Mailing List Archive/2014-03-02

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' ALBUM NANOBOTS 
IS NOW ON SALE FOR 50% OFF!
 

Yes! For the next three days Nanobots is on super-sale!

It's hard to believe but it has been a full year since 
Nanobots arrived in the world, and what better way to celebrate the album's
birthday than with a massive sale in ALL FORMATS 
to get all the wallflowers to experience it's special magic! 
CD? MP3? FLAC? Beautiful Vinyl?
Whatever your preference, Nanobots is on special sale.
 
LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT
To commemorate Nanobots' birthday we also have a 
brand new design from the Offices of Paul Sahre --
a 3 DAY ONLY LIMITED EDITION "Hey. I forgot your name. Whatever" t-shirt! 
Available in ALL ADULT SIZES including 3XL and WOMENS --
so get it while you can! Every purchase of this limited edition t-shirt 
also comes with a FREE download of Nanobots.  
 
Both the Nanobots sale and the limited edition 
t-shirt sale close at midnight Wednesday, March 5, PST.
 
ANNOUNCING THE "AM I AWAKE?" VIDEO CONTEST
 

Listen to "Am I Awake?" on soundcloud now… and plan your winning video!

https://soundcloud.com/they-might-be-giants/am-i-awake


They Might Be Giants is making a new compilation album called Idlewild 
and it includes the magnificent, but often overlooked track "Am I Awake?" 
To help raise awareness of this great song, there is a video contest open to all video people -– 
film people and general visually-minded people –- who are open to the challenge! 
We hope that this includes YOU! There will be 3 winners and a $1000 cash prize for each winner.


These are the rules: Awesomeness required. Originality a must. DEADLINE IS APRIL 7th.


What we’d suggest to anyone about to embark on participating in this contest: 
Poetry, not prose. No see/say. Please make it beautiful, bold, stylish, contemporary, psychedelic, mind-bending. 
Transparency effects are nice, startling and beautiful imagery is nice, motion graphics can be exciting. 
Live action, animation, multi-media –- anything is possible. 
If there is any humor we would suggest it should be the deadest of the deadpan. 

The topic should not be John and John and representations of the band are discouraged.

All imagery must be original. Incorporating copyrighted images will disqualify your work.

HOW IT’S JUDGED?

All judging will be done by the great Judge John Hodgman. 
All submissions must be uploaded in HD on Vimeo.com with password protection before the contest deadline. 
You must then send us a message via email to videocontest@tmbg.com and be sure to 
include a direct link and a password along with your full name, email address, and phone number 
(strictly for contact purposes should you be chosen as the winner — 
we promise not to telemarket our t-shirt collection to you).


GOOD LUCK TO ALL PARTICIPANTS! EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH THE MAGIC OF ROCK VIDEO!


Here is a clip made from anime footage of the song… not a contest entry, but cool in its own right…
ROAD TRIP! 
TMBG perform 2 FREE SETS in 
WASHINGTON, DC
 
TMBG is FREE in DC! April 26! They Might Be Giants are doing only 2 shows
in the foreseeable future and they are both FREE! USA Science & Engineering Festival at 1pm and 4pm.  
The first set is more for kids, the second set is NOT FOR KIDS, but both are all ages. 
 

GET TMBGs FREE MUSIC APP!

 
The free iPhone app is at http://bit.ly/1dY2JAa (works great on iPads too) 

and the free android app is here http://bit.ly/17xjrVd!