Mailing List Archive/2006-03-03

PASS IT ON
Please forward this email to a friend and help They Might Be Giants get to our goal of one million podcast subscribers before 2007. Our block-rockin' bandwidth bill informs us we 're almost halfway there, with just under a half-million downloads of every new podcast release.

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS HEADLINES

- Download free MP3 Miniature Sidewalk Whirlwind at tmbg.com/freeTunes
(reminder: the username is tmbg and the password is thespinesurfs)

- New original ringtones at theymightbegiants.com

- At long last! TMBG officially marks their own corner of the cyberblogglobe with myspace.com/theymightbegiants

- They Might Be Giants southern U.S. mini-tour in the works

- Flansburgh appears in special one-night-only return of People Are Wrong! at Joe's Pub

- TMBG Clock Radio--the free song streamer is renovated updated and frisky: www.tmbg.com/froMain.html

PODCAST 4A OUT TODAY!

- Venue Songs New Year's Eve live!
- TMBG ringtones previewed!
- songs from Cartoon Network's "Dexter's Laboratory" and "Courage the Cowardly Dog"


WHAT HALF OF OUR FRIENDS STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' PODCASTS...

A. You can download these programs to any computer and listen to them through any MP3-playing device.
B. They Might be Giants podcast is entirely free.
C. Once you subscribe you can expect a new podcast about once a month.
D. All you need is an iTunes-like program installed your computer, which is also a free download.

All the information you need to get there is at the bottom of this email.

Every month or so They Might Be Giants creates a podcast - really a radio special - that includes exclusive new material, unusual songs from the vaults and other unique features we haven't even thought up yet. Hosted by public radio's beloved Cecil Portesque, the program's producer and archivist is Julian Dufy.

Team TMBG as has created the possibly unobtainable goal of one million subscribers for the podcast before the end of 2007 and we need your help reaching that goal. From the first two podcasts posted we've had over one million downloads, which suggests we are essentially half way there. If you enjoy the podcast, all we ask of you is you help us enlist your friends in this unique and totally free service - perhaps even forward them this email. Don't break the chain!

A NOTE FROM FLANSBURGH
"Hey! We want to tell you that TMBG is planning a southern run in the end of April. We should be out for about a week or 10 days. Dates to come shortly.

Also, I'll be performing in People Are Wrong! for one special night at Joe's Pub on March 19th - get your tickets at telecharge.com or at the Joe's Pub box office, 425 Lafayette St. in Manhattan.

Hope to see you there!"
John F.




RANDOM NOTES
Check out the Bloodmobile video from the Franklin Institute exhibition:

sln.fi.edu/giantheart/bloodmobile.html



GET FREE PODCASTS FROM THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.
HERE'S HOW:

This is the direct link to subscribe and should work from a Mac OR a PC as long as you have an iTunes-like MP3 program installed:
phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=105708952

If you don't have iTunes software, go to www.apple.com/itunes/download to download it now for free.

If you've never podcasted before, you might want to check out your iTunes application (Mac or PC). Just open the application and click on the "Podcasts" button. Under "advanced" select "subscribe to podcast" and paste this link in the field:
www.tmbg.com/_media/_pod/podcast.xml

Or if your browser is set up for rss feeds, you might be able to just click here: www.tmbg.com/_media/_pod/podcast.xml
to just view and play the mp3 file through your browser or default rss reader.




Have you seen You Tube?  We have and we think it's watching us back -

Particle Mo
youtube.com/watch?v=lZHV4PUSql4

Steve Burns 'Dead'
youtube.com/watch?v=YuSX53L66iU

They Might Be Tiny
youtube.com/watch?v=9VyvNalWuHM