TMBG Information Bulletin Archive/Winter 1991

This double sided sheet was mailed out to Information Club members at the end of 1990.

FRONT OF SHEET

TMBG Information Bulletin #1 - Winter 1991 (Front)

       

TMBG Information Bulletin #1 - Winter 1991

Greetings!

In your hands you hold the debut issue of our new newsletter, the TMBG Information Bulletin. If you'd like to continue receiving it (along with other useful and interesting info about "Brooklyn's Ambassadors of Love") send 4 self addressed stamped legal size envelopes to: TMBG Information, P.O. Box 110553. Williamsburg Station, Brooklyn, NY 11211. If you're writing from outside the U.S. send 4 self-addressed envelopes and 4 International Response Coupons (available at your local post office.) By the way, John & John have asked us to thank everyone who sent them cards and letters.

ID Numbers, Address Changes, Etc.

If there's a number above your name on your address label, it's your TMBG Information ID Number. Please write it along with your name & address on all correspondence with us (including any letters, change of address notifications, merchandise orders and S.A.S.E.'s you send.) It makes it much easier for us to keep track of your mail and orders and helps us save paper and energy. (If you don't have an ID # yet, don't worry, you'll receive one on a future mailing.) Multiple fans in the same household have been consolidated on our mailing list and now have only one ID number. If this causes problems for you write and let us know and we'll issue you separate ID numbers. College students please note- we need a permanent address for you on our mailing list. College mail box numbers and dormitory addresses change so often that more often than not the mail we send to them comes back marked "Moved- No Forwarding Address." If It's at all possible, please send us a more permanent address (and please include your TMBG Information ID #.)

We Receive A Lot Of Letters Asking

"Who's the old guy in the videos with the funny-looking head?" Exhaustive research reveals that he's William Allen White, known in his day as "America's most famous small-town newspaperman." Editor and Publisher of the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette from the 1890's until the 1940's, White's editorials were widely reprinted. He was best known for an 1896 editorial attacking perennial Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and a tribute he wrote for his daughter Mary, who was killed in a horseback riding accident at age 17 (some of you may remember a made-for-TV movie about her life which aired about 10 or 15 years ago.) Although he was a life-long Republican, White was nevertheless a strong supporter of Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's social and economic reforms. White died in Emporia on January 29, 1944.

We Also Get A Lot Of Letters Asking

why the "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" EP isn't available on cassettes or vinyl. The decision to release "Istanbul only on CD was made by our record company. You can write and ask them to explain it (and other mysteries of the record business) to you. Their address is: Elektra Entertainment, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019

TMBG Mail Order Notes

All orders for TMBG merchandise should be addressed to TMB Productions, Dept. PPFNP, at our Brooklyn Post Office Box (see above.) Below are 2 items we added to our inventory too late for inclusion in the catalog. For faster processing, use the order form in the catalog (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) when ordering these or any other Items (and please remember to include your TMBG Information ID number!).

They Might Be Giants Catalog Supplement

(See the Catalog for ordering & shipping info)

1990 Tour T-Shirt - $16.00

Item TS-8
Our Official 1990 Tour Shirt features three of the postage stamps from the Giants' stage set with "THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS" emblazoned in groovy orange lettering on the front and a list of every 1990 tour date on the back. This is an oversized 100% cotton white t-shirt. Looks totally cool and makes a great night shirt too! Available in size XXL only. (One size fits all.)

TMBG Coffee Cup Sticker - $2.00 Each or 3 for $5.00

Item ST-1
Our new sticker features the world-famous TMBG coffee cup and weirdly distorted red lettering screenprinted on weather-resistant paper. Measures 13" long by 2 1/2" tall. Looks great on car bumpers, jackets, notebooks, or just about any flat surface. If order is for stickers alone, postage is included.

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BACK OF SHEET

TMBG Information Bulletin #1 - Winter 1991 (Back)

The Might Be Times

Volume I Number 1 - December 18, 1990 - Brooklyn, New York

Two Guys Named John

"Brooklyn's Ambassadors of Love", rock duo They Might Be Giants, also known as Mr. John Flansburgh and Mr. John Linnell, are very happy to be home.

The 'Best New Act' of 1990: TMBG Win Q Magazine Award

London, England, Dec. 12— The results are in from Q magazine's first annual "Q Awards" and the "twin quasars of rock", They Might Be Giants, have been chosen as the Best New Act of 1990. Q, one of the leading British pop music magazines, instituted the awards this year to honor deserving musicians and records in several categories. The 'Best New Act' is chosen by a vote of the magazine's readers

Building on the runaway U.K. chart success of "Birdhouse In Your Soul," the first single from their Elektra album "Flood," and a series of sold-out concerts this summer, the Giants have become a favorite among British rock fans. "Flood" has sold close to 100,000 copies in the U.K., earning the band a British Silver record.

The award will be presented at a ceremony here today. The band, currently in Japan, will not be in attendance. The award will be accepted on their behalf by record producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who produced four of the nineteen songs on "Flood" including "Birdhouse In Your Soul." The other fifteen tracks were produced by They Might Be Giants themselves.

Although the band was formed in 1983 and first played in Britain in 1987, they are still considered a new act there because it was only in 1990 that most Britons first became aware of the band.

Year Of Touring Over, They Might Be Giants Return Home To Brooklyn

By FRANCIS X. SCARBO
Special to The Might Be Times

BROOKLYN, Dec. 17— After thirteen months of touring in support of their hit album "Flood," They Might Be Giants have returned to their beloved Brooklyn to enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation.

Having just completed a month long tour of the Pacific, with stops in Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and Japan, the band will play four shows at Greenwich Village's historic Village Gate night club on December 30th and 31st, before beginning several months hiatus from touring. Their next big project will be to write and record the songs for their as yet untitled fourth full-length album, which should be released early in 1992.

Long Tour Ends In Japan
Beginning with an unadvertized show at New York City's legendary CBGB's last November 15th and ending last Monday in Osaka, Japan, the band's tour lasted over a year. During that time they performed for over 150,000 people, playing approximately 160 concerts in 28 states, the District of Columbia and 14 foreign countries.

Reports from Japan suggest that the two Johns are on the verge of being a very big success there. "Screaming mobs of teenage girls were chasing them through the streets," said the Giant's manager Jamie Kitman of the Hornblow Group USA Inc. "It was like something out of 'A Hard Day's Night,'" Kitman added, referring to the 1964 film starring the Beatles.

"Miscellaneous T" Collection
While they're waiting for the next album of new material, the band's fans can look forward to the upcoming release of a collection of singles, b-sides and previously unreleased material, "Miscellaneous T." Scheduled for release in the late winter or early spring of 1991, the collection includes all of the songs from the group's first three E.P.'s on Hoboken, New Jersey's tiny but influential Bar None Records label. It will also feature several songs which have never before been released in the United States.

New Material on Dial-A-Song
The start of work on a new album is welcome news for aficionados of They Might Be Giants' free Dial-A-Song service, because once the recording of the album is in progress they'll be able to hear demo versions of the band's new songs months before the new album is ready to be released.

Dial-A-Song, started in 1984 as a way for the band, who had no record deal at the time, to get their music heard. Although the group is now signed to a major record label, Elektra Entertainment, and their albums are widely available in record stores, Dial-A-Song continues to be a popular institution among their many fans.

Service Is Free
Unlike the "900 numbers" of celebrities such as baseball star Jose Canseco of the Oakland Athletics and the massively popular bubble gum group The New Kids On The Block, there is never any extra charge for calling Dial-A-Song.

Dial-A-Song can be reached by dialing (718)-387-6962. Normal toll charges apply to this call, but, as the service's slogan says, "it's free if you call from work."

THE MIGHT BE TIMES
is published occasionally by
TMBG Information
P.O. Box 110553
Williamsburgh Station
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Bo Orloff
Editor

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The 1991 They Might Be Giants Catalog

This catalog was included in the mailing of the Winter 1991 Information Bulletin.

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