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 42, Number 23 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 42, Number 23 Saturday, 23 June 2001 Topics: TMBG: TMBG is Toast! (And I for one am glad!) TMBG: Re: 88 Lines about 44 Women TMBG: RE: Man it's so loud in here Re: TMBG: Re: 88 Lines about 44 Women Re: TMBG: I'm your boyfriend now Re: TMBG: Re: 88 Lines about 44 Women Re: TMBG: RE: Man it's so loud in here Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here TMBG: Free show in Atlanta TMBG: Problem with EMusic Re: TMBG: Problem with EMusic TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Re: Non-TMBG: files on the Mac Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here TMBG: IMPORTANT!!!(not terribly) TMBG: My problem with EMusic (continued) TMBG: Re: My problem with EMusic (continued) Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Administrivia: For all administrative issues, such as change of address, withdrawal from the list, etc., send a message to the following address: ÁÁowner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors. tmbg-list is compiled with Digest 3.7b (John Relph ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 03:44:11 -0700 From: Bongo Subject: TMBG: TMBG is Toast! (And I for one am glad!) Message-ID: <3B332177.7BBEDE60@pacificnet.net> Someone recently mentioned that "new computers being shipped with Windows ME seem to have a copy of Older 'preinstalled' with them." That's cool. I just bought a copy of Toast 5 (the top CD writing software for the Mac). It installs a folder of free MP3s including "Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal"! Unfortunately though they label the file "You Said We MADE A Deal". They also call it that in the "About the Songs" read me file. They cut off the words "Hey Mr. DJ, I" and replaced "had" with "made" Oh well, better than nothing. At least they didn't credit it to "There May Be Giants". By the way the PC version of the program is called "Easy CD Creator". Maybe it comes with the same MP3s. -B O N G O ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:55:07 +0100 From: "Richard Hilton" Subject: TMBG: Re: 88 Lines about 44 Women Message-ID: A friend of mine (who, like me, now has tickets for the TMBG July UK show) asked me about a TMBG song he thinks is called 88 Lines About 44 Women. He told me " It was originally by a band called The Nails and if you do a web search on the title and "TMBG" you'll find all sorts of confusion about it!" Can anyone enlighten us............ Thanks Richard _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 03:58:44 -0700 From: Bongo Subject: TMBG: RE: Man it's so loud in here Message-ID: <3B3324DF.D103AFED@pacificnet.net> Subject: Re: TMBG: Man it's so loud in here Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 03:55:56 -0700 From: Bongo To: "Bryan T. Hoerber" References: 1 I think "Man It's So Loud In Here" its SUPPOSE to sound like generic dance club junk. Some people say TMBG has "gone disco". No, its just another of their many nods other musical genres. I would put it in a category with "Cut the Strings". (Do you really think they like that kind of music?) In both cases, I think they are sort of making fun of it while at the same time admitting that it does have some kind of appeal.) That's my hunch anyway. -B O N G O "Bryan T. Hoerber" wrote: > I am listening to Man It's So Loud In Here and I remember someone said that > it sounded like a cookie-cutter techno something or other. Well my take on > it is that it sounds more like an 80's One-Hit-Wonder style song. Like > Cindi Lauper or something along those lines. And I really like it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 04:09:42 -0700 From: Bongo Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: 88 Lines about 44 Women Message-ID: <3B332770.6B226BC3@pacificnet.net> Richard Hilton wrote: > A friend of mine (who, like me, now has tickets for the TMBG July UK show) asked me about a TMBG song he thinks is called 88 Lines About 44 Women. > > He told me " It was originally by a band called The Nails and if you do a web search on the title and "TMBG" you'll find all sorts of confusion about it!" > > Can anyone enlighten us............ > Thanks > Richard > I thought this whole thing came from the Nails file on Napster which was mis-labeled as TMBG. But DID the Johns cover it at one time? I can't imagine the Johns covering the full song as is. While it's very clever its also very dirty. The song tells us that one of the 44 women "liked to get f***ed while wearing biker boots" for example. -B O N G O ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 04:17:59 -0700 From: Bongo Subject: Re: TMBG: I'm your boyfriend now Message-ID: <3B332962.67D02602@pacificnet.net> Josh Axelrad wrote: > > My god is "I'm your boyfriend now" a great song... I am a disappointed > that this didn't make the cut for Mink Car. I don't know... Yes! A great song. Some nice dark humor. > > I think TMBG unlimited obviously is dangerous because it lets everybody be > an informed judge of whether Mink Car is the best it could be... and I am > sure most of you won't be satisfied... but I figure we are getting all the > material, so if you aren't happy with their album you can make your own... I remember listening to recent Unltd's and think "God, if this is the stuff that wasn't good enough to make the CD, just imagine what great songs DID make it!" Now it appears that many of my faves might not be on it (I don't know the track listing. Do you guys?). I like Edith Head but its far from a favorite. Anyway like you said, at least they are putting it all out there. -B O N G O ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 07:00:44 -0700 From: "Bryan T. Hoerber" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: 88 Lines about 44 Women Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010622065833.00a9dc50@mail.aviationpage.com> There is a lot of confusion of TMBG songs on a lot of File Sharing programs. I did a search for TMBG on Napster and found stuff like TMBG - Puttin' on the Ritz, TMBG - Fish Heads, TMBG - The Beer Song. Obviously none of those have ever been done by TMBG. It's kind of like when there is a parody song floating around the net and obviously not Weird Al but since a lot of people think Weird Al is the only one that does Parodies it get's labeled as Weird Al. At 04:09 AM 6/22/2001, you wrote: >Richard Hilton wrote: > > > A friend of mine (who, like me, now has tickets for the TMBG July UK > show) asked me about a TMBG song he thinks is called 88 Lines About 44 Women. > > > > He told me " It was originally by a band called The Nails and if you do > a web search on the title and "TMBG" you'll find all sorts of confusion > about it!" > > > > Can anyone enlighten us............ > > Thanks > > Richard > > > > I thought this whole thing came from the Nails file on Napster which > was mis-labeled as TMBG. > > But DID the Johns cover it at one time? I can't imagine the Johns > covering the full song as is. While it's very clever its also very dirty. > The song tells >us that one of the 44 women "liked to get f***ed while wearing biker >boots" for example. > >-B O N G O ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 07:07:20 -0700 From: "Bryan T. Hoerber" Subject: Re: TMBG: RE: Man it's so loud in here Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010622070137.00aba4e8@mail.aviationpage.com> I dunno. I have a few Disco CDs in my collection as well as a lot of electronica which includes techno and trance and personally I don't think it sounds like either. But I do think you are right about them making fun of the genre they are performing. Now what makes me think it is more 80's is the music after the line "When they stop the drum machine and I can think again, I'll remember what it was." I think I have heard that before in another song from the 80's, possibly on an 80's x-mas song. Not quite sure. And the guitar in the song sounds a lot like MADNESS and Modern English. That's just what it reminds me of. At 03:58 AM 6/22/2001, you wrote: > I think "Man It's So Loud In Here" its SUPPOSE to sound like generic >dance >club junk. Some people say TMBG has "gone disco". No, its just another >of >their many nods other musical genres. I would put it in a category with >"Cut >the Strings". (Do you really think they like that kind of music?) In >both >cases, I think they are sort of making fun of it while at the same time >admitting that it does have some kind of appeal.) That's my hunch >anyway. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:58:51 -0400 From: "Yer Pal Paul" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Message-ID: <9gvmeb$2ktv$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org "makebase" wrote in message news:9gu9t3$dd2$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org... > All the eggheads I know agree that the last year of the 1950's, for example, > was 1960. On the other hand, either way, it has nothing to do with the > price of rice in China. Not that this has anything to do with TMBG (which it doesn't) but you are absolutely incorrect. As scratch pointed out, the issue with 2000/2001 was the argument over the last day of the "Second Millennium" (which was, in fact, Dec. 31, 2000). But the last of the "1900's" was still Dec., 31, 1999. That is, the Second Millennium and the 1900's are not precisely the same thing. So I'm sure what your egghead friends meant is that 1960 is part of the 196th decade, but not part of the "1950's" Alright then? So sayeth his honor, the TMBG Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and also of his desk. Yer Pal Paul Not back on that old Time is Money kick, still on it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:10:11 From: "John Ferrer" Subject: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Message-ID: [Unknown MIME type or encoding (text/html), contents not processed] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:27:32 From: "John Ferrer" Subject: TMBG: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: [Unknown MIME type or encoding (text/html), contents not processed] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:39:53 -0700 From: "Bryan T. Hoerber" Subject: Re: TMBG: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010622083910.00a54d00@mail.aviationpage.com> [Unknown MIME type or encoding (text/html), contents not processed] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:45:29 -0400 From: scratch Subject: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: <3B337629.23AEAD57@the-pentagon.com> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org MP3 is the file extension for the MPEG Layer-3 Audio format. They're downloading as the right thing. Is there some problem you're having because they're calling themselves that? -scratch John Ferrer wrote: > > I've been meaning to ask this but...didn't. When I downloaded the > Unlimited tracks this month, they were downloaded as MPG audio instead > of MP3's, which seems incredibly odd because the links are to MP3's. > I've tried multiple times since, including five minutes ago. So I > don't know what's going on. I have a new computer this month, and last > month they worked fine, so I suspect it's my problem, but does anyone > else have it or have you had it before? I'd like to figure it out > before the new month so I'm not stuck with these instead of MP3's. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:07:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Brown Subject: Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Message-ID: On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, John Ferrer wrote: > Someone explained earlier that to get into the free show, you just had to > sign up for a "freeloader card" from an Atlanta radio station at 99x.com. > I've been screwing around and I just now went to sign up, only to notice > that you apparently must be a resident of Georgia to apply. I live in SC, > so what's the deal here? I can't go at all? Does anyone know? It also > says you have to be 16, and I was planning on taking a group including a > 15-year-old and a 14-year-old. So what are the chances of fixing that > too? The thing about freeloader cards is all hooey. You can just show up at Centennial Park and walk right in. Do you groupie types in the Atlanta area, or anyone who is planning to go to the free show, want to get together just beforehand or something? We could go to a swell mexican place before the concert, or something. -=Matt Brown=- GaTech cs/phys undergrad | web: http://thm.askee.net/dynamic/ | "Every Day is a Good Day" email: thehangedman@death-star.com | -Zen Proverb AIM: THM42 ICQ: 10933909 | ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 17:49:19 From: "John Ferrer" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: [Unknown MIME type or encoding (text/html), contents not processed] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 17:52:43 From: "John Ferrer" Subject: Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Message-ID: [Unknown MIME type or encoding (text/html), contents not processed] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:56:48 -0400 From: scratch Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: <3B3386E0.7E6EDA6F@the-pentagon.com> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org John Ferrer wrote: > > >What happens when you try to RIGHT CLICK > SAVE AS on the links > instead of just >clicking on them? Have you tried using a program such > as FreeAmp (useless with the UnLtd >tracks)? > > Actually, that's what I HAVE to do. Just clicking on them doesn't do > anything at all, which is even stranger. > > >MP3 is the file extension for the MPEG Layer-3 Audio format. They're > >downloading as the right thing. Is there some problem you're having > >because they're calling themselves that? > > > >-scratch > > > > Because they're not MP3's, they're MPEG's, and can only be played with > RealPlayer. I can't find a way to convert them, and like this, I can't > burn them onto a CD, use them in most sound editing software, or many > other things I tend to do with MP3's. You missed my point. MP3's *are* (audio-only) MPEG's. So the file extensions are interchangible. If the problem is that they have the extension *.mpg, just rename them. -scratch ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:00:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Adam Piontek Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: <20010622180022.34985.qmail@web13802.mail.yahoo.com> Are you using a Macintosh? Because this sounds like a problem related to what your browser thinks the files are and what it's telling the OS that they are. I'm not a big Mac person (haven't used one in ages), but I seem to recall Macs having a fairly sophisticated file-system way of telling what files are. Whereas, if you're using a PC, and you download an MP3 from emusic, the only problem might be the file having the wrong extension, in which case you just change the extension. I'm not sure what to do if you have a Mac, short of fixing your browser to properly recognize MP3s and then re-downloading the problem files. On the PC, just go into a dos window and ren *.MPG *.MP3. That should fix it. If you don't want to go into a DOS window, there's a nice little util I use called ChangeExt that lets you change the extensions very easily. Or maybe newer versions of windows let you do it in the properties box, I don't know. -Adam --- John Ferrer wrote: Because they're not MP3's, they're MPEG's, and can only be played with RealPlayer. I can't find a way to convert them, and like this, I can't burn them onto a CD, use them in most sound editing software, or many other things I tend to do with MP3's. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:03:37 -0500 From: Mitch Harding Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Message-ID: <3B338879.8EE25842@tmbg.org> I dunno. Sure, 1960 is part of the 6th decade of last century (1951-1960). But I don't think the 1950's means the 6th decade. I think it means the years that are 195x. Just as I don't think the phrase the 1900's means the 20th century, I think they are slightly different. I will agree, though, that it really doesn't matter. Mitch! www.mitcharf.com makebase wrote: > > All the eggheads I know agree that the last year of the 1950's, for example, > was 1960. On the other hand, either way, it has nothing to do with the > price of rice in China. > > Shaun > > scratch wrote in message > news:3B32A2D3.9CD1A2D9@the-pentagon.com... > > I don't know about that. I agree that 2000 was the last year of the > > twentieth century, but to me it makes more sense to say 1999 was the > > last year of the 1900's, for example. I could be wrong on that though. > > > > -scratch > > > > makebase wrote: > > > > > > Furthermore, if no one told you during that whole Y2K thing, decades and > > > centuries start on the 1 year, not the 0 year. So, 1990 was the last > year > > > of the 80's > > > > > > Shaun > > > > > > scratch wrote in message > > > news:3B3273F5.A8748CFE@the-pentagon.com... > > > > Well, it was almost certainly written in the 80's, and possibly > recorded > > > > then too. > > > > > > > > -scratch > > > > > > > > "Bryan T. Hoerber" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Well you know what I mean. Just it sounds like a lot of songs that > came > > > out > > > > > of the 80s. Speaking of 80s, eMusic.com has a compilation of songs > from > > > the > > > > > 80's. Guess what is on it? Particle Man. Now correct me if I am > wrong > > > but > > > > > the title cut even states that it is a brand new record for 1990, > Flood. > > > > > > > > > > At 12:53 PM 6/21/2001, you wrote: > > > > > >"Bryan T. Hoerber" wrote in message > > > > > >news:5.0.2.1.2.20010621122620.00ab4c88@mail.aviationpage.com... > > > > > > > I am listening to Man It's So Loud In Here and I remember > someone > > > said > > > > > >that > > > > > > > it sounded like a cookie-cutter techno something or other. Well > my > > > take on > > > > > > > it is that it sounds more like an 80's One-Hit-Wonder style > song. > > > Like > > > > > > > Cindi Lauper or something along those lines. And I really like > it. > > > > > > > > > > > >Is One Hit Wonder a song style? Man-O-Nam! I'd like to see the > guys > > > on > > > > > >Whose Line Is It Anyway tackle that one. > > > > > > > > > > > >YPP ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:10:43 -0400 From: scratch Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: <3B338A23.5C8414A0@the-pentagon.com> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Adam Piontek wrote: > > Are you using a Macintosh? Because this sounds like a > problem related to what your browser thinks the files > are and what it's telling the OS that they are. I'm > not a big Mac person (haven't used one in ages), but I > seem to recall Macs having a fairly sophisticated > file-system way of telling what files are. > > Whereas, if you're using a PC, and you download an MP3 > from emusic, the only problem might be the file having > the wrong extension, in which case you just change the > extension. > > I'm not sure what to do if you have a Mac, short of > fixing your browser to properly recognize MP3s and > then re-downloading the problem files. > > On the PC, just go into a dos window and ren *.MPG > *.MP3. That should fix it. If you don't want to go > into a DOS window, there's a nice little util I use > called ChangeExt that lets you change the extensions > very easily. Or maybe newer versions of windows let > you do it in the properties box, I don't know. Why not just right-click and rename? As for the Mac thing, I assumed he wasn't because of the MSN ad at the bottom of the email. -scratch ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:16:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Adam Piontek Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: <20010622181636.68013.qmail@web13803.mail.yahoo.com> --- scratch wrote: > Why not just right-click and rename? Because, if your file extensions are hidden in Windows 9x, which is the default, the normal avenues of renaming don't give you access to the file extension. > As for the Mac thing, I assumed he > wasn't because of the MSN ad at the > bottom of the email. MSN is made by Microsoft, but it's not only for PCs, is it? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:23:20 -0400 From: scratch Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Problem with EMusic Message-ID: <3B338D18.12B330A2@the-pentagon.com> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Adam Piontek wrote: > > --- scratch wrote: > > Why not just right-click and rename? > > Because, if your file extensions are hidden in Windows > 9x, which is the default, the normal avenues of > renaming don't give you access to the file extension. And the first thing I do on any computer I use is turn that off. I've never understood why anyone would want it set up like that... > > As for the Mac thing, I assumed he > > wasn't because of the MSN ad at the > > bottom of the email. > > MSN is made by Microsoft, but it's not only for PCs, > is it? I think so, but I guess I could be wrong. -scratch ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:25:01 -0400 From: "Bryce" Subject: Re: Non-TMBG: files on the Mac Message-ID: <9h069k$f7c$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org Adam Piontek : > I'm not a big Mac person (haven't used one in ages), > but I seem to recall Macs having a fairly > sophisticated file-system way of telling what files > are. On a Mac, the system doesn't deduce what application to use from an extension on the file's name; this information is actually inside the file. There's one four-character code indicating what type of file it is, and another four-character code indicating which app to open when the user double-clicks the file. So the upshot is that each file remembers the application that last opened it (if any). If you have more than one application that would be appropriate for a particular type of file (say, an editor and a viewer), then it can be sort of a limitation. > I'm not sure what to do if you have a Mac, short of > fixing your browser to properly recognize MP3s and > then re-downloading the problem files. Nah, all you'd have to do is start the application you want to use first, then open the files. Of course, this probably isn't even relevant to John's problem. :-/ Bryce Oranges. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:29:20 -0600 From: "makebase" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Message-ID: <9h06ht$fjg$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org I bow before His Honor, the Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Massachusets & His Desk, the Biggest Egghead of them all. So, can you tell me, then, why a day starts at 12:00 instead if 1:00? Shaun Contoversial Abmbassador to Utah, People's Republic of Yer Pal Paul wrote in message news:9gvmeb$2ktv$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org... > > "makebase" wrote in message > news:9gu9t3$dd2$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org... > > All the eggheads I know agree that the last year of the 1950's, for > example, > > was 1960. On the other hand, either way, it has nothing to do with the > > price of rice in China. > > Not that this has anything to do with TMBG (which it doesn't) but you are > absolutely incorrect. As scratch pointed out, the issue with 2000/2001 was > the argument over the last day of the "Second Millennium" (which was, in > fact, Dec. 31, 2000). But the last of the "1900's" was still Dec., 31, 1999. > That is, the Second Millennium and the 1900's are not precisely the same > thing. So I'm sure what your egghead friends meant is that 1960 is part of > the 196th decade, but not part of the "1950's" Alright then? > > So sayeth his honor, the TMBG Ambassador to the Commonwealth of > Massachusetts, and also of his desk. > > Yer Pal Paul > Not back on that old Time is Money kick, still on it. > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:50:56 -0400 From: "Bill Seybolt" Subject: Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Message-ID: The show's at Olympic Park and it's pretty open. I haven't been down to any of the other shows (they do one every Friday), so I can't say what the protocol is. Worse case is someone can sneak it to you over the fence once you get in... Please respond to "John Ferrer" Sent by: owner-tmbg-list@tmbg.org To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org cc: Subject: Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta If you get a group together, I'm game. Also, do you think since it's a free show I'd be allowed to videotape it? Or at least take pictures/bootleg it without being secretive? I can't see why they'd especially care if there's no charge. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:11:02 -0400 From: "Bryce" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Message-ID: <9h08vu$jse$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org makebase : > So, can you tell me, then, why a > day starts at 12:00 instead if 1:00? Because it's not really 12:00, it's 0:00. You mean to tell me a martial-law ambassador like you doesn't use military time? Bryce Planning midnight raids. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:32:15 EDT From: EmarZero@aol.com Subject: Re: TMBG: Free show in Atlanta Message-ID: Do you groupie types in the Atlanta area, or anyone who is planning to go to the free show, want to get together just beforehand or something? We could go to a swell mexican place before the concert, or I might be game for that. As long as the kid in the bunny suit doesn't come. He frightens me. Note to the Kid In The Bunny Suit, if he's reading this: Don't ever wear that again. You make the rest of us look stupid, too. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:45:50 EDT From: MST3Kenobi@aol.com Subject: TMBG: IMPORTANT!!!(not terribly) Message-ID: <90.161d9b46.2865087e@aol.com> Greetings, Comrades Okay. I'm just warning you all now that this is not a terribly exciting piece of mail. If you have anything more important than flossing your dog's teeth to do right now (not that I don't believe that good canine hygiene habits are important), then I suggest that you continue doing it, and delete this. Okay. Now, for all of those pathetic souls who are left (don't worry, I would be one of you too), you might be slightly interested in this little story. Maybe. We've recently been working on a mural in my basement of the downtown area of the town in which I live. It's very nice, and almost finished. We've been cutting people out of magazines that are the proper size to put into it, because, man are people hard to paint on that scale. Anyway, I got a picture of my two favorite musicians, and they are currently keeping residence on the sidewalk outside of Jaworski's Music Centre. It's kind of cute (and I use that word only because I lack a better term) because the accordion is strapped to Linnell, but Flans has his right hand in the strap on the other side. It's really a rather nice picture, and it took me a while to find. Anyway, that's all. If you want to see that part of the mural, go here, but the picture isn't really very good, in fact it's terrible. The mural is a lot better than it looks (only an extremely small portion is pictured here as well) and you can barely see John and John in the pic (not that you can see them much better in the real thing). Oh well. I think it's kind of nice. Anyway, thanks for listening. BTW, would the nice person who said that I could have my Ambassadorship to the Sci-FI community consider putting me on the TMBG Ambassador page? No hurry, though. Thanks. ~MST3Kenobi@AOL.com TMBG Ambassador to the Science Fiction Community "I wanna be a nonconformist just like everybody else" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 19:39:55 -0400 From: scratch Subject: TMBG: Re: My problem with EMusic (continued) Message-ID: <3B33D74B.6FEDAA55@the-pentagon.com> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org John Ferrer wrote: > > Whoa, kids. Didn't mean to start an argument about how to fix this, > much less an argument about what's wrong with Windows. I'm starting a > new message, because there were about 7 I needed to reply to, so > yeah. First of all, I'm on a PC, but the reason the MSN ad is on here > is because I use MSN Hotmail, which has nothing to do with your > platform. I took the DOS approach and after much tinkering finally got > it to understand what I was doing, so now I indeed have the MP3's, > with the proper extension. So problem solved, I guess, but do I really > have to go through this every time? I'd at least like to understand > why it's doing this, because EMusic is the only place that causes > this. I've downloaded plenty of MP3's from other sites since this > started happening, and they download as MP3's. And if there's no way > to fix it, then how is it exactly that you can turn off the > extension-hiding function in Windows? And even so, would it not just > change it to *.mp3.mpga? Get into Folder Options (it's going to be in a different place according to what OS you're on), then on the View tab, there should be an option something like "hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it and hit okay. And no it wouldn't change them to that, just make sure it says whatever.mp3 in the save box and that's what it will save it as. -scratch ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:19:20 -0500 From: "Polaris" Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: Man it's so loud in here Message-ID: <9h14v4$226a$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org > Didn't the twelve hour clock originate before the twenty-four hour military > time system, though? Likely, but that would mean it was created by far more primitive logic. "What were you, raised in a barn? Shut the door! Probably were raised in a barn with all the other primitives." -Ash, "Army of Darkness" ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #42-23 ******************************