They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's

	They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's Compilation by Various Artists
	First released	March 20, 2001 Release details / collectors: Show | Hide	Tracks	44
	Label	McSweeney's Books	Length	68:44

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Book Cover, with cover slip

Book Cover

Timothy McSweeney's Very Intense Heated Passionate Battle/Embrace with They Might Be Giants is the sixth issue of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a literary journal edited by Dave Eggers. The book contains a collection of pieces of literature and artwork. These are accompanied by tracks on the disc. This particular issue also includes art from Marcel Dzama and Amy Sillman. Two variations of the cover exist, one which reads "WE NOW KNOW WHO" and the other, which commands onlookers to "FIND THEM AND CONVINCE THEM".

Track listing

#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6	They Might Be Giants	2:32
2	The Ballad Of Timothy McSweeney	They Might Be Giants	1:03
3	MOR	They Might Be Giants	0:17
4	Dollar For Dollar	They Might Be Giants	0:24
5	Oprah	They Might Be Giants	0:16
6	Garden Of Eden	They Might Be Giants	0:35
7	West Virginia	John Linnell	3:32
8	Koenigstein	They Might Be Giants	3:30
9	It's Getting Late	They Might Be Giants	0:16
10	Daphne (Soundtrack)	Michael Meredith	1:37
11	(She Thinks She's) Edith Head	They Might Be Giants	2:33
12	Mr. And Mrs. Nuclear	They Might Be Giants	0:34
13	Bangs	They Might Be Giants	3:28
14	Modern Love Waltz	Philip Glass	3:30
15	Faster Better Now	They Might Be Giants	0:34
16	Be Patient	They Might Be Giants	1:23
17	God's Sister Jessica	They Might Be Giants	0:22
18	Grassroots Internet Revolution	They Might Be Giants	0:06
19	Billy By The Bay w/ S.E. Willis on the piano	Ann Cummings	2:28
20	Swimming Hole w/ Roger Greenawalt on the banjo	Erika Kawalek	2:55
21	Mosh Momken Abadan	They Might Be Giants	2:53
22	Even My T-Shirt	They Might Be Giants	0:47
23	The Army's Tired Now	They Might Be Giants	1:12
24	Drinkin'	They Might Be Giants	0:44
25	Gazing Out Toward	They Might Be Giants	0:49
26	Frog and Banjo recorded by John Flansburgh in his Dial-A-Song studio	Mike Doughty	2:44
27	I Am 40: Memories of West St. and Lepke	They Might Be Giants	3:16
28	Lincoln, Washington, And That Jefferson Guy	They Might Be Giants	0:21
29	Bathymetry For Two	They Might Be Giants	0:56
30	Art Mover	They Might Be Giants	0:59
31	People Died Today	They Might Be Giants	0:34
32	The Truth In Your Words	They Might Be Giants	1:10
33	C-Town	They Might Be Giants	1:41
34	Roslyn's Dog	Arthur Bradford	8:15
35	Softly	They Might Be Giants	0:20
36	Slow	They Might Be Giants	0:53
37	Be Kind And Gentle	They Might Be Giants	0:52
38	Candy Stripers	They Might Be Giants	0:39
39	Girls In Their Turning	They Might Be Giants	0:29
40	The Life Of Doug	They Might Be Giants	0:26
41	R U Together	They Might Be Giants	1:05
42	Mona Lisa	They Might Be Giants	1:04
43	To a Text by Ad Reinhardt	Free Cooperation	2:03
44	Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6 - Thank Yous	They Might Be Giants	2:33

Trivia

• The issue was mentioned (albeit in passing) in a discussion of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern by Garrison Keillor on the radio show The Writer's Almanac on Dave Eggers' birthday.
• "To a Text by Ad Reinhardt" is an excerpt from "Convergence" by Free Cooperation, originally recorded in 1985 and releaased on their 1988 album Our Master's Voice.
• Michael Meredith is an acclaimed architect. "Daphne (Soundtrack)" is his only known musical output, selected from "theme songs [he wrote] for his friends".