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[edit] Nice Guitar Pick

Kudos to whoever's idea it was for the Dan Miller guitar pick --Goodtimes2

That was Ant that made the Dan Miller guitar pick. He also has something special for Danny Weinkauf too! -- Jason DeLima (talk page) 19:01, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Re-read that...he said "kudos to whoever's idea it was", not "who made it". Ha! --Duke33 19:07, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

true dat; i cannot claim responsibility for conception, only production. --

19:26, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I was just kidding of course. I just had the idea, but Ant did all the heavy lifting. --Duke33 19:43, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WOO I WON

Just got the call from the Jimmy Fallon show--scored two tickets for the TMBG band pass tomorrow night. Anyone else win? :D -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 15:52, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Jealous. I haven't heard. Did you enter all four times? The rules said something about 4 entries, but didn't specify if that was for different bands or if you could do multiples for one band. Maybe I just didn't read it well. But congrats! I will be watching for you tomorrow night. --MichelleMaBelle 23:43, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I won,too! :D ---KathyK 00:00, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok, seriously jealous. I wouldn't have been able to go anyway do to work but still...seriously jealous. Wave at those of us at home! --BlueCanary 05:13, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

I'll be wearing my TMBW shirt. Maybe it'll be visible on the HD feed! Hahah. I only entered once, Michelle. And a friend named Ryan who lives a few buildings away from me in Stony Brook won, too. Crazy, huh? -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 13:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Get a haircut, hippie! --badqueso 05:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Can it, disappearing buttburger. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 06:01, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Did you at least try to hide that false vinyl sleeve in it as a souvenir? --badqueso 06:12, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Now that was some prominent placement behind the band you score there! --BlueCanary 10:25, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Yep. And the LP sleeve actually had the tracklist on the back (just in case Fallon were to turn it around on-air, I suppose). I find it funny that they kept "CD+DVD" on it. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 14:54, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

It's up on Hulu.com Starts after the second to last commercial break +/-37:00

[edit] TMBG's Facebook status today

They Might Be Giants are in Detroit daydreaming. See the view from the bus at www.theymightbegiants.com, and comment at the fan wiki at www.tmbw.net. From the Onion, an interview ABOUT being interviewed with Flansburgh. http://chicago.decider.com/articles/meta-interview-they-might-be-giants-john-flansburg,33288/

Cool, huh? -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 17:25, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Very cool. I couldn't find "the view from the bus" though. What does that mean?--HerRoyalFlyness 18:52, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

That would likely be metaphorical. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 01:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

October 10 Update: Here's the band's Facebook status today:

They Might Be Giants want to encourage y'all to contribute to www.tmbw.net, the content rich audience-generated TMBG wiki! Review shows, add links, post stuff. And Old Fashioned Sunday brings you Ana Ng... Indianapolis-we haven't forgotten you!

Exciting!! -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 01:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Forum

Question: Are there any TMBG forums? Ive never found any in my internets travels... --Raulbloodworth 23:27, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

See Fan Communities. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 01:22, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan Coulton

Jonathan Coulton along with Paul and Storm and a special guest appearance from Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal performed the album Flood in its entirety on October 10 at Chicago's West Park. The entire show can be watched on YouTube, starting here.

[edit] Craig Ferguson in November

According to Flans at on of the shows last week, TMBG will be on the Craig Ferguson show while they are in LA in November. I don't know the exact date and my 30 seconds worth of research didn't turn it up but keep an eye out. --BlueCanary 10:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok, now I'm confused. Flans said they were appearing on Craig. I found an article listing the date as November 16th but now I can't find any other confirmations and I have found multiple listings that have a different musical guest appearing. Can anyone else confirm or deny? --BlueCanary 00:03, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I think I may have figured it out. If you find different, please chime in. It appears that Craig regularly pre-tapes it's musical guests. So while the band may be recording their appearance on November 16th it may be airing at a later date. Which is very much not what the article I read said but which would explain the conflicting listings. If that turns out to be the case some corrections should be made to our listings. --BlueCanary 00:25, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

And more confusion. Facebook says tomorrow. Marty's Twitter feed says today. DVR both just in case. Official listings don't have them on either day. Ahhhhh! --BlueCanary 21:47, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Marty's Twitter feed now says it won't be airing until December after all.

CORRECTION. TMBG is not on Craig Ferguson tonight. We just taped our performance which will be airing in Dec. But...

And yes, BlueCanary the Late Late Show does pre-tape its musical guests. Occasionally they'll accidentally let you get a peek at the empty audience. — User:ACupOfCoffee @ 00:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Kid's Go

I should point out in addition to Kid's Go shipping early from Amazon it will likely start popping up in a lot of brick and mortar bookstores this week too. It doesn't have a strict on sale date so bookstores can sell it whenever they get it in and it started arriving in the warehouses this past week. So if you happened to order it from an actual bookstore you will probably see your copy this week as well and you will likely be able to pick one up off the shelf too. Just had to put that in there as the employee of a physical bookstore since Amazon is our direct competition. I can't wait to be able to put it right into some customers hands :-) --BlueCanary 15:16, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] TMBG mentioned in CNN article

TMBG mentioned in an article about Weird Al. The interview is here. At the very end he was asked if he would team up with John Linnell for the Polka Monsters. It is actually a pretty funny interview. I would check it out --Goodtimes2

[edit] Vic Mizzy

Vic Mizzy died on October 19th this year! Just thought those of you who didn't know might like to. I wonder if TMBG know? He probably didn't get much coverage.

[edit] Heads-up

I know someone will probably want to post this to the news, so I'll just say here that this part at the end of the latest newsletter is (with utmost certainty) a joke:

COMING IN 2012! THE AVATARS OF THEY ALBUM!

-CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 06:48, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Trading/Sellling

Does anyone think it would be a good idea to put a page up where we could trade/sell TMBG items? I suppose there could be some complications; but even if it was just like a craigslist page, it might help some of us fans get some of the things we don't have!

[edit] VHS

I own both Video Compilation and The Videos 1986-1989 on vhs, but I haven't watched them until now. To my surprise, they both were the exact same video, same order of songs, and even the same intro. I looked at the tapes and they both have different labels for each one. Does anyone else have both of these and can verify if they are the exact same or different? --Inunaota4a 05:25, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Terminology

Not really TMBG-related, but why do songtitles on TMBW need quotation marks and album titles etc. don't? Also, in response to Magbatz, over here - in Belgium - we use double quotation marks only for literal citation (he said "blablabla") and single quotation marks for all other stuff that needs quotation marks. - Wout

It's just the particular way American English seems to do it, though I guess there's no rhyme or reason per se. Googling "MLA" or American English title punctuation would probably say it more accurately, but the basic rules are:

What you called "Literal citation" goes in quotation marks; if the quote quotes something, then, as they say, "'Literal citation' uses a single quotation inside the quotation-ed phrase"
For titles it can go one of two ways.

For longer/substantial/stand-alone works, the titles are often either underlined or in italics (italics are preferred digitally, especially when all links are underlined anyway). (The Spine)
Shorter works, songs, or typically anything that could be culled into a collection, anthology, or soundtrack, are put into double quotations. ("Spines"). (And then to talk about it, for example, Linnell says, "That song 'Spines' is neat.")

For a wiki open to all locations and people, it's never a rule or made explicit that the wiki's grammar/punctuation follows the American standard for English writing, but it's just the grammar that has happened to prevail. We've still arguably got some British-isms in reference to placement of end-quotations and end-punctuation (I like "Spines." vs. I like "Spines".) throughout the wiki (which is perfectly fine), and I'm sure a huge number of articles here do not use quotations or italics to denote titles at all (yet!). With that said, it's always nice to have another crusader in the battle to insert punctuation across TMBW's expansive fields of words and links, and sorry that my edit assumed you were just messing with the pre-existing quotation marks. ~ magbatz 22:54, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, I should probably just mention another implicit "rule" on the wiki. We do a lot of listing, and whenever the title of a song or album or anything appears outside the context of a sentence, we just leave off quotations or italics. There might be a couple exceptions, but I can't think of any specifically. ~ magbatz

Okay, thanks for the explanation! Sadly, I am that kind of crusader (following a grammar course on saturday mornings at the moment, voluntarily...). Naturally American English should be the standard on TMBW, some stuff (like the quotation marks) just seemed a little odd to me. But I'll comply and keep coming back to this talk page whenever I'm confused. :) - Wout

[edit] The "real" date for Craig Ferguson

As of now, the performance TMBG recorded with John Hodgman for Craig Ferguson last week is scheduled to air on December 11th. I'm holding off putting in on the main page for now until I see it confirmed by multiple sources, to avoid any more mix-ups. --BlueCanary 06:52, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Interesting

They Might be Giants is currently the number ten most popular search on Yahoo. Which is pretty cool.--74.69.201.249 17:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

No longer the case unfortunately.--74.69.201.249 17:37, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lyric search

I'm a relatively new fan to TMBG (Been a fan for several years, but only recently have been able to blow money on albums) and I haven't ever been able to use the search feature to look through lyrics to songs I haven't heard yet. I'm pretty sure it's not possible. If it is, can someone correct me in a horrifyingly public and embarrassing manner? -JMCatron 4 December 2009

You can use the "Lyrics" link on the left navigation to browse a list of all lyric pages. Does that help?--Duke33 14:21, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

No since I don't know the name of the song. I'm talking about something like typing in the search box "not actually your friend" and Birdhouse comes up. -JMCatron 4 December 2009

I'm not going to lie, MediaWiki's search engine is not the most intuitive thing ever built. Here's the help page that should give you some more info on forming your search queries: This Might Be A Wiki:Searching --Duke33 16:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

A little pointer apart from that: go to the search page itself and make sure that only the box marked Lyrics is ticked (or whatever other namespace you want to limit your search to). You can enclose the search string in double quotes "like this" so that you don't pull in a lot of unrelated stuff. ~ blitzente (talk) 17:47, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

indeed, what blitzente said. i have found myself getting to that page often enough that i have it bookmarked. --

18:59, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

For simplicity, I'd recommend just using Google to search TMBW. Check these queries out:

For accuracy, I'd go with what was said above; use TMBW's search, tick only the "Lyrics" checkbox and put your query in quotes, like here:

"not actually your friend"

-CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 19:02, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] TMBG in Sports Illustrated???

It's true. They Might Be Giants are mentioned on pg. 52 for anyone that owns the "SI: Photo's Of The Year" issue. A picture is shown of the NY Giants vs. NO Saints, with the Saints making a play. The title of this photo is "They Might Not Be Giants" I hadn't noticed it until today. I just thought it was cool for anyone interested in football. --Goodtimes2

I subscribe to google news feeds for "They Might Be Giants". You wouldn't believe how many sportswriters think they are being witty when they title an article "They Might Be Giants" about the San Francisco Giants or New York Giants . Still pretty cool though. --Duke33 14:18, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Paul and Storm

Thought this is worth posting here:

Musical comedy duo Paul and Storm present “It Might Be Christmas”, where every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until Christmas they will be releasing an original holiday song created in the style of They Might Be Giants. This is a follow-up to last year’s project “The 25 Days of Randy Newman”.

Here's the link: paulandstorm.com --Duke33 22:24, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] A John and John show?

Hey, I put together this group on facebook about the possibility of a modern John and John show. Do you guys think that this is even a possibility? I doubt it but I'd like to know what you guys think. the group is here (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=204855366682&ref=mf). Join if you're interested!

It appears They have had the thought that the ol' Johns lineup would be fun for them and their nostalgic audience. They've been doing some encores with just the two of them at recent shows. They also had a whole tour in 1997 or so, called Then & Now (in support of Then), where they would do one set with their full band and would also play a John and John set, mostly doing pre-1990 songs. So it's a possibility they'd do one. They have been doing John and John + drummer shows since their children's music got them bookstore gigs, but that's kind of different. Really, though, They seem more attached to the notion of their 5-man band being TMBG lately, but you never know.

[edit] HBO Family Thing?

My mom was watching a movie on HBO (channel 82, where I live, in northern New Jersey) and afterwards they always have a bunch of self-advertising and there was a commercial for something about families and having "two mommies or two daddies." There was a musical backing and while it was mostly an instrumental, in the brief periods of singing, it sounded incredibly like Flansburgh. I believe "family" and "combinations" were mentioned, but I couldn't find anything on the site. This may be because it had nothing to do with TMBG and I'm insane, or because I'm really bad at navigating the site (but still probably insane.) I would appreciate it if anyone who knows anything about it could set me straight. Sorry if this was the wrong place to ask, or this was just a waste of time. --Apollo 01:06, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

It's possible, although we don't have anything listed. A good place to check is their BMI repertoire, which lists all of their works, even stuff like background music. If they did the piece, it would show up there (eventually). --Duke33 02:26, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I can't find it just at the moment (which may be because it was from a radio interview rather than a print one) but I distinctly remember something in an interview with Flansburgh where the interviewer asked what the band had upcoming and Flans mentioned they were working on something for an HBO program that wasn't going to be on for a while. The interview was either from last spring or possibly even the previous fall so enough time has passed that it could be the same thing. I'll dig around a little more and see if I can find it again. --BlueCanary 05:35, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I think I found it. It's the new Rosie O'Donnell special "A Family Is A Family Is A Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration." It's a documentary about different types of families with animated musical segments by several bands including TMBG according to this. It will be airing on HBO starting on January 31st. The HBO site says to stay tuned for more info on the program. I would assume it's a new original TMBG song for the doc based on what Apollo heard in the promo and assuming it is what Flans was talking about in that interview. Cool! --BlueCanary 06:15, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's awesome that you were able to get that all connected so quickly! Thanks, I'll be checking the site regularly. --Apollo 21:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Research Papers

This semester I will be writing four smaller research papers and one larger comprehensive one on TMBG. I'm not really worried about there not being enough information out there, and indeed I know enough about the band to write outlines without much research, but remembering where my information came from and finding interviews and writings etc. to cite, especially older ones, may be tricky, especially since my computer recently crashed and the interviews I've bookmarked since 2006 are all gone. If anyone else has saved links to good interviews, would you mind sharing? Or audio/video interviews I could download would be great, too, especially if they're older. I'm not asking anyone to do my work for me, but it would be nice if you could at least point me in the right direction if there's any good information you can think of on the subjects I'm looking for.

My first paper is about "the identity and importance" of the artist. Basic biography/history stuff I've got covered, but I was wondering if anyone could help me with the 'importance?' Specific things i'm looking for:

-Any official record of bands or people They've influenced. Like, either a band admitting they've been influenced by TMBG, or a knowledgeable person stating the connection.

-It's generally believed (among the fans I'm friends with) that They popularized the accordion as an instrument. Is there anything I could use to cite this fact?

-Official reviews, especially where Their influence and uniqueness are highly praised. Especially from Rolling Stone or someplace major. ESPECIALLY if it's from the 80's-early 90's.

-Also, if the original People Magazine review of the 1985 demo tape is floating around the net anywhere, I'd like that...

I'm not less worried about being able to cite the influence of their kids' music, but anything on that wouldn't be turned down.

Also, if anyone can think of any good interview(s) where They talk about who or what influenced THEM, that would be great. What bands and music inspired their style, as well as what they go for in song writing, their songwriting process, and what they find interesting to write about.

I'm sorry this post is superlong. To all TMBG gurus who lend a hand: THANK YOU so much for your time. Ana 05:02, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Goodness, didn't you post this on LiveJournal, too? You're certainly being thorough. Well, like I said on LJ, it would be good to check out their Rolling Stong profile-ish thing [1]. It mentions influences, too, but vaguely. Also, if you haven't, check out the Famous Fans page, it cites sources, and has some bands listed. This has a short bit about early influences (just ctrl + F "influences" to find it.) I'll keep looking for more uselful stuff though.--Apollo 02:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

I did indeed... just want to make sure anyone with some good tips could see it. :) Thank you for the links! The Rolling Stone thing has been invaluable. Also, I forgot about the famous fans page! And it cites sources? :o You are awesome. Thank you so much! The two papers coming up are going to be the hardest, as they are the most specific, I think. I'm going to make sure I know exactly what my prof is looking for, then post back again. Once more, I really can't thank you enough for your help. I think TMBG fans must be the nicest people ever. :3 Ana 18:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Just a thought

I think it would be cool if we had TMBW.net jerseys. You know with numbers and user names on the back. I've seen the fan base of the Avett Brothers (local band with a huge fan base) do the same thing, and this is the same thing, except with TMBW - Goodtimes2

I agree with that completely. Ana 18:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Lincoln Library

TMBG (Album) at the Lincoln MA library

TMBG CD collection at the Lincoln MA library

I've just added a couple photos that I took this month at the library in Lincoln, MA: one of the self-titled album, and one picture of the set of TMBG CDs. (They don't have Lincoln!) I'm not sure if these photos have a particular place to live here, but that they might be interesting for some to see. TomInBoston 15:38, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Wow, I don't know that I've ever seen that many TMBG CD's in one library! It's funny that they don't have Lincoln, though. My local library doesn't have any They Might Be Giants...anything. --Apollo 03:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure someone doesn't just have it checked out? ;p Ana 18:06, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

My library only has the Self-Titled album. Not Flood, not Lincoln, not Apollo 18. Just They Might Be Giants

[edit] new accounts

i believe i have discovered the purpose of all the spam accounts that were created this morning; it was pointed out to me on irc that A Self Called Nowhere has risen to #1 on the song rankings... checking out the individual breakdown for that song, it seems a lot of the 10s were done by those accounts. hopefully there is a way to undo that? ballot stuffing is pretty low -- 20:12, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Mildly irrelevant, but there have been a lot of accounts with typical names being made recently, too. It seems suspcious. -Apollo 00:30, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

i think it may actually be related to tmbw being mentioned both in the interview with linnell yesterday and tmbg's facebook post actually linking to a page here today. publicity ≟ more new faces --

00:42, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh, wow! That's cool! But some people come up with weird usernames. -Apollo 00:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Some Covers

It's definitely not front page news, but Alan Lastufka of DFTBA records has compiled various "lullabies" recorded by various (usually minor) artists for the newborn son, Henry, of John Green, the vlogger and YA author. Two happen to be covers of They Might Be Giants songs (Cowtown, and Why Does The Sun Really Shine?) recorded by Hank Green and Charlie McDonnell respectively. If any one is interested, they can download the songs, and others here.

[edit] TMBG vs Metallica

   A long time ago I purchased 'Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary' tribute/cover CD.  At some point I THOUGHT I had read that They Might Be Giants wanted to do a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and/or "We Are The Champions" for the compilation, but there was a problem....    Metallica (I guess) wanted to do a cover of a song by the Stooges (?), but John Zorn (and Naked City) already had chosen them.   I assume Metallica came to the project late in the process and Queen was chosen by They Might Be Giants at this point, so (I guess) they were going to not participate unless they got Queen.

   I assume John Zorn (and Naked City) had already recorded 'TV Eye' at this point and Lenny Kaye (considering the following quote) wasn't going to bump John Zorn from his band of choice - even for Metallica.

   Of all the cuts, [executive producer] Mr. [Lenny] Kaye said he had a particular fondness for John Zorn's rendition of the Stooges' T.V. Eye.

   For me the Stooges were one of the most important bands on Elektra in terms of pointing toward the future of rock, he said. I think John captured the essence of what they were about, which was complete and utter primal noise.

   http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/03/arts/the-pop-life-783290.html?pagewanted=all

   I assume the powers within Elektra felt bumping They Might Be Giants to do a Phil Ochs cover in lieu of the potential sales that Metallica might bring in with their participation was a price they were willing to live with (even though (to me) Metallica doesn't bring in a particularly inspired performance - even though it won a Grammy).

Has anyone heard about any of the above?

No search on Google -- or searching through Google's news archive (http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search?as_q=) has brought up anything for this - or I'm not keying in the best keywords.

Not that any of this matters in the least, but thanks for any help (and your time) if you're aware of any of this -- steve

From alt.tmbg.net: the album [Superfueled Freaksickle] WAS apparantly finished and ready-to-go. Ask anyone who handles incoming-inventory at an HMV at the time *cough cough* and they'll remember that it had a scheduled release-date of 10/24/95. (Well, some might not remember as precisely as I. ;} ) In an interview around the time, (perhaps Linnell's long interview in "Music & Computers" magazine, although that might've been a few months later), it was mentioned that SF would be a comp of the elektra b-sides plus a handful of other elektra-sessions from the era (including the studio version of Queen's "We Will Rock You", originally recorded for the Rubaiyat CD, which Flans had alluded to perhaps being on SF and claiming to have the only DAT of.) Wout 12:47, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] TMBG Song on Almost Alice CD

I don't have time to post about it, but I just wanted to mention here that according to iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/almost-alice/id355793198), there's going to be a TMBG song called "You Are Old, Father William" on the upcoming Alice in Wonderland CD "Almost Alice." So, if somebody wants to add that info to the main page, that'd be great! (Sorry, wasn't thinking when I posted that at the top of the page.) ~Drew

[edit] Chopping Block Print

The Chopping Block's Chop Shop's selling 11x17 prints of the old tmbg.com design! http://www.chopshopstore.com/product.php?productid=16277&cat=62 so rad. --Valerie 08:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Each copy sold gets a randomly generated question added to the shield hovering above the accordion.

They're also now selling a print of the cover art of No! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=41701827 --Valerie 20:43, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Cowtown

So uh...if I revived Cowtown (the AIM Wed. night--it was Wed. right? it's been so long--TMBG fan chat) would people come? --Self Called Nowhere 00:35, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I'd come! But honestly, Cowtown always seemed a little strange to me. I guess I didn't know most of the older fans back when I tried frequenting around 2006, and most people seemed to be complete assholes (and no one talked about TMBG). Then again, I did meet certain long-term friends there! -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 01:24, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Yeh, I remember you being the new kid on the block! It did turn less TMBG-discussion-centric over time for some reason...I think a lot of the people who were coming were just becoming less interested (TRAITORS). As for people being assholes, haha, I can't really speak to that. --Self Called Nowhere 01:46, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I've never heard of it before, but a TMBG chat? Yes! -Apollo (oh no!) 01:30, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

YES. I recently came across the archive and got really sad that I had missed it. I'd absolutely LOVE if this came back. Ana 22:12, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Ok guys, since people are interested I'll try to get it started back up! I'm going to be out of town for a couple of weeks but I'll try to get it going the week after next (Wed.). I'll update the fan communities page with the info about it when I do. Yay! --Self Called Nowhere 22:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Kupperman Art

Micheal Kupperman, artist of the Long Tall Weekend cover, has drawn a rather similar looking cover for an anthology: http://mkupperman2.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/screen-shot-2009-09-23-at-3-08-43-pm.png?w=450&h=589

Not saying there is anything nefarious about it, Its just curious that he'd reuse a similar image.

--Raulbloodworth 15:35, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Wow, yeah, that is ridiculously similar. Weird, yo. --Valerie 03:13, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if it's a reference or this guy is just really lazy. -Apollo (moo) 03:35, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] KindieFest

Just in case anyone is interested, Marty Beller will be appearing as a panelist at KindieFest: The Family Music Conference on May 1st, speaking about how to produce a good kindie record. There is more info about the Fest on their website.

[edit] Shirt.Woot

I don't know if this is the sort of thing the rest of you are interested in, but this shirt.woot was doing a "Band Names Reinterpreted" derby, and the 2nd place winner is TMBG themed shirt. For today only (March 20, 2010), It can be bought for $10 (shipping included). After today, it will never be seen again, unless it sells really well, then it will stick around for a while at $15. Yoyogod 15:12, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

That's one spiffy shirt. -Apollo (moo) 15:18, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

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