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          tmbg-list Digest, Volume 3, Number 69

                  Monday, 10 March 1997

Today's Topics:

               TMBG: TCNJ tickets on 3/12?
                Re: TMBG: Contest Results
                  TMBG: Linnel as a poet
                      TMBG: Oz Tours
    TMBG: Happy They Day Part2 (kinda long and boring)
                        TMBG: DAS
                      Re: TMBG: DAS
                       TMBG: e-mail
                  Re: TMBG: JKP NPR WAV
             TMBG: Real Audio now available.
                 TMBG: Re: Tribute Album
             RE: TMBG: videos missing/article
                     TMBG: REAL AUDIO
               Re: TMBG: BF5 release dates
                   Re: TMBG: REAL AUDIO
                  Re: TMBG: JKP NPR WAV
                  Re: TMBG: JKP NPR WAV
                     TMBG: TMBG cover
              Re: TMBG: DAS online and TBAR
                TMBG: Linnells in History
             Re: TMBG: videos missing/article
TOTALLYABSOLUTELY NON TMBG:  DELETE NOW IF YOU WISH Fwd: [Fwd: An Elmo Picture!]
                       TMBG: Token
                     Re: TMBG: Token
                TMBG: I GOT A THEN: PROMO!
           TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16
                   Re: TMBG: TMBG cover
         Re: TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16
         NON TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16
         Re: TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16
         Re: TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16
                     Re: TMBG: Token
                  TMBG: The OMLT goddess
                    TMBG: RA Fake Out
                    TMBG: particle man
                    TMBG: Brian Dewan
             TMBG: The OMLT Goddess is dead!
               TMBG: Boat of collective car
                    TMBG: Cool Review
                  TMBG: DAS, cool review
             Re: TMBG: Boat of collective car
                Re: TMBG: DAS, cool review

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 03:14:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Pudge <whyte@TCNJ.EDU>
Subject: TMBG: TCNJ tickets on 3/12?
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970309030602.15903B-100000@beast>

To whoever wrote that... are you a member of CUB concerts or know someone
on the committee?  The only mention they made was that the concert was
being held on 4/8.  The next time they will put something out will be an
ad in the school newspaper, which will be released this Tuesday (3/11) at
4pm EST.  I don't think that leaves enough time for people to get money or
work around classes to get tickets.  I still think they will go on sale on
3/24.  But if I see something different before then, you will know.

* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Craig Whyte --- whyte@tcnj.edu --- http://www.tcnj.edu/~whyte

"In the soil of leadership sprout the seeds of immortality."  Kaysa, Elder
Druid of the Juniper Order

"I am currently reading 'How To Operate A Computer' by Gordell
Huxley-Smithen III.  It's very informative and I am currently on Chapter 8
- The On Button".  John Popper
* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:45:41 +0000 (GMT)
From: D Robertson <dr109@york.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Contest Results
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95L.970309114505.2042C-100000@sgi5.york.ac.uk>

Egad a base tone...

On 8 Mar 1997, Robert Grabill Jr. wrote:

>
>
> Well, I got many more responses, all of them being very creative, But then, I
> thought About how the number is so obscure, I should probably give more hints.
> But then I opened up a message from Matt Mantsch, who correctly identified the
> number, and provided a handy explanation:
>
> 2427? T=20-->2 M=13-->4 B=02-->2 G=07-->7

Rightm, I'll see you guys later, I'm going to go off and nick his bike.
_______________________________________________________________________________

Douglas Robertson	 "No man can have a higher moral duty than to
Derwent College		  stand for parliment against David Mellor"
University of York	   		                     Dominic Lawson
Heslington
York			 FLUMCAKE ON-LINE: It's got words in you know
YO1 5DD			 http://www.york.ac.uk/~dr109/flumcake

						     ...denotes a bad age
_______________________________________________________________________________

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:57:34 -0700 (MST)
From: David Simpson <dsimpson@psd.k12.co.us>
Subject: TMBG: Linnel as a poet
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970309055609.21297A-100000@alpha.psd.k12.co.us>

hey, I'm doing research on Linnel's poetic skills, etc. for a report in
my English class.  Can anyone help me?  Any facts or insights are greatly
welcomed.  Thanx!

    Dave Simpson

	Despite the fire hazard..

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Date: 9 Mar 1997 13:44:03 GMT
From: "Royce M. Lee" <parvenu@ozemail.com.au>
Message-ID: <01bc2c8d$e68c5a60$LocalHost@parvenu>
Organization: Parvenu Design
Subject: TMBG: Oz Tours

Hey fans from Oz
Anyone attending the Sydney shows, or travelling from Sydney to the
Canberra show please email me privately.

I will make it worth your while.
--
Royce M. Lee
parvenu@ozemail.com.au

This message sent using the FirstClass SMTP/NNTP Gateway for Mac OS.

Well, not really :-)

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Date: 9 Mar 1997 13:43:59 GMT
From: "Royce M. Lee" <parvenu@ozemail.com.au>
Message-ID: <01bc2c8d$a59138a0$LocalHost@parvenu>
Organization: Parvenu Design
Subject: TMBG: Happy They Day Part2 (kinda long and boring)

So much to say, so little time (and an AKA at the back).

My Office
After reading about how cool / uncool people's parents are, I just thought
I would relate a little story of my own. I work as an Architect, and the
office where I work (about 15 people) is predominantly middle aged people.
Last week I had TMBG, Lincoln and Flood in the office for one of my
colleagues (who I managed to talk into coming to Their gig). We all have
our own CD-Roms, and another staff member asked to borrow my CDs on a
rotational basis. We had client drinks on Friday night, and another member
of staff put Lincoln in and turned it up on the speakers. Also I was doing
some overtime on Saturday and was listening to Live in NY. I went to lunch
and turned my CD off, but on my return a senior Architect was at my desk
bopping away to "Whistling". A couple of other times through the day he
turned it on after I had switched it off.

My Radio Station
I have sung the praises of our National youth broadcaster, Triple J, many
times here. A few months ago, FS was Feature Album (one song per hour) and
there are a couple of DJ's who always play something They. JJJ is national
and very popular, so it is great exposure. On the weekend Jane Gazzo played
Birdhouse from her Live in NY CD and it was so cool to hear it on the
radio. But that's not the big news. Every Thursday night at 10pm are the J
Files. It lasts for 3 hours and is enormously popular. Anyhow, the J Files
have a theme, one week may be songs from 1990, another may be songs about
days of the week. Once it was songs by Tom Dick or Harry. The show has
songs, interviews, quizes and lots of other stuff and is always heaps of
fun. Well, after badgering the host for a few months now, he has decided to
do a They J File in just over a fortnight. Imagine, 3 hours of They on
National Radio. It must be a dream.

Thanks for listening.

Also for trade AKA 1011
Flans returns home after remembering mid-tour that he hadn't plugged in the
DAS modem
--
Royce M. Lee
parvenu@ozemail.com.au

This message sent using the FirstClass SMTP/NNTP Gateway for Mac OS.

Well, not really :-)

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Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970309095120.0087da80@mail.ee.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 09:51:20 -0500
From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
Subject: TMBG: DAS

Hey, are there new dial-a-songs on dial a song now? Or is it stilll the
batch of pre-FS ones?

-ec, who doesn't feel like making a long distance phone call just to hear
"Children Singing Particle Man" again...

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Message-Id: <v01510101af48837ef253@[204.186.37.24]>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 10:12:23 -0500
From: nanf@postoffice.ptd.net (Nancy Fitzgerald)
Subject: Re: TMBG: DAS

>Hey, are there new dial-a-songs on dial a song now? Or is it stilll the
>batch of pre-FS ones?
>
>-ec, who doesn't feel like making a long distance phone call just to hear
>"Children Singing Particle Man" again...

*THE RAISING OF MANY OF MY HANDS*
--kevin shiner, shinedog, the illuminated canine resting in the shrine of
the illuminated canine...
in my cd player:
the torn, shredded and mutilated remains of john lennon...

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From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 10:17:40 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309101739_1216711360@emout02.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: e-mail

Who can I write to at TMBG.COM about tmbg.com?  There are a few little things
that I would like to point out.

Also, I got a new email forward address:  tmbg@for-president.com  (I think
it's easier to remember) Plus, it has a nice ring to it: TMBG for president.
 Ahh, that would be interesting.  Except, which one would actually be
President???? Let's not start a thread on this please =)

Joel
IRC Nick: TMBG-Yoel
EMAIL: tmbg@for-president.com
WEB SITE: http://members.aol.com/yoel97/
THEY WEB SITE: http://members.aol.com/yoel97/they/
QUOTE: Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.
FAV WORD: Circumcision (I don't know why) =)
SAT SCORES: (7th grade) 560 Verbal /650 Math

Ok, this is where the party ends....

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Message-Id: MSG970309092232#156@acme.computer-services.com
From: "Microserf" <microserf@acmeonline.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: JKP NPR WAV
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 09:18:26 -0600

A good way to compress audio but still retain quality is to RealAudio 3.0
Dual ISDN encode it. First, I'd try re-recording your WAVe as 44.1KHz 16bit
Stereo (CD Quality) then download the RealAudio Encoder at
http://www.real.com/products/encoder/realaudio/index.html
and encoding your WAVE as Dual Channel ISDN Stereo. It will take a 50 or
60MB WAVE to about 3 or 4MB, and still sound pretty good. A 2 minute song
will be under 2MB, if I remember correctly. At least FAR smaller then the
WAVE version.To playthe file(s), you can download the RealAudio Player 3.0
FREE  at
http://www.real.com/products/player/download.html
RealAudio 2.0 Player Plus owners can upgrade to RealAudio Player Plus 3.0
free, too. Hope this helps.....

Microserf
Assistant System Administrator
Acme Communications
(http://www.acmeonline.net)
(ftp://ftp.acmeonline.net)
microserf@acmeonline.net

"If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine
If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line
Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try
Though we know that time has wings, we're the ones that have to fly..."
-Neil Peart of Rush on "Everyday Glory" of Counterparts, 1993

----------
> From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
> To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org
> Subject: TMBG: JKP NPR WAV
> Date: Sunday, March 09, 1997 12:51 AM
>
> Hey, I spent some time recrding the NPR James K Polk preformance into wav
> format, and I will put it on a web site if I can 1) find space or 2) make
> it smaller (it is 3 MB now)
>
> I don't want to lose too much quality, but I can probably make it smaller
> and still sound good.
>
> -ec

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Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970309170213.008e4d40@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 12:02:13 -0500
From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Subject: TMBG: Real Audio now available.

        I have found a way I can offer Real Audio versions of
the prerelease songs for all those people who don't like
WAV files.  Check out the preview section at http://www.tmbg.org/
to try them out.

        If they prove popular I'll convert over the other songs
as well.  The quality on these should be much better.

--
Leo Bicknell
bicknell@ufp.org

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Message-Id: <3.0.1.16.19970309121048.09efacc6@mail.one.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 12:10:48
From: Chris Combs <goatboy@one.net>
Subject: TMBG: Re: Tribute Album

 When aske dto sing "Them From We Might Be Giants, Too":

> They've declined.  To quote Them, "It's too cheesy to be on
> our own tribute album."  (:

 Wow, they actually said *my* idea was cheesy?  That's as close a personal
response I think I've ever gotten (except for that Residents/REO Speedwagon
thing).  They actually took the time to ridicule my hours (okay moments) of
work?  That is so cool!

-Goat Boy aka Any normal person should be offended.
In the CD player now: The Residents' Prelude to "The Teds" (Thanks Robert)

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Message-Id: <m0w3mKM-001JXsC@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 97 12:24 EST
From: kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten Brodbeck)
Subject: RE: TMBG: videos missing/article

>>My best guess would be....he's human.  (:
>
>You're kidding!  Man, there goes my whole They Came From Outer Space theory,
>thanks for ruining my life!  Sheesh, now he just seems boring, I wonder if
>his new wife knows that he isn't an alien...I bet she'll be dissappointed
>when she finds out!

	I still think he's a vampire.  Or perhaps some other Immortal...

Kirsten
--
"This message had been rated Y-7 because it is a superhero action drama."
Kirsten Brodbeck  AKA Brodie AKA Crow kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
*TMBG*Sex Pistols*The Mommyheads*Simon & Garfunkel*Op Ivy*Pulp*The Muffs*

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From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 12:34:13 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309123412_-1037394733@emout13.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: REAL AUDIO

The stereo 28.8 of the real audio doesn't work.  It says it isn't a real
audio document.Same thing with the 28.8 Mono

Joel

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From: parreira@aquawolf.xs4all.nl (Daniel Rodrigues Parreira)
Subject: Re: TMBG: BF5 release dates
Date: 9 Mar 1997 16:34:47 GMT
Message-ID: <5fuor7$9ll$1@aquawolf.xs4all.nl>

In article <2.2.32.19970304123742.00a46e48@mail.healey.com.au>,
	Very Fruity Indeed <ad@healey.com.au> writes:
>>>>new BF5 album, "Whatever and Ever Amen" - March 18.  I'll remind ya.
>>>18th March!!! Are you sure about that? It's out in the UK today (Monday the
>>>3rd). Surely we don't get it two weeks before you?
>>March 11, actually, so one week after you get it.
>Well, the info I've seen says, 18th March in USA and 14th March in Australia.

And 14th Feb in the Netherlands. Yes, I have been listening to the new BF5
album for almost a month now and I have tickets to see them live the 18th.
:)

--Daniel

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Message-Id: MSG970309114430#181@acme.computer-services.com
From: "Microserf" <microserf@acmeonline.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: REAL AUDIO
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:40:19 -0600

Have you made sure you have downloaded Version 3.0 from RealAudio?
http://www.realaudio.com
If you don't have version 3, it will display error messages, because
RealAudio 2.0 doesn't recognize the format. If you do have version 3.0, and
you are SURE you do, you might try reinstalling RealAudio 3.0 anyways, and
if it still refuses to work, then I cannon help you.

Microserf
Assistant System Administrator
Acme Communications
(http://www.acmeonline.net)
(ftp://ftp.acmeonline.net)
microserf@acmeonline.net

"If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine
If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line
Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try
Though we know that time has wings, we're the ones that have to fly..."
-Neil Peart of Rush on "Everyday Glory" of Counterparts, 1993

----------
> From: Yoel97@aol.com
> To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org; bicknell@tmbg.org
> Subject: TMBG: REAL AUDIO
> Date: Sunday, March 09, 1997 11:34 AM
>
> The stereo 28.8 of the real audio doesn't work.  It says it isn't a real
> audio document.Same thing with the 28.8 Mono
>
> Joel

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From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James)
Message-Id: <9703091808.AA20899@greed.loyola.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: JKP NPR WAV
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 13:08:14 -0500 (EST)

> A good way to compress audio but still retain quality is to RealAudio 3.0
> Dual ISDN encode it. First, I'd try re-recording your WAVe as 44.1KHz 16bit
> Stereo (CD Quality) then download the RealAudio Encoder at
> http://www.real.com/products/encoder/realaudio/index.html
> and encoding your WAVE as Dual Channel ISDN Stereo. It will take a 50 or
> 60MB WAVE to about 3 or 4MB, and still sound pretty good. A 2 minute song
> will be under 2MB, if I remember correctly. At least FAR smaller then the
> WAVE version.To playthe file(s), you can download the RealAudio Player 3.0
> FREE  at
> http://www.real.com/products/player/download.html
> RealAudio 2.0 Player Plus owners can upgrade to RealAudio Player Plus 3.0
> free, too. Hope this helps.....
OR you could mpeg3 encode the same wave at the same sample rate, and
produce the same size (3MB or so) and make it CD quality instead of
vinyl quality or whatever Real Audio is.  Now to just figure out how to
work this encoder ;)
Matt

--
upcoming concerts:
Blur-Black Cat, Washington, DC 3/9
James-Royal Court Theater, Liverpool, England, 3/27
TMBG-Western MD College,Westminster, MD 4/18
"No room for big hearts like her in this city"-Carlito's Way
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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Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970309133041.007c5e60@mail.ee.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 13:30:41 -0500
From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: JKP NPR WAV

Rather than try  to figure out a good way to make it smaller, I'll just
leave it as it is

I'm uploading it to ftp://ftp.tmbg.org/incoming/polk_NPR.wav

It's about 3MB, Mono
--
Evan Chakroff
The Internet Mystery Spot
http://spot.home.ml.org

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 13:58:21 -0500
Message-Id: <199703091858.NAA22298@smtp1.erols.com>
From: ekao <kaochiho@erols.com>
Subject: TMBG: TMBG cover

On a post to the Dar Williams list, someone brought up they Might Be giants
when considering who might cover her songs. The poster said:

To the silly side, how about They Might Be Giants doing Alleluia?  Or
(extremely unlikely, and the result could be very strange) Nine Inch Nails
doing Arrival?

Well most of you are probablyunfamiliar with Dar, but, its kind of cute
imagining what this might be like! Picture Linnell singing this.. "Now I'm
up in heaven where they say I 'm here to stay, wher the clouds are really
puffy, and the angels sing everyday" etc =) Thats just darn cute. oh well,
fuck cute.

Blah,
Ekao

===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===
"Me, my thoughts are flower strewn
ocean storm, bayberry moon
I have got to leave to find my way.
Watch the road and memorize
this life that pass before my eyes.
Nothing is going my way." -J.M.S.
===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 14:00:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Queen Sneepy <smelliot@indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: DAS online and TBAR
Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.970309135827.23372C-100000@falstaff.ucs.indiana.edu>

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Nicole the Wonder Nerd wrote:

> Anyone else download TBAR from tmbg.com and think it's *much* better than
> the FS version?  I *love* the chiming synth!  What on earth posessed Them to
> replace it with a human voice?
>
I totally agree!  I think I mentioned this some few months ago, shortly
after FS came out, but only a few people said they liked the synth
better!  When I first listened to FS, I went in thinking that TBAR was my
favourite song just because of the synth.  And when I heard the FS
version, I thought, "Huh.  This is not so good as I remeber it" but I
couldn't think of why.  The synth adds a great quality to it, of real
bells, and the human bells are just kind of annoying and cheesy...

   _______> Stefanie Elliott <____> smelliot@falstaff.ucs.indiana.edu <_____
 //									    \\
//       "Yeah, 'snarky'- from the ancient Greek meaning 'butthead'"         \\
			   -Mikey Kellerman, "Homicide"

 TMBG + Conan O'Brien + MiSTie #14672 + Medievalist + Star Wars + DNRC = Fun!

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 15:02:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Queen Sneepy <smelliot@indiana.edu>
Subject: TMBG: Linnells in History
Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.970309145836.26642A-100000@falstaff.ucs.indiana.edu>

I was at the IU art museum yesterday, culturing myself instead of doing
homework (so is that good or bad?  I don't know...) and I was looking at
some engravings by William Blake (while looking for the ones by Albrect
Durer which I _know_ we have, yet couldn't find) when I noticed that
Blake's close friend JOHN LINNELL commissioned him to repreoduce some of
his colour art works in black-and-white engravings.  Isn't that great?
Then, on the other side (they were on this panel thing set up in a kind
of triangle shape), was an engraving by Linnell himself.  It was so weird
to read this name, and think of one person, and know its someone else
long dead.  Of course, when I first saw the name, I started laughing,
inducing everyone to stare at me...ah well.  Has any one else seen any of
Linnell's engravings?  I wonder if this is a distant relative of our John?

   _______> Stefanie Elliott <____> smelliot@falstaff.ucs.indiana.edu <_____
 //									    \\
//       "Yeah, 'snarky'- from the ancient Greek meaning 'butthead'"         \\
			   -Mikey Kellerman, "Homicide"

 TMBG + Conan O'Brien + MiSTie #14672 + Medievalist + Star Wars + DNRC = Fun!

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 15:13:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Queen Sneepy <smelliot@indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: videos missing/article
Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.970309133645.23372A-100000@falstaff.ucs.indiana.edu>

On Sat, 8 Mar 1997 Jordan1c@aol.com wrote:

> i have a wav of that..and in the last line, Linnell says
> "and as dirt rained down she played a xylophone
> and sang the wrong words"
>
> you can see how that is funnier.
>
I have a .wav of that too, and if its the same one, he sang "and sang the
wrong words" because he himself sang the wrong words- after singing "find
us highly amusing, quickly swiveled his head around," instead of "and his
face which was a..." he sang, "and as dirt rained down..." and thus he
finished that line off with flair and pizzaz.  I found that .wav to be
highly amusing myself...

   _______> Stefanie Elliott <____> smelliot@falstaff.ucs.indiana.edu <_____
 //									    \\
//       "Yeah, 'snarky'- from the ancient Greek meaning 'butthead'"         \\
			   -Mikey Kellerman, "Homicide"

 TMBG + Conan O'Brien + MiSTie #14672 + Medievalist + Star Wars + DNRC = Fun!

------------------------------

From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:06:22 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309160621_2062828376@emout03.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TOTALLYABSOLUTELY NON TMBG:  DELETE NOW IF YOU WISH Fwd: [Fwd: An Elmo Picture!]

It is for a good cause.

joel
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Forwarded message:
Subj:    Fwd: [Fwd: An Elmo Picture!]
Date:    97-03-09 16:05:05 EST
From:    Yoel97
To:      jhumor@drcoffsite.com
To:      jokeclub@juno.com,emmak@ibm.net
To:      AmyH3x4,bucks@global2000.net
To:      Elec Bass,AndrewPH,ASciambi
To:      Ice crysta,SKolette,Lisa Mira
To:      jmf99@juno.com

It is for a good cause... BTW I am going for Genetics and Neuroscience
---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj:    Fwd: [Fwd: An Elmo Picture!]
Date:    97-03-09 16:03:14 EST
From:    AndrewPH
To:      BillRohm@msn.com,ric_andrea@msn.com
To:      rohms@n4.opnav.navy.mil
To:      rar136@psu.edu,UndrDogz,DSHanvey
To:      Yoel97,Rtbherrman
To:      David.Levine@snet.net
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Hi, Emm!

 More junk mail from Kacey! Don't worry, this isn't really a chain
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           =)Kacey

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Message-Id: <199703092225.QAA07939@cereal.ncfcomm.com>
From: "Mike Leffel" <maleffel@ncfcomm.com>
Subject: TMBG: Token
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:17:09 -0600

Does anybody have a .wav of the FS hidden track? My
player does not recognize the do-abiliy of this, and I've
been looking for it all day on the web to no avail...

Is there a site I've missed? Anybody mind
e-mailing me a copy!?

Thanks-o-roonittie,

Mike "To avoid a flood, email me first if you have it" Leffel

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From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 17:21:21 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309172120_-1238382926@emout11.mail.aol.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Token

In a message dated 97-03-09 17:19:10 EST, maleffel@ncfcomm.com (Mike Leffel)
writes:

<< Does anybody have a .wav of the FS hidden track? My
 player does not recognize the do-abiliy of this, and I've
 been looking for it all day on the web to no avail...

 Is there a site I've missed? Anybody mind
 e-mailing me a copy! >>

Me too!  I've never heard it.  Just CC it to me please
Joel
tmbg@for-president.com

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From: Jordan1c@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 17:47:26 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309174725_1018242646@emout05.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: I GOT A THEN: PROMO!

HEY! My sister's boyfriend got me a Then:The Early Years Promo cd!
well, you heard all about, so im just gonna say these things----
since i only have cassetes of the pink album,lincoln,and misc T, it was VERY
COOL to hear the songs from them on a cd!!! i cant wait for Then!
Now That i Have Everything KICKS ASS!!!! Its not the same as the das one!
The backwards message in the demo of Which Describes How Your feeling IS SO
HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! If you dont know what it is,see the FAQ,but its even
funnier being it heard sung!
Thats about it!!!!!!!!
Jordan

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From: Christi587@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:02:20 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309190219_246367197@emout05.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16

Right: Shoes here... You heard right. The OMLT Goddess is DEAD.
Left: Yup. Stone dead. Gone to that great birdhouse in the sky.
Right: Mostly dead, anyway. ...Well, OK, so she's just lightly comatose. The
point is, she won't be much use to you all anymore.
Left: I don't know what happened... all I said was "Hey, did you hear
Linnell's getting married?" She made this kind of strangled, choking noise,
and then... Thud! Keeled right over in her pile of physics homework.
R: She's in rehab right now. Her friends have got her hooked up to a machine
that feeds her intravenously with a steady diet of Ben and Jerry's Cherry
Garcia. Also, there's a little audio tape that repeats a few phrases over and
over...
L: Something like, "He's old enough to be your father!" and "It would never
work, anyway... you hate coffee!"
R: So anyway, after this unforeseen tragedy occurred, the post of Supreme
OMLT Dictator was left open. Times being what they were, we accepted the job.
We will be in charge of the project until the Goddess comes to.
L: We realize we're a bit behind. But, hey, give us any crap and that's the
end of *your* chances at a shirt! <evil laughter>
R: We have just been notified that the stunningly aesthetic design #1 has won
the design contest. (Let's all give Evan a farewell round of applause. He was
a tres cool Design Dictator.) This means that it is now time to begin
collecting... FINAL ORDERS! Woo hoo!
L: As you may recall, prices are dependant on number of ink colors. We count
black, yellow, blue, and green... 4 colors. That means cost will be about
$9.60 per shirt if about 100 of you order a shirt, as was indicated by the
last survey. You have to admit, that's pretty durn cheap.
R: Regular-priced sizes are L or XL. Remember, it's $1.25 extra for XXL.
We'll look into getting smaller sizes, as promised, but no guarantees... If
you are interested in them, you should be prepared to get a large instead.
L: We can't ask for any money just now because the exact price is dependant
on the exact number of orders. What we do need right now is your FINAL ORDER.
R: Send us an e-mail at Christi587@aol.com or little.glowing.friend@tmbg.org.
Tell us:
-How many shirts you want
-What sizes you want them in (remember, you can order a medium... we will
automatically make it a large if mediums cannot be done... hey, just wash it
20 or so times in hot water and it'll be roughly the same!)
-That you will personally cut off your own thumbs if you renege on this deal,
since if even one person changes their mind, it will affect shirt prices for
everyone else. This price calibration is an exact science, people! We don't
need insignificant yeomen such as yourselves throwing monkey wrenches into
the process!
-What is your name and what address you want the shirts shipped to (oh
yeah... shipping... prob'ly an extra buck or two. No big deal. We'll look
into that, too... sigh...)
-What e-mail address you can be reached at most easily
-What is your quest
-What is your favorite color
L: No! No! Forget those last two! And if any of you jokers send barnyard
animal noises or marriage proposals... <draws line across throat and makes
"ccrrckk" sound>
R: Gee, I didn't know shoes had throats.
L: Shut up, Right. And as for all you listers! Send those e-mails ASAP! We
will be setting a drop dead date of April 9... that's one month from today.
It would be a lot earlier but it's spring break season, and none of those
crazy schools can decide on one set of dates for break. We wouldn't want to
make any college kiddies miss out on getting a shirt because they were too
busy off having fun at the beach, would we? <bitterly> Of course not.
R: This means that the OMLT Goddess, if she's un-coma-ed by that time, will
not have an OMLT to show off proudly at the Maryland concert on the 18th. She
will not be pleased. But we all must make sacrifices, so she'll just have to
deal.
L: We will be re-posting this message in a slightly more compact form every
few days to ensure no one gets left out of the know. Please send those
messages as soon as humanly possible. Once all orders have been collected,
we'll calibrate final prices and request checks.
R: But we'll cross that proverbial bridge when we come to it. Anyway, we have
to get going. The Goddess is mumbling in her sleep again, and we have to go
slap her around a bit.
L: Send those orders! Or else we'll sic our big brother on you... he's a
combat boot!

--Christy's Shoes

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:12:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Elitza Nicolaou <enicolao@scnc.waverly.k12.mi.us>
Subject: Re: TMBG: TMBG cover
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970309190901.14392A-100000@scnc.waverly.k12.mi.us>

On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, ekao wrote:

> On a post to the Dar Williams list, someone brought up they Might Be giants
> when considering who might cover her songs. The poster said:
>
GIVE ME THIS ADDRESS!!!!!!! DAR LIST!!!!! YEAH!!!!!

> To the silly side, how about They Might Be Giants doing Alleluia?  Or
> (extremely unlikely, and the result could be very strange) Nine Inch Nails
> doing Arrival?
>
What an awesome thought! Alleluia is a great song! For those of you not
knowing of the Dar Greatness, she is a folk singer from the East Coast, I
believe, and has released several songs including As Cool As I Am and
Christians and the Pagans. GREAT songwriter and a beautiful voice.

> Well most of you are probablyunfamiliar with Dar, but, its kind of cute
> imagining what this might be like! Picture Linnell singing this.. "Now I'm
> up in heaven where they say I 'm here to stay, wher the clouds are really
> puffy, and the angels sing everyday" etc =) Thats just darn cute. oh well,
> fuck cute.
>
I would love to see this happen almost as much as I would love to hear
Weird Al do a cover of IPI. ;-]

Death and other assorted funions,
Spork Princess Elitza

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Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970309193615.007c83b0@mail.ee.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 19:36:15 -0500
From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16

At 7:02 PM 3/9/97 -0500, Christi587@aol.com's Shoes wrote:
>R: We have just been notified that the stunningly aesthetic design #1 has won
>the design contest. (Let's all give Evan a farewell round of applause. He was
>a tres cool Design Dictator.) This means that it is now time to begin
>collecting... FINAL ORDERS! Woo hoo!

Why, thank you. One more announcement... The OMLT Voting Page is stiff up,
just as it was at it's finest hour. Feel free to visit for nostalgia -->
http://omlt.home.ml.org (Just don't use the form!)

I have a few things that someone still needs to do (not me):

1) Front Design? Will it be Front and back, or just back? What about having
the "Freak Magnet" quote on the sleeve?

2) Actually, that was everything... um... why did I make a numbered list.....

>-What is your quest
>-What is your favorite color
>L: No! No! Forget those last two! And if any of you jokers send barnyard
>animal noises or marriage proposals... <draws line across throat and makes
>"ccrrckk" sound>

Oh yeah... my right shoe was going to propose, but now you've scared him off.

-ec, former Official OMLT Voting Guy

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From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:40:38 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309194038_-1003793150@emout17.mail.aol.com>
Subject: NON TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16

<< >-What is your quest
 >-What is your favorite color >>

To seek the holy grail...

Blue....no red....no ahhhhhhh (splash)

Joel

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Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970309194859.007ca8c0@mail.ee.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 19:48:59 -0500
From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
Subject: Re: TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16

>Why, thank you. One more announcement... The OMLT Voting Page is stiff up,

er... still. *Still* up.

How embarrassing...

-ec

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From: Yoel97@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:53:24 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309195323_-1639864453@emout09.mail.aol.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: the OMLT goddess... dead at 16

In a message dated 97-03-09 19:52:00 EST, chakroff@ee.net (Evan Chakroff)
writes:

<< The OMLT Voting Page is stiff  >>

Evan,

I don't want to know.....let's leave it at that.

JOel

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Message-Id: <199703100103.TAA10391@cereal.ncfcomm.com>
From: "Mike Leffel" <maleffel@ncfcomm.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Token
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 18:54:11 -0600

----------
> From: Aaron Cohen <carrots@primenet.com>
> To: Mike Leffel <maleffel@ncfcomm.com>
> Subject: Re: TMBG: Token
> Date: Sunday, March 09, 1997 4:30 PM
>
>
> >If you sent it by email, then no.
> >
>
> I did send it by email. It worked for Joel <Yoel97@aol.com>
> I don't know another way to send it to you. Write back if you have any
> other ideas on how to send it or you can email Joel and ask him how he
got
> it.
>

Thanks a lot! Wahoo! i like this! Too bad I can't listen to it on cd.. :(

But anyway, the Windows claims it's not a valid Wave file. This
frightened me, but before I the panic set in, I used the handy
dandy wplany.exe, and whoop the whoop, It played! :)

Thank you Aaron!

Mike "Wizard is cool!" Leffel

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Message-Id: <199703100232.SAA08371@mta4.rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 18:32:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Nick  Hatton <anakin1@rocketmail.com>
Subject: TMBG: The OMLT goddess

Stop making nitpicks and jokes! Wwe are witnessing a very sad occasion.
The OMLT Goddess has died, well been mortaly wounded, well injured due
to Flans (I haven't been paying that much attention :) getting
married.
 We can not let her incapacitance be in vain! Let us rally around the
OMLT as a show of our support and hope that she will pull through.
                      Anakin
.....engaging lurk device.....

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Message-Id: <199703100256.SAA08688@mta4.rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 18:54:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Nick  Hatton <anakin1@rocketmail.com>
Subject: TMBG: RA Fake Out

after downloading flavor three of Real Audio Player
Fake out played fine

===

.....engaging lurk device.....

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From: KdsInThHal@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:52:06 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309225205_-1874841664@emout16.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: particle man

> why does Linnell
>sometimes sing:
>
>They have a fight triangle wins,
>Triangle man.
>
>and
>
>They have a fight triangle wins,
>Particle man.
>
>???
>
>The CD says Tri. Man, but I have seen him many a times say Particle Man
>
Linnell should be allowed to glue his poster!
(NON-TMBG-per se: I find quotes from that song to come along sooooo nicely
when you get in a fight with someone! :D )

sarah, gluin' her poster.. :)
linnellgirl@tmbg.org
http://members.aol.com/kdsinthhal/site.html
mstie# 77216  ~  tmbger#45127

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From: KdsInThHal@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 23:00:10 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970309225956_1613350729@emout16.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: Brian Dewan

Oy, sorry for the additional short post, I thought my out box would hold the
answer, but with all the email battles I've had lately, it erased it. ;)

Could the person who emailed me 2nd about the Dewan tape email me again? I
don't think my first response is going to follow through.... (sorry, 1st
person!)

sarah :)
linnellgirl yah yah...

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 23:32:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Tom Hare <tomhare@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
Subject: TMBG: The OMLT Goddess is dead!
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.970309233214.28230A-100000@fn3.freenet.tlh.fl.us>

Well, that's a relief.

Although her shoes-talkin thing was sort of unique.

* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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Message-ID: <33234628.34E5@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 23:22:16 +0000
From: "Richard E. Michalski" <rmichals@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: TMBG: Boat of collective car

Hey everybody out there in Giant-land!
   I was fiddling about with my keyboard (musical keyboard) today and
figured out how to play a delightful version of "Boat of Car."
Needless to say, I was quite pleased.  I like my keyboard a lot
because it has an organ sound that sounds just like the one used on
"Twisting" and "Birdhouse".
   Anyhow, I will pose two questions to everyone,
1.  Have the Giants ever performed a version of the Fingertips Medley
in concert???
2.  What is the meaning of existence? (in reference to Brian Doherty).

Everybody have a good day, meet the person of your dreams, get a
slurpee and eat it with a spork, write a symphony, then have pleasant
dreams sleeping with the nite-lite on.

Peace in John and John.
The St. Louis Art Student,
Billy the Kid

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Message-ID: <33234DE7.37B5@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 23:55:19 +0000
From: "Richard E. Michalski" <rmichals@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: TMBG: Cool Review

Hey Giant-Lovers,
Thought you might like to read this review a friend of mine wrote
about the Giants concert here in St. Louis back in January.  It was
printed in the University News, St. Louis University's newspaper.  Joe
(the writer) is a big Giant's fan and a colorful author!

"MIGHT BE GIANTS MUST BE FUN"
By Joe Laramie
of the University News

   Simply put, They Might Be Giants has the most fun when they are
among friends; and that's what this group is all about--fun.
   With two packed shows at Mississippi Nights on Jan. 3 and 4 as part
of their Factory Showroom tour, The Giants gave a good sampling of all
their major releases.
   The group also threw in a few creations from their upcoming album,
tentatively titled, "Thing", due out sometime next year.
   Chainsaw Kittens opened the evening around 9p.m. but,
unfortunately, they displayed none of the creativity that their name
implied.
   Something called "Bicycle in My Head" was the first number on the
set, and featured the lead singer screaming all over the helpless
microphone-- with most of the crowd covering their vibrating ears,
trying desperately to avoid the horrid racket.
   One side note: The unkonown drummer bore a striking resemblance to
George Clooney in some sort of Jolt Cola-induced stupor.
   But then, finally, the two Johns (Flansburg--the big one, and
Linnell--the skinny one) of They Might Be Giants took the stage, and
it was good.
   They took the sweating, cheering crowd for a mini-loop, starting
with an unreleased number called, "Older" but then quickly jumped into
the bouncy "James K. Polk" (yes, a mini history about the 11th
president).  Next, the four-man-band smashed the night open with the
cult hit, "Why Does The Sun Shine?" (aka The Sun Is A Mass Of
Incandescent Gas").
   Traveling with the two Johns was ever-smiling Gallagher-look-alike
drummer Brian Doherty and bass player Graham Maby.  This was an
unusually small group, since the players have traveled with extra horn
players for albums on previous tours.
   However, the smallness of the band gave the concert a unique
closeness and intimacy that has sometimes been lacking at some of the
jumbo Pointfest shows in the past few years.
   Selections included favorites like "Twisting," "Ana Ng," a
10-blissful-minute-long "Spy" version and the hit "Istanbul (Not
Constantinople)."
   Additionally, the masses hopped and boogied to new selections such
as "S-E-X-X-Y" and "Metal Detector."
   Finally, as mentioned before, the band also sampled a few
unreleased songs including, "They Might Be Giants Got Lost Driving
Around."
   The crowd included plenty of teens and college students, along with
a good collection of 30 and 40-somethings.
   One woman in her mid 30's relayed a story of traveling to Detroit
and then ambushing the two Johns the afternoon af the show.  She leapt
a six-foot fence and then recieved an autograph from both-- cheerfully
from John Flansburg, solemnly from John Linnell.  Such is the
dichotomy and duality of the little band from New York.
   Also at the conclusion of the evening, after two encores, and two
solid hours of bouncing and singing, this reporter came home with a
valuable souvenir.
   Shouting at the roadies and pleading, "Can I have Flansburg's
sweat-laden towel?" one of the kind crew members grimaced and tossed
down just that-- the white towel the lead singer had been mopping his
forehead with all evening.
   Overall, the album Factory Showroom seems to represent much of the
best about TMBG, combining some of the wierdness of the first,
self-titled release and wackiness of Flood, with the depth and insight
of John Henry.
   If some music lovers don't yet understand this group or don't like
anything except "Istanbul" and "Particle Man" this could be the CD
that lures them back to the quirky, genre-defying sound that is They
Might Be Giants.

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From: NitpickR@aol.com
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 01:07:38 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970310010738_-1639824671@emout14.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: DAS, cool review

Hello 41-

DAS-  I think for the first time in my life, I called Dial-a-Song and got
through on the first time.  I belive it was Feel-Good Sublet, and I was
happy.

Cool Review-  This got me thinking...  If some obsessive fan (ooooh oooooh!)
were to get to the stage area after a TMBG show and some Flansburgh hair, it
could be disasterous.  I belive it was mentioned about Linnell clones, but I
want to bring it up again.  What would the world do with all these Johns
running around?  It would be interesting.  That, and how many Gavins of Bush
would be out there too though.  8^P

Adam

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Message-ID: <An8ubdq00iWYME=GlD@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 01:27:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Lawrence P Solomon <lps+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Boat of collective car

Excerpts from internet.music.tmbg: 9-Mar-97 TMBG: Boat of collective car
by Richard Michalski@ix.net
> 1.  Have the Giants ever performed a version of the Fingertips Medley
> in concert???

They have played Everything is Catching on Fire and I'm Having a Heart
Attack, both leading into The Statue Got Me High.  As far as I know, no
other portion of Fingertips has ever appeared in concert.

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Message-Id: <199703100647.AAA16076@cereal.ncfcomm.com>
From: "Mike Leffel" <maleffel@ncfcomm.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: DAS, cool review
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:38:20 -0600

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> From: NitpickR@aol.com
> Cool Review-  This got me thinking...  If some obsessive fan (ooooh
oooooh!)
> were to get to the stage area after a TMBG show and some Flansburgh hair,
it
> could be disasterous.  I belive it was mentioned about Linnell clones,
but I
> want to bring it up again.  What would the world do with all these Johns
> running around?

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