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[edit] Ink me up, Scotty!

If you were to get a They Might Be Giants tattoo, what would it be? (I'm cruising for ideas.) My current thoughts are of the whale/squid embrace of "Apollo 18". Hm.

Here's a look at what I'm getting when the funds permit.

(the outline, provided by my incredibly gifted little sister)

(And, er, don't worry. I printed it out considerably smaller. Otherwise, man, that'd hurt like a bitch.) --Henry 15:39, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

You stole my userbox! Care to share a story about your version(s) of my "stared at by JL" box? --Lemita 00:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Aah! [falls out of chair] I swear I didn't, I swear-- Oh hell. It was just too good to pass up. ;) And I'm poo at this Wiki stuff. But! To the story! I was at the November 15th [Pittsburgh] show at Mr. Smalls... I was right on top of the stage... Getting a healthy view of John Linnell's white All-Star Converses. Then! As they were performing [E Eats Everything]! My friend, Zyzzy, a man who knows his hand language, began making eating motions with his fist - the sign for "E". John Linnell gave us a hearty time squinting trying to make sense of what the hell we were doing. Knowing that I (and a few others) were stared at by John Linnell (who probably doesn't remember it) makes life a tad bit sweeter. D8
But, aah! There's more! At this particular venue ("Mr. Smalls! Mr. Smalls!" there is a two foot gap between the stage and this thick, hardwood railing-type thinger (Mr. Smalls really was an old rectory--very cool). For the show, TMBG placed the cases to their gear in that gap. My friends and I were beating on them throughout the show, wondering why they were there ('cause they weren't at my other two Smalls-TMBG concerts). At the same concert as the John Linnell Staring Fest, and during [The Famous Polka], John Flansburgh was traveling the cases to have people, y'know, diddle his guitar. RIGHT BEFORE HE GOT TO US, he nearly tripped and pulled his guitar away from us for balance. I, reveling in the awesome accordion sounds, did not realize that he was actally falling so another one of my friends and I reached for the guitar. Needless to say, in retrospect, it was a very assholish move--especially when someone's falling. We deserved Flansy's dirty look. Aww... x.x
AND MARTY BELLER! He came right over to our group a minute after the concert officially ended and handed his drumsticks over to my friend, Justine, who had never been to a TMBG concert AND had never officially listened to their music. (She's a diehard now.) And Marty gave us all a shaky-fist/high-five. He probably invented it. (And there really is no better way to describe what happened right there. Like I said--surreal, man. Surreal.)
But how about you? :D What's your stories? --Henry 12:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
  • dies of laughter*

I take it as a compliment that you stole it. No worries. :)

Mmyeah, so at the show linked on my page we weaseled our way up front during the last two songs. I was right under JL's keyboard halfway between this face-- :D --and this-- o_o . He started staring blankly into the audience (like he does), and I realized, "omg John Linnell's looking at me and I'm staring at him" so I looked away. When I looked back up (quickly) he started laughing when he sang backup. :)
And yeah, I shook Danny Weinkauf's hand and had a brief conversation with him, and when I met Marty all I could say was, "...Hi Marty. I liked... your song. :D" --Lemita 22:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
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