Mailing List Archive/2008-01-28

TMBG's MYSPACE IS NOW SIXTY-THOUSAND FRIENDS STRONG!
Visit our myspace page for all the latest dates, and direct ticket links!
And maybe even join that weird thing. It's more fun than you might think.
www.myspace.com/theymightbegiants

and

Melody-powered! Coffee-fueled!
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ARE ON TOUR!
Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Cleveland,
Bloomington, Madison, Omaha, Houston,
Columbia, Dallas, Austin, New Orleans, Jackson,
Birmingham, St. Petersburg, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando,
Jacksonville, Charlotte, Burlington, Portsmouth!
Here we come!




FINALLY THERE IS A BRAND NEW PODCAST FOR ADULTS!
Live on XM, previewing the 123s, and a song from some one night thing...
phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=105708952

EVERY WEEK THERE IS A FREE VIDEO PODCAST FOR KIDS!
This week is a brand new video for a brand new song: 813 Mile Car Trip!
phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268647482




BRAND NEW AMAZING DVD & CD FOR KIDS!
Here Come the 123s is coming out on Feb. 5!
It is available right now for pre-order to arrive at your
doorstep, probably on the day of release, by those reliable and well-read people
and robots at Amazon. This is the link that will rock your Amazon pre-order
www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2Ftg%2Fdetail%2F-%2FB000V5YOZ6%2F&tag=tmbwnet-20




FLANSBLOG 9000
from the buttoned-down desk of John Flansburgh

"Happy Monday, everyone! John Flansburgh here. This is an incredibly busy time for us! We know this is something many of you already know, but TMBG's music was featured last week on American Idol. Yes, American Idol. They played a bit of our song "No!" during their always- entertaining, profoundly strange audition process. Yes. We have all seen that show. But it is exciting in the abstract to know so many millions and millions are hearing TMBG-- maybe even Paula Abdul. Crazy, man.

So, we're getting ready for the big Beacon show on Saturday. We'll be performing "Hey, Mr. DJ" for the very first time, which we are all psyched about. We are sooooo close to being sold out it's killing us (and maybe it finally has sold out by now-- who knows) but for the last two weeks it's felt like we have exactly 2550 fans in the New York area! When will they tell their 100 friends who are still on the fence? Maybe Paula could put in a good word for us!

On the family front, we really want to make sure everyone knows what is going on with the weekly video podcast. Not only do the John and John puppets have their own sweet sign off song, there are many improvisational moments we think even the most grizzled adult would enjoy, like this week's Morrissey-like musical moment as we introduce the brand new video to "813 Mile Car Trip."

There is a radio special with TMBG on XM airing this week at XM 44 (the Fred channel) on a show called "Surface Noise." Some of the live tracks we recorded for them are included on the upcoming TMBG audio podcast, and the sound is pretty killer.

So, back to rehearsing we go!
Peace, or at least like outta Iraq I mean, now!
JF"




TOUR TOUR TOUR!

Sat. Feb 2nd New York, NY at The Beacon Theatre
www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D003F57E7BDB5EE?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Wed. Feb. 27th Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=231581

Thu. Feb. 28th Bloomington, IN at Bluebird Nightclub
www.ticketmaster.com/event/05003F8CD4589A33?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Fri. Feb. 29th Madison, WI at Barrymore Theatre
www.barrymorelive.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BT&Product_Code=802291

Sat. Mar. 1st Omaha, NE at Slowdown
www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&performance_id=698658&cobrand=theslowdown

Sun. Mar. 2nd Columbia, MO at Bluenote
www.ticketmaster.com/event/06003F92EB6CCBFE?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Tue. Mar. 4th Dallas, TX at House of Blues
www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C003F94942958A6

Wed. Mar. 5th Austin, TX at Stubb's
stubbs.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?lid=17317

Thu. Mar. 6th Houston, TX at Meridian
www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C00402495FA7474?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Fri. Mar. 7th New Orleans, LA at House of Blues
www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C003F94942958A6

Sat. Mar. 8th Jackson, MS at Hal & Mal's
www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00402386233DCD?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Sun. Mar. 9th Birmingham, AL at Workplay
www.workplay.com/workplay.asp?Page=EventPage.aspx?EID=15751&VD=3/1/2008

Tue. Mar. 11th St. Petersburg, FL at Jannus Landing
www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D003F93F247B9A5?brand=&tm_link=tm_home_h2

Wed. Mar. 12th Ft. Lauderdale, FL at Revolution
www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D003F93A48F75CB?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Thu. Mar. 13th Orlando, FL at House of Blues
www.ticketmaster.com/event/22003F9489C63255?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Fri. Mar. 14th Jacksonville, FL at Free Bird Live
www.freebirdlive.musictoday.com/FreebirdCafe/moreInfo.aspx

Sat. Mar. 15th Atlanta, GA at Variety Playhouse - KIDS' SHOW!!
tix onsale soon here: www.ticketmaster.com/artist/736288

Sun. Mar. 16th Charlottesville, VA at Satellite Ballroom
www.satelliteballroom.tickets.musictoday.com/SatelliteBallroom/calendar.aspx

Fri. Mar. 28th Somerville, MA at Somerville Theatre
www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100402880CB38CE?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Sat. Mar. 29th Portsmouth, NH at The Music Hall - TWO SHOWS!!
2 pm show for FAMILIES and KIDS of all ages:
www.tickets.themusichall.org/public/loader.asp?target=show.asp?shcode=16
8 pm show for GROWN-UPS only:
www.tickets.themusichall.org/public/default.asp