Myspace/Bulletins/2008-01-03

From:	They Might Be Giants
Date:	Jan 3, 2008 12:55 PM
Subject	Hello from TMBG! New shows! New Years Limerick challenge!
Body:	Melody powered! Coffee fueled! TMBG is BACK on the ROAD! More dates, more links at the bottom of this email! NEW YORK CITY, CLEVELAND, BLOOMINGTON, MADISON, OMAHA, HOUSTON, COLUMBIA, DALLAS, AUSTIN, HOUSTON, NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON, BIRMINGHAM, ST. PETERSBURG, FT. LAUDERDALE, ORLANDO, JACKSONVILLE, CHARLOTTE ________ TMBG's Myspace staff would like to invite all you Myspace limericists to post a New Years limerick on our freshly revised page. All limericks need to follow the tradition form ("The once was a... from....") and should be posted as a comment on the They Might Be Giants page so everyone can see it! The topic? What will happen in 2008! What are you looking forward to? What to you dread? ________ GETTIN' GREAT IN TWENTY AUGHT EIGHT! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! From TMBG- "TMBG wish all our Myspace friends a very happy new year in the soon to be glorious 2008! TMBGs resolutions? More shows, more albums, more podcasts and more free stuff for YOU! 2007 has been an action packed year for the band. We sincerely want to thank everybody who came out to all the shows, signed up for the podcasts, and every one who picked up a copy of The Else. We book-ended the year breaking many long standing records for the band: early on we got did our earliest show ever (8:30 am), and coldest outdoor show (26 degrees), and ended the year driving the slowest miles per hour to a gig (a stark, snowy oscillation between soul-crushing boredom and looming catastrophe). But even under extreme conditions a good time was had by all. We are looking forward to Aught Eight with great anticipation. The big big show at the Beacon in NYC will be a fun way to start the year. Looks like it's well on its way to selling out in advance, which always puts a spring in our step. The horns will be joining us, and we will probably be doing an extended set of material new and old, with some surprises we can't talk about too much. Hope to see you there! -TMBG" ________ They Might Be Giants have a BRAND NEW kids DVD & CD set coming out on Feb. 5. It's called "Here Come the 123s" and 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 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2Ftg%2Fdetail%2F-%2FB000V5YOZ6%2F&tag=tmbwnet-20 To give everyone an interesting preview of the "Here Come the 123s" project, we also have just launched our kids video podcast, which has been in and out of the Number 1 position for kids video podcast chart for the last few weeks. We want to encourage everyone to check it out. It is not only FREE, it will be a WEEKLY posting starting this Friday, and will be getting a bit more elaborate as we get into February. Here's the hot link to the free kids video podcast http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268647482 ________ We have extended our holiday bundle program at our e-commerce site until Jan. 15 SAVE MORE THAN $10 ON ANY BUNDLE! Autographed vinyl of The Else, The No CD! The Bed, Bed, Bed book illustrated by Marcel Dzama! Foam Hands! T-shirts for tots! We now take all major credit cards and even PayPal. http://tmbg-catalog.stores.yahoo.net/holidaybundles2.html ______________ TMBG headline The Beacon Theater! Sat. Feb. 2 New York City, NY One big show! Two big sets! FEWER than 400 tickets remaining! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D003F57E7BDB5EE?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 ______________ TMBG return to the road! Most shows are strictly 14+, some 18+. No under age will be admitted. Wed. Feb. 27 Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom .........on sale now! http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=231581 Thu. Feb. 28 Bloomington, IN at Bluebird Nightclub .........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/05003F8CD4589A33?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 Fri. Feb. 29 Madison, WI at Barrymore Theatre .........on sale now! http://www.barrymorelive.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BT&Product_Code=802291 Sat. Mar. 1 Omaha, NE at Slowdown .........on sale now! http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&performance_id=698658&cobrand=theslowdown Sun. Mar. 2 Columbia, MO at Bluenote .........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06003F92EB6CCBFE?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 Tue. Mar. 4 Dallas, TX at House of Blues .........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C003F94942958A6 Wed. Mar. 5 Austin, TX at Stubb's Outdoor BBQ .........on sale now! http://stubbs.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?lid=17317 Thu. Mar. 6 Houston, TX at Meridian .........on sale Jan 5 via ticketmaster.com http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/736288 Fri. Mar. 7 New Orleans, LA at House of Blues; 18+ only .........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B003F939A9E9C9B?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 Sat. Mar. 8 Jackson, MS at Hal & Mal's; 18+ only .........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/736288 Sun. Mar. 9 Birmingham, AL at Workplay; 18+ only .........on sale now! http://www.workplay.com/workplay.asp?Page=EventPage.aspx?EID=15751&VD=3/1/2008 Tue. Mar 11 St. Petersburg, FL at Jannus Landing ..........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D003F93F247B9A5?brand=&tm_link=tm_home_h2 Wed. Mar 12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL at Revolution .........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D003F93A48F75CB?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 Thu. Mar. 13 Orlando, FL at House of Blues .........on sale now! http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/22003F9489C63255?artistid=736288&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 Fri. Mar. 14 Jacksonville, FL at Free Bird Live .........on sale now! http://www.freebirdlive.musictoday.com/FreebirdCafe/moreInfo.aspx Sun. Mar. 16 Charlottesville, VA "End of the Tour" party at Satellite Ballroom .........on sale now! "End of the Tour" party! http://www.satelliteballroom.tickets.musictoday.com/SatelliteBallroom/moreInfo.aspx Mar. 29 Portsmouth, NH for families only 2pm http://www.themusichall.org/calendar/event_detail.asp?eventID=371ichall.org/calendar/event_detail.asp?eventID=372 Mar. 29 Portsmouth, NH for adults only 8pm http://www.themusichall.org/calendar/event_detail.asp?eventID=372