1990-01-27 NME

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Material World
By They Might Be Giants, NME, January 27 1990

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CINEMA

Blue Velvet, Broadway Danny Rose

LITERATURE

Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

FAVE STAND-UP COMEDIAN

Gilbert Godfrey

BIRDS

Hornbill, Ibis

FAVE BITS OF AMERICA

A tree that owns itself (Athens, Georgia), Einstein A-Go-Go (Jacksonville)

FAVE MEMBER OF U2

We love them all equally

WHAT’S YOUR STREET LIKE?

Roman Catholic

FAVE GIANT

Steve Bedrosian

FAVE JOHNS

Sousa, Lennon, Henry

FAVE DEAD PRESIDENT

Bush

SMALL PEOPLE IN HISTORY

Small Faces

FIRST THING YOU BOUGHT WITH WEA ADVANCE

Studio time

LAST CD YOU BOUGHT

‘Decade’, Neil Young

HOW MANY INSTRUMENTS CAN YOU PLAY (EACH)?

Five

WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS?

No atmospheric intros

WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE STONE ROSES?

We honestly are not familiar with their music but we love them just the same

WHO CUTS YOUR HAIR?

Lisa Klapp

RIVERS

Mississippi, Nile, Danube

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE?

Opening for The Stone Roses