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tmbg-list Digest, Volume 3, Number 136
Saturday, 17 May 1997
Today's Topics:
TMBG: just a random occurence
TMBG: Hair!
TMBG: the new tmbg tunes
TMBG: another fun school story.
TMBG: Insect Thing
RE: TMBG: TBMG: song-on-the-brain
RE: TMBG: Reprehensible clarinets, Mono Posters, and other stuffs
Japanese (was TMBG: Spanish?)
Re: NON-TMBG: Clarinet
TMBG: Coke
TMBG: Yet Another Giants Dream
TMBG: Re: the golden touch
Re: TMBG: The few surviving samurai survey the battlefield...
Re: TMBG: Reprehensible clarinets, Mono Posters, and other stuffs
Re: TMBG: The few surviving samurai survey the battlefield...
TMBG: Who says TMBG fans is smart?
TMBG: 100,000
Re: Japanese (was TMBG: Spanish?)
TMBG: Farewell message
TMBG: exquistie dead guy
Re: TMBG: Linnell's Hair
Re: TMBG: Accordions (re:Spud Goodman)
Re: TMBG: Accordions (re:Spud Goodman)
TMBG: Number/Quality of songs on a CD
TMBG: Poster
TMBG: Hmm
TMBG: Wow
TMBG: ClarinetMusic
TMBG: What
TMBG: WBS chat update
TMBG: Re: Linnell's hair, sort of
Re: TMBG: Re: Linnell's hair, sort of
TMBG: Video compilation
Re: NON-TMBG: Clarinet
Re: TMBG: Clarinet
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Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970515234646.006b57b0@peseta.ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 23:48:09 -0700
From: Nicole the Wonder Nerd <ana.ng@tmbg.org>
Subject: TMBG: just a random occurence
Ahoy
I was poking around in my school's bookstore today and came across a thick
volume of music reviews by "Music Hound", evidently an offshoot of those
"Video Hound" movie review volumes. So naturally I looked up TMBG. You'll
all be delighted to know, I'm sure, that our boys got an overwhelmingly
positive review (the reviewer did use the Q-word, but only to say that
they'd trancended it.) Music Hound recommended A18 as a first buy, which I
thought was unusual. Their "what to buy next" choice was Lincoln; they
mentioned that it contains "the mind-bogglingly great 'Ana Ng'" :) Their
"what to avoid" choice was John Henry, but they qualified that statment,
stating that all albums were excellent.
I was pleasantly surprised to find a review that a) didn't harp on Flood's
popularity (indeed, barely mentioned Flood), and b) consciously rejected
the TMBG=novelty band perception.
Happy day,
--nicole the wonder nerd
***
"I'm crazy, but I get the job done." --Ben Folds Five
Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn
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Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970516001127.00697d40@peseta.ucdavis.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:11:43 -0700
From: Nicole the Wonder Nerd <ana.ng@tmbg.org>
Subject: TMBG: Hair!
>i know I am whipping a dead horse, but I have one important question
>about the article in Automobile Magazine. Is the person who wrote that
>article also the Twin Quasar's manager? It sounded like it in the mag.
Yup. That's Jamie Kitman, the Manager of Steel. He's managed them for
years, almost since the beginning, I think.
I didn't know he was a regular contributor to Automobile mag, though...
><< John Linnell's hair is long in come videos I see. I'm assuming these are
> older b/c I just saw in concert and his hair was short, but how old are
> these vids? What do you lads/gals like better, longer or shorter hair
> (for JL)? >>
>
>Linnell's hair was longest in the Apollo 18 era videos ("The Guitar," "The
>Statue Got Me High"), which would be from about 1991 or 92, I guess. I
>personally like it best when it's _just_ long enough for that flip of his to
>start to cover his eyes. But I like it any style--the guy's got a great head
>of hair!
I *wholeheartedly* agree!
But his hair was pretty long in the They'll Need A Crane video; it made for
some beautiful shots of him spastically flipping his hair around and
brushing it out of his face (he also spent a significant part of that video
twitching like a dying fish, but I won't mention that because I like the
video soooo much...)
To make a short story long, I prefer Linnell with long hair.
And short hair on Flans, and the half-mustache he's sporting in the
Automobile mag picture (last page) is extremely cute. :)
Jeez, and people wonder why the Johns don't read this list. We've spent
yesterday and today discussing Their shirts and hairdos.
>It seems like the people who enjoy TMBG's music the most are those that
>also have a love for learning. Now, I'm not saying that only people with
>good grades like They, you can love learning and get bad grades (trust me)
>This is just a theory of mine, what do y'all think?
I have only this to say: When I was applying for college, I went up to
Berkeley one day to interview for a Chancellor's Scholarship and to spend
the day in UC Berkeley enjoying the collegiate atmosphere with a group of
other people in my situation. Our group decided to hit Rasputin's Records,
a small used-music shop in Berkeley. I found <insert trumpet fanfare here>
a copy of the Video Compilation! I was ecstatic! I bought it and rushed
outside to join the others, and showed off my purchase. I was shocked to
discover that their collective reaction was not "Who??" but "Hey, cool!
I'm a big fan!" Yes. These people, whom I'd never met before, with whom
my only link was that we were all being offered merit-based scholarships to
UC Berkeley, were all TMBG fans.
And that's all I have to say about that. :)
--nicole the wonder nerd
who recently discovered that her RA is a fan, and went to see Them during
the John Henry tour, and (get this) got sweated on by Linnell!
My respect for her has increased a thousandfold.
***
"I'm crazy, but I get the job done." --Ben Folds Five
Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 04:29:34 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199705160829.EAA06924@smtp2.erols.com>
From: SadlyBear <kaochiho@erols.com>
Subject: TMBG: the new tmbg tunes
hey cool. I'm listening to the radio right now for once and behind some
mattress commmercial Guitar was the case playing..ome of their commercials
are hipper than their play list.
oh hey I realised something. I haven't been to a tmbg show in a long time,
I noticed how no one's really said anything about the new songs They hav e
been playing at shows. The silence speaks for itself..I guess no one's been
that impressed with the new songs. hmmm.
ack, well I dunno what I'm doing up this late. guess I'll go up to my room
now which has become partly infested by ants. It seems like I killed one
and then all these other ants popped up to avenge its death.
Ellen Kao
there's an ant crawling up your back, in the nighttime
===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-==
"You are the ghost town, and I am the heartland."
===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-==
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Date: Fri, 16 May 97 08:31:07 PDT
From: evlbison <evlbison@neo.lrun.com>
Subject: TMBG: another fun school story.
Message-Id: <Chameleon.970516083700.evlbison@home.neo.lrun.com>
Hey kids, pointless post, but I figured I had been lurking
for long enough. Anyways, I was flipping through my book for
my classical mythology class when I cam across a painting of
the Abduction if Helen. This painting caught my eye for
three reasons.
1, There was a little kid painted in who had a chameleon on
a leash,
2, There was a furry little puppy also in the painting. It
was nose to nose with the chameleon.
3, It was signed "John Linnell".
Now if this had been an everyday painting, I wouldn't have
stopped to look at it. But the chameleon and puppy in an
otherwise serious painting? Almost makes you wonder if
Linnell ever WAS a painter.
Later kids,
Steve
"Speak softly, drive a Sherman tank"
~They Might Be Giants - Everything thats right is wrong
again~
"On the run from Johnny Law... Ain't no trip to Cleveland"
~Dignan - Bottle Rocket~
"He was thrown head over heels into the traffic coming on,
but then all is fair in love"
~Ben Folds Five~
"Good... Bad... I'm the guy with the gun.
~Ash - Army of Darkenss~
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From: Kaylum@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 10:03:45 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970516100345_114601158@emout19.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: Insect Thing
In a message dated 97-05-16 04:54:43 EDT, you write:
This talk about tentative titles reminds me of one of my favorites--Alien
Autopsy. But I can't remember whether that was the tentative title for
Factory Showroom or yet another one for Thing/Hostpital. Well, I don't care
what the heck it's called, I just can't wait for it to come out! It's
really
frustrating knowing that studio versions exist of the great songs that
didn't
make it onto FS because, as badly as I want 'em, I want to wait until
they're
officially released since I know I'll have to get the new cd!
Kay
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From: "McClusky, Jesse" <Jesse.McClusky@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: RE: TMBG: TBMG: song-on-the-brain
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:31:49 -0700
And I carry my guitar and amp around with me wherever I go for just that
reason.
The urge comes over me, I'll whip out my guitar and amp and break into a
rousing rendition of Ana Ng or NYC, feeding the confused masses around
me
with a voice of reason and love, adding a bit of sanity to their day.
Or something. (:
Jesse
>----------
>From: Jennifer L. Geese[SMTP:jlg@tardis.svsu.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, May 15, 1997 6:58 PM
>To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org
>Subject: TMBG: TBMG: song-on-the-brain
>
>
>Someone (sorry, can't remember who) was asking about that dread
>phenomenon, song-on-the-brain. I confess. For the last 3 days I have
>had the chorus of Ana Ng running through my head at all sorts of odd
>times. Just today I had to fight the urge to break into song while
>ordering lunch as McDonald's. Scary, isn't it?
>
>Jen
>
>"Ana Ng and I are getting old and we still haven't walked in the glow of
>each other's majestic presence..." - that's what I hear
>
>
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Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=Boeing%l=XCH-KNT-03-970516144351Z-24090@xch-hub-01.ca.boeing.com>
From: "McClusky, Jesse" <Jesse.McClusky@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: RE: TMBG: Reprehensible clarinets, Mono Posters, and other stuffs
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:43:51 -0700
>----------
>From: She Might Be Amy[SMTP:agreen@moo.onu.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, May 15, 1997 10:48 PM
>To: They Might have a mailing list
>Subject: TMBG: Reprehensible clarinets, Mono Posters, and other stuffs
>
>> i was just wondering how rare is a mono puff poster?
>> like does anyone out there have one?
>I've only ever seen one, and I was shocked that it even existed. The guy
>got it from someone at Rykodisc, so I have no clue how to get one :(
Has anyone tried asking Rykodisc for one? I'm sure they'd be happy to
give
(or sell) you one. (:
>I've been noticing something lately -- all this talk of AP exams and SAT
>scores and other stuff like that has led me to formulate a theory!
>(ominous chord)
>It seems like the people who enjoy TMBG's music the most are those that
>also have a love for learning. Now, I'm not saying that only people with
>good grades like They, you can love learning and get bad grades (trust me)
>This is just a theory of mine, what do y'all think?
I'd actually have to agree with you there. From personal experience,
and from
what I've seen, most people who like Them are highly likely to continue
learning
and exploring all through life. I think it's both the variety in Their
music and the
upbeat/weird lyric combination which attracts this type of people to it.
Just a
thought.
Jesse
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Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970516110516.0029c378@email.uc.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 11:05:17 -0400
From: "%^)" <garverhl@email.uc.edu>
Subject: Japanese (was TMBG: Spanish?)
At 09:16 PM 5/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> (PS- anyone else taking high school spanish? do you watch "Destinos"?)
>I don't take Spanish but I know that they watch Destinos at my school.
>I take japanese.(much better we get to watch sumo videos)
> Bye,
> Vera
OK, you take Japanese, so you might know what I'm talking about here. But,
I'll take a reply from anyone that has noticed this. The last two They
concerts I've been to, I've noticed that John F. has worn a t-shirt which
has the katakana character, 'SU' on it. It is a black t-shirt with the
'SU' in red. I was kinda wondering if anyone had caught a close glimpse of
this shirt, and maybe knows what it says beyond the large 'SU'. for those
non-japanese readers, i have included an ascii representation of the
character below.
------
/ the line going diagonally
/ to the left is normally curved
/\
/ \
/ \
Heather Garver
University of Cincinnati
garverhl@email.uc.edu
http://www.eng.uc.edu/~hgarver
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Message-ID: <c=US%a=_wednet.edu%p=bham%l=BHAM/RDR/00010197@rdr.bham.wednet.edu>
From: "Rensink, Brenden BHS" <brensink@bham.wednet.edu>
Subject: Re: NON-TMBG: Clarinet
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:05:00 -0700
ok . about this whole clarinet thing. my friend is THE best clarinet
player i've heard. he could easily go pro. he was one of the top
clarinet players at All-Northwest. ( the best musicians for about 7
states). but anyways. one day, i played for him that clarinet solo on
Dr. Spocks Back Up BAnd. you know. that one cover they did of a song
by the Edgar Winter's group. so then he figured it out, and we made a
measly attemp to perform it. he also figured out the clarinet thing
from particle man, and a couple other songs. it rulz!
brenden - nednerb
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:54:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: "'Lani' N Olson" <lanio@u.washington.edu>
Subject: TMBG: Coke
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.970516093838.51990A-100000@dante31.u.washington.edu>
I heard this Coke ad on the radio this morning that sounded just like
TMBG. I really only paid attention to half of it-- There were these
little Fingertips-like bits of song, and about half way through the
commercial (where it was talking about there always being coke cans
stacked up outside the door or something) I thought, "whoa, that sounds
like Flans." I kept listening, and the rest of it sounded like 'em, too.
It was pretty creepy. Has anyone else heard this? Was it just my
imagination? PLEASE tell me that wasn't actually Them singing "Always
Coca-Cola." I'm sure it wasn't them, but it was a pretty good
imitation...
-Lani O:)
lanio@u.washington.edu http://weber.u.washington.edu/~lanio/
_______________________________________________________________
There's a place for those who love their poetry
It's just across from the sign that says, 'Pros only'
-They Might Be Giants
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Message-ID: <337C956D.4A@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:12:13 -0500
From: "Bill J. Michalski" <rmichals@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: TMBG: Yet Another Giants Dream
Dear Giant Friends,
Well, it finally happened. I had a Giants dream. Apparently They were
scheduled to play in my basement. It was two hours before the show and
people were already arriving. I was rushing around my house to find
chairs for people. Then I realized that neither the Giants nor their
equipment had arrived. I was worried, so I went outside, and up the
road, their headlights blazing, were the white and blue Ford vans, with
one John at the helm of each. It was a truly heroic moment.
Unfortunately, it was so exciting that I woke up and was disappointed
that I never actually got to hear Them play.
Giants people are good people,
Dreaming of a calm, rational world,
Peace in John and John,
Billy from St. Louis
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:11:15 -0400
From: Mark Beissel <beisselman@ameritech.net>
Message-ID: <337CA343.5C2F@ameritech.net>
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: Re: the golden touch
Nicole the Wonder Nerd wrote:
>
> Hi 'vryone
> I just finished reading the TMBG article in Automobile... way cool. :)
>
> But I'm confuzle-- Jamie Kitman states that they have "one gold record--and
> one almost platinum." Flood went gold in '95, I know, but I haven't heard
> of any other TMBG album going gold, much less approaching platinum. Anyone
> know? Is Flood the one almost platinum, with another album gone gold? And
> if so, which one was it?
>
> --nicole the wonder nerd
> ***
> "I resemble only half of the things I say I don't. The other half resemble
> me."
> --James Thurber
> Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn
> nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu carlsonn@cs.ucdavis.edu ana.ng@tmbg.org
I think Flood is the "almost platinum" album, with Lincoln being the
gold one. I remember reading an article around the time Ana Ng was
popular that Lincoln had almost gone gold, so by now, it probably is.
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:46:06 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199705161846.OAA15549@sumter.awod.com>
From: mmtom@awod.com (Marty Tomlinson)
Subject: Re: TMBG: The few surviving samurai survey the battlefield...
>Well, I don't think John Henry was imposing at all! I think all of the
>records should be that long. They should have just included everything on
>Factory Showroom.
>
> -Evan R. Kleve
>
Yeah, I don't know....FS is great and all, but a They Might be Giants CD
with only 13 songs(Okay, Token, 13.5)????? I'm still not used to the idea
of that.
Marty
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Message-ID: <337CABF6.188@erols.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:48:22 -0400
From: Laurie Selmer <lselmer@erols.com>
Organization: Selmer Household
Subject: Re: TMBG: Reprehensible clarinets, Mono Posters, and other stuffs
>
> >I've been noticing something lately -- all this talk of AP exams and SAT
> >scores and other stuff like that has led me to formulate a theory!
> >(ominous chord)
> >It seems like the people who enjoy TMBG's music the most are those that
> >also have a love for learning. Now, I'm not saying that only people with
> >good grades like They, you can love learning and get bad grades (trust me)
> >This is just a theory of mine, what do y'all think?
>
> I'd actually have to agree with you there. From personal experience,
> and from
> what I've seen, most people who like Them are highly likely to continue
> learning
> and exploring all through life. I think it's both the variety in Their
> music and the
> upbeat/weird lyric combination which attracts this type of people to it.
I have had this theory for years. It takes intelligence to appreciate
Them, and They're pretty dang intelligent, too.
Tracy
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Message-Id: <m0wSSra-001JXvC@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 May 97 15:40 EDT
From: kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten Brodbeck)
Subject: Re: TMBG: The few surviving samurai survey the battlefield...
>Yeah, I don't know....FS is great and all, but a They Might be Giants CD
>with only 13 songs(Okay, Token, 13.5)????? I'm still not used to the idea
>of that.
Has anyone else found that TMBG has spoiled them into expecting
more songs on a cd? I'm just remembering getting Sting's new album and
thinking, "What? Only ten songs?" :P
Kirsten
--
"To sing, to laugh, to dream, to walk in my own way and be alone, free,
with an eye to see things as they are.." - from _Cyrano de Bergerac_
Kirsten Brodbeck kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu AKA Crow AKA Brodie
------------------------------
Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970516163341.009e6428@mail.ee.net>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:33:41 -0400
From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
Subject: TMBG: Who says TMBG fans is smart?
well, true... TMBG fans aren't generally going to be the ones shouting
YOOOOOUUUUUU ROCCCCCCKKKKK!!!! at concerts/while listening to CDs/in the
shower... because Their lyrics aren't as simple as "Row/row/row your boat"
or "slapped ma bitch". You have to be somewhat intelligent to understand
their lyrics. And stuff.
Wow, that was really really pointless. Um... TMBG ROCK!
-ec
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From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Message-Id: <199705162054.QAA19706@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Subject: TMBG: 100,000
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:54:16 -0400 (EDT)
I'd like to say thanks for everyone's interest
in the web site. Sometime this morning we had the
100,000 access to the home page.
--
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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Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970516135217.006bd608@peseta.ucdavis.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 13:58:33 -0700
From: Nicole the Wonder Nerd <ana.ng@tmbg.org>
Subject: Re: Japanese (was TMBG: Spanish?)
At 11:05 AM 5/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>The last two They
>concerts I've been to, I've noticed that John F. has worn a t-shirt which
>has the katakana character, 'SU' on it.
JL can sort of read/write Japanese, I think. I remember reading an article
that said he could.
--nicole the wonder nerd
***
"I'm crazy, but I get the job done." --Ben Folds Five
Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn
nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu carlsonn@cs.ucdavis.edu ana.ng@tmbg.org
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:12:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: The Gottschalks <gotts@tenet.edu>
Subject: TMBG: Farewell message
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.970516160839.18985A@francis.tenet.edu>
Farewell not because I'm leaving the list, but because I'm going to die.
Something's going down in south Texas. There has been a constant number of
planes flying low overhead in the last hour, an in this area we VERY
rarely have even one plane fly over us. I figure that some Communists
have come to take us over, and I'll probably die as they attack. Goodbye,
cruel world.
Mark
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Message-ID: <c=US%a=_wednet.edu%p=bham%l=BHAM/RDR/0001068E@rdr.bham.wednet.edu>
From: "Rensink, Brenden BHS" <brensink@bham.wednet.edu>
Subject: TMBG: exquistie dead guy
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:11:00 -0700
i have the bass line for EDG, but i lost the chords for the little
interlude. i can't get them off the .org page because it won't load for
some reason, so could anybody help me with what the chords are?
please
brenden - nednerb
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From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 17:48:26 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970516174824_269928544@emout01.mail.aol.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Linnell's Hair
Listies and Linnellies--
On the Video Bootleg Vol. 2 there's an appearance of J&J on the Tonight Show
singing They'll need a crane. My sister loves to comment about how much
Linnell looks like a girl. His hair is as long as his face and a little
longer. Also Flansburgh's appearance has drastically changed throughout the
years. The different styles of glasses, also length of hair (used to be
slightly longer), and personality I think.
Who knows how'll They'll look in fifty years? Oh, yeah, that's that T-Shirt!
They're planning ahead!
Joel "Urinating in the Flowers" Gedalius
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From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 18:03:48 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970516180309_-795982099@emout06.mail.aol.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Accordions (re:Spud Goodman)
In a message dated 97-05-12 21:51:48 EDT, mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew
James) writes:
<< Speaking of accordions I was looking thru the classified sectioin and I
actually saw 2 accordion sales/repair type places! I had no idea they
were so popular! >>
My Aunt was an accordion teacher and she left me her accordions in her will.
Joel
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 19:05:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: taileen <tsoler@lab.housing.fsu.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Accordions (re:Spud Goodman)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970516185927.5463D-100000@lab.housing.fsu.edu>
On Fri, 16 May 1997 Yoel97@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 97-05-12 21:51:48 EDT, mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew
> James) writes:
>
> << Speaking of accordions I was looking thru the classified sectioin and I
> actually saw 2 accordion sales/repair type places! I had no idea they
> were so popular! >>
> My Aunt was an accordion teacher and she left me her accordions in her will.
> Joel
>
NOt that anyone cares but just to add to the conversation....
My sister plays the accordian. We both went to a music school (ASM) in Ft
Lauderdale that taught, for many years, only accordian. Later they
started teaching keyboard, guitar, and drums...
I think there are more closet accordian players than the players are
probably willing to admit. My sis never says she plays it, only claims
the keyboard.
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 19:17:18 -0400
Message-Id: <199705162317.TAA12909@ussodyssey.ufp.org>
From: Mitchell Harding <mitcharf@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: TMBG: Number/Quality of songs on a CD
> Has anyone else found that TMBG has spoiled them into expecting
>more songs on a cd? I'm just remembering getting Sting's new album and
>thinking, "What? Only ten songs?" :P
I've certainly been spoiled into expecting more quality songs on a CD. I
love every song on a TMBG CD. Many of my friends are surprised that when I
buy an album, and I like 5 or 6 songs on it, I'm disappointed. TMBG has
spoiled me.
Mitch
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:39:25 PST
Subject: TMBG: Poster
Message-ID: <19970516.163930.9286.3.jnielsen69@juno.com>
From: jnielsen69@juno.com (Joshua D Nielsen)
I have been hearing a lot about posters for our beloved embassadors.
Here is my opinion. The best poster for Them would have to be a
painting by James Ensor. Anyone agree?
Josh Nielsen
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:00:14 -0400
From: Player <homebase@haven.ios.com>
Message-ID: <337CF50E.76E3@haven.ios.com>
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: Hmm
> OK, you take Japanese, so you might know what I'm talking about here. But,
> I'll take a reply from anyone that has noticed this. The last two They
> concerts I've been to, I've noticed that John F. has worn a t-shirt which
> has the katakana character, 'SU' on it. It is a black t-shirt with the
> 'SU' in red. I was kinda wondering if anyone had caught a close glimpse of
> this shirt, and maybe knows what it says beyond the large 'SU'. for those
> non-japanese readers, i have included an ascii representation of the
> character below.
>
> ------
> / the line going diagonally
> / to the left is normally curved
> /\
> / \
> / \
>
> Heather Garver
> University of Cincinnati
> garverhl@email.uc.edu
> http://www.eng.uc.edu/~hgarver
Wacky wacky stuff. That's so cool. My respect for Flans has grown.(If
that's possible.) I hope someone figures out what it says. Mayde it
has something to do with some Japanimation video or a comic book.
Bye,
Vera
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:02:44 -0400
From: Player <homebase@haven.ios.com>
Message-ID: <337CF5A4.6D2D@haven.ios.com>
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: Wow
Nicole the Wonder Nerd wrote:
>
> JL can sort of read/write Japanese, I think. I remember reading an article
Wow that's crazy sexxy cool! I'm extatic! I must find where you read
this if you have any idea please tell me :+)
Bye,
Vera
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:19:43 -0400
From: Eeyore <homebase@haven.ios.com>
Message-ID: <337CF99F.68BA@haven.ios.com>
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: ClarinetMusic
one day, i played for him that clarinet solo on
> Dr. Spocks Back Up BAnd. you know. that one cover they did of a song
> by the Edgar Winter's group. so then he figured it out, and we made a
> measly attemp to perform it. he also figured out the clarinet thing
> from particle man, and a couple other songs. it rulz!
>
> brenden - nednerb
Hey would you please post the music for them Please oh please oh please
oh
Bye,
Vera
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:46:03 -0400
From: Eeyore <homebase@haven.ios.com>
Message-ID: <337CFFCB.2A04@haven.ios.com>
Organization: United Federation of Planets
Subject: TMBG: What
Kelly Smith wrote:
> Flans is obviously the one with the most personality, while Linnell has
> all the chicks.
What blasphemy!!!!!!!! Linnell is a stud loaded with personality. It's
just not as flamboyant as Flan's. They collectively kick the Sh*t.
They are my Ying and Yang, my chaos and order, my Beethoveen and Weild
Al, my sugar and cream, my emotion and logic, my peanut butter and
jelly, my stripes and plaid, my smooth and crunchy...and oh boy, my car
just got fixed! Hi, Mooseful@aol.com here, I contributed bits and pieces
of that last bit and Eeyore's car is all better now so we're going to go
party. We've got Flood in the tape deck. Yum.
Vera <whose name has been successfully changed from Player <that dumb
thing it was before>> and Moose
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Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970517004534.0067a850@uc.campus.mci.net>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:45:34 -0400
From: Kelley Kent <kkent@uc.campus.mci.net>
Subject: TMBG: WBS chat update
Okay,
I just recieved word that the person who started the petition for
the TMBG room at WBS has learned about my efforts. [They e-mailed
me.] And although they can't make it, they are telling all their
friends, so we are expecting quite a crowd this Monday night, we
hope. ;)
To all of you who are planning on going to the first ever weekly
live TMBG chat (phew!): I will be there and I look forward to
meeting you all, in real time. My handle is UCstudent, so say
"hi." Once again, the starting time is 7pm EST - that's 4pm for
you Californians and 10pm Tuesday for you Perth, Australia people
(hi Hannah! :))
Need to know how to join all of us? Just e-mail me. I'd be gald to
respond.
Later,
Kelley Kent (kkent@uc.campus.mci.net)
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From: Christi587@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:46:13 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970516204612_-1767151488@emout17.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: Re: Linnell's hair, sort of
xLinnell's hair was longest in the Apollo 18 era videos ("The Guitar," "The
xStatue Got Me High"), which would be from about 1991 or 92, I guess. I
xpersonally like it best when it's _just_ long enough for that flip of his to
xstart to cover his eyes. But I like it any style--the guy's got a great
head
xof hair! I'm very fond of Flans's new wave buzz cut, too.
x
xKay, hoping a friend (and list lurker) will soon send her a copy of a
picture
xof Linnell when he was in the Mundanes and his hair was...bleached. Yes,
you
xread that right, heh heh
Good god, you'd think that this was the John Linnell discussion list from the
look of the last digest. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you! :) And I
think I have to agree with the "just in the eyes" look. The long hair was OK
for a change, but I think it made his face look too long. The shorter cut
enhances those "god-like cheekbones" (yes, you *did* say that out loud,
Moose!) Yikes... Do you know how scared Mr. Linnell would be if he knew
people discussed this stuff? The poor man is neurotic enough already. Oh
well.
Anyway, I am pretty cheesed off, because I have been desperately searching
for that damn Mundanes album for ages, and *now* I find out I've been missing
a valuable Linnell cultural item, to boot. (Bleach... no, that's so... so
*wrong*!) All the CD stores around here blow, because they either will not
special-order CDs or they claim to and then the CDs never show up. This is
also why I can't find any friggin' cub albums, but that is another story.
Sigh... so I think what I'm getting at here is, how do I get my hands on this
Mundanes album? A dubbed tape would be OK, but really I'd like to have the
real thing. So what do I have to do? Sacrifice old vinyl at midnight and
chant the names of the snotty Tower clerks? Demand the album at gunpoint?
Talk to the manager? Someone help me out here.
Um, I feel bad continuing this pointless dissection of the Johns' personal
appearances, but I just have to know-- how is it that the Johns, who are
self-admittedly living in a cultural vaccuum, manage to have such stylish
threads? Well, Linnell, anyway. He always shows up in those trendy striped
shirts and courduroys and All Stars-- and Flans, while he wears more
traditional clothes, wears Converses, too. These are not part of your average
37-year-old's wardrobe. At least not the 37-year-olds with which I am
acquainted, which I admit is not many, but doesn't this strike anyone else as
weird? The Johns still dress like teenagers. And Linnell could still pass for
ten, fifteen years younger than he is. It's pretty disconcerting. This
paragraph has no point, but I certainly feel better now. Ranting is fun!
--Christy, *not* Chrisyu
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Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970516210221.00a3de28@mail.ee.net>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 21:02:21 -0400
From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Linnell's hair, sort of
>Um, I feel bad continuing this pointless dissection of the Johns' personal
>appearances, but I just have to know-- how is it that the Johns, who are
>self-admittedly living in a cultural vaccuum, manage to have such stylish
>threads? Well, Linnell, anyway. He always shows up in those trendy striped
>shirts and courduroys and All Stars-- and Flans, while he wears more
>traditional clothes, wears Converses, too. These are not part of your average
>37-year-old's wardrobe. At least not the 37-year-olds with which I am
>acquainted, which I admit is not many, but doesn't this strike anyone else as
>weird? The Johns still dress like teenagers. And Linnell could still pass for
>ten, fifteen years younger than he is. It's pretty disconcerting. This
>paragraph has no point, but I certainly feel better now. Ranting is fun!
well, maybe they're so far behind on the cultural loop, that they are still
living back in the time when courderouys and converse were cool *before*
courderouys and converse were cool... something to think about.
-ec, the philosopher
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From: Phurr@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 22:30:38 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970516223037_-1432718688@emout13.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: Video compilation
Just a quick question---can anyone tell me where on the internet I can order
the video compilation? The Info Club says it is sold out. Thanks!
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From: wwdorward@blazenet.net (Wilson Dorward)
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:14:35 +0000
Subject: Re: NON-TMBG: Clarinet
Message-ID: <19970517041458.AAC13815@default>
> Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:26:46 -0400
> From: Laurie Selmer <lselmer@erols.com>
> Organization: Selmer Household
> To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org
> Subject: Re: NON-TMBG: Clarinet
> Reply-to: Laurie Selmer <lselmer@erols.com>
> Wilson Dorward wrote:
> >
> > > > you're on the right track to instrumental perfection, but you took a
> > > > wrong turn. The violin doesn't have spit valves and you don't really
> > > > have to polish it, and it sounds much better than a clarinet. Some
> > >
> > > Now wait a minute... The violin doesn't sound good unless the player
> > > is very skilled. I have only heard one or two good sounding high school
> > > orchestras, and when you consider that most of the people in these would
> > > have been playing for at least 5 years, this makes a considerable
> > > statement.
> > Well, I must be one of those great high school orchestra players.
> > (slight exageration...) You have a point. It is hard to learn, but it
> > does sound great if played by a compatent musician. Eric
>
> Well, it *is* harder to learn to play a stringed instrument. . . That's
> why they're better.
> Tracy
That's definatly true. Also, most of the people who play for more
than 5 years don't suck because the bad ones have dropped out.
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From: wwdorward@blazenet.net (Wilson Dorward)
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:14:35 +0000
Subject: Re: TMBG: Clarinet
Message-ID: <19970517041458.AAD13815@default>
> To: wwdorward@blazenet.net
> Cc: tmbg-list@tmbg.org, homebase@idt.net
> Subject: Re: TMBG: Clarinet
> From: tmbgmail-bin@juno.com (Evan R Kleve)
> Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 22:50:49 EDT
>
> >you're on the right track to instrumental perfection, but you took a
> >wrong turn. The violin doesn't have spit valves and you don't really
> >have to polish it, and it sounds much better than a clarinet. Some
> >soy
> >that violinists are jerks, but that just isn't true. They are being
> >modest, considering they play the greatest of the non-electric
> >instruments. All of the string instruments are wonderful - just look
> >at
> >Flans's guitar and all of the string stuff in FS. Well, enough with
> >that... Eric
> >(oh, by the way, I'm a violinist if you couldn't tell....)
> >
>
> Yes, I, too, am a violinist, and I have to agree with Eric, although no
> instrument is more important. I also play trumpet and I know how cocky we
> brass players can be. :) BTH I'm thinking of maybe trying to arrange
> Snail Shell for marching band. Think it would work?
>
> -Evan "my quote won't work" Kleve
Thanks. Are all brass players cocky?
ANyway, good luck with your TMBG arrangements. I tried to at least
write some songs down, but got bored. Eric
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