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, Volume 39, Number 2 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 39, Number 2 Friday, 2 March 2001 Topics: TMBG: tmbg-list FAQ TMBG: RE: TMBGU 3 TMBG: RE: TMBGU #3 SEMI-TMBG: Brian Dewan Re: TMBG: Tour Dates Re: TMBG: T-Shirts Re: TMBG: RE: TMBGU 3 Re: TMBG: Re: TMBGU #3 Re: SEMI-TMBG: Brian Dewan Re: SEMI-TMBG: Brian Dewan Re: TMBG: Tour Dates Re: TMBG: Tour Dates TMBG: New TMBG Unlimited poll: Name the next rock album! TMBG: Working Undercover ecard: Has anyone seen this? TMBG: Pollstar (was Re: Tour Dates) Re: TMBG: Tour Dates TMBG: March Unlimited Review Re: TMBG: New TMBG Unlimited poll: Name the next rock album! 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PR Mega ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 06:23:59 -0500 From: Marcus B Subject: TMBG: RE: TMBGU #3 Message-ID: <01C0A21C.818D9EE0.marcusb@alltel.net> Geez- lay off of TDK. It's not like he had psychic visions so he could know to take The Flood Show off of his page before TMBG UnLtd 3... and Twistid has released things before like Cyclops Rock- 128kbps MP3 ripped from What We Did This Summer -which was eventually released as a song on TMBG UnLtd 1...but why did Twistid post it at all? It's been known for a long time that Cyclops Rock is for the rock album. -Marcus Brannon Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:16:40 -0500 From: Sylvan Subject: TMBG: Re: TMBGU #3 Message-ID: <3A9DDB37.7FDDC0FA@mindspring.com> Organization: Mpath "Jay G." wrote: Now this time no one can complain. Well, you can complain to TDK if you downloaded his bootleg of the Flood Show. This doesn't exactly help his position in his ongoing war on Twistid ;)... -- Sylvan The problem with polls is that they only take into account the opinions of people with nothing better to do than responding to polls. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 03:59:24 -0800 From: "Erich Cannon" Subject: SEMI-TMBG: Brian Dewan Message-ID: THose of you who have Mtv2 know those little things in between videos showing the mtv2 logo. often artsy maybe imagry or different walks of poeple playing unusual instruments. Well I saw one the other day with Brian Dewan playing that instrument he invented and i cant recall if he sang along or if he said something at the end but it was kinda cool seeing him on one of those. On a side note i se Boss of me alot on there. Erich ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:39:54 EST From: NitpickR@aol.com Subject: Re: TMBG: Tour Dates Message-ID: <7e.11870a66.27cfb93a@aol.com> Hello 41- In addition to the already mentioned tourdates, I believe the day before the show at the 9:30 Club, they're playing at the Recher in Baltimore (Towson). Be there or don't. ~Adam ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 11:03:59 -0500 From: "Bryce" Subject: Re: TMBG: T-Shirts Message-ID: <97ls9t$1ifp$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Tim Clark : > http://www.gocart.org/4horsemen/Image2.html I like that effect! > Also, I could remove the wart in photoshop... :) Well, for that matter you could remove the wart in a text editor. But maybe John's skin will clear up on its own when you output to a lower character resolution. : > With all this talk of t-shirts, does anyone have any experience with www.cafepress.com ? It's a terrific idea, I just wish they offered shirt colors other than white. If not for that (and the fact that I'd rather use a company whose work I've actually seen), I probably would have used them for the Sapphire Bullets shirts. Maybe next time, though. Bryce A paper-white mask of evil. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 11:58:53 EST From: PRMega@aol.com Subject: Re: TMBG: RE: TMBGU 3 Message-ID: <91.78b3cc0.27cfd9cd@aol.com> >Why would they do this? Why would they want to make >LESS money from it than possible? Do you really think >little kids will have a TMBG UnLtd subscription and >they'll buy No!? It's not really the best idea, but unless They can find a record label to release "No!" on, then They're having the Chopping Block design all of the wiggy features for the CD for nothing. PR Mega ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 18:15:52 -0000 From: "Nathan Mulac DeHoff" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: TMBGU #3 Message-ID: Jay: > > 04-Violin (Obligatory No! preview) > > 05-Lazy Head & Sleepy Bones (Ditto) > > 06-Clap Your Hands (Ditto. Sigh.) Not to mention that two of those songs are available to preview through the website. (The Unlimited versions might well be higher quality, though.) >the demos and new songs are nice, >although I fear we may hear all of No! before it's released (if it ever >is). Whatever happened to Their deal with Rounder? -- May the light shine upon thee, Nathan DinnerBell@tmbg.org http://www.geocities.com/fablesto/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 13:51:22 -0500 From: "Jon" Subject: Re: SEMI-TMBG: Brian Dewan Message-ID: <003e01c0a280$9cffd760$10450241@wall1.pa.home.com> Was he playing an electric shovel or something? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erich Cannon" To: Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:59 AM Subject: SEMI-TMBG: Brian Dewan > > THose of you who have Mtv2 know those little things in between videos > showing the mtv2 logo. often artsy maybe imagry or different walks of poeple > playing unusual instruments. Well I saw one the other day with Brian Dewan > playing that instrument he invented and i cant recall if he sang along or if > he said something at the end but it was kinda cool seeing him on one of > those. > > On a side note i se Boss of me alot on there. > > Erich ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 14:53:15 -0500 From: tmbgirl@juno.com Subject: Re: SEMI-TMBG: Brian Dewan Message-ID: <20010301.145320.-221063.0.TMBgirl@juno.com> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 13:51:22 -0500 "Jon" writes: > Was he playing an electric shovel or something? his handmade electric zither. > >i cant recall if he sang along or if > > he said something at the end but it was kinda cool seeing him on one of > > those. he sings, i can't remember the whole song but it's something like this: "24 more hours of music videos to see running in perpetual rotation on tv" i'm sure you can find the song on twistid or perhaps tdk has it up *grin* take it easy, special J http://www.geocities.com/tmbgirl.geo/ http://www2.netcom.com/~arnot/joda/bootlegs.html http://home.nyu.edu/~jaa237/ <--concert calendar ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:53:49 EST From: HotelDetective11@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: TMBG: Tour Dates Message-ID: <9e.10c51403.27d02cfd@aol.com> In a message dated 3/1/2001 2:08:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, gale writes: > , NYC on the 24th, and Florida the 30th. God is an iron. > > Gale > neerk! NYC? They're playing there? where does it say this? that's not the south....i wanna go! jessie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:09:56 -0500 From: "The Demonic Kangaroo" Subject: TMBG: New TMBG Unlimited poll: Name the next rock album! Message-ID: <97mrud$2gp8$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org The new poll is up, and here are your six choices for the name of TMBG's next rock album: Unreliable Narrator Enter Our Name Is John Gigantor Damage In Translation Human Sacrifice I voted for Damage In Translation, though I will not be at all suprised if Unreliable Narrator wins, since pretty much everyone is already farmiliar with the name. -Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:38:36 -0500 From: "The Demonic Kangaroo" Subject: TMBG: Working Undercover ecard: Has anyone seen this? Message-ID: <97mtk4$2ifv$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Whilest searching for the Mr. Xcitement ecard, I stumbled upon this other flash card promoting the Working Undercover for the Man single. It's pretty funny and includes an animation of the puppet heads and a clip from Exquisite Dead Guy as well as a funny message. I've never seen this before, does anyone out there remember seeing this? Check it out! http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/special/tmbg/ecard.asp -Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 22:22:29 -0500 From: "Kristin ." Subject: TMBG: Pollstar (was Re: Tour Dates) Message-ID: For what it is worth... I have found pollstar to be a pretty good source for concert dates.. I generally find out from there before anywhere else. You can sign up and get updates sent to you on a daily basis (they are compiled and sent out all in one email once a day). (This doesn't mean that you get email every day, only when new concert dates are added for your preferred bands/venues). You can keep a watch on your favorite venues, your favorite bands, even your favorite cities (maybe). I check the TMBG websites pretty often, but as you all know they are almost always out of date. Pollstar provides an EASY EFFORTLESS way to find out the desired information!! :) So.. I'm excited about the new dates - anyone going to the shows at the Ritz (Raleigh) and Ziggy's (Winston Salem)?? :) How about Charleston? >From: Gale Mead >Reply-To: Gale Mead >To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org >Subject: Re: TMBG: Tour Dates >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:21:56 -0800 > >Dylan.... > >Thanks so much for posting those dates! Oh, if only tmbg.com was as >up to date as you! I almost missed the San Diego show a few weeks >ago because they hadn't posted it on their site. Bad Them. No cookie. > >Now weeping in self-pity because (for work reasons) I will be in DC >on the 17th, NYC on the 24th, and Florida the 30th. God is an iron. > >Gale > >-- > >Gale Mead --- gale@eskimo.com --- gale@san.rr.com >h-858-581-9075 --- f-858-581-9074 --- c-209-482-1237 > >"He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my >contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him >the spinal cord would suffice." -Albert Einstein _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:48:58 -0800 From: Gale Mead Subject: Re: Re: TMBG: Tour Dates Message-ID: >In a message dated 3/1/2001 2:08:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, gale writes: > >>, NYC on the 24th, and Florida the 30th. God is an iron. >> >>Gale >> > > >neerk! NYC? They're playing there? where does it say this? that's not the >south....i wanna go! Sorry for being ambiguous. I guess I just meant why couldn't my trip to NYC have coincided with when they DID play there? And why am I just barely missing the dates for DC and Florida? Poop. The "God is an iron" line, by the way, is from Spider Robinson (a science fiction writer) who put forth that as a carpenter practices carpentry, he who practices irony must be called an iron. Gale -- Gale Mead --- gale@eskimo.com --- gale@san.rr.com h-858-581-9075 --- f-858-581-9074 --- c-209-482-1237 "He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice." -Albert Einstein ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 00:46:01 EST From: FreeMiniPops@aol.com Subject: Re: TMBG: New TMBG Unlimited poll: Name the next rock album! Message-ID: I would really like to see it titled "Human Sacrifice." That phrase has been used by They alot. And also, I think it would make for a rather interesting album cover. Alex "Nobody likes what I like. That's how I like it." - Harvey Danger ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #39-2 *****************************