Apollo 18/TMBG Online Information Bulletin 1.1
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Message-Id: <9202080613.AA16650@cdp.igc.org> From: Bo Orloff <bo@igc.org> To: they-might-be@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: TMBG Info Bulletin 1.1 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 92 22:13:21 PST ***************************************************************** TMBG Online Information Bulletin 1.1 / February 1992 ***************************************************************** Following is the text of the APOLLO 18 album press release: THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS / APOLLO 18 John Linnell- accordion, reeds / John Flansburgh- guitar, glasses 1972: APOLLO 17 successfully returns to the earth, concluding NASA's Apollo moon missions. 1992: APOLLO 18 is released by They Might Be Giants. APOLLO 18 is more than a rocket to the moon. It's a trip through nature, evil, death, and delirium. They Might Be Giants' new album finds the band's acclaimed song-writing reaching a new peak. Soaring with a kaleidoscopic variety of songs and a bold, full sound, APOLLO 18 is a sonic adventure that befits its title. >From the first track, "Dig My Grave," with its vocals recorded through a guitar fuzz-box, to the last, "Space Suit," which spotlights the Moog synthesizer, the album features extreme song arrangements. In its range and imagination, APOLLO 18 is more like singer/songwriter albums from the late sixties and seventies than the singles-and-filler albums so common today. Brimming with up-tempo rockers and diverse instrumentation, it is the first album the duo have completely produced themselves. John Flansburgh: "Having the freedom to do the production on the entire record has been very positive. The writing and recording were our only focus for nine months. We purposely avoided session-man-mania, and let our own humble playing shine through ... There's more Hammond organ and horns than ever before, and guitar is quite distorted on most of the songs. Before we started this album I got a Marshall amp and John Linnell got a couple of better saxophones, and those changes can be heard all over the recordings." APOLLO 18 is one of the first compact discs to take full advantage of the shuffle mode found on today's CD players. The song, "Fingertips" is composed of a series of twenty-one separate refrains, and in shuffle mode the CD player mixes up songs and "Fingertips"' twenty-one refrains at random, producing an ever-changing musical collage. Recorded in New York City, APOLLO 18 is rich with special guest appearances. The Giants' Brooklyn neighbours Laura Cantrell and Julie Cohen provide vocals on "The Guitar" and "Hall of Heads" respectively. Among a string of cameos on "Fingertips" are Peter Stampfel, founder of the Holy Modal Rounders and Brian Dewan, musician and artist who built the shrine structures on the cover of They Might Be Giants' LINCOLN album. They Might Be Giants have agreed with NASA to be Musical Spokespeople for International Space Year. By an Act of Congress, 1992 has been dedicated to the celebration of Space as an international frontier. They Might Be Giants have dedicated their APOLLO 18 tour to the Year and will promote its message of peaceful discovery in all their APOLLO 18-related activities. ***************************************************************** TMBG Online Information Bulletins are published by the TMBG Information Club and made available on a variety of online services & networks. ***************************************************************** Send correspondence, love letters & advice to: Internet: bo@igc.org -or- cdp!bo@labrea.stanford.edu Bitnet: cdp!bo%labrea@stanford UUCP: uunet!pyramid!cdp!bo GEnie: R.ORLOFF AOL: TMBG Info WELL: cdp!bo US Mail: Box 110553 Williamsburg Stn. Brooklyn, NY 11211 ***************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: Since the universe is actually composed of information, then it can be said that information will save us. This is the saving gnosis which the Gnostics sought. There is no other road to salvation. *****************************************************************
