@tmbg.org Matt.James.K.Polk@tmbg.org |TMBG|Sleeper "EIREANN GO BRATH!"|Menswe@r|Echobelly| The Ocean Blue|The Beatles|XTC Judybats|Robyn Hitchcock|Cause & Effect| "Hail to the king, baby"-Ash Pogues|Erasure|Warsaw-JoyDivision-NewOrder|Elastica|Blur|Suede|Pulp Smiths|Revenge|Other Two|Moxy Fruvous|Lightning Seeds|SPOCK|Supergrass -------The poor remain poor. Someone has to work at Woolworths.--------- ------------------------------ From: Michael_J._Cairns@nrunner.mil.wi.us Organization: Netrunner BBS - Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 11:42:01 CST Subject: They Country reply Pez Man once wrote....... >Listening to Mono Puff lately (got my postcard today - yeah!) I just >started thinking about the possibility of They hitting it big as a >country band... Don't Break the Heart, So Long Mocking bird, and don't I >have the right are blatantly country songs. Now I've never been a >country fan - I used to be completely anti-country but I have heard some >thats ok and some that I actually !like! Country music is basically >becoming a pop music for the nineties and because of this there is >basically a transitional period going on. So a a lot of different >sounding country stuff is coming out. So riddle me this . . . if They >recorded a few songs that sounded more country and released them to CMT >instead of MTV I think they would actually get some airplay and become >popular. What do you think? Did anyone hear the latest Ween release? It's all country! It's even called 12 Golden Country Greats. I think it's pretty good though. I'm starting to like Country music a little myself-there ya go, I said it. I'm glad the newer stuff is breaking away from that stereotypical hick town cowboy voice. I wouldn't be totally shocked if TMBG did a country album. Gee, Ween did it afterall? People have been talking about Soul Coughing? If anyone has some time, (and I know you do if your reading all the crap on this list) please e-mail some info on this group. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 15:02:22 -0700 From: Pez Man <millercv@earthlink.net> Subject: more input on country and heads Actually I think we should be - prostetic foreheads! And kudos to Mathew Coon for adding a new twist . . . . The majority of their main albums have COUNTRY songs on them its just no one bothered to make the distinction because they are good and good is good whether it is country, rap, hip-hop or folk... TMBG's Country/countryish songs - --------------------------- Hope that I get old before I die Cowtown Rabid Child Alienation's for the Rich LUCKY BALL AND CHAIN Minimum Wage We want a Rock I Blame You Unrelated thing And those are the ones just off the top of my head. I'm not bringing this topic up to say They are a country band/ or they should go completely country. Just to open a few peoples eyes I guess. The kind of people who say "I can't stand any <insert stereotyped music type here>" People just need to think what is good is good and not jump out against something because of a stereotype. They might Be Giants have recorded in a VAST amount of musical styles. Ska, Country, Rock, Metal, EZ Listening, Reggae (well Joshua Frieds Remix - Larger than life), Comedy, Latin, Beach music, political music, folk, . . . the list goes on. They are kind of the common denominator. Just think about it for a second before you generalize . . . . Well I'm interested to see what this reaps but I'll be back in a week. I'm visiting my fiance for a week before school here. Soon to be coming to you from Nashville, Pez Man PS About the mono Puff paper on the outside thing - I don't know if the others meant this but I took mine and put it behind the clear cd-holder part so you can see it when you take the cd out... ------------------------------ From: GoodOmenz@aol.com Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 17:10:39 -0400 Subject: Re: calll out the undertakerrrrrrr! *service announcement* anyone driveing thru NYC to the 9:30 club and willing to pick us (maybe just me) up? i know im not gonna get there and then each post everyone writes about how fun it is shall be a dagger in mine heart (not that i dont want yall to have fun...) maybe if you all send mail to JOLGOL 205 @ aol.com saying to take liz to dc.. they country- how coincidental.. anyone heard counterfit faker? YEEHAW! but no, before u all go buy those silly hats to take to the show- its just one song and they both use the word "ambivelent" (unless its ambiguous.. either way it ranks right up there with obseqious and nonchalant) so its ok... >>and two trumpets at once (Flood tour (I think), Apollo 18 tour << waiiit a minute.. is he hideing another mouth somewhere? i dont wanna be a head.. "fan" is fine with me too... but TMBGroupie just works out so well.. only i dont wanna be a groupie either.. oh well- just cant win elizard ------------------------------ From: ZippyKelp@aol.com Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 17:17:38 -0400 Subject: Various peices of useless info Queen Sneepy <smelliot@indiana.edu> wrote: > Subject: Again with the video... > > So I'm watching the boot video, the end this time, and during the 120 > minu at the end with the clips of the vidoes, yes? Well, anyway, I saw > many a vide I'd never seen before, namely, Istanbul (what a great > video!!), The Guitar, Snail Shell, Puppet head, etc. But what got me was > the clips of the others, like Ana Ng (to which I hear is a dance?), Hotel > Detective, etc. So to get to my question, what I want to know is if > there is anyone out there with all of Their vidoes on tape somehow. I > would be most willing to trade something for them or pay... THEY have a video compilation, whici, if I'm correct has a cover similar to Misc. T (I assume because it cameout around that time), and that'd get you their earlier stuff. But the only full video I hve is The Guitar (from that 120 Minutes from March (12?), 1993. Matthew Jason NeSmith <jnesmith@atl.mindspring.com> wrote: > Subject: IRC trouble + TMBGand the Beatles > > At 11:46 AM 8/8/96 -0500, you wrote: > > And now for something completely different. > > Has anyone noticed the abundance of Beatles refferences in early TMBG > material? > *"Nothing's gonna change my clothes" > "Nothing's gonna change my world." Yes, this one I caught, and every time I listened to the Beatles song, I start sing the TMBG song, and at first I can't cee how wrong I am, then later I feel silly. Mark ------------------------------ From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> Subject: Details details. Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:05:39 -0400 (EDT) A couple of details. I had the Gainsville number wrong on the web page, it has been corrected. Sorry for any confusion. The Giants have no phone number for the 'Hatch Shell' concert. Apparently it's a benifit concert put on by some local radio stations and it's not booked through their normal booking people...if anyone who lives in that area knows what's going on, let me know! Finally, yes, there are only 13 songs on Factory Showroom even though they recorded 21 songs for the Album. All I have to say is you'll get those other 8 songs soon, so hang in there! :-) -- Leo Bicknell - TMBG List Admin - tmbg-list-request@tmbg.org System Administrator / Network Technician bicknell@ufp.org - bicknell@vt.edu - bicknell@tmbg.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:00:57 -0700 (PDT) From: stewart1@lightspeed.net (Benjamin Stewart) Subject: Re: Fan titles... >> I think "Disembodied Heads" why does that remind me of a certain Al song? >How about Prosthetic ForeHEADS? frankly, I think that Prosthetic foreheads is the best one... and that is what I will call myself probably... a little note on that... this past week I have been wearing two hats on my head... and I have been calling the bottom hat my "real hat" and the hat on top my "prosthetic ballcap." since there is only one person I have seen in the last week who likes TMBG, everyone has looked at me rather oddly when I say prosthetic ballcap... that is that... Benjy >-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-< / \ This isn't rocket science, this is brain surgery! \ / >-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-< ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:36:56 PDT From: Ryan_Shepard@xn.xerox.com (Shepard,Ryan) Subject: Naming ourselves and other assorted goodies... Firstly, Patrick (who I work with at Xerox Engineering Systems) has been singing "Istanbul" all damn day. As much as I love TMBG, another song wouldn't hurt. He picked up the vinyl 12" with 4 different remixes (so he claims). Also, as far as naming ourselves....calling myself a Prosthetic Forehead seems to be an awfully lengthy title. Just "Head" usually insinuates Grateful Dead. "Fan" may be interpreted as "Phan" unless written down (reference to Phish. for those that don't know). Why not "Giants"? I mean, after all, we might be giants. Duh. shep "Oh, he is so wise, and smart, and talented, and funny, and cute! And as far as his skills in bed.....well, we won't get into that." --a sarcastic Shep fan who shall remain nameless (but yes, it's a real quote) www.tripod.com/~RoadTrip/index.html ------------------------------ From: WarChild@sciboard.spd.louisville.edu Date: 9 Aug 1996 18:52:52 EST Subject: tmbg-list Digest #2-216 NO! NO! Ana Ng is fREAkY!@#!#! Beavis would freak... i know my freind did.. he said "Yeah I saw it! Tat video was weird!"... Because it was one of the videos they sneak-previewed M2 with... ------------------------------ From: Kaylum@aol.com Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 21:15:50 -0400 Subject: Re: tmbg-list Digest #2-216 << NO! NO! Ana Ng is fREAkY!@#!#! Beavis would freak... i know my freind did.. he said "Yeah I saw it! Tat video was weird!"... Because it was one of the videos they sneak-previewed M2 with... I read somewhere that "Ana Ng" _was_ shown on Beavis and Butthead, and that they deemed that it "sucked." Did anyone actually see this? And what else did they say? Kay, sorry for not posting much to the list lately, but she's been really busy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:18:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Kopenec <kopenec@tenet.edu> Subject: Re: Fan titles... On Fri, 9 Aug 1996, Benjamin Stewart wrote: > >> I think "Disembodied Heads" > > why does that remind me of a certain Al song? > "Everything you know is wrong" by Al = "The disembodied head of colonel sanders startying yelling, 'Everything u know is wrong'." *---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message may not be broadcast, reproduced, or by any means transferred, over the Microsoft Network, unless the author (Chris Kopenec) receives a check for the sum of $500, paid in full, by Mr. Bill Gates. Transmission over the Microsoft Network is considered agreement to the above conditions. *---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=*( Chris Kopenec )*=- -=*( kopenec@tmbg.org )*=- -=*( http://www.chrysalis.org/kopenec/ )*=- ------------------------------ From: Matthew James <mjames@justice.loyola.edu> Subject: Video Comp. Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 02:30:38 -0400 (EDT) > THEY have a video compilation, whici, if I'm correct has a cover similar to > Misc. T (I assume because it cameout around that time), and that'd get you > their earlier stuff. But the only full video I hve is The Guitar (from that I was looking at my friend Nola's (hi!) video compilation and it had a different cover from the Misc T. type cover, it was green. I have the Misc T version. She told me that waws the first issue and the Misc T. cover was the second run. Matt -- -----------------Bruce Campbell-Sam Raimi for '96------------------------ Matt James polk@tmbg.org Matt.James.K.Polk@tmbg.org |TMBG|Sleeper "EIREANN GO BRATH!"|Menswe@r|Echobelly| The Ocean Blue|The Beatles|XTC Judybats|Robyn Hitchcock|Cause & Effect| "Hail to the king, baby"-Ash Pogues|Erasure|Warsaw-JoyDivision-NewOrder|Elastica|Blur|Suede|Pulp Smiths|Revenge|Other Two|Moxy Fruvous|Lightning Seeds|SPOCK|Supergrass -------The poor remain poor. Someone has to work at Woolworths.--------- ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #2-223 ******************************