Mailing List Archive/2011-09-20

A free concert in Louisville on WEDNESDAY!

Chicago show is almost sold out!
Flood show in San Francisco booked but not announced?

Santa Cruz Los Angeles Tempe Tucson Dallas Austin Houston New Orleans Tampa Orlando Atlanta 

Full gig details at the bottom of this email!


CLOISONNÉ VIDEO IS OUT ON YOUTUBE!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkIPH1C5Lts

JF: "The story behind the song Cloisonne is pretty discombobulated. In an experimental period of putting Join Us together we created a series of electronic beats entirely without song ideas behind them. The idea was to make the tiniest drum machine-based beats that were still exciting. I probably spent twelve hours just editing and tweaking these sounds with no particular song in mind. The lyric is kind of from a Rat Pack point of view--like the guy singing is really into his own swagger, but he's also kind of out of date and out of it. The idea of not knowing what a sleestak is does come from my real life--I am actually exactly a year too old to have watched that show. Having to have Land of the Lost explained to you is slightly undignified, but thus is the fate of those who get old.

This version of the song is essentially our live band arrangement of the song. John L. is playing a bass clarinet, and we took Stan Harrison's inspired, highly chromatic sax intro and outro and mangled it in our fashion. Our apologies to Stan!"

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS JOIN US TOUR DATES AND TICKET INFO

They Might be Giants are on tour across the United States! Songs from Join Us, unexpected old songs, and a brand new stage set up with a disorientingly huge video display and light show. Jonathan Coulton is opening many of these shows.

with Jonathan Coulton opening

9/20 Cincinnati OH Southgate House - http://ticketf.ly/join-us-cinci

9/21 Louisville KY FREE CONCERT Waterfront Park - http://on.fb.me/qG7F8s
9/22 Indianapolis IN The Vogue - http://bit.ly/join-us-indianapolis
9/23 Chicago IL Vic Theatre - http://bit.ly/oRv145
9/24 St. Louis MO The Pageant - http://bit.ly/join-us-st-louis
9/25 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom - http://bit.ly/join-us-tulsa
9/27 Nashville TN Cannery Ballroom - http://bit.ly/join-us-nashville
9/28 Asheville NC Orange Peel - http://bit.ly/join-us-asheville
9/29 Richmond VA The National - http://bit.ly/join-us-richmond
9/30 Philadelphia PA Theatre of Living Arts - http://bit.ly/join-us-philadelphia

with nobody opening

10/1 Boston MA Berklee Performance Center (show A-M) - http://bit.ly/join-us-boston-early

10/1 Boston MA Berklee Performance Center (show N-Z) - http://bit.ly/join-us-boston-late

with Gold Motel

10/28 Milwaukee WI Pabst Theatre - http://bit.ly/join-us-milwaukee

10/29 Minneapolis MN First Avenue - http://bit.ly/join-us-minneapolis
10/30 Iowa City, IA Englert Theatre http://bit.ly/join-us-iowa-city

11/1 Omaha, NE Slowdown - http://bit.ly/join-us-omaha
11/2 Kansas City MO Beaumont Club - http://bit.ly/join-us-kansas-city
11/3 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre - http://bit.ly/join-us-boulder

with Coulton back again

11/4 Salt Lake City UT   The Depot - http://bit.ly/join-us-slc

11/5 Boise ID Knitting Factory - http://ticketf.ly/join-us-boise
11/6 Spokane WA Knitting Factory - http://ticketf.ly/join-us-spokane
11/8 Vancouver BC Venue - http://bit.ly/join-us-vancouverbc
11/9 Seattle WA Showbox SoDo - http://bit.ly/join-us-seattle
11/10 Portland OR Crystal Ballroom - http://bit.ly/join-us-portland
11/11 Arcata, CA Van Duzer Theatre - http://bit.ly/join-us-arcata
11/12 San Francisco CA Fillmore on sale 6/26 - http://bit.ly/join-us-san-fran12th
11/13 San Francisco CA Fillmore FLOOD SHOW -http://bit.ly/join-us-san-fran13th
11/16 Anaheim CA House of Blues - http://bit.ly/join-us-anaheim
11/17 San Diego CA Belly Up - http://bit.ly/join-us-san-diego

No opener set up yet on this one

11/24 FREE CONCERT Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun's Wolf's Den TMBGs 6th Annual Audience Appreciation Show 

11/26 Washington DC 9:30 Club - http://ticketf.ly/join-us-washington-dc


SHOWS COMING UP IN LATE JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY
Santa Cruz Los Angeles Tempe Tucson Dallas Austin Houston New Orleans Tampa Orlando Atlanta

The album you've been waiting for! JOIN US is finally OUT! 

They Might Be Giants brand new LP is here. 18 songs of extraordinary 

qualities! Including Cloisonne, Old Pine Box, Can't Keep Johnny Down, 

When Will You Die? Celebration and more!

Download Join Us instantly on iTunes here!

Or if you'd rather get the full CD package from Amazon click here!

Or if you want to go all indie-cred and SUPPORT THE BAND directly, 

you can get Join Us get on every format including 12" vinyl with gatefold 

sleeve, high fidelity FLAC or on mp3 with complete digital art at 

tmbg's very own merch site. 

Hear JOHN and JOHN on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED




See the Avatars au naturel in the video to Spolier Alert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbMlIsdyJTA




Rochester sound check going well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWaq1e8PzpE




Read A Book stop motion backstage clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_qpwD-9ExM




Ithaca Show not going so well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fw3ZUUo6u4


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