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tmbg-list Digest, Volume 2, Number 349
Saturday, 21 December 1996
Today's Topics:
TMBG: Dark Horse President
TMBG: Season's Greetings
TMBG: Tribute Site
TMBG: Tribute Site: PART2
TMBG: the Johns in high school
TMBG: Dark Horse / Ana Ng
TMBG: the Johns in high school
TMBG: NONTMBG - Houghton Mifflin Co.
TMBG: Do I see connections here?
Non-TMBG: Tickle-Me Elmo's
TMBG: Famous NGs
Re: TMBG: Tribute Site: PART2
TMBG: okay
TMBG: two-nighters
absolutely non TMBG: Lemonheads record up for grabs..
Re: TMBG: Up the driveway, down the walk
Re: TMBG: Up the driveway, down the walk
Re: TMBG: the Johns in high school
Re: absolutely non TMBG: Lemonheads record up for grabs..
TMBG: A Lucky They Day!
TMBG: opening band 9:30
Re: TMBG: Do I see connections here?
TMBG: ...Just Go Nuts At Christmastime!
Re: TMBG: opening band 9:30
Re: TMBG: A Lucky They Day!
TMBG: Opening act at 9;30 club
Re: TMBG: ...Just Go Nuts At Christmastime!
Re: TMBG: Opening act at 9;30 club
TMBG: opening at Rochester
Re: TMBG: opening band 9:30
(none)
TMBG: Re: Help!
Re: TMBG: A Lucky They Day
TMBG: Jeremy Mathews
TMBG: ...Janie's hair is like a mop
TMBG: News Radio
Re: Hardly TMBG:Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
TMBG: Re: sexxy, sassy Linnell
TMBG: Re: 3rd Rock TMBG ref!
TMBG: Re: NASALLY (Is that a word?)
Re: TMBG: Re: free the Expo 67 and Cage and Aquarium
TMBG: Re: Am I insane?-3rd Rock from the Sun...
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 02:35:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Justin Higgins <jhiggins@CapAccess.org>
Subject: TMBG: Dark Horse President
When Polk is referred to as a Dark Horse candidate, they meant to say
that he pretty much came from out of nowhere (he won the nomination on
the eighth ballot). He also has the honor of being the first "dark
horse" candidate in US History.
Justin Higgins - Terraflopping
CapAccess Business & Professional Center <go business>
CapAccess Science & Technology Center <go scitech>
Career Resource Center <go career>
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:49:07 -0800
From: Herne <herne@earthlink.net>
Subject: TMBG: Season's Greetings
Due to the chaos that is my life this time of year I am two weeks behind
on my digests!!! And the day after tomorrow I am off to my folks house
for the holidays. Maybe then I can use my dad's logon to get caught up
in the archives.
Either way...
Season's Greetings. I'm gone till the 31st when I'll post an excessive
year end wrap up.
TMBG CONTENT:Well it's a month or so later and I'm still trying to get
past XTC vs. Adam Ant. I've sort of gotten used to it though. Pet Name
however seems to have become my least favorite on FS at the moment. Of
course if history is any indication, the minute I say a song annoys me I
can't get it out of my head or I decide it's my fave.
Well I'm off. See you in '97.
Herne
P.S. to Crow and JHB...I won't get to finish your tapes before I go but
you'll get them in the earliest part of January possible. Sorry it's
taking so bloody long!!!
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 05:21:15 -0500
From: BOBA <ondrey@trib.infi.net>
Organization: InfiNet
Subject: TMBG: Tribute Site
Goooooooooooooood Morning Vietnam!
Sorry, I'm really awake and it's 5:18 in the mornin'!
Anyway, I just made some minor changes to the cover compilation site
including some additions to the list and a counter!
All you wacky Giants fans don't worry, it'll keep getting better!
The Address? http://tmbg.home.ml.org
From the recently re-subscribed, BOBA!
--
Matthew Ondrey
Boba@tmbg.org
http://boba.home.ml.org
http://bobasboots.home.ml.org
http://wendyrulz.home.ml.org
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 05:56:16 -0500
From: BOBA <ondrey@trib.infi.net>
Organization: InfiNet
Subject: TMBG: Tribute Site: PART2
Oh yeah, I forgot, Here are some of the titles suggested for the Cover
Compilation:
Puhlease e-mail me if you have any better ideas or think one is cool:
They Might Be Covers
C-O-V-E-R
They Might Be They
They Might Be Copyrighted
MY MUSIC'S SHALLOW GRAVE
THE WORDS THAT THE VOICE WAS REPEATING
YOU SCRATCH MY RECORD
WAITING IN INSTANBUL
WORDS FAIL
MAY I GIVE YOU A HAND
ONE THOUSAND EYES ARE STARING
I think all of these have a lot of merit, and should be considered, but
I'm leaving it up to you, the list, or whoever else e-mails me.
Thanks again!
--
Matthew Ondrey
Boba@tmbg.org
http://boba.home.ml.org
http://bobasboots.home.ml.org
http://wendyrulz.home.ml.org
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From: Christi587@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:26:04 -0500
Subject: TMBG: the Johns in high school
xthinking about John and John. I wonder what kinds of grades they got! I
xmean, their lyrics are amazing, and every time I hear an interview or
xsomething with them in it, they seem extremely educated. Very smart guys.
x I'll bet when they would write poetry or something in high school, their
xteachers would go, "what the hell is this?"
There is an interview with one of the Johns' old teachers floating around
somewhere on the web. Maybe someone out there who sucks less than me knows
where to find it. Anyway, he talks about what J &J were up to in high school
and describes them as being in sort of an intellectual clique. ("I took off
the intellectuals, and I put on There May Be Giants") He says that they used
to turn in assignment papers that had nothing to do with the assigned topic,
but they'd get A's anyway because they were so well-written. So at least one
teacher appreciated the Johns' talent.
J & J speak about high school:
Hullabaloo: You went to high school together?
Flansburgh: Yeah, we did. We worked on the high school paper. That's
kind of how we got to know each other. . . It was sort of this small
clique of people who mostly just needed a room to hang out in. That was a
lot of the reason why the paper existed. We also just liked writing.
Hullabaloo: What sort of things did you write?
Linnell: A lot of music reviews. A certain amount of current
topical stuff connected with the school. . . There was a certain amount
of interest in being provocative for its own sake . . . which is typical
in high school.
Flansburgh: I remember ghostwriting some sports reviews. . . sports news
stories. There was some basic information there, but I remember really
expanding and editorializing on games I had never seen. . . making them
really colorful.
Linnell: Our best issues were always the April Fool's issues, because
then we could actually lie.
--Christy
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Subject: TMBG: Dark Horse / Ana Ng
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 96 08:44:41 -0600
From: Danny Jones <danjones@earthlink.net>
Maria, Nick" <Nick.Maria@restech.cra.com.au> wrote these words:
>What exactly is meant be the phrase 'dark horse' president?? I thought
>it was just a TMBGiantism but if Jeopardy! is using it, well it must be
>fair dinkum. And if he was the first, then who are the others?
"Dark horse" is an American colloquialism meaning ANY unlikely (and
usually relatively unknown) winner emerging from the field, not just in
politics.
That rascal Eric Webber <erwst9+@pitt.edu> wrote:
>I haven't been following this really cause I tend to shy away from any Ana
>Ng threads. But I felt that I still had something to say that hasn't been
>said a thousand times in a thousand threads before.
>I think that people take the words in this song way too literally. I think
>that Ana Ng is just a name which is not necessairly an actual person in
>the world of the narrator. I think he is just imagining that out there
>somewhere (maybe on the other side of the world) is someone meant for him.
>And he feels that there have been times that he's almost met this person
>but just barely missed her. I think the "they don't need me here" line is
>him feeling that meeting this person is his destiny and nothing else
>really matters except him finding her.
Absolutely! Never met her, and that's the pain of it. Dolls singing
"small girl after all" taunt him. The warm seat on the bench - maybe he
just missed her.
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From: mjames@envy.loyola.edu (Matthew James)
Subject: TMBG: the Johns in high school
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:04:03 -0500 (EST)
> Flansburgh: I remember ghostwriting some sports reviews. . . sports news
> stories. There was some basic information there, but I remember really
> expanding and editorializing on games I had never seen. . . making them
> really colorful.
> Linnell: Our best issues were always the April Fool's issues, because
> then we could actually lie.
This is a little odd because when they were on one of those late night
talk shows (can't remember if it was Conan or Dave or whoever) they said
that their paper was rather strange because they thought they had the
only high school paper in the country without a Sports section.
Matt
--
Member of the ARM since '96 (let's give 'em hell)
*-------------------------------------------------------------------
Matt James
polk@tmbg.org Matt.James.K.Polk@tmbg.org mjames@envy.loyola.edu
Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
"Cracking toast, Gromit!"
New, Official Bruce Campbell Gazette page: http://www.bcgazette.com
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:12:09 -0500
From: gonzalez@vitaliy.harvard.edu (David Gonzalez)
Subject: TMBG: NONTMBG - Houghton Mifflin Co.
Hiya people,
I'm just sending this article along, because I remember
some of you arguing about the free books to children's hospitals
and the whole philosophy of whether it should be posted and whether
we should kill those who post things like that, blah, blah, blah....
To tell you the truth I don't care what gets posted, and
I thought that you would like to know that it wasn't a hoax. Here's
the article from today's Boston Globe......
your bro,
drg
----- Begin Included Message -----
Publishing Co. Overwhelmed
By E-Mail in Holiday
Promotion
Associated Press, 12/19/96;
23:32
BOSTON (AP) - Enough good will, already! Houghton
Mifflin Co. has had about all the holiday cheer its
computer can handle.
The publishing company offered to donate a book to
a children's hospital for every 25 e-mailed holiday
wishes it received by Dec. 31 at its web site.
At first, Houghton Mifflin feared its campaign would
be ignored.
It wasn't.
Instead of the few thousand messages the publisher
hoped for, it collected more than 67,000 in the two
weeks after Thanksgiving.
``All of a sudden, everybody in America was
sending us e-mail,'' Erica Khonke, marketing
coordinator for Houghton Mifflin Interactive, told
The Patriot Ledger of Quincy.
The volume overwhelmed Houghton Mifflin's
computer, forcing the publisher to route messages
to another computer. On Dec. 11, the publisher
declared the campaign a success and closed its
mailbox, saying it could no longer keep up.
Houghton Mifflin said it would ship some 2,500
children's books to hospitals around the
country.
----
----- End Included Message -----
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Subject: TMBG: Do I see connections here?
From: weerez@juno.com (Kimberly A Cafuir)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:24:25 EST
Second post you guys, bear with me. Do I see a three way conncetion
between these bands? Tell me if I'm wrong.
They Might Be Giants
Weezer
Ben Folds Five
Ack! And if one of these bands had any connection to Kevin Bacon, then
that means I am connected to Kevin Bacon! This is just too much.
Oh, and another thing. What is the limit to connections in the game of
Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon? I mean, there's the celeb factor where people
are in movies together, but what if you just saw him on the street, does
that make you one of the degrees? What if you're a fan, do that make you
a degree? If you're a Simpsons or Third Rock viewer and noticed TMBG
references, does that make you a degree?
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only be in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul - TMBG
- Kim
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:30:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Tom Hare <tomhare@freenet.scri.fsu.edu>
Subject: Non-TMBG: Tickle-Me Elmo's
Jeez. These dolls are the spawn of Satan or something.
The first time I saw the advertisement I thought "Oh, ugh. A vibrating
doll of that guy who speaks in the 3rd person." The next time I heard
anything about one, was when someone on IRC msged me and wrote:
"I am selling 5 tickle me elmo dolls for 199 dollars plus shipping and
handling in advance."
I thought "What the hell? That's odd. They only cost 19.99"
Then I saw all the stuff on the news about them being hugely in demand,
and how they are selling on the black market for sometimes $2000 a piece!
I guess the good news is that Sesame Street is making lots of money off
this, even if other people are making even more.
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom Hare - It's not my birthday, so why do you lunge out at me? - TMBG
tomhare@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu particle_man@tmbg.org hare@tmbg.org
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Subject: TMBG: Famous NGs
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 96 10:31:03 EDT
From: John Pletikapich <john@msd.measurex.com>
>... And there's a guy named Lenny
>Ng- everyone seems to pronounce his name the same way as in the song. (In
>case you're wondering who he is, he's a living legend in the math
>competition community. I could go on and on about him, but I doubt anyone
>cares.)
I know of another famous Ng , relatively speaking. Joe Ng represented
Canada in the Olympics in Table Tennis. Several years ago, his name
was always printed "Gideon 'Joe' Eng", but now he's just "Joe Ng".
My guess is that Eng is some sort of Aglicization (?) that he did not care
for. But I doubt that anyone cares about this either... sorry...
On another topic: It seems that some folks don't know what the phrase
"dark horse" means. When in doubt, try the dictionary...
dark horse [colloq.] 1. an unexpected winner in a horse race, previously
supposed to have little chance 2. an almost unknown contestant regarded
by few as a likely winner 3. [politics] a person who gets or may get the
nomination unexpectedly, often by a compromise
Take care
--
john
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From: "Harlan Landes" <spike@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Tribute Site: PART2
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:51:38 -0500
I can't think of anymore offhand. But I'll vote on the ones you wrote...
> They Might Be Covers
no
> C-O-V-E-R
no
> They Might Be They
maybe
> They Might Be Copyrighted
ok
> MY MUSIC'S SHALLOW GRAVE
no
> THE WORDS THAT THE VOICE WAS REPEATING
maybe
> YOU SCRATCH MY RECORD
okay
> WAITING IN INSTANBUL
no
> WORDS FAIL
okay
> MAY I GIVE YOU A HAND
no
> ONE THOUSAND EYES ARE STARING
maybe
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From: "Harlan Landes" <spike@udel.edu>
Subject: TMBG: okay
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:56:39 -0500
by popular demand, a cleaner recording of the home-made I Can Hear You is
online at http://www.udel.edu/spike/tmbg.html
check it out.
-- Harlan Landes (spike@udel.edu) -- President: MENC Collegiate Chapter #286
-- University of Delaware -- General Education Officer: Phi Mu Alpha
-- http://tamos.gmu.edu/~harlan/ -- "I'm not done till my head falls off."
------------------------------
From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James)
Subject: TMBG: two-nighters
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:36:45 -0500 (EST)
I wonder what makes a band decide to play 2 nights in a row in
a particular town at a particular place? TMBG are playing St. Louis 2
nights in a row at Mississippi Nights on 1/3 and 1/4. They played Radio
Music Hall in DC two nights in a row in '94 or '95. I can kinda
understand doing that in NYC since they live there and it's their
hometown crowd, but why elsewhere? In order to get your name out
I would think a band would want to get to as many different places as
possible to let different people hear the music. I would think a fairly
good portion of the crowd will be the same. Also, you don't break into
a new market by playing at the same place really.
It is a heck of a lot of fun to get to see them 2 nights in a row, the
St. Louis people are very fortunate. I'm not complaining, just curious.
Matt
--
Member of the ARM since '96 (let's give 'em hell)
*-------------------------------------------------------------------
Matt James
polk@tmbg.org Matt.James.K.Polk@tmbg.org mjames@envy.loyola.edu
Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
"Cracking toast, Gromit!"
New, Official Bruce Campbell Gazette page: http://www.bcgazette.com
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From: KdsInThHal@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:49:12 -0500
Subject: absolutely non TMBG: Lemonheads record up for grabs..
I was feeling slightly guilty for posting a non-TMBG: post, until this..
>>I love playing videogames...
I'm playing one now!!!<<
So now I feel a little better..but at least this may be relavant, because we
have superalternataste in music---
I won a Geggy Tah cd (It's MINE! You CAN'T HAVE IT!:) from WBER 2 weeks ago,
and it came today, and in the envelope was a bunch of freebies, including a
Lemonheads record (yes..a *record*) and a Warner Bros. cd sampler (with REM,
MC 900 ft Jesus, St. Etienne.. etc)--- if any of you or someone you know is
interested in either of those (xmas presents?), let me know. It can be yours
for the cost of shipping. There's also a small Ani DiFranco poster and some
Future Sound of London stickers..
By the way-- check Geggy Tah out, check them totally out!
~sarah, still kinda guilty...
linnellgirl@tmbg.org
http://members.aol.com/kdsinthhal
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From: KdsInThHal@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:49:14 -0500
Subject: Re: TMBG: Up the driveway, down the walk
>I have a lot of pen pals (and email pals) and I know the feeling
>expressed in "they don't need me here and I know you're there."
Wow... I never actually took the time to think of that line..That is so
true...
~sarah
linnellgirl@tmbg.org
http://members.aol.com/kdsinthhal
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:54:36 -0500 (GMT-0500)
From: BlueDawg <idiotnot@visi.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Up the driveway, down the walk
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Joshua Hall-Bachner wrote:
> >Does anyone else notice the similarities between Flan's "Hello, Hello" and
> >Oasis' "Hello, Hello" they sound exactly the same...
>
> If you check your CD liners, you'll see that both are credited to "G.
> Glitter" -- glam rocker Gary Glitter. The Mono Puff song is a cover of the
> song while the Oasis song just steals it's chorus. (I think this should go
> in the Mono Puff FAQ, as it seems to be asked fairly frequently.)
Consider it added...
Jack Bergeron, bluedawg@tmbg.org, www.monopuff.org/~bluedawg, Jeep Driver
Come To Utopia! telnet://blacktape.cs.uchicago.edu:3000 I'm Bluedawg
In the CD Changer: Frank Black, "Teenager of the Year", Mono Puff
"Devil", They Might Be Giants "S-E-X-X-Y", Live "Throwing Copper", Warren
Zevon "A Quiet Normal Life", Monty Python Sings
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Subject: Re: TMBG: the Johns in high school
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:08:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Chris Bongaarts <Chris.Bongaarts-1@umn.edu>
In the immortal words of Matthew James:
>> Flansburgh: I remember ghostwriting some sports reviews. . . sports news
>> stories. There was some basic information there, but I remember really
[...]
>This is a little odd because when they were on one of those late night
>talk shows (can't remember if it was Conan or Dave or whoever) they said
>that their paper was rather strange because they thought they had the
>only high school paper in the country without a Sports section.
One can write sports stories for the News section if you lack a Sports
section.
-CB, who was the news section editor of his HS paper.
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Subject: Re: absolutely non TMBG: Lemonheads record up for grabs..
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:09:43 -0600 (CST)
From: Chris Bongaarts <Chris.Bongaarts-1@umn.edu>
In the immortal words of KdsInThHal@aol.com:
>By the way-- check Geggy Tah out, check them totally out!
Agreed; they opened for BNL here, and were quite entertaining. I
don't know how that singer guy can switch between so many intstruments
so quickly without disrupting the song rhythms.
That, and they've got an adorable puppy.
%% Chris Bongaarts %% Chris.Bongaarts-1@umn.edu %% http://umn.edu/~cab
%% U of Minnesota %% CBongo on EFnet IRC (#umn) %% Stop Plate Tectonics!
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:14:43 -0800
From: kathleen faulconer <" rocket88"@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: TMBG: A Lucky They Day!
Hi !
Every Thursday evening we have a ritual. We take Sarah to her trumpet
lesson and then head for the used record store. This week we had ordered
the S-E-X-X-Y 5 song single and it had arrived! It was exciting enough
to finally get the new record but what else was there this time?!?!
2 used but perfect singles! EPs? The Istanbul 5-song and the Guitar
5-song! We have never had either of them! They were $3.00 each and look
brand new! Wow! Whatcha think?
The new single is great! I am also in love with Weve Got A World That
Swings! Whoever posted that it is the sweetest song ever recorded is
right. And I think it sounds like Ernie from Sesame Street. Does anyone
know the history of that song? Did TMBG write it? Somehow I think it has
a late '50's feel. The Atom bombs part........
Well I guess they have done it all now. WGAWTS is sort of a showtune!
I'm trying to memorize the words so I can sing it by myself at work
today!
Bye for now,
Kathleen
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From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James)
Subject: TMBG: opening band 9:30
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 13:30:04 -0500 (EST)
I called the 9:30 club and found out that Goatboy will be opening
for TMBG. I have no idea who or what Goatboy is, so I guess I'll find
out when I get there.
Matt
--
Member of the ARM since '96 (let's give 'em hell)
*-------------------------------------------------------------------
Matt James
polk@tmbg.org Matt.James.K.Polk@tmbg.org mjames@envy.loyola.edu
Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
"Cracking toast, Gromit!"
New, Official Bruce Campbell Gazette page: http://www.bcgazette.com
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 13:38:34 -0500
From: jchaffer@tmbg.org (Jonathan Chaffer)
Subject: Re: TMBG: Do I see connections here?
>Oh, and another thing. What is the limit to connections in the game of
>Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon? I mean, there's the celeb factor where people
Just people who are in movies together. see:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~bct7m/bacon.html
The concept is older, however, that there are no more than six degrees of
*separation* between any two people on the planet. This is a loose term,
but generally refers to knowing someone personally. E.g., Graham Maby would
have two degrees of separation from any of Flansie's high school friends
(besides John).
Other schemes also exist, such as a mathematician's Erdos number, links
here being collaborating on a paper with another mathematician. Paul Erdos
is the center of the universe here. See:
http://www.acs.oakland.edu/~grossman/erdoshp.html
I'm sure you could create a setup for musical links, ala connecting Eric
Schermerhorn to the Breeders through Flans and Frank Black.
--
Jonathan Chaffer <jchaffer@tmbg.org> Student, University of Michigan
http://www.tmbg.org/~jchaffer/ ftp/finger (My Mac): tmbg.reshall.umich.edu
"Nate, with my brains and your flexibility, we could rule the world!" --Me
"Duty now, Spud." --Gnl. Boy "It's a rock gyro thing." --John Linnell
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 02:45:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: CORT <CK8@TIGER.UOFS.EDU>
Subject: TMBG: ...Just Go Nuts At Christmastime!
Hi TMBGers! I'm leaving for home and I will have to unsubscribe from the
list until I get back! I just wanted to wish everyone a warm, wonderful,
blessed holiday season! Be safe, be happy, be spontaneous, and have fun!
Also, I won't be back until February first, but I look forward to seeing
bunches of you at the Irving Plaza shows, I'll be there with bells on! =)
Take care of each other, have a They day!
sun and smiles
cortney
http://academic.uofs.edu/student/ck8
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 13:58:46 -0500 (GMT-0500)
From: BlueDawg <idiotnot@visi.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: opening band 9:30
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Matthew James wrote:
> I called the 9:30 club and found out that Goatboy will be opening
> for TMBG. I have no idea who or what Goatboy is, so I guess I'll find
> out when I get there.
Shoot....Cub would be a lot more of an incintive to drive all the way up
there.
Jack Bergeron, bluedawg@tmbg.org, www.monopuff.org/~bluedawg, Jeep Driver
Come To Utopia! telnet://blacktape.cs.uchicago.edu:3000 I'm Bluedawg
In the CD Changer: Frank Black, "Teenager of the Year", Mono Puff
"Devil", They Might Be Giants "S-E-X-X-Y", Live "Throwing Copper", Warren
Zevon "A Quiet Normal Life", Monty Python Sings
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 13:23:38 -0600 (CST)
From: "J, the Mysterious" <rogers@math.grin.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: A Lucky They Day!
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, kathleen faulconer wrote:
>I am also in love with Weve Got A World That
> Swings! Whoever posted that it is the sweetest song ever recorded is
> right. And I think it sounds like Ernie from Sesame Street. Does anyone
> know the history of that song? Did TMBG write it? Somehow I think it has
> a late '50's feel. The Atom bombs part........
I've posted this once before, and I'll post it again
TMBG did not write the song. It is from the '50. I know that it was on an
album by the Four Freshman, a jazz singing group. I haven't checked this
out for myself, but I've been told that the song appears in the movie
"The Nutty Professor" (the original). I agree, this song is pure, sunshine.
BTW, is anyone besides me going to see TMBG/BT in MSG in NYC on NYE
(enough initials for ya?). I would rather see them by themselves, but
this is the only chance I've got. Talk about bad luck! They were at
Roseland the week before I went home for fall break (i live in NJ), and
they're going to be in NYC the month after I go back to school. Not
that anyone cares, of course. :)
Also, while I'm on break, I will be using my AOL account.
Drayco@aol.com
J, the Mysterious
"It is not uncommon for magic to be stored in objects. One can easily
imagine wizards charging their staffs. Of course, If you do it too much,
you'll go blind." --Terry Pratchhett
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:44:51 -0800
From: rocket88@ix.netcom.com (Kathleen Jo Faulconer)
Subject: TMBG: Opening act at 9;30 club
Is't Goatboy the half-man, half goat that is on Saturday Night live?
He would be fun to see in concert!
Kathleen
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:56:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Ekul Hpesoj Nevets <s0003483@monteagle.niagara.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: ...Just Go Nuts At Christmastime!
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, CORT wrote:
Would just like to add that I also am unsubscribing from the list today
(I know that may make a few happy ;) but might not be returning due to a
new lack of internet access. Have a Merry Yule thingy, and great lives :)
SJL
Steven J. Luke
Have a Happy Day!! Wahoooo!!
And Remember... Mashed Potatoes CAN be your friend, if you have an open mind.
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:57:13 -0500
From: Adam Tyner <ctyner@awod.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Opening act at 9;30 club
At 11:44 AM 12/20/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
> Is't Goatboy the half-man, half goat that is on Saturday Night live?
>He would be fun to see in concert!
Maybe for a minute and a half...after that it would just get
irritating...just like on SNL. :>
=Adam Tyner
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From: "Harlan Landes" <spike@udel.edu>
Subject: TMBG: opening at Rochester
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 15:24:26 -0500
does anyone know who's opening for TMBG at the Rochester show?
-- Harlan Landes (spike@udel.edu) -- President: MENC Collegiate Chapter #286
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 96 16:47 EST
From: kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten Brodbeck)
Subject: Re: TMBG: opening band 9:30
>
>I called the 9:30 club and found out that Goatboy will be opening
>for TMBG. I have no idea who or what Goatboy is, so I guess I'll find
>out when I get there.
I don't either, but I read a great book last year called _Cherokee
Bat and the Goat Guys_.
Kirsten
(who felt the need to share)
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From: 50892@mailhost.easthigh.laramie1.k12.wy.us (98Gorsuch, Ryan)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 15:16:40 -0700
help
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:29:36 -0500
From: Adam Tyner <ctyner@awod.com>
Subject: TMBG: Re: Help!
Quick, Lassie! Timmy's in trouble!
-Adam Tyner
At 03:16 PM 12/20/96 -0700, you wrote:
>help
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 16:54:02 -0600 (CST)
From: "J, the Mysterious" <rogers@math.grin.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: A Lucky They Day
> On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, kathleen faulconer wrote:
>I am also in love with Weve Got A World That
> Swings! Whoever posted that it is the sweetest song ever recorded is
> right. And I think it sounds like Ernie from Sesame Street. Does anyone
> know the history of that song? Did TMBG write it? Somehow I think it has
> a late '50's feel. The Atom bombs part........
I've posted this once before, and I'll post it again
TMBG did not write the song. It is from the '50. I know that it was on an
album by the Four Freshman, a jazz singing group. I haven't checked this
out for myself, but I've been told that the song appears in the movie
"The Nutty Professor" (the original). I agree, this song is pure, sunshine.
BTW, is anyone besides me going to see TMBG/BT in MSG in NYC on NYE
(enough initials for ya?). I would rather see them by themselves, but
this is the only chance I've got. Talk about bad luck! They were at
Roseland the week before I went home for fall break (i live in NJ), and
they're going to be in NYC the month after I go back to school. Not
that anyone cares, of course. :)
Also, while I'm on break, I will be using my AOL account.
Drayco@aol.com
J, the Mysterious
"It is not uncommon for magic to be stored in objects. One can easily
imagine wizards charging their staffs. Of course, If you do it too much,
you'll go blind." --Terry Pratchhett
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From: GuavaBoy9@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:52:12 -0500
Subject: TMBG: Jeremy Mathews
I didn't want to have to use the list, but if you are reading this, Jeremy
Mathews (jimmath@ix.netcom.com), why aren't you responding to my personal
email? I still haven't got my tapes. If you are ripping me off, at least
let me know. If you are just having some problems receiving email, mailing
my tapes, or if you just haven't got my package yet, let me know what is
going on. I apologize if this is rude, or if there is some sort of problem,
but I would really like to be informed as to what is going on.
Any information appreciated,
Guava Boy9
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 02:07:40 GMT
From: Kilroy <kilroy_@mindspring.com>
Subject: TMBG: ...Janie's hair is like a mop
Brendan wrote (of House of Mayors):
>
>does anyone know when this will be released?
Well, supposedly, already, but Hello is a w f u l l y s l o w .
>reply directly to me
And me!
>(not the list only)
>ANd the list(if you want)
Nah, send it here, because I'm sure we two aren't the only ones with that question.
>>They Might Be Giants -- punk rock for reactionary, defensive
>>gays with email
Whoever posted this thought they were being funny at the expense of Joe Keith (the English guy who originally posted the BF5 thang) and, I guess, gays in general. We were supposed to laugh. If I were gay in this society, I'd probably be defensive too. This person was an idiot. Life continues.
>>What exactly is meant be the phrase 'dark horse' president?? I thought
>>it was just a TMBGiantism but if Jeopardy! is using it, well it must be
>>fair dinkum. And if he was the first, then who are the others?
Someone who came out of the dark, was unexpected. Dinkum?
Nick Maria of far-off Austrailia wrote:
>>Also, I noticed some people mailing about 'tickle-me Elmo' dolls. At
>>first I didn't have the foggiest on what this was about! But on the
>>radio last night, this guy was saying how he bought one for Christmas,
>>and there are heaps in Australia while it's sold out in the US! From
>>his description I assume the selling point is that it vibrates if you
>>press it three times, rather than being a Sesame Street celebrity.
Pop culture's evil influence spreads! The main selling point might very well be that everyone wants one.
Eric Webber wrote:
>I think that people take the words in this song way too literally. I think
>that Ana Ng is just a name which is not necessairly an actual person in
>the world of the narrator.
It works, if you want to take the whole thing figuratively. <<taking the whole thing figuratively>> Wow. I think I like that better.
>On that comment about Ngs in New York. I said I wasn't following this
>thread but I suspect you're thinking about the other-side-of-the-world
>thing and I think it was established long ago that the narrator is not one
>of the Johns and therefore not in NYC.
How so? I'm not being sarcastic. If you can remember, post it. This list is getting teeny.
-Kilroy
Carnegie Mellon University class of 2001!!!!!!
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:46:41 -0400
From: Merciless@vt.edu (McGing "the Merciless")
Subject: TMBG: News Radio
I am temporarily off the list, so this has probbably benn
posted a million times, but I was watching this show News Radio last night,
and there was this big hulabaloo over the fact that Dave (played by David
Folley sp?) was canadian. To test his Americanness (is that a word) Phil
Hartman asked him a seris of questions, the first of which was "Who was the
11th president?" A question I'm sure all on this list would have no
trouble answering. I think it's a bit more than a coincidence. Well
that's it so happy holidays and I'll catch you in the 9 7.
Merciless
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hope, because if a machine can learn the value of a human life than perhaps
we can to.
-Linda Hamaltin
(T2)
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 03:50:27 GMT
From: sfkoch@mail.rpn.fullfeed.com (Thor)
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: Re: Hardly TMBG:Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
On 17 Dec 1996 16:22:18 -0500, bilinmel@netnitco.net (Melissa Cowan)
wrote:
>Matthew James wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > >posted in awhile. Just a slight non-TMBG note. Anyone here play or have
>> > >heard of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?
>> > >
>> > >Trillian
>> Isn't that how they show that kevin Bacon is no more than six times
>> removed from anyone in the world?
>> Matt
>Yes it is but usually you just us actors/actresses. I can knid of count
>myself since I've met:
>Lou Diamond Phillips who was in Crimson Tide with
>Denzel Washington who was in Much Ado About Nothing with
>Michael Keaton who was in She's Having A Baby with
>KEVIN BACON
>
>Play this on long trips to TMBG concerts.
>
>Trillian
>
>For those who know the game here's achallenge, Christopher Ryan.
The Oracle says:
Ryan, Christopher (I) has a Bacon number of 3:
Ryan, Christopher (I) was in Dirty Weekend (1993) with Adamson,
Christopher
Adamson, Christopher was in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) with
Costner, Kevin
Costner, Kevin was in JFK (1991) with Bacon, Kevin
Well, there it is. I got it from the Oracle of Bacon at:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~bct7m/bacon.html
You can run a Bacon Check on pretty much anyone who was in a movie.
Actually, 3 is the lowest.
"The trouble with computers, of course,
is that they're very sophisticated idiots." - Dr. Who
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 03:55:03 GMT
From: sfkoch@mail.rpn.fullfeed.com (Thor)
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: Re: sexxy, sassy Linnell
On 17 Dec 1996 12:39:12 -0500, mjames@envy.loyola.edu (Matthew James)
wrote:
>Maybe Linell wear that odor that they sell that is supposed to drive
>women wild in 3 seconds?
Supposedly, someone's isolated a human pheromone. The perfume for men
is actually the one to excite males, and the one for women is the one
that excites females. I guess they aren't to attract the other sex,
just boost your personality.
From the number of women saying they're attracted to Linnell, I'm
thinking he must have an over active gland or something...
"The trouble with computers, of course,
is that they're very sophisticated idiots." - Dr. Who
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 03:54:57 GMT
From: sfkoch@mail.rpn.fullfeed.com (Thor)
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: Re: 3rd Rock TMBG ref!
On 16 Dec 1996 12:24:59 -0500, " rocket88"@ix.netcom.com (kathleen
faulconer) wrote:
>Well, Queen Sneepy, if you are insane...you aren't alone!
>My sister called 2 seconds after that scene and said "did you hear it?
>He said "Professor ---(?) I don't even know him!" then puts his hands
>back in the bowl and pulled out more names "Flansburgh, ----(?),
>Linnell,...."
<PHOTO MEMORY>
"Dr. Anthony? But I hardly know him!"
"Flansburgh, Chilton, Linnell..."
</PHOTO MEMORY>
hmmm... TMBG on Conan, TMBG on 3rd Rock...
Is one of the big mucky-mucks at NBC a fan???
"The trouble with computers, of course,
is that they're very sophisticated idiots." - Dr. Who
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 03:55:01 GMT
From: sfkoch@mail.rpn.fullfeed.com (Thor)
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: Re: NASALLY (Is that a word?)
On 17 Dec 1996 01:06:29 -0500, kmcguire@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kevin
McGuire) wrote:
>I was driving my mom around in the car, listening to TMBG, and she
>starts complaining about how Linnell's voice is too "nasally" and
>high-pitched. I then fast-forward to "Istanbul" and she starts
>complaining about how the "original version" was better. Didn't have
>that "nasally" voice, she said. Does anyone have a WAV file of the
>really old version of "Istanbul" by _The Four Freshman_ (or something
>like that.)
A voice is nasal....
You can speak nasally...
Thank you, Advanced Grammar!
"The trouble with computers, of course,
is that they're very sophisticated idiots." - Dr. Who
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 03:55:00 GMT
From: sfkoch@mail.rpn.fullfeed.com (Thor)
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: free the Expo 67 and Cage and Aquarium
On 17 Dec 1996 20:38:03 -0500, kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten
Brodbeck) wrote:
> Just a slight non-TMBG note. Anyone here play or have
>>heard of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?
>
> My friend Kristen and I have decided that you can do that with
>TMBG, too. Every time she mentions something, I seem to be able to relate
>it to Them. Example: Kristen mentions "That Thing You Do." I mention
>that the guy who wrote it, Mike Viola (i think that's his name) is in the
>Candy Butchers. Then I remark, "They opened for TMBG." Since this was
>the third time I'd pulled something like this in an hour, Kristen got a
>bit annoyed. ;)
>
>Kirsten
Ah, A kindred soul whose head is full of superficially useless
trivia....
"The trouble with computers, of course,
is that they're very sophisticated idiots." - Dr. Who
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 03:54:55 GMT
From: sfkoch@mail.rpn.fullfeed.com (Thor)
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: Re: Am I insane?-3rd Rock from the Sun...
On 16 Dec 1996 09:36:07 -0500, smelliot@indiana.edu (Queen Sneepy)
wrote:
>Am I insane or did I hear, at the beginning when Dick was picking out the
>names of his secret santa out of the fishbowl, and he was reading off the
>names, did he say Flansburgh and Linnell? Or did I just have TMBG on the
>brain? I swear I heard him say Flansburgh, and I started to pay
>attention, then I swear to god I heard him say Linnell! Did anyone else
>notice this or tape it and can validate me? Oh, the one day I do not tape...
Yes, Dick did indeed say Flansburgh and Linnell, but I guess that
they're not good enough to be Secret Santas for, eh? ;)
<KIDDING>
Sometimes it's tough having all the answers. <sigh>
</KIDDING>
"The trouble with computers, of course,
is that they're very sophisticated idiots." - Dr. Who
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