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User:FlinnsyFan

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Image:Tmbgnumber1.jpg They Might Be Giants is this user's favorite band.
Image:Flans45 2.jpg This user's favorite John is John Flansburgh.
FAV This user's favorite TMBG song is Birdhouse In Your Soul.
VID This user's favorite TMBG video is Boss Of Me.
This user's favorite album is Flood.
Image:Albany 45.JPG This user's favorite Venue Song is Albany.
Image:Babel keyboard.JPG This user plays keyboard.

Hey everyone! I'm FlinnsyFan. I knew about certain TMBG projects years before I started actually listening to them seriously.

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[edit] My Introduction to TMBG

For example, my first exposure was in fourth grade. My science student teacher put on "Why Does The Sun Shine?" and the entire class started giggling at Flansy's voice, myself included, I am ashamed to admit.

In eighth grade, a friend of mine was obsessed with "Particle Man," even though he only ever sang one verse, and when we had to choose team names for the science fair, he went solo and that was his name.

I also knew that "Boss Of Me" was a TMBG song (and I watched a lot of Malcolm In The Middle; my sister had a crush on Frankie Muniz), but I really didn't think much of it. It wasn't until this year, when I decided to use an eMusic gift card I received for Christmas, that I really started seriously listening to them. (I had always known that I was going to like them once I really started listening.)

[edit] More About Me

I play clarinet and keyboard (just like Linnell).

My username? I wanted to abbreviate TMBG in a way which was less than obvious. I came up with "Flinnsy," a portmanteau of "Flansy" and "Linnell."

I have found that if I pull my hair away from my face, I look a little bit like a young John Flansburgh. This is mildly disquieting, as I'm female.

I am currently writing a novel about a young man who can't do anything without relating it to They Might Be Giants. And he can relate anything to Them.

I'm working on reclaiming my lost ambidexterity, even though I already do everything except writing with my left hand (ironing, air guitar, etc.).

My New Year's resolution, which I have henceforth kept, is not to drink any caffeine this year. I am allowing myself chocolate, though.

Oh, and I'm a supertaster.

[edit] My TMBG Collection

The first and only full TMBG album that I own at the moment is Long Tall Weekend.

I do, however, own several (34) individual tracks downloaded from eMusic, probably because Long Tall Weekend and Mink Car are the only two full albums currently available.

I am, at present, pretty broke, and can't afford to get anything else.

I am excited: The Else comes out on CD just a few days before my birthday!

[edit] Things I Like About TMBG

Linnell wrote and sings most of TMBG's most popular songs, but it was one of Flansy's songs that won them a Grammy. Things even out.

Their lyrics are witty and inspired, and really looking into them often reveals surprising depth.

I love their voices! They're so different than anything else I've ever heard.

Their music can always lift me out of a depressed mood, and more often than not I end up singing and dancing along.

And, oh yeah, their tendency to give away free music.



And that's all I can think of to say!

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