Errors-To: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Reply-To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Sender: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Precedence: bulk From: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Subject: tmbg-list Digest #15-24 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 15, Number 24 Wednesday, 24 February 1999 Today's Topics: TMBG: eBay, the Universe, and Everything TMBG: Re: Kids' album not official? Re: TMBG: eBay, the Universe, and Everything TMBG: kiddie stuff, live, polls TMBG: TMBG with the Violent Femmes on 3/11/99 at Kutztown University! TMBG: MP3 Album Cost Re: TMBG: Worth of "Istanbul" (was The flans) Re: TMBG: Re: Kids' album not official? TMBG: mp3s and such Re: TMBG: mp3s and such Re: TMBG: kiddie stuff, live, polls NON-TMBG: Ben Folds Five album info TMBG: Semi-Flans: Jesus # 1 Re: TMBG: mp3s and such non-TMBG: New Idol Virus (LDB) song. Re: non-TMBG: New Idol Virus (LDB) song. Administrivia: If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing send mail to tmbg-digest-request@tmbg.org for instructions on how to be automatically removed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- tmbg-list is digested with Digest 3.5b (John Relph ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 03:22:36 -0600 From: Bob Scott Message-ID: <36D2735C.9B23192F@tmbg.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: TMBG: eBay, the Universe, and Everything Well, I've finally officially decided that trying to get TMBG stuff on eBay isn't all that bad of an idea, if you don't mind paying slightly more than Bob Saget might to get any type of career. And then there's the shipping. But I got S-E-X-X-Y, and I suppose that's more than enough. I just saw (via CBand Sat) the promo episode (entire 1st episode, I assume) of "The Norm Show", and I felt that it was my responsibility to warn everyone here that it has no TMBG references in it at all. Sure we all loved Laurie Metcalf as the woman at the ticket window in U-Turn, but this show is truly deserving of a time slot following Costello (Fox's quickly dropped bomb). It debuts on March 24, so avoid it like a colony of lepers setting up camp in your backyard. Lastly, is the vote for Flansburgh supercheat still up and running? It's been so long since anyone mentioned it, I'd nearly forgotten, and I have forgotten the exact address. Email me personally if need be so as not to clutter the list (like I am currently doing). bobscott@tmbg.org AKA Bob "Annie Wilkes is no friend of mine, Mr. Sheldon" Scott http://members.theglobe.com/bobscott/default.html Proof that aliens exist among us as unnoticeable post boxes! ------------------------------ Message-ID: <36D29E86.23D3EEBB@pacificnet.net> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 05:26:51 -0700 From: Gary Subject: TMBG: Re: Kids' album not official? Misty wrote: >In most of the posts I've been reading lately, a lot of people have been >saying that while TMBG's children's album will be coming out in the >spring, they won't release an official album until 2000. Well, why isn't >the children's album an official album? For some reason, I was under the impression that the kids' CD was going to be released by "John Flansburgh and John Linnell" and they would not be credited as They Might Be Giants. As far as I'm concerned if it says "They Might Be Giants" on it is "official". -B O N G O ------------------------------ From: tmbgirl@juno.com Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 07:40:34 -0700 Subject: Re: TMBG: eBay, the Universe, and Everything Message-ID: <19990223.074041.3710.0.TMBgirl@juno.com> > Well, I've finally officially decided that trying to get TMBG >stuff >on eBay isn't all that bad of an idea, if you don't mind paying >slightly >more than Bob Saget might to get any type of career. And then there's >the shipping. But I got S-E-X-X-Y, and I suppose that's more than >enough. remember if you just want to hear this stuff (rather than collect it), you can always ask a bootleg trader to dub it for ya. i hate to see people making all this money... take it easy, JOrdaN http://www2.netcom.com/~arnot/joda/bootlegs.html np LTJ: losing streak ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990223160549.17816.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Mad Midget" Subject: TMBG: kiddie stuff, live, polls Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:05:49 EST >In most of the posts I've been reading lately, a lot of people have >been >saying that while TMBG's children's album will be coming out in the >spring, they won't release an official album until 2000. Well, why >isn't >the children's album an official album? It is going to be made by >They Might Be Giants, and it's not going to be a compilation album. I must agree. For the most part, I really love all of their educational songs. I sure hope it ain't a bunch of covers. Even then I'd probably get it anyways... Has anybody noticed that TMBG, Pearl Jam, and 311 came out with live cds around the same time? I just thought that was weird. >Also I had a question about the Istanbul single is it very valuable? Why, yes. Try finding it ANYWHERE and come back to me. >The Person of the Century# Person % Tally >1 Jesus Christ 41.12 819686 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't He born like 1,900 years before the 20th century? Oh well. Thanks for the tips about e-bay, what a gyp. I guess I'll just have to keep going to used cd stores and hope for the best. Type at y'all later then, Mike the Live No, I thought, the geek in Colorado had it all wrong. The real problem is how to wallow with the eagles at night and soar with the pigs in the morning. -Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <36D22FD0.30900B1A@cybercomm.net> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 23:34:25 -0500 From: TDK Subject: TMBG: TMBG with the Violent Femmes on 3/11/99 at Kutztown University! Hey, I just got confirmation from Hornblow that TMBG will indeed be playing at Kutztown Univerity which is just ouside Philadelphia, PA on 3/11/99. The Violent Femmes with be playing with them, too! The event is open to the public, tickets are $22 and are available for purchase on campus. For directions go to www.kutztown.edu. I'll be there, how about you? :) -Mike ------------------------------ From: Batbrain99@aol.com Message-ID: <1aae99f2.36d2de16@aol.com> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:57:58 EST Subject: TMBG: MP3 Album Cost Anyone know exactly when the album goes out, where to find it, and what the price will be? I for one plan on buying it. Cuz I for one havent heard any of the songs on it. Cuz I for one am too lazy call DAS or download them. ~Bat "Look who's lazy now!" Brain ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990223172555.25585.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: Worth of "Istanbul" (was The flans) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:25:55 PST Alex Pedraza wrote: >Also I had a question about the Istanbul single is it very valuable? >Cause at the TMBG concert in the coachouse last year I saw some chick >with it and she got it signed by john and john ( i also got severe >tire >damage signed byt them but i doubt it's very valuable) Anyhoo, if >anyone >can tell me if it is very valuable or how much it would go for that >would be cool. Thanks! I don't think that the "Istanbul" single is worth very much, even with the Johns' signatures. It's out of print, but still fairly common (although I haven't been able to find it). Of course, people who bid on eBay might be willing to pay outrageous prices for it. -- May you live in interesting times, Nathan DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990223172852.17446.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Kids' album not official? Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:28:52 PST Gary Bongo wrote: > For some reason, I was under the impression that the kids' CD was >going to be released >by "John Flansburgh and John Linnell" and they would not be credited >as They Might Be >Giants. As far as I'm concerned if it says "They Might Be Giants" on >it is "official". What if it says "This is not an official They Might Be Giants album" on it? It would still say "They Might Be Giants" in that situation, y'know. -- May you live in interesting times, Nathan DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5447/ Now playing: XTC, Apple Venus: Volume 1 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990223211425.28860.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Scott Reed" Subject: TMBG: mp3s and such Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:14:24 CST Really, I'm not too taken with goodnoise.com and mp3 trading on the internet. most people rip their mp3s (goodnoise included) at 126kbps which doesn't really allow for CD quality, more like tape or phono quality, the mp3s obtained online are really only useful if you want to play them on your computer only. The whole argument that people are obtaining mp3s and ripping off artists of deserved royalties is similar to saying the same of people that tape songs off their friends' cds, except on a larger scale my 30 groeschen bjorky ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Message-Id: <4.1.19990223164338.009307d0@mail.clemson.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:45:10 -0500 From: Adam Tyner Subject: Re: TMBG: mp3s and such At 03:14 PM 2/23/99, Scott Reed wrote: >Really, I'm not too taken with goodnoise.com and mp3 trading on the >internet. most people rip their mp3s (goodnoise included) at 126kbps Well, 128kps, but that's a nitpick. :-) >which doesn't really allow for CD quality, more like tape or phono >quality, the mp3s obtained online are really only useful if you want to >play them on your computer only. The whole argument that people are >obtaining mp3s and ripping off artists of deserved royalties is similar >to saying the same of people that tape songs off their friends' cds, >except on a larger scale Mp3s played through a stereo sound much better than through computer speakers, or at least that's been my experience. They're good enough for me, and although I don't have the same standards as others (and that's in no way meant to demean those of you who are hi-fi buffs), I think I'll be more than happy with the quality of whatever they release. -Adam -- /=---------------- http://www.he-man.org/ctyner/ ----------------=\ http://www.crystal-night.com/~ctyner/tuscadero.html http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/ctyner/ He-Man, Tuscadero, "Weird Al", Yoo-hoo, Killer Tomatoes, & more! ------------------------------ From: LimeZinger@aol.com Message-ID: <3cc3705.36d31a8c@aol.com> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:15:56 EST Subject: Re: TMBG: kiddie stuff, live, polls In a message dated 2/23/99 11:07:30 AM, m_peror07@hotmail.com writes: >>Also I had a question about the Istanbul single is it very valuable? > >Why, yes. Try finding it ANYWHERE and come back to me. actually, there's a store here in rochester that gets it in from time to time. i found it there about a year or 2 ago. (they have a website too... http://www.alternativemusic.com) >>The Person of the Century# Person % Tally >>1 Jesus Christ 41.12 819686 > >Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't He born like 1,900 years before the > >20th century? ::smirking:: just goes ta show ya ... well, i don't know exactly what, but... people are so stupid. ::sigh:: yes, you're right. ;) i think. i'm not up on.. the bible, but i can tell you that 1900-2000 doesn't involve jesus. ;) sarah ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:49:46 -0500 Subject: NON-TMBG: Ben Folds Five album info Message-ID: <19990223.174950.12150.0.hotel_detective1@juno.com> From: e f rae just the final word on the upcoming BF5 album, for those of ya'll who are fans... "JAMTV reports BEN FOLDS FIVE will release their fourth album, "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Mesnner," on April 27th. The release of the 11-track album, with its first single of "I Thought About the Army," will coincide with the band setting out on tour." ever-sincere, eriKa, the Authorized Autobiography of a Cat With a Triscuit for a Brain "John Flansburgh should be man of the year." - Jesus (okay, maybe not...) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:24:30 -0600 From: Bob Scott Message-ID: <36D338AE.978B9EE2@tmbg.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Subject: TMBG: Semi-Flans: Jesus # 1 I just thought I'd say that my once active mail writing campaign to dethrone Jesus from the number one spot at the Person of the Century Poll ended in pain, as all such efforts must end. Of course, all of the letters were thrown into a pile and burned, so they never actually reached Time, but it was the effort that mattered, and Jesus knew... Yes, Jesus knew... Flansburgh didn't, though he did know that Ric Flair had to be destroyed. Perhaps Flans will completely destroy Flair, dubbing him "King of the Winos". bobscott@tmbg.org AKA Bob "I told you to crush his spirit, not break his heart" Scott http://members.theglobe.com/bobscott/default.html Where the Newsradio of this evening already exists in my very soul! And free pennies! ------------------------------ Message-ID: <003801be5fa2$a5411880$5abd9cce@mike> From: Mike Blaser Subject: Re: TMBG: mp3s and such Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:06:07 -0500 >Really, I'm not too taken with goodnoise.com and mp3 trading on the >internet. most people rip their mp3s (goodnoise included) at 126kbps >which doesn't really allow for CD quality, 128 is close to CD quality...and some people even make mp3's at 256, which is CD quality, or at least very very close to it. >more like tape or phono >quality, Umm..no. It must be that your speakers suck or something. I've got my computer hooked up to my stereo, and it sounds great. >the mp3s obtained online are really only useful if you want to >play them on your computer only. Not necessarily....i've been putting mp3's onto tape for years...and as soon as I get a CD burner, I'll be putting em on CD's. >The whole argument that people are >obtaining mp3s and ripping off artists I wouldn't call it ripping the artists off...the artist's lose very little....it's ripping the record companies off. And as soon as they stop ripping me off, I'll stop ripping them off. ~Mike ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990223224932.0083f790@pop.mindspring.com > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:49:32 -0600 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: non-TMBG: New Idol Virus (LDB) song. Hey, for those people on this list that like my music, direct your way on down to my website for my new song Vixen. Please let me know what you guys think. http://www.mp3.com/music/Techno/2885.html Bigger'n the list, El Dee Bee -- http://www.lucidx.com/is My egotistical webpage, links to all the webpages I don't keep in my sig. -- http://www.mp3.com/idolv Download some of my music. -- http://members.xoom.com/MaxxIda/ The Official Sam Kieth Webpage - The Maxx IDA -- Contemporary Cartoon Militia is (C) & TM 1998 S. Steven Struble and Kris W. M. Struble. | The Li'l Depressed Boy, Phreeck, Spyder Hunt, and all related characters (C) & TM 1998 S. Steven Struble ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990223225214.0083fca0@pop.mindspring.com > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:52:14 -0600 From: "The Li'l Depressed Boy" Subject: Re: non-TMBG: New Idol Virus (LDB) song. Oh, and by the way. The name of the new song is Vixen. El Dee Bee At 10:49 PM 2/23/99 -0600, you wrote: >Hey, for those people on this list that like my music, direct your way on >down to my website for my new song Vixen. Please let me know what you guys >think. > >http://www.mp3.com/music/Techno/2885.html > >Bigger'n the list, >El Dee Bee -- http://www.lucidx.com/is My egotistical webpage, links to all the webpages I don't keep in my sig. -- http://www.mp3.com/idolv Download some of my music. -- http://members.xoom.com/MaxxIda/ The Official Sam Kieth Webpage - The Maxx IDA -- Contemporary Cartoon Militia is (C) & TM 1998 S. Steven Struble and Kris W. M. Struble. | The Li'l Depressed Boy, Phreeck, Spyder Hunt, and all related characters (C) & TM 1998 S. Steven Struble ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #15-24 ******************************