TMBG Info Club Archive/Fall 1999

This newsletter was mailed out to Information Club members in the fall of 1999.

A Note From Our Publisher

This has been a productive and different kind of year for TMBG. They want to thank to everyone who came out to the shows, and invite you to check out some of the free music that they have out on-line, but, sadly, they are chained to their work stations working diligently on the next couple of releases: a children's record for Rounder, and rock album for an undisclosed super secret label. Enjoy the catalog. Have a great holiday. See you in the next millennium.

Don't Be a Stranger

They Might Be Giants wants to hear from you. If you have a question, suggestion, booking, or you work at a college radio station or paper and have an interview request, reach TMBG via the web at tmbg.com.
They can't fulfill every request, but will do what they can.
Thank you for your support.

OUR COVER IS A STILL FROM ABC-TV'S NIGHTLINE PRIMETIME 'BRAVE NEW WORLD' SPECIAL - TMBG PERFORMING 'OLDER' AT THE CLOCKTOWER BUILDING IN BROOKLYN

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Severe Tire Damage: They Might Be Giants Live!

Finally, They Might Be Giants have committed much of their live show to disc. Chock full of audience-tested favorites, including sparkling versions of "She's An Angel" and "She's Actual Size," manic versions of "Spider" and "Why Does The Sun Shine," and other popular numbers. The set also includes the studio version of "Doctor Worm" as well as live unreleased tracks "First Kiss" and the TMBG road mantra "They Got Lost." And then there are these spontaneously written songs about apes...

Linnell State Songs Out Now!

The long anticipated solo project from Linnell has finally arrived. "State Songs" is out now and at your local record store on Zoë, as well as available through this catalog.
The album includes brand new tracks, tracks from the Hello CD along with four songs created with a band organ (see Linnell's story on pg. 5) It's not educational, but it is indispensable.

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Radio They Might Be Giants Debuts at wiredplanet.com!

Tune in at work or at home to this new and free They Might Be Giants music experience. Go to wiredplanet.com, download their tasteful and tiny player and click into the Radio TMBG site. There you will experience unique 24 hour programming directly from TMBG. Yes, the band is venturing into the uncharted waters of internet webcasting. The entire station is programmed by the band. Besides drawing on their extensive catalog, selections also include previews of Linnell's State Songs, Mono Puff, Hello CD of the Month Club, unreleased Dial-A-Songs, and hard to find one off TMBG recordings.
The station also includes promotional songs recorded by the band. Future plans will incorporate interviews and live performances, as well as John and John interviews with other performers.

Band Gives Away Songs in Quest for Email Names

Yes, TMBG is desperately trying to get off the US postal path and move over to email as a primary method of keeping y'all up-to-date with things Giant. Send us your email address, and ask your friends if they want to be part of our email conspiracy. We promise we'll keep it interesting, send you free TMBG stuff, and we'll never give it to anyone else.
Send your email names to tmbg.com.

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We're An American Band Organ

BY JOHN LINNELL The band organ is that inhuman orchestra that accompanies merry-go-rounds everywhere with songs you don't recognize at incredibly loud volumes. Sometimes it's in the middle of the carousel, sometimes it's somewhere else in the room. Wherever it is, it will find you. Some of them have drums and cymbals as well as the standard pipes that toot and blat out "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" or some other hit of the nineteenth century. As a kid I was alarmed and fascinated by the band organ inside the carousel in Central Park. For a brief second as my horse rounded the machine I could glimpse the guts of the organ and see the hammers bashing against the bass drum and snare. Years later I found out that the instrument was (and still is) controlled by a roll of paper that had holes punched out of it by some tireless employee of the Wurlitzer company. The arrangements were specially concocted to wring as much juice as possible out of the limited musical resources of the machine.
These limitations, as well as the peculiar assets of the band organ were brought to my attention recently after I contacted some present-day band organ roll punchers about punching my own music onto paper for my solo album "State Songs." I had the idea that I could substitute the carousel organ for the usual human rock musicians on some of the numbers I had cooked up. I was immediately warned of the very small selection of available notes In the bass range, for example, the biggest fanciest machine could play a total of six notes. The Central Park organ could only play three: C, G and F. Needless to say, a live bass player with this kind of range would be quickly advised to seek some other kind of work. The organs are notoriously difficult to keep in tune, and was also cautioned against letting individual pipes play without other ones to camouflage the rough patches. Another possible problem: what if the puncher put in a wrong note that wasn't discovered until it was time to record? The answer turned out to be: put scotch tape over the bad hole.
Undaunted, I managed to record four of the songs on my album using the sounds of two band organs, later overdubbing vocals and, in one case, more con-temporary sounds. One machine I recorded with is a gigantic, tempestuous Wurlitzer Style 165 at a carousel in Glen Echo Park, Maryland, which includes percussion and glockenspiel as well as 256 organ pipes. The other is a humbler, more controlled Style 150 organ which resides in the Long Island home of its owner, Bob Stuhmer. The results were in some cases pretty different from what I was expecting, but now that the record is finished I'm glad I went through with It. As Mr. Flansburgh said when I played him the recordings, "This doesn't sound like anything else."
The State Songs CD is available now on Zoë. Fifteen states are covered. Includes official state info and flags.

Montana Single

Here's the first single from John Linnell's "State Songs" record. In green vinyl and shaped like the US of A, this 12" is destined to become a collector's item. The B-side is "Louisiana," which is exclusive to this release.

Accordion Guitar & Car T-shirt This oversized white t-shirt gives its wearer the opportunity to play air-accordion and air-guitar simultaneously.
Photos on the back were taken by Linnell himself. White 100% cotton. Men's XXL and XL.

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SIR LORD TWINKIES' HOLLYWOOD REPORT: THE HOLLYWOOD TEASLER

LOS ANGELES Things are buzzing here in the City of Angels. Just got back from the gym where I saw Meg Ryan and Melanie Griffith post-conjoining surgery. Ouch!
Cable ahoy! Word on the street is that rock duo They Might Be Giants are going to be featured on The Daily Show Millennium Special. The special was going to be shot on the USS Intrepid in New York City, but due to military concerns, the location was changed to a sound stage. The boys from Brooklyn are going to be appearing as the house band with charmer Jon Stewart at the hosting helm. The Comedy Central after party was the event of the drinking season, putting a new spin on the expression "all hands on deck!"
Who's been hiding in their home studios burning the midnight oil for Fox's big new sit-com "Malcolm In The Middle?" Why, those two boys John and John from TMBG. They've written the theme and are doing most of the incidental music for the show. Hold on to your clicker, you sheeple, because the show's creator, Linwood Boomer, who was an actor (he played Mary's blind husband on "Little House On The Prairie") was unavailable for comment! Sad.
If you're like me, you love squiggle drawings, and nobody does squiggles like the hand-some lads and lassies at the super hot Ka-blam show. The show is hosted by two squiggly kids direct from the ink well of the sassy but sweet illustrator Mark Marek - who you might remember from the Hotel Detective cover, or the fabulous t-shirts he's done for a certain unnamed rock band. Hold on to your helmets, soldiers, because They Might Be Giants "Doctor Worm" and "Why Does the Sun Shine" will be the subject of two of their video-styled animated clips! continued on page 15

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Millionaire Shot Glasses

Turns any home into a show place. A beautiful and functional set of four shot glasses, featuring the famous drinking bird in various stages of inebriation. The opposite side of the glasses are inscribed with They, Might, Be and Giants. Illustrated by Tony Millionaire.

Postcards

These beautiful full color cards are original photo collages created by artist Jeremy Wolff. Sets come with 2 cards of each style.

Van Magnets

Just like the van John and John drive to shows, only flat and very small, this top quality kitchen magnet is as practical as it is affordable. Keep those TMBG numbers at your fingertips on your refrigerator. In sets of 3.

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CANDID POLAROIDS FROM THE 'CUT THE STRINGS' VIDEO PRODUCTION FOR ABC'S 'BRAVE NEW WORLD.'

"Long Tall Weekend" 15 New Studio Tracks From TMBG Out On Emusic's MP3-Only Release

The new They Might Be Giants album of unreleased studio material, "Long Tall Weekend" is available now, but only via internet as a special project with on-line retailer Emusic. The Emusic web site at EMusic.com is already selling selected TMBG songs and albums in the MP3 format, but the "Long Tall Weekend" project collects some very interesting new recordings from the past couple of years, and previews a couple of tracks that will appear on TMBG's next CD format release, notably "She Thinks She's Edith Head" and "Older."

TMBG's Hanukah Song

TMBG have a song on "Festival of Light," a new compilation of Hanukah songs released on the San Francisco-based Six Degrees Records. Other artists on the compilation include Peter Himmelman, Wayne Horvitz & Robin Holcomb, The Klezmatics, and Frank London Big Band. Check it out!

"I'm Sick of This American Life"

THIS AMERICAN LIFE'S IRA GLASS
TMBG has contributed a song to everyone's favorite radio show, This American Life. The song is featured on the Rhino release compiling the best pieces from the award-winning show.

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FLANSBURGH REPORTS FROM AUSTIN POWERS OPENING

After John and I recorded "Dr. Evil" (with my confidant Robin Goldwasser singing the lead vocal) for the opening music in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" I had the distinct pleasure of getting to attend the Hollywood premiere.
Having only seen opening nights in films, I can report it is exactly like being in a movie about a movie about a movie. Our manager thought we should make the most out of our trip out west, and we "took some meetings" with film and TV music people. Getting tossed into the deep end of the Hollywood schmoozing pool for what would be a two day meeting marathon was only one less movie-in-a-movie than the premiere itself.
We arrived in Los Angeles on an airline that actually uses "American" in its name to confuse travel agents into thinking their ancient fleet is worthy of operation. To the shock of everyone, as the plane hard landed a piece of the ceiling running down the aisle fell to the floor, revealing internal guts to the plane. Robin and I spent the evening with LA friends at our favorite karaoke bar. The meetings with music people started the next morning. We visited the Disney animation studio and saw some of the "Recess" film we will be contributing a few songs to. We also got to visit the Fox lot and the stage where the 20th Century Fox opening music (bump baddle ah, bump-bump-bump-bump-bump bump baddle ah) was originally recorded. I tapped the gigantic bass drum (possibly five feet tall). The "New York" set looks exactly like, but smells nothing like, parts of my neighborhood in Brooklyn. At our meetings, the range of interest in our music varied from people who were actual fans to one person who was so fantastically disinterested I know I am in little danger of them recognizing themselves here (without looking up from their clip board: "We're looking for a pop, or, ah, a rock sound. No, a pop sound. You do that, right?")
Getting into the actual event was kind of like landing on an aircraft carrier. With Robin in a very glamorous Asian dress she found in a Salvation Army (no!) and wearing what appeared to me to be platform slippers, walking down the pink shag carpet into the all access / inner-access / inner-sanctum access was slow going. In the crush of the lobby we were a bit lost finding our section. I ran into my hero Elvis Costello, (who we had spent a week in New York opening for a couple of years ago, sharing the Beacon Theater's vaude-villian-style dressing rooms) and said hello. I couldn't help but instantly reflect on how odd for the only person one might know in a crowd of people to be Elvis Costello.
At the concession stand, they still sold the popcorn, and, charmingly enough, hard liquor. When we finally got into the theater I realized why there were four thousand people there! The place had essentially an Imax screen but for a proportional crowd. I should also say that it was four thousand of the most fabulous, most glittering, most now-and-not-ten-minutes-ago-thank-you people one could possibly assemble. As we sat down, I realized the man in the Van Gogh outfit sitting directly in front of me was Eric Clapton, Oddly, I'm not sure how quickly the people in our group noticed him, and for the minutes waiting for the film to begin I had the distinct impression he was eavesdropping on our conversation. We had a Scottish person in our group, and I would imagine that any Brit's ears would catch that.
Directly behind us was Green Day, but I didn't see them till we were leaving.
It was a bit of a mind blower when the opening title sequence with "Dr. Evil" came up. Our music is the absolute first thing in the film. As the drum beat played, the swell of anticipation from the audience was an unforgettable experience for me. Robin's vocal performance that starts (and ends) the film, "Eviiiilll, evil is his one and only name..." was from the demo, recorded by Robin by herself in the kitchen of my project studio. Evidently, Mike Myers was so taken by it he didn't want it changed, and his instincts were right because it set up the very magical evening perfectly.

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Over the years many people have pointed out that no CD collection is really complete without every single release They Might Be Giants have made, so below are all the TMBG CD's, available now at a very reasonable price, with their corresponding order number.

Factory Showroom

Their most recent studio album, filled with many current favorites from the show. Includes "Spiraling Shape," "New York City," "Til My Head Falls Off," and the singular "Exquisite Dead Guy."

John Henry

The bands' first foray into the world of all live recording. Made over one long harsh winter up in Bearsville Studios, where the Band and Bob Dylan used to get their cars stuck in the snowbanks. Songs include "Dirtbike," "End Of The Tour," and the famous show-stopper-and-restarter "Spy."

Apollo 18

A roller-coaster of an album, with kaleidoscopic arrangements driven by John and John's self-sampling mania. Includes "Spider," "The Guitar," "The Statue Got Me High," and the ultimate mind-bender "Fingertips."

Flood

This perennial favorite, with their UK hit "Birdhouse In Your Soul," also has some fine left of center songs like "Minimum Wage," "Whistling In the Dark," and "Dead."

Then: The Earlier Years

This amazing 2 CD collection is a must have for any TMBG fan. It includes the first two Bar/None albums, "They Might Be Giants" and "Lincoln," along with all the EP and Dial-A-Song material from the period. Songs included "Ana Ng," "Don't Let's Start," "Puppet Head," "Hi We're The Replacements," "The Famous Polka," "(She Was A) Hotel Detective," and about fifty more! It also comes with a extensive early history written by John and John, all the original art and tons of archival photos in a deluxe bound booklet.

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World Tour 2040 T-shirt

Climb into this all-cotton time machine and shiver at the venues TMBG will be rocking in the year 2040. XL

The Yule Log! The Ultimate Gift for the Friend of the Giants

You receive every single album the fellows have ever made. This is an incredible value, and an offer we already have second thoughts about continuing! It even comes with the World Tour 2040 t-shirt. A retail value of $114 for a mere $60. Look like a big spender, impress your friends and take advantage of our business naiveté! Order now!

Flansburgh's Mono Puff It's Fun To Steal

The second full length effort by Flansburgh's Mono Puff mob will surprise the uninitiated with its scratchiness and groove orientation. This album represents a real departure for the band. Flansburgh collaborates with S-E-X-X-Y guy Hal Cragin on a number of tracks. Includes "Creepy," "Extra Krispy," and "Backstabbing Liar" and appearances by DJ Five Star Spicy and Sister Puff Robin Goldwasser.

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Bumper Sticker

Durable vinyl. Black and white. Type created by Flansburgh.

Nascar T-shirt

Shake the ground with 20,000 pounds of nitro-fueled TMBG funny car power. This long sleeved beauty has graphics running down the sleeves just like the pros. Designed by Mike Mills of alternative music group Butter 08. White long sleeve. 100% cotton. M & XL.

They Mug

This quality white ceramic mug sports the popular "They" logo. Orange logo or Green logo.

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Happiness T-shirt

This wonderful design features a bold TMBG crest in the front and a beautiful illustration of children playing musical instruments (with a distinctly TMBG-ish line-up on the back, emblazoned with the motto "Music self-played is Happiness self-made." Illustration by Megan Cash. White/black ringer. 100% cotton. Adults' M & XL.

SIR LORD TWINKLES HOLLYWOOD REPORT CONTINUED...

Hold on to your mouse ears, vacationers, because rumor has it that rock duo They Might Be Giants is creating songs for next summer's kiddie blockbuster "Recess." Already this animated series is hot hot hot with the shorties on Saturday mornings. This comes on the heels of TMBG's animated offering slated for a later release in the sequel to Peter Pan entitled "Return to Neverland" featuring three new TMBG tunes. Look for that in your kid's VCR next year.
This autumn saw those glamour slaves They Might Be Giants on ABC Nightline Primetime series "Brave New World." Hold on to your mouse, hackers, because now you can download the performances! Just go to tmbg.com and link up for the five new rock video-like segments the guys did for news big wig Ted Koppel.

TMBG ON THE SET OF BRAVE NEW WORLD

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Pencils

Shipped in sets of five so every-one can share the wonder of this classic tool. These pencils share the "meat" motif made popular at www.tmbg.com.

Flying Carpet T-shirt

This beautiful new design comes from NY illustrator Michael Kupperman. Featuring a guest appearance by Britain's Queen Victoria and two youngsters, this enigmatic shirt will stump your friends for years to come. White. 100% cotton. XL.

Hayseed T-shirt

Startling caricatures of Flansburgh and Linnell in hill-billy duds drawn by Ka-blam creator and illustrator Mark Marek. White. 100% cotton. XL

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Giant Bugs T-shirt

Drawn by genius illustrator Steve Blickenstaff, famous for his Cramps album cover "Bad Music for Bad People" and other fine sicko stuff. Athletic grey heather. 100% cotton. M & XL.

Mouse Pad

Join the high-tech generation on your own terms with this log-shaped TMBG mouse pad. Based on the TMBG web design, this durable plastic thing was designed by graphic giant Barbara Glauber.

They Hat

Dark olive green brushed twill cap and brim with traditional baseball styling makes this hat as inappropriate for the opera as it is in a court of law. An adjustable strap makes it one-size-fits-all.

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A CONVERSATION WITH PAT DILLETT

Flansburgh talks with TMBG producer Pat Dillett about his life behind the console
He's recorded with Diana Ross, Notorious BIG, Soul Coughing, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Nile Rogers, the B52s, the Lounge Lizards, Mariah Carey, Arto Lindsay and, for the past ten years, They Might Be Giants. John Flansburgh has an in-formal chat with Producer/Engineer Pat Dillett about his work.
Flansburgh: How do you describe your job to people when they ask you what you do?
Dillett: Usually when I say I produce and engineer records they say "Does that mean you boss people around?" and to that I like to say "Yes!" though it's not really true. For me, having gotten my start as an engineer, generally I'm involved in the sound crafting, trying to realize what the band is trying to do, and if possible some of the arrangement or musical ideas - but my job is making the band's record the way they want it made.
JF: We've been working with you for ten years. We met at Skyline Studios. (the legendary NYC studio part-owned by Chic's Nile Rodgers) Do you remember the first....
PD: I do absolutely, because I remember being really jealous of Paul (TMBG producer/engineer Paul Angelli) because I was working on Mariah Carey's record and he got to work on your record.
JF: You were working in the room next to ours...
PD: We were tracking her record (ed. note: tracking is the recording the fundamental instruments - often just drums and bass), and I was like, the big time engineer on it, and everyone was telling me I'd really hit the jackpot and was thinking "Why can't I just go assist on the Giants' record?" (laughs) At that stage, both Paul and I were really happy because around the time you started working there it was the culmination of working on a lot of cool projects in a row. There was a Clapton record in there, the Replacements did a record there - a whole bunch of people we actually liked - listened to, bought records by, went to shows of - it wasn't just like... Mariah (laughs). It was a cool time.
JF: What's it like working with Nile Rodgers?
PD: I think people realize that he's a great musician, but not how great He's always thinking about stuff - sometimes too much - but he's an amazing musician, amazing arranger and amazing composer. And on top of that, he has a feel for what other people will like. He's doesn't have a "music school head" - where somebody would say "let's do this because it'll be really funny to stick a 7/8 section in here." I remember working on the Stevie Ray Vaughn record where he worked with his brother, and having this, not really an argument, but just sort of laughing at him when he said "Let's put horse hooves on this" because it was a cowboy song. It was one of the stupidest ideas I'd ever heard in my file. Then lo and behold when the record came out one of the first reviews in the New York papers said "And what a charming touch of horse hooves!" So I thought, "I don't get it, I better just watch this guy."
JF: You recently worked with Soul Coughing..
PD: They're totally great. Great musicians. "Try anything once" kind of guys. One song I was co-producer on was a song that they had previously jammed on. I don't know if they intended it to happen the way it did, but we ended up recording the song with the whole band playing together live. I get the impression they do a lot of looping (ed. note: using a sampler to capture and repeat a short musical riff) and creating arrangement changes with hard left and right turns on different rhythms and different sonic ideas, but the thing I spent the most time on was just a band thing. And I did some stuff with them and this guy Optical which was more like the way I think they normally work. We sampled a few loops (of drummer Yuval Gabay playing) and they added stuff, layered it a lot more. They called me the enabler. I tried anything they wanted to try, and vice versa.
JF: What was your most recent job?
PD: I just engineered the soundtrack for a movie in Brazil, a remake of Black Orpheus.
JF: What was working there like?
PD: I've worked there for ten years as well.
When I first started working there it was a couple of steps above Gilligan riding the bike to power the machine. Now it's not that different than working in a high level studio in New York. They have all the right machines. Obviously it's a different culture, but from a studio point of view it's also different. The labels owned their own studios, very much like the 50's or early 60's here, and only recently have a lot those studio closed down. Now there are more independent studios. You still work 9-5 or 6 to midnight, but musically it's totally free. I've recorded fifty guys standing on a roof top playing drums.
JF: The hours you work in New York are insane. Routinely working 12-20 hours...
PD: It depends. I do remember during the making of Factory Showroom - doing overdubs with you and John from 11-7, then I would mix the song that night, which we would listen to the next morning before we did some more over-dubs. So those were crazy hours but I really enjoyed it because we got on a roll with that and you are so close to what you just did it still had that excitement. We weren't tracking everything all at once and then coming back to it two months later and trying to remember why we liked it. (Laughter)
JF: When you're doing a rap session - that must be completely different than recording a rock band.
PD: It is. Doing that kind of stuff reawakened the desire (in me) to do things totally wrong. There's no real limits to what you're allowed to do in recording or mixing rap stuff, and there's a lot of really innovative people who aren't used to the "usual" way - these aren't people who came up through recording school. They are totally into trying a lot of weird stuff.
JF: What is in your They Might Be Giants musical vault that I can look forward to being released posthumously?
PD. I think we've almost cleaned out my collection of hidden They Might Be Giants songs. There are a bunch of demos from the "John Henry" era (ed. note: Pat recorded a set of full band demos for that album), but they've all been released in their finished form. Other than that, I think I'm cleaned out!

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UPCOMING PROJECTS

Different - A History of Hello CD
From 1993 to 1997 Marjorie Galen and TMBG's John Flansburgh ran a unique recording service called the Hello CD of the Month Club. Every year they would put out ten CD ep's (of about four or five songs) by a highly varied group of artists. An ambitious project to say the least, the pair managed to fast-talk their way into the busy schedules of some of rock's most interesting artists. It also provided a platform for some very talented performers that Marjorie and John had come across in the years of They Might Be Giants' touring.
It was also a starting place for Flansburgh's Mono Puff and Linnell's State Songs project. A compilation of some of the high points will be coming out shortly on CD and MP3. Look to theymightbegiants.com for a release date.

Join the Info Club Email List, And Get Free Music!
The Info Club is trying to develop an email mailing list, and if you are interested in being part of this new group, please leave your email address at www.tmbg.com. We'll be using that list for all sorts of interesting stuff (MP3s, late breaking shows and media appearances). We won't use it for anything but things TMBG, and we will never sell it.
You might not know it, but at EMusic's "Long Tall Weekend" site at www.emusic.com, you can get a free download of "Older." At the Dial-A-Song other brand new songs are available, and on the good ol' www.tmbg.com there are a number of new songs performed by John and John in downloadable Quicktime movies.

Love Show T-shirt

Musician Brian Dewan, often-time TMBG opener, illustrated this new t-shirt with his vision of an ideal, if strange, TMBG concert. White. 100% cotton. XL.

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TMBG's Official Quick & Easy Order Form

Holiday Deadlines
To guarantee Dec. 25th delivery, please get your credit card orders in by Dec. 8. Orders placed after that date will be processed quickly we always do our finest work under pressure) but are not guaranteed. If you are paying by check, please get it in the mail by Dec. 1.
Happy Holidays!

To order, please follow these easy instructions:

By E-Mail:
You can now order on-line at www.tmbg.com.
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Call our offices at 914-359-0867 and have this information ready and leave it in this order:

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• and the items you'd like to order.

Please speak slowly and clearly.
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Fill out this form (or a copy of it). Please print clearly and add correctly! Use the chart on the next page to figure out the correct Shipping and Handling charge. Orders to be shipped to NY addresses must also include sales tax. Payment may be made by check, money order, or Visa, Master Card or American Express. Checks should be made payable to TMB Productions. US funds only. Don't send cash! Send to:
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A Guide To TMBG Online Sites

www.tmbg.com
The original and still the greatest, with links to both new official sites, tmbg.com has Quicktime movies of new material and videos, along with history, discographies, pieces written by the band, on-line product center, and a ton of other cool things. Not to be missed!

www.theymightbegiants.com
Dedicated to the latest news on TMBG, look to this site for shows in your area, media appearances, etc. And by popular request, it is updated frequently!

www.dialasong.com
Yes, finally TMBG's beloved, busy and often broken Dial-A-Song line has been put on-line with a series of brand new songs not available anywhere else. Keep up with the latest TMBG music with this unique service.

www.wiredplanet.com Home of Radio They Might Be Giants'
Download the player and enjoy the music of They Might Be Giants 24 hours a day at Radio They Might Be Giants. Programs by John and John. This great-sounding interface should provide immediate relief to all office workers of America.

www.emusic.com
Your mp3 provider, your 'Long Tall Weekend' provider. Download 'Older, 'She Thinks She's Edith Head', 'Drinkin'', and many others from the new TMBG mp3-only release.

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Out Now! Direct From Brooklyn Video Compilation with Tiny Toons!

Finally, all 12 of the TMBG videos available on one reel along with two bonus tracks. Includes the videos for "Doctor Worm" and "Snail Shell," "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)," "The Statue Got Me High," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "They'll Need A Crane," "Purple Toupee," "Ana Ng," "(She Was A) Hotel Detective," "Don't Let's Start" and "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head." Also includes two bonus Tiny Toons cartoons featuring TMBG songs "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)." The complete TMBG video document!