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| − | Artist: [[They Might Be Giants]]<br /> | + | {{Album Info |
| − | Released: [[2001]], [[2002]]<br /> | + | | Image = UnLtd2.jpg |
| − | Label: [[EMusic|emusic.com]]
| + | | Title = TMBG Unlimited |
| | + | | Artist = They Might Be Giants |
| | + | | Type = TMBG compilation |
| | + | | Released = [[2001]] |
| | + | | Tracks = 175 |
| | + | | Length = 7:05:25 |
| | + | | Label = [[They Might Be Records]] |
| | + | | Catalog = |
| | + | | Release = |
| | + | | Last Album = |
| | + | | Next Album = |
| | + | }} |
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| − | TMBG Unlimited is a collection of mp3-only albums that were available to subscribers of [[EMusic|emusic.com]]'s TMBG Unlimited service. It's all over now, and the files are no longer legally available. You can still hear a good number of them on [[TMBG Clock Radio]] and http://www.dialasong.com, though. | + | '''TMBG Unlimited''' was a collection of MP3-only albums that were available to subscribers of [[EMusic|emusic.com]]'s TMBG Unlimited service from January 2001 to January 2002, when the service ended. Many exclusive recordings were only released through TMBG Unlimited and can no longer be obtained. The [[TMBG Clock Radio]] streaming service featured many of these songs until it was shut down in 2013. |
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| | == Track listing == | | == Track listing == |
| | + | {{tocright}}<htmltag tagname="style">table{display:block}</htmltag> |
| | + | Please note that track listings of releases from eMusic's TMBG Unlimited service were subject to change without notice, and slightly alternate track listings do exist for a few months of the service. |
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| − | Please note that track listings of releases from eMusic's TMBG Unlimited service were subject to change without notice, so there may be more than one version of any given release. - [http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/discography/indexd.html tmbg.org]
| + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - January]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 1 || [[I've Got A Fang (Demo)]] || [[This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[Drink! (Demo)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Cyclops Rock (Demo)]] || [[What We Did This Summer|What We Did This Summer (Promo)]], [[Podcast 10A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Stormy Pinkness (Love Version)]] || [[Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Robert Lowell]] || [[They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's]], [[Podcast 51]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[The Edison Museum (Wax Cylinder)]] || [[Podcast 5B]], [[Podcast Highlights]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[James K. Polk (Wax Cylinder)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| − | === January 2001 ===
| |
| − | #[[I've Got A Fang (Demo) ]]
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| − | #[[Drink (Demo)]]
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| − | #[[Cyclops Rock (Demo)]]
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| − | #[[Stormy Pinkness (Love Version)|Stormy Pinkness (Love Version)]]
| |
| − | #[[Robert Lowell]]
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| − | #[[The Edison Museum (Wax Cylinder Recording)|The Edison Museum (Wax Cylinder)]]
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| − | #[[James K. Polk (Wax Cylinder Recording)|James K. Polk (Wax Cylinder)]]
| |
| − | #[[Santa Claus]]
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| | | | |
| − | === February 2001 === | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - February]] === |
| − | #[[Bangs (TMBG Unlimited)|Bangs]] | + | {| class="ebena" |
| − | #[[Mr. Xcitement]]
| + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| − | #[[Hovering Sombrero]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[The Truth In Your Words]]
| + | [[File:UnLtd2.jpg|160px|right]] |
| − | #[[Lincoln, Washington, And That Jefferson Guy]]
| + | | 1 || [[Hovering Sombrero]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| − | #[[Down To The Bottom Of The Sea]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[It's Getting Late]]
| + | | 2 || [[Bangs (TMBG Unlimited)]] || [[2001 Radio Sampler No. 2]] |
| − | #[[The Army's Tired Now]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Budnitz]]
| + | | 3 || [[All Alone]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| − | #[[John Lee Supertaster]] | + | |- |
| − | #[[In The Middle]]
| + | | 4 || [[Lincoln, Washington, And That Jefferson Guy]] || [[They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's]] |
| − | #[[Your Mom's Alright]]
| + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Down To The Bottom Of The Sea]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[It's Getting Late]] || [[They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[The Army's Tired Now]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[The Truth In Your Words|Truth In Your Words]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Budnitz #1]] || [[They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[John Lee Supertaster]] || [[No!]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle|In The Middle]] || [[No!]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[Your Mom's Alright]] || [[Mink Car|Mink Car (European and Japanese releases)]] |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| − | === March 2001 ===
| |
| − | #[[Theme From Unlimited]]
| |
| − | #[[Clowntown]]
| |
| − | #[[Monsters Of Mud]]
| |
| − | #[[Violin]]
| |
| − | #[[Lazyhead And Sleepybones]]
| |
| − | #[[Clap Your Hands]]
| |
| − | #[[O, Do Not Forsake Me (Richard Reagan Demo)|O, Do Not Forsake Me (Richard Reagan Version)]]
| |
| − | #[[When It Rains It Snows]] (live Frank O'Toole Version)
| |
| | | | |
| − | === The Flood Show === | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - March]] === |
| − | #[[Theme From Flood / Birdhouse In Your Soul (Flood Show)]] | + | {| class="ebena" |
| − | #[[Lucky Ball And Chain (Flood Show)]]
| + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| − | #[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Flood Show)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Dead (Flood Show)]]
| + | [[File:UnLtd3.jpg|160px|right]] |
| − | #[[Particle Man (Flood Show)]]
| + | | 1 || [[Theme From Unlimited]]''' || |
| − | #[[Twisting (Flood Show)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Your Racist Friend (Flood Show)]]
| + | | 2 || [[Clowntown]] || [[No! Preview]], [[Podcast 56]] |
| − | #[[We Want A Rock (Flood Show)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Someone Keeps Moving My Chair (Flood Show)]]
| + | | 3 || [[Monsters Of Mud]] || [[No! Preview]] |
| − | #[[Hearing Aid / Minimum Wage (Flood Show)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Letterbox (Flood Show)]]
| + | | 4 || [[Violin]] || [[No!]] |
| − | #[[Whistling In The Dark (Flood Show)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Hot Cha (Flood Show)]]
| + | | 5 || [[Lazyhead And Sleepybones]] || [[No!]] |
| − | #[[Women And Men (Flood Show)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love (Flood Show)]]
| + | | 6 || [[Clap Your Hands]] || [[No!]] |
| − | #[[They Might Be Giants (The Song) (Flood Show)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Road Movie To Berlin (Flood Show)]]
| + | | 7 || [[O, Do Not Forsake Me (Richard Reagan Demo)|O, Do Not Forsake Me (Richard Reagan Version)]] || [[John Henry Demos]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[When It Rains It Snows (Live)]] || [[Shows/1987-03-04|The Frank O’Toole Show]], [[Upsalapalooza]] |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| − | === April 2001 ===
| |
| − | #[[A Shooting Star Is Not A Star]]
| |
| − | #[[Finished With Lies (TMBG Unlimited Version)]]
| |
| − | #[[Wicked Little Critta]]
| |
| − | #[[Ram On]]
| |
| − | #[[Chopping Block Testimonial]]
| |
| − | #[[Oranges]]
| |
| − | #[[Fibber Island (Demo)]]
| |
| − | #[[No (The Song)|No!]]
| |
| − | #[[I Am A Grocery Bag]]
| |
| − | #[[Wake Up Call]]
| |
| − | #[[Sleepwalkers]]
| |
| − | #[[Where Your Eyes Don't Go - Why Does The Sun Shine Medley|Where Your Eyes Don't Go - Why Does The Sun Shine? Medley]]
| |
| − | #[[It's Not My Birthday (Live)|It's Not My Birthday (Live)]]
| |
| | | | |
| − | === May 2001 === | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - The Flood Show]] === |
| − | #[[All MacGyver On It]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Mink Car (The Song)|Mink Car]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Another First Kiss]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Tigerella]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Dollar For Dollar]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6]]
| + | |
| − | #[[The Ballad Of Timothy McSweeney]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Mosh Momken Abadan]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Even My T-Shirt]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Battle For The Planet Of They Might Be Giants]]
| + | |
| − | #[[Somebody Took My Eyeball]]
| + | |
| − | #[[They Might Be Giants (The Song) (1984 Demo Tape Version)|They Might Be Giants (Demo)]]
| + | |
| | | | |
| − | === The Ritz Show === | + | {| class="ebena" |
| − | #[[Robot Parade (Ritz Show)|Robot Parade]] | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| − | #[[Boss Of Me (Ritz Show)|Boss Of Me]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[I've Got A Fang (Ritz Show)|I've Got A Fang]]
| + | [[File:UnLtd4.jpg|160px|right]] |
| − | #Open Space
| + | | 1 || [[Theme From Flood - Birdhouse In Your Soul (Flood Show)|Theme From Flood - Birdhouse In Your Soul]] || |
| − | #[[Fingertips (Ritz Show)|Fingertips]]
| + | |- |
| − | #Open Space #2
| + | | 2 || [[Lucky Ball And Chain (Flood Show)|Lucky Ball And Chain]] || |
| − | #Letterbox Intro
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Letterbox (Ritz Show)|Letterbox]]
| + | | 3 || [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Flood Show)|Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] || |
| − | #[[Drink (Ritz Show)|Drink]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Hypnotist Of Ladies (Ritz Show)|Hypnotist Of Ladies]]
| + | | 4 || [[Dead (Flood Show)|Dead]] || |
| − | #[[The Famous Polka (Ritz Show)|The Famous Polka]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Why Does The Sun Shine (Ritz Show)|Why Does The Sun Shine?]]
| + | | 5 || [[Particle Man (Flood Show)|Particle Man]] || |
| − | #[[Spy - Mr. Tambourine Man Medley|Spy / Mr. Tambourine Man]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Cyclops Rock (Ritz Show)|Cyclops Rock]]
| + | | 6 || [[Twisting (Flood Show)|Twisting]] || |
| − | #[[Minimum Wage (Ritz Show)|Minimum Wage]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Spider - The Guitar Medley|Spider / The Guitar]]
| + | | 7 || [[Your Racist Friend (Flood Show)|Your Racist Friend]] || |
| − | #[[Particle Man (Ritz Show)|Particle Man]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Older (Ritz Show)|Older]]
| + | | 8 || [[We Want A Rock (Flood Show)|We Want A Rock]] || |
| − | #[[Working Undercover For The Man (Ritz Show)|Working Undercover For The Man]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[She's Actual Size (Ritz Show)|She's Actual Size]]
| + | | 9 || [[Someone Keeps Moving My Chair (Flood Show)|Someone Keeps Moving My Chair]] || |
| − | #[[Birdhouse In Your Soul (Ritz Show)|Birdhouse In Your Soul]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Twisting (Ritz Show)|Twistin']]
| + | | 10 || [[Hearing Aid - Minimum Wage (Flood Show)|Hearing Aid - Minimum Wage]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[Letterbox (Flood Show)|Letterbox]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[Whistling In The Dark (Flood Show)|Whistling In The Dark]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 13 || [[Hot Cha (Flood Show)|Hot Cha]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 14 || [[Women & Men (Flood Show)|Women & Men]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 15 || [[Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love (Flood Show)|Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 16 || [[They Might Be Giants (Song) (Flood Show)|They Might Be Giants]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 17 || [[Road Movie To Berlin (Flood Show)|Road Movie To Berlin]] || |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| − | === June 2001 ===
| |
| − | #[[My Man]]
| |
| − | #[[Yeh Yeh]]
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| − | #[[Mink Car (The Song) (Demo)|Mink Car (Demo)]]
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| − | #[[She Thinks She's Edith Head]]
| |
| − | #[[Anecdote]]
| |
| − | #[[I'm Your Boyfriend Now]]
| |
| − | #[[Museum Of Idiots (TMBG Unlimited Version)|Museum Of Idiots]]
| |
| − | #[[North To Alaska]]
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| − | #[[Tender Is The Mind]]
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| | | | |
| − | === July 2001 === | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - April]] === |
| − | #[[Frankenstein]] (Live NYC 1994) | + | {| class="ebena" |
| − | #[[The Joker]] (Live NYC 1994)
| + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| − | #[[Yellow Submarine]] (Live Chicago 1992)
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Hi Honey I'm Home]]
| + | [[File:UnLtd5.jpg|160px|right]] |
| − | #[[Concrete And Clay]]
| + | | 1 || [[Sleepwalkers]] || [[No!]] |
| − | #[[Mr. Me (Demo)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Outboard Part Of Man]]
| + | | 2 || [[A Shooting Star Is Not A Star]] || [[Here Comes Science]] |
| − | #[[Somebody's Body]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Hope That I Get Old Before I Die - Cage And Aquarium Medley|Hope That I Get Old Before I Die / Cage And Aquarium Medley]] (Live 1993)
| + | | 3 || [[Finished With Lies (TMBG Unlimited)]] || |
| − | #[[Ant (Demo)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Kings Of The Cave]]
| + | | 4 || [[Wicked Little Critta]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| − | #[[1999 - Cowtown Medley|1999 / Cowtown Medley]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[The Big Big Whoredom (Live Demo)]]
| + | | 5 || [[Ram On]] || [[Listen To What The Man Said: Popular Artists Pay Tribute To The Music Of Paul McCartney|Listen To What The Man Said]] |
| − | #[[Sally Boy Candy Bar]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Happy]]
| + | | 6 || [[Chopping Block Testimonial]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| − | #[[Indiana Wants Me]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Alienation's For The Rich (Demo)]]
| + | | 7 || [[Oranges]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| − | #[[7-11]]
| + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[Fibber Island (Demo)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[No! (Song)|No!]] || [[No!]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[I Am A Grocery Bag]] || [[No!]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[Wake Up Call]] || [[No!]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[Where Your Eyes Don't Go - Why Does The Sun Shine? Medley]] || [[Podcast 33A]] (former), [[Podcast 44|44]] (latter) |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 13 || [[It's Not My Birthday (Live)]] || [[Podcast 5B]], [[Podcast 43|43]] |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| − | === August 2001 ===
| |
| − | #[[I Palindrome I (Live TMBG Unlimited)|I Palindrome I (Live)]]
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| − | #[[Twisting (Live TMBG Unlimited)|Twistin' (Live)]]
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| − | #[[Boat Of Car (Live TMBG Unlimited)|Boat Of Car (Live)]]
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| − | #[[The Statue Got Me High (Live TMBG Unlimited)|The Statue Got Me High (Live)]]
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| − | #[[Istanbul - Kiss Me Son Of God Medley|Istanbul - Kiss Me, Son Of God Medley]]
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| − | #[[Piece Of Dirt - Lucky Ball And Chain Medley|Piece Of Dirt - Lucky Ball And Chain Medley]]
| |
| − | #[[Someone Keeps Moving My Chair (Live)]]
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| − | #[[Maybe I Know (Wax Cylinder Recording)|Maybe I Know (Wax Cylinder)]]
| |
| − | #[[Indian Ocean]]
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| − | #[[Rocket Ship]]
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| | | | |
| − | === September 2001 === | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - May]] === |
| − | #[[Chaos By Design]] - Colorwheel | + | {| class="ebena" |
| − | #[[Save Your Life]] - Bog Standard
| + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| − | #[[Headless]] - Naykid Eyez
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Too Plus 3 R One]] - Too + 3
| + | [[File:UnLtd6.jpg|160px|right]] |
| − | #[[Words Are Like]] - The Crummer Family
| + | | 1 || [[All MacGyver On It]] || [[Mink Car|Mink Car (European and Japanese releases)]] |
| − | #[[If I Wasn't Shy (Live)|If I Wasn't Shy (Live 1993)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[They Might Be Giants (The Song) (1989 Rough Mix)|They Might Be Giants (Rough Mix 1989)]]
| + | | 2 || [[Mink Car (Song) (Demo)|Mink Car (Demo)]] || [[Podcast 52]] |
| − | #[[Cabbagetown (Demo)]]
| + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Another First Kiss]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Tigerella]] || [[Podcast 50]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Dollar For Dollar]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[The Ballad Of Timothy McSweeney]] || [[They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[Mosh Momken Abadon|Mosh Momken Abadan]] || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Even My T-Shirt]] || [[They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Battle For The Planet Of They Might Be Giants]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[Somebody Took My Eyeball]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[They Might Be Giants (Song) (1984 Demo)|They Might Be Giants (Demo)]] || [[Podcast 46]], [[Dial-A-Song (2015)]] |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| − | === October 2001 ===
| |
| − | #[[Disappointing Show]] - The Disappointers
| |
| − | #[[Cut The Strings]] - Demchuk
| |
| − | #[[Blind]] - Demchuk
| |
| − | #[[Something You'd Like To See]] - Little Lisa Whitman
| |
| − | #[[Kids Are Different Now]] - Spool 409
| |
| − | #[[WMOB ID]]
| |
| − | #[[O Tannenbaum]]
| |
| − | #[[All Things Considered]]
| |
| − | #[[To The Bubblecraft]]
| |
| − | #[[Ultimate Battle For The Planet Of The Apes]]
| |
| | | | |
| − | === November 2001 === | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - The Ritz Show]] === |
| − | #[[Tiny Doctors]] | + | {| class="ebena" |
| − | #[[The Bloodboat]]
| + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| − | #[[Too Cool Girls]] With Velcro Horns
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Coke Radio Ad|Mystery Track]]
| + | [[File:UnLtd7.jpg|160px|right]] |
| − | #[[Particle Man (Demo)]]
| + | | 1 || [[Robot Parade (Ritz Show)|Robot Parade]] || |
| − | #[[Spy (Demo)]] | + | |- |
| − | #[[Fingertips (Ritz Show)|Fingertips (Live 2001)]]
| + | | 2 || [[Boss Of Me (Ritz Show)|Boss Of Me]] || |
| − | #[[The Car Crash]] (Live 1989)
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Drinkin (Live Radio Version)|Drinkin' (Live Radio Broadcast 1993)]]
| + | | 3 || [[I've Got A Fang (Ritz Show)|I've Got A Fang]] || |
| − | #[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Live)]]
| + | |- |
| − | #[[Mink Car (The Song) (Live)|Mink Car (Live 2001)]]
| + | | 4 || [[Open Space]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Fingertips (Ritz Show)|Fingertips]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Open Space 2 |Open Space #2]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[Letterbox Intro]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[Letterbox (Ritz Show)|Letterbox]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Drink (Ritz Show)|Drink]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Hypnotist Of Ladies (Ritz Show)|Hypnotist Of Ladies]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[The Famous Polka (Ritz Show)|The Famous Polka]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[Why Does The Sun Shine (Ritz Show)|Why Does The Sun Shine?]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 13 || [[Spy - Mr. Tambourine Man Medley|Spy / Mr. Tambourine Man]] || [[Podcast 50]] (Mr. Tambourine Man only) |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 14 || [[Cyclops Rock (Ritz Show)|Cyclops Rock]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 15 || [[Minimum Wage (Ritz Show)|Minimum Wage]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 16 || [[Spider - The Guitar Medley|Spider / The Guitar]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 17 || [[Particle Man (Ritz Show)|Particle Man]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 18 || [[Older (Ritz Show)|Older]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 19 || [[Working Undercover For The Man (Ritz Show)|Working Undercover For The Man]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 20 || [[She's Actual Size (Ritz Show)|She's Actual Size]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 21 || [[Birdhouse In Your Soul (Ritz Show)|Birdhouse In Your Soul]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 22 || [[Twisting (Ritz Show)|Twistin']] || |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| − | === December 2001 ===
| |
| − | #[[Best Of Spin The Dial]]
| |
| − | #[[Dan Hickey's Actual Drums]]
| |
| − | #[[Drink (Red Red Intro - Drink)|Red Red Intro - Drink]]
| |
| − | #[[Somnabulist Spy Improvisation|Somnabulist Spy Improvisation]]
| |
| − | #[[Spin The Country Dial]]
| |
| − | #[[Doctor Evil (Live Evil With Robin)|Live Evil With Robin]]
| |
| − | #[[Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow]]
| |
| − | #[[The Biggest One (Live Version)|The Biggest One (Live 1985)]]
| |
| − | #[[Rhythm Section Want Ad (Live 1985)|Rhythm Section Want Ad (Live 1985)]]
| |
| − | #[[Become A Robot (Demo Version)|Become A Robot (Live 1985)]]
| |
| − | #[[Santa Claus]]
| |
| − | #[[Feast Of Lights]]
| |
| | | | |
| − | == Track descriptions == | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - June]] === |
| − | To accompany the MP3s given during every month of TMBG Unlimited, TMBG wrote blurbs about each song and other related topics. Now you can read all of it here, preserved for historical reasons, with original formatting and everything. Enjoy.
| + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | [[File:UnLtd8.jpg|160px|right]] |
| | + | | 1 || [[My Man]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[Man, It's So Loud In Here]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Yeh Yeh]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Mink Car (Song)|Mink Car]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[She Thinks She's Edith Head]] || [[Mink Car]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Anecdote]] || [[Podcast 10A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[I'm Your Boyfriend Now (Demo)]] || [[Podcast 9A]], [[Podcast 56|56]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[Museum Of Idiots (TMBG Unlimited)|Museum Of Idiots (Live)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[North To Alaska]] (by [[John Linnell]]) || |
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| | + | | 10 || [[Tender Is The Mind]] || |
| | + | |} |
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| − | === January 2001 ===
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| − | Cyclops Rock - We've got one eye. Dig? This song is our tribute to fallen
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| − | heros Richard Nixon and<br />
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| − | Chuckie. Check out the Dans kicking the solo. This is a preview of our next
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| − | album, but available now<br />
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| − | for your MP3 pleasure.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Drink, Drink - This brand new drinking is an unsentimental view of life at
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| − | the bottom at the glass,<br />
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| − | from the far end of the bar. Sing along.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Robert Lowell - This song was recorded with the Elegant Too, who we are also
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| − | working with on a<br />
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| − | couple of tracks with Doughty from Soul Coughing slated for our next rock
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| − | album. This recording will<br />
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| − | be part of the McSweeney's literary magazine "Art and Music" issue to which
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| − | we'll be contributing a<br />
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| − | number of new tracks especially recorded to correspond to artwork or
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| − | writings of other contributers.<br />
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| − | The lyrics of this song are entirely from a poem by Robert Lowell (although
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| − | they have been<br />
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| − | "recontextualized" by TMBG for rock music purposes.)<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | I've Got A Fang - An instant minor classic from the festering brain of the
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| − | original "Mr. Fleece" John<br />
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| − | Linnell. It's about a guy with a fang.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Stormy Pinkness - "Love Version" recorded live in Berlin 1988 This recording
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| − | was sent to us by a<br />
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| − | German fan who recorded it from the crowd. Here them chant "Love" while we
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| − | perform the song.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Did you know?<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | "The Edison Museum" is a longtime Dial-A-Song<br />
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| − | favorite and was featured on "Long Tall Weekend" but<br />
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| − | is fully realized here in full lo-fi splendor of the<br />
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| − | emerging technology of the late nineteenth century,<br />
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| − | the wax cylinder. We had to shorten the song slightly<br />
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| − | to make it fit the time limitations of the wax format.<br />
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| − | Visit the official Edison Museum site at<br />
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| − | http://www.nps.gov/edis/<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Did you know?<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | We had the privilege of recording a number of songs<br />
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| − | on an Edison Wax Cylinder recorder the day we were<br />
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| − | guests of the Edison site in West Orange NJ, including<br />
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| − | the following song, "James K. Polk". For more<br />
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| − | information about wax cylinder recordings check out<br />
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| − | http://www.tinfoil.com/edison.htm<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | === February 2001 ===
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| − | "Hey everyone, February is a bumper crop month for TMBG Unlimited. We're
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| − | including thirteen new<br />
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| − | tracks. There is one of our collaborations with Doughty from Soul Coughing.
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| − | There's new songs from<br />
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| − | the next rock album. There's songs from our unreleased children's album. And
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| − | there's songs<br />
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| − | featured on McSweeney's Art and Music Issue. Enjoy!"<br />
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| − | John F. "Guitar Guy"<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | "Bangs" - TMBG is calling the fashion trends, and we say it's bangs for
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| − | spring. This song features<br />
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| − | "Ana Ng" like trembling guitars and a melody that people have already asked
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| − | us to remove from<br />
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| − | their minds.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | "Mr. Xcitement" with M. Doughty and the Elegant Too A good time was had by
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| − | all on this high energy<br />
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| − | track. Working with former Mono Puff DJ Phil Hernandez and Skeleton Key
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| − | guitarist Chris Maxwell,<br />
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| − | now known collectively as the Elegant Too, TMBG and Doughty cooked up this
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| − | manic track. I get<br />
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| − | name checked in the rap - a real first for me.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | "Hovering Sombrero" You might have heard the short version of this on
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| − | Dial-A-Song or seen the<br />
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| − | streaming video for this in last months TMBG Unlimited issue, but now we
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| − | have the full length song<br />
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| − | for you. Long in the works, I am happy to report it's been worth the wait.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | "Truth In Your Words", "Lincoln, Washington & That Jefferson Guy", "Down To
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| − | The Bottom Of The<br />
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| − | Sea", "It's Getting Late", "The Army's Tired Now", "Budnitz #1" These
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| − | tracks, some almost<br />
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| − | "Fingertips" length along with more regular length tracks, are all part of
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| − | the new CD we just created<br />
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| − | for McSweeney's Literary Journal. They are creating a special Art and Music
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| − | Issue with a hard<br />
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| − | bound book in full color, and a CD with something like 40 pieces of music on
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| − | it by TMBG, and can be<br />
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| − | ordered now at McSweeneys.net. This is a great magazine, and was a
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| − | fascinating project to work on<br />
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| − | we highly recommend everyone check it out.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | "John Lee Supertaster", "In The Middle" with Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser are
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| − | tracks from the<br />
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| − | still-unreleased, and highly controversial children's album "No!" but are
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| − | only available right here,<br />
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| − | right now.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | === March 2001 ===
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| − | Theme From UnLimited<br />
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| − | This track shows the profound influence of the McG* directed movie version
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| − | of "Charlie's Angels"<br />
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| − | over the band. Former "Cannon" star William Conrad lays down some heavy
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| − | flute on this fat, fat,<br />
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| − | "pimptastic" track.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Clowntown<br />
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| − | Flansburgh's unflinching fake German aspect, along with the unwelcome idea
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| − | of clown nudity<br />
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| − | uniquely qualifies this as an inappropriate song for kids. One of the first
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| − | tracks for the children's<br />
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| − | album, this song was deemed "too creepy" (by everyone) to be for kids, but
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| − | not too creepy for you,<br />
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| − | the Unlimited listener.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Monsters Of Mud<br />
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| − | Another bonus track only available here. Linnell's voice is processed
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| − | through his new digital trash<br />
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| − | compactor. Look forward to more distorted and disturbing electronic sounds
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| − | as we delve deeper into<br />
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| − | the uncharted territory of unnatural processing.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Violin<br />
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| − | With Garo Yellin and Krystof Witek on strings, this is one of the most
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| − | winding journeys from the<br />
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| − | "No!" album. The Chopping Block is preparing a enhanced CD version of the
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| − | album that includes<br />
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| − | their vivid computer animation of this song and others.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Lazy Head & Sleepy Bones<br />
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| − | Inspired by the relaxed grooves of The Band, we lay all the way back on the
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| − | couch to capture this<br />
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| − | '70's folk-rock vibe. Dan Miller had his eyes almost completely closed as he
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| − | delivered some highly<br />
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| − | mellow slide guitar, while Dan Hickey created a thick drum and percussion
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| − | bed in which to crash.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Clap Your Hands<br />
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| − | Yet another groove we thought reserved for adults is turned into a track
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| − | destined to be a fav with the<br />
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| − | under 5 set. Little kids go mental when they hear this one.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | O Do Not Forsake Me (Richard Reagan version)<br />
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| − | The original songwriting demo, which was also featured on Dial-A-Song, this
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| − | track's vocal is by an<br />
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| − | unknown President of an unrecognized country.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | When It Rains It Snows<br />
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| − | This track was recorded in the institutional, tiled hallway of WFMU for the
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| − | Frank O'Toole show in the<br />
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| − | late 80's.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | === April 2001 ===
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| − | Hello friends - John and John of They Might Be Giants<br />
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| − | We are happy to announce a release date for our new album is August 15. We
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| − | are working in the<br />
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| − | studio this month and next with both the production team of Clive Langer and
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| − | Alan Winstanley (who<br />
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| − | we collaborated with on "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and other notable tracks
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| − | off of "Flood") and with<br />
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| − | Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne. We are also doing a number of
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| − | shows, including a<br />
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| − | special duo show with McSweeney's at the Bowery ballroom in New York on
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| − | April 30th.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | A Shooting Star Is Not A Star<br />
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| − | Originally recorded by Tom Glazer for the album "Space Songs", the same disc
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| − | where we found "Why<br />
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| − | Does The Sun Shine?" this track has always been a favorite of ours. Dan
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| − | Miller's beautiful guitar<br />
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| − | playing is blowin' up all over this track.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Finished With Lies<br />
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| − | This is a new demo of this song, with a fresh make-over with a tip of the
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| − | musical hat to the<br />
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| − | Knickerbocks '60's hit "Lies"<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Wicked Little Critta<br />
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| − | Forged in the crucible of an eastern Massachusetts junior high, this song
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| − | expresses the dreams,<br />
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| − | fears and hopes of a New England young adult. Remixed by the Elegant Two,
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| − | the track celebrates<br />
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| − | the enchanting "old school" sound of the mid-1980's inner city even as it
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| − | invokes the "older<br />
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| − | school" of early 1970's suburban Boston.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Ram On<br />
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| − | When charged with the duty of covering a Paul McCartney solo track, we
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| − | solemnly rose to the<br />
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| − | responsibility but chickened out when it came to singing the words. The
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| − | result is another<br />
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| − | collaboration with The Elegant Two, and an extreme use of space echo.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Chopping Block Testimonial<br />
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| − | Flansburgh makes a spontaneous testimonial, reaching out to corporate
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| − | Americas web masters.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Oranges<br />
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| − | This country tinged jingle was recorded for the fantastic graphic and web
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| − | design company, the<br />
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| − | Chopping Block for their current web site.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | All the tracks below are previews of songs available on our children's album
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| − | "No!" We are currently<br />
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| − | playing "Sleepwalkers" in our live show, to which you are all invited.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Fibber Island<br />
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| − | No!<br />
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| − | I Am A Grocery Bag<br />
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| − | Wake Up Call<br />
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| − | Sleepwalkers<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | These tracks were recorded at the studios of WFMU in East orange NJ, where
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| − | we made some of our<br />
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| − | very first radio appearances on the Frank O'Toole Show. We thank him for his
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| − | long term support and<br />
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| − | interest in the band.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Medley: Where Your Eyes Don't Go / Why Does The Sun Shine?<br />
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| − | It's Not My Birthday<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | === May 2001 ===
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| − | All McGyver On It<br />
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| − | This short piece is about problem solving in the contemporary world.
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| − | Incorporating the colorful<br />
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| − | street slang of their native Brooklyn, They Might be Giants rapid-fire vocal
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| − | delivery combined with<br />
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| − | the pounding beat of the Band of Dans creates a spectacular effect.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Mink Car (demo)<br />
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| − | This song, written quite spontaneously in the studio between tracking other
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| − | songs with Adam<br />
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| − | Schlesinger, is the demo version. Sharing the title of They Might be Giants'
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| − | new album, coming out<br />
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| − | in Sept. 2001, this song is the traumatic story of a man, hit by a mink car
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| − | driven by a guitar. His<br />
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| − | dramatic fall from grace finds his diamond wig being knocked off his head
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| − | landing on the platinum<br />
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| − | ground, in a thru-the-looking-glass chain of events that takes the listener
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| − | on an ever spiraling trip<br />
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| − | into their imagination.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Another First Kiss<br />
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| − | Recorded with Schlesinger, this is a bold departure for the boys. Based on a
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| − | rock song featured on<br />
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| − | "Severe Tire Damage" this track has been completely reworked, with
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| − | additional lyrics, a new chorus<br />
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| − | and a mellow arrangement perfect for those "Quiet storm" evenings with the
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| − | ladies.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Tigerella<br />
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| − | There are some forces that cannot be tamed. And some things which can only
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| − | be possessed at the<br />
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| − | ultimate price. ..."Hey, come back...I just need to talk to you"...In a
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| − | world where the only game is<br />
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| − | getting and having, the one man who will stop at nothing to have what every
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| − | man wants..."Here, kitty<br />
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| − | kitty kitty!"...is the one who finds himself...caught in his own deadly
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| − | trap. "Hey... you scratched me."<br />
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| − | "Rairrr!" "AIIEEE!" Michael Douglas... "I don't know who you are... or WHAT
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| − | you are... but..."<br />
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| − | "Meow?" "No! No! Jesus!" "KA-BLOOOM!!" ...In a They Might Be Giants
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| − | picture...Tigerella.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | These tracks are all from a unique project They Might Be Giants embarked on
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| − | with McSweeney's, a<br />
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| − | fine literary journal that has just published their special "Art and Music"
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| − | Issue featuring a disc of 44<br />
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| − | tracks including 37 by They Might Be Giants. Many of the songs were written
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| − | to directly correspond<br />
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| − | with stories or artwork featured in the issue, while others ("Bangs" and
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| − | "She Thinks She's Edith<br />
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| − | Head") were used as a springboard to spark the imaginations of writers and
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| − | artists also involved in<br />
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| − | the issue. This full color, hardbound journal and CD set is destined to
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| − | become a collectors item, and<br />
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| − | is a must for TMBG fans. Available now directly, while quantities last at
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| − | tmbg.com.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Dollar For Dollar<br />
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| − | Theme from McSweeney's Issue #6<br />
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| − | Ballad Of T. McSweeney<br />
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| − | Mosh Momken Abadan<br />
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| − | Even My T-Shirt<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Battle For the Planet of They Might Be Giants<br />
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| − | From a bootleg recording of the New Year's Eve Show in 1998 at Tramps in New
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| − | York City we find<br />
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| − | the Johns, the Dans and Jim O'Conner battling it out for musical supremacy.
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| − | While Jim O'Conner is<br />
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| − | apparently the only man standing by the end, it appears that only the
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| − | audience is the clear winner in<br />
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| − | this ugly and brutal contest.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Somebody Took My Eyeball<br />
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| − | Originally written for Carole King, this startling excursion on the vocodor
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| − | will leave listeners<br />
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| − | confused and horrified that the cruelty of the world. "It was the only eye I
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| − | had" Linnell pleads<br />
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| − | through a chilling robotic voice-altering filter. Also from New Years 1998.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | They Might Be giants (demo 1984)<br />
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| − | One of the bands very first recordings, this four track recording bears a
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| − | fair amount of similarity to<br />
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| − | the final version that appeared on 1990 album "Flood" but slightly different
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| − | lyrics, and a lot more<br />
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| − | "out" improvisation. Flansburgh's double speed guitar work has never sounded
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| − | snappier.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | SHOW OF THE MONTH<br />
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| − | The Ritz Raleigh, North Carolina<br />
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| − | This famously "messed up" show found Linnell knocked around by the flu but
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| − | hardly down for the<br />
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| − | count as the band blazes through their current repertoire. Lots of chatting
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| − | as John and john work the<br />
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| − | best Smothers bros. routine to a deeply hypnotized crowd.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | A BRIEF NOTE OF EXPLINATION FROM FLANSBURGH:<br />
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| − | Dear TMBG Unlimited Subscribers- This live recording was recorded a little
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| − | "hot" and has<br />
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| − | occasional digital distortion. The fine folks at EMusic have done their best
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| − | to clean it up, but are<br />
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| − | concerned that they will get many complaints about the technical shortcoming
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| − | of the recording.<br />
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| − | Please leave them alone. It's our fault. But it was a great, fun show that I
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| − | think you will all enjoy.<br />
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| − | Thanks!<br />
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| − | -JF<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | === June 2001 ===
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| − | Greetings to All<br />
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| − | John and John here. We just got back from the UK where we've<br />
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| − | been wrapping things up on "Mink Car" with super-producers Clive Langer<br />
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| − | and Alan Winstanley. Clive and Alan, you may recall, produced some songs<br />
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| − | back in 1989 that ended up on the Flood album, and this was the first time<br />
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| − | we had worked with both of them since then. They are still fond of wine,<br />
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| − | still like irregular song forms, and they are apparantly still enjoying<br />
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| − | their jobs. We had a wonderful week finishing their four tracks at their<br />
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| − | studio in West London. This month's selections feature some of the results<br />
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| − | of those sessions, along with a spontaneously written song (and video)<br />
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| − | we cooked up as we waited around for Clive and Alan to finish a mix.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | My Man<br />
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| − | This song is the story of someone having a chat with his own body after<br />
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| − | he's become paralyzed. It's not meant to be sick or anything. Check out<br />
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| − | the triangle and bongos.<br />
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| − | Man, It's So Loud In Here Completely reorchestrated with the<br />
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| − | help of producer Adam Schlesinger (who's also in Fountains of Wayne), this<br />
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| − | song doesn't sound like anything we would have ever done by ourselves,<br />
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| − | probably. It pays homage to one or two well known bands from the mid-1980's,<br />
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| − | but we're hoping the song will be so successful that eventually people<br />
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| − | will hear them and be reminded of us.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Yeah! Yeah!<br />
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| − | There's this guy named Georgie Fame who had a hit with this song way<br />
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| − | back when. He played jazzy electric organ and sang this melody, whose lyrics<br />
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| − | were set to what was originally an instrumental jazz solo. This was the<br />
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| − | preferred songwriting method of Dave Lambert and his pals Hendricks and<br />
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| − | Ross. Nobody else really did that kind of thing. Our version retains some<br />
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| − | parts of the original but the rhythm has been electronically tousled.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Mink Car (with Jim O'Conner)<br />
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| − | We wrote this song while Adam was tinkering with Yeah! Yeah! in the<br />
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| − | other room. Jim O'Connor who owns and operates a flugelhorn, expressed<br />
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| − | some feelings he has been keeping in the freezer since 1966. Danny Weinkauf<br />
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| − | made everybody burst into tears with his bass playing and that's Clem
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| − | "Wildman"<br />
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| − | Waldman pounding the skins and triangle. Clem is part of the Loser's Lounge,<br />
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| − | a New York revue at the Westbeth Theater.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | She Thinks She's Edith Head<br />
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| − | After recording this with a high pitched, angst-drenched vocal (you<br />
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| − | can hear that version on the CD that comes with McSweeney's issue 6) we<br />
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| − | tried it again with this more subdued and creepy approach.<br /><br />
| |
| − | Anecdote<br />This is a live track of Flans telling an amusing story.<br />
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| − | It was recorded clandestinely by one of you people out there and we found<br />
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| − | it on the Internet. As a result, we have no ethical qualms about repirating<br />
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| − | it here, though we give our thanks to the anonymous amateur recording
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| − | engineer.<br /><br />
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| − | I'm Your Boyfriend Now (Demo)<br />Didn't make it onto Mink Car. Will<br />
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| − | perhaps get a ride on some other car. It's all one road.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Museum of Idiots (5 Piece TMBG - Live)<br />
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| − | Again, someone we don't know made this recording. Written especially<br />
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| − | for our titanic brass orchestra shows, Museum of Idiots has only been
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| − | performed<br />
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| − | a few times in public. After we spent all our money paying the horn section,<br />
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| − | we worked up this little version with our regular band.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | North to Alaska (John Linnell And The Statesmen - Live)<br />
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| − | Thank you, secret taper. Written and originally recorded by Johnny<br />
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| − | Horton. The Statesmen on this track were: Dan Miller (guitar and mushing),<br />
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| − | Mark Lerner (bass and vocals), and Mark Donato (drums, mushing).<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Tender is the Mind - If you examine this carefully you can see the studio<br />
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| − | where we mixed the Clive and Alan material. Right near the end you can<br />
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| − | almost see Clive and Alan through the big window behind Flansburgh. The<br />
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| − | cool thing is they have both British and American electrical outlets.
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| − | Somebody<br />
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| − | was thinking. As you can probably tell we made up this song right as we<br />
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| − | were shooting this video.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | === July 2001 ===
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| − | In celebration of our fine country's birthday and in response to some<br />
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| − | requests from you the people we flew to our climate controlled walk-in<br />
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| − | archive just outside the arctic circle and collected some of the obscure<br />
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| − | titles from our past. Yes, grab your crash helmet and earplugs- we are<br />
| |
| − | going back in time! Please, audiophiles, note: some of these tracks are<br />
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| − | straight off live board tapes (cassettes) or the original Dial-A-Song tapes<br />
| |
| − | (also cassettes) so they are ROUGH but they do not exist anywhere else.<br />
| |
| − | Engineer extraordinaire Pat Dillett has fiddled with all these tracks to<br />
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| − | make them more presentable, but we suggest you get high on the low fi in<br />
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| − | a comfortable chair.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Indiana Wants Me<br />
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| − | This song was recorded with the members of the<br />
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| − | Turtlenecks: Karl Hecksher on drums, Julie Kantner on<br />
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| − | bass, Fred Hickler singing harmony. This is a cover of a<br />
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| − | relatively obscure Motown song that occasionally gets<br />
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| − | played on oldies radio.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Alienation's for the Rich<br />
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| − | The original version of the song that would ultimately<br />
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| − | be on TMBG's first album. Dig the penny whistle solo.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Seven Eleven<br />
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| − | This story of "breaking and buying" features John<br />
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| − | Turner on drums, and a kinda sleazy Korg synthesizer<br />
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| − | that seemed cheap but is beloved by Ebay people now.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | John Flansburgh here. In response to some requests (and our insane<br />
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| − | schedule taking us back to the UK to do some spontaneous press for our<br />
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| − | July 16th show there and the looming breakout of "Boss of Me" over there)<br />
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| − | we flew to our climate controlled walk-in archive just outside the arctic<br />
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| − | circle and collected some of the obscure titles from our past. Yes, grab<br />
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| − | your crash helmet and earplugs- we are going back in time! Please,
| |
| − | audiophiles,<br />
| |
| − | note: some of these tracks are straight off live board tapes (cassettes)<br />
| |
| − | or the original Dial-A-Song tapes (also cassettes) so they are ROUGH but<br />
| |
| − | they do not exist anywhere else. Engineer extraordinaire Pat Dillett has<br />
| |
| − | fiddled with all these tracks to make them more presentable, but we suggest<br />
| |
| − | you get high on the low fi in a comfortable chair.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
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| − | === August 2001 ===
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| − | <u>August 1</u><br />
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| − | Brooklyn-based John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants<br />
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| − | are back with Mink Car, their first full-length studio album in five years.<br />
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| − | With Mink Car, TMBG pulled out all the stops. Quenching their fans thirst<br />
| |
| − | for a full-length album -- as well as satisfying the public's need for<br />
| |
| − | more TMBG in their lives -- this album is bound to reawaken the world to<br />
| |
| − | the magic of They Might Be Giants. Thankfully, the boys haven't strayed<br />
| |
| − | too far from the brilliant insanity, infectious melodies, and pop-culture<br />
| |
| − | intelligence that made us fall in love with them in the first place. Mink<br />
| |
| − | Car is a surprising musical evolution that effortlessly combines the power<br />
| |
| − | of the band's infamous stage show and the spirit of studio experimentation.<br />
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| − | Download Mink Car here -- exclusively at EMusic.com -- almost six weeks<br />
| |
| − | before it hits stores! Stay tuned to TMBG Unlimited for more all-new
| |
| − | exclusive<br />
| |
| − | TMBG music August 15th.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | <u>August 2</u><br />
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| − | Greetings from TMBG!<br />
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| − | Hope you are all enjoying this months first installment of "Mink Car"<br />
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| − | We know some of you with slower computers might think you have already<br />
| |
| − | downloaded some of these tracks by title, but let us assure you that
| |
| − | virtually<br />
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| − | all these recordings are "factory fresh" and are well worth the wait time.<br />
| |
| − | "I've Got A Fang" has been completely made over, and "Cyclops Rock" rocks<br />
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| − | on an entirely different level. Of ourse, you will discover this<br />
| |
| − | when you receive your autographed CD in a few weeks, but if you were
| |
| − | wondering-<br />
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| − | there's your answer. This second installment features a very nicely recorded<br />
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| − | live recording and a few notable rarities that we thought y'all would<br />
| |
| − | appreciate.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | COMING SEPTEMBER 1 TO TMBG UNLIMITED TMBG's BATTLE OF THE BANDS<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | The first part in an ongoing series where TMBG takes on alter-egos as<br />
| |
| − | a variety of other, fake, bands. Based on an original concept by the great<br />
| |
| − | band the Turtles, who created a project called<br />
| |
| − | "Battle of the Bands" for a concept album in the late sixties. We always<br />
| |
| − | liked the idea, and we are happy to use TMBG Unlimited as a forum for
| |
| − | appropriating<br />
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| − | it! Stay tuned...<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | FOR YOU EXCLUSIVELY: THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF TMBG Unlimited for AUGUST<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Show of the Month - Live In Chicago 1992<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | This show, recorded at the Cabaret Metro, captures TMBG Mk. II at the<br />
| |
| − | height of it's powers, in a very tidy live recording made to multitrack<br />
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| − | and mixed by Pat Dillett. Of special interest is the<br />
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| − | "spacey" version of "Istanbul" followed by the sweet duo version of<br />
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| − | "Kiss Me, Son of God" and the sample driven "Boat of Car"<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Personnel: JL: accordion, keyboards, vocal, JF: guitar, vocals Kurt<br />
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| − | Hoffman keyboards, saxophone, Tony Maimone: bass, Jon "J.D." Fienberg: drums<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 1. I Palindrome I<br />
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| − | 2. Twistin'<br />
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| − | 3. Boat Of Car<br />
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| − | 4. Statue Got Me High<br />
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| − | 5. Istanbul / Kiss Me, Son of God<br />
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| − | 6. Piece Of Dirt / Lucky Ball And Chain<br />
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| − | 7. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 8. A Wax Cylinder Special: Maybe I Know<br />
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| − | We recorded this version of Maybe i Know the same day we did "I Can<br />
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| − | Hear You." It retains some of it's original charm, but it's the "damaged<br />
| |
| − | in translation," or perhaps the "beyond the grave"<br />
| |
| − | qualities of the wax cylinder recording process itself that is of real<br />
| |
| − | interest here.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 9. Indian Ocean<br />
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| − | This "difficult" piece of music from the early '80s find John and John<br />
| |
| − | at their Dekalb St. space singing into an electric fan. The influence of<br />
| |
| − | San Francisco art rockers / mysterions the Residents<br />
| |
| − | can heard directly in this unusual song. Enjoy.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 10. Rocket Ship<br />
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| − | Rocket Ship is the 1992 demo of a song that didn't get any further<br />
| |
| − | than this, because the chorus was cannibalized to make "Spiraling Shape."<br />
| |
| − | <span style="color: black; font-weight: normal">The verse is a rough idea
| |
| − | for a lyric about how far<br />
| |
| − | you can travel</span> in outer space and never get anywhere, but the chorus<br />
| |
| − | wandered in a more fruitful direction and suggested a better song.<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | === September 2001 ===
| |
| − | Battle of the Bands<br />
| |
| − | The first part in an ongoing series, which is an homage/blatent rip-off<br />
| |
| − | of a Turtles album of the same name that spawned their hit "Eleanor." A<br />
| |
| − | way for us to write some songs with the wistful ambition of not sounding<br />
| |
| − | like us. We're going to keep at this until we write "Eleanor" which may<br />
| |
| − | take some time.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | "Chaos By Design" performed by Colorwheel<br />
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| − | Lisa and Liza are the ladies behind the mic and the computer screen,<br />
| |
| − | and collectively they represent one of the coolest bands to emerge from<br />
| |
| − | the "lo-fi" scene of the mid-90's. Always critics' darlings, even when<br />
| |
| − | they are roadies for Human League, the lusher approach is reflected in<br />
| |
| − | this brand new track.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
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| − | "Save Your Life" performed by Bog Standard<br />
| |
| − | Performed by Bog Standard, who are normally too shy to leave their<br />
| |
| − | home in Shropshire and play their songs before the public. Ian and David<br />
| |
| − | are usually absorbed in their collection of fancy mice, while Stewart likes<br />
| |
| − | to stare out the window at the overcast sky and converse with his deceased<br />
| |
| − | mum.<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | "Headless" performed by Naykid Eyez<br />
| |
| − | Naykid Eyez is really a just a nom de rock for Eric Sheen, backed by<br />
| |
| − | an ever shifting group of cohorts. Busting out of his Detroit garage with<br />
| |
| − | a style as unpretentious as a trunk full of methamphetamine, "Headless"<br />
| |
| − | is a sneak preview of the b-side of his next independently produced single.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | "Too + 3 R One" performed by Too + 3<br />
| |
| − | Too + 3 are easy to tell apart: Mikey is the one who doesn't bleach<br />
| |
| − | the ends of his hair, JJ has pointy sideburns, Pauly B wears tinted glasses<br />
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| − | and has a really big earring, Bruce is the handsome one who can dance the<br />
| |
| − | best, and Jason is kind of short and sticks out his lips all the time,<br />
| |
| − | even when the cameras are not rolling.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
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| − | "Words Are Like" performed by The Crummer Family<br />
| |
| − | Ida and Estil Crummer from the hyper-active North Carolina indie scene<br />
| |
| − | have put aside the feedback and impenetrable attitude of their infamous<br />
| |
| − | noise band Crummer Party to get back to their Americana roots. This track<br />
| |
| − | was rejected by their self-run label, Flexcrumm Records but is available<br />
| |
| − | here.<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | From the crypt:<br />
| |
| − | "If I Wasn't Shy" (Live 1993)<br />
| |
| − | This highly mellow rendition of this song, recorded at an industry<br />
| |
| − | shindig in Germany, is a pretty good interpretation, although Flansburgh<br />
| |
| − | messes up the lyric a bit-probably due to the inordinate stress of playing<br />
| |
| − | a lyric driven song for an audience of non-English speakers.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | "They Might Be Giants" (Rough Mix 1989)<br />
| |
| − | This odd nugget comes from Pat Dillett's house. He duped this off at<br />
| |
| − | the end of the night as the track was being recorded. An odd inside look<br />
| |
| − | at the process of putting that track together. The scratch vocal still<br />
| |
| − | has the old lyric from our original demo, and the music is missing the<br />
| |
| − | fades and edits that the final version has.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | "Cabbagetown" (Demo)<br />
| |
| − | Another work in progress, this a song from the b-side of the "I Palindrome<br />
| |
| − | I" single. Cabbagetown is in fact a real place, a quite dilapidated part<br />
| |
| − | of inner-city Atlanta, and yet the description of dogs and porches is
| |
| − | actually<br />
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| − | completely accurate as Cabbagetown is one of the few remaining parts of<br />
| |
| − | that city that is a throw back to its more rural vibe.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | === October 2001 ===
| |
| − | Greetings from They Might Be Giants' Mink Tour Bus! John Flansburgh<br />
| |
| − | writing to you directly from a cyber-cafe in Lincoln, Nebraska. Check out<br />
| |
| − | tour dates as we conquer the Midwest and continue our march East. Wondering<br />
| |
| − | what's in the long awaited October issue? There are nine new tracks,
| |
| − | including<br />
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| − | five riveting new tracks from our "Battle of the Bands" project. Plus, to
| |
| − | fire<br />
| |
| − | you up for the Holidays, we present our version of "O Tannenbaum" in MP3<br />
| |
| − | for the first time, as well as four other selections from the TMBG sound<br />
| |
| − | machine. Stay tuned for an interactive Boston-themed electronic greeting
| |
| − | card,<br />
| |
| − | featuring "Wicked Little Critta."<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | Exclusive MP3s<br />
| |
| − | Battle Of The Bands:<br />
| |
| − | The second part in our series, where TMBG creates songs for bands out of
| |
| − | their<br />
| |
| − | vivid imaginations, including:<br />
| |
| − | -"Disappointing Show" by The Disappointers (live lead singer melt-down mix)<br />
| |
| − | -"Cut The Strings" & "Blind" by heavy metal legends Demchuk<br />
| |
| − | -"Something You'd Like to See" by Little Lisa Whitman<br />
| |
| − | -"Kid's Are Different Now!" by hot for teachers, Spool 409<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | Other TMBG foliage turning delights include:<br />
| |
| − | "To The Bubblecraft!" - They Might Be Giants and the Elegant Too<br />
| |
| − | "WMOB ID" - Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser<br />
| |
| − | "O Tannenbaum" - They Might Be Giants<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | From The Crypt:<br />
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| − | "All Things Considered" - Mono Puff<br />
| |
| − | When Mono Puff visted the Washington DC studios of All Things Considered,<br />
| |
| − | they could resist cooking up this Puffed-up version of that shows memorable
| |
| − | theme.<br />
| |
| − | That's Mike "Killer" Kahn sitting in on the bass as switch hitter Dan Levine
| |
| − | takes<br />
| |
| − | charge of the trombone duties.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | "Ultimate Battle for the Planet of the Apes" - They Might Be Giants<br />
| |
| − | This is from a board tape, so you can barely make out the audience, but we
| |
| − | wanted<br />
| |
| − | to include it for it's quiet intensity and relentless manic intent.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | === November 2001 ===
| |
| − | Hello, subscribers, hello. John Linnell here to give you the<br />
| |
| − | rundown of this month's TMBG Unlimited selections. As you may know<br />
| |
| − | we've been traveling around the USA nonstop for the past two<br />
| |
| − | months, so curating and producing this series has been particularly<br />
| |
| − | challenging to us of late, but we emphatically thank you for your<br />
| |
| − | continued patronage and we hope that this latest edition was worth<br />
| |
| − | the wait.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | Along with some fine live recordings, we have dug deep into the<br />
| |
| − | deep, deep heap of hitherto unauditioned recordings of demos going<br />
| |
| − | back as far as the mid-1980's, and god bless us to heaven if we<br />
| |
| − | haven't unearthed some interesting chestnuts. We have also included<br />
| |
| − | a special mystery track, which we will not discuss further to<br />
| |
| − | maintain its mystery status. After our big NYC show at Town Hall,<br />
| |
| − | we're heading over to the UK and Australia to round out this year's<br />
| |
| − | tour in support of "Mink Car," so check the tour dates on<br />
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| − | theymightbegiants.com to find out if we'll be in your area.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 1. "Tiny Doctors"<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | This song was written in amongst the songs that appeared on Flood<br />
| |
| − | and has never before appeared anywhere in any form. Recorded<br />
| |
| − | on-the-fly on a cassette which also included the original sketch<br />
| |
| − | for "Particle Man." Usually a song is recorded this way moments<br />
| |
| − | after being written, mainly so that we don't forget how it goes.<br />
| |
| − | The next step would have been to make the demo version with some<br />
| |
| − | kind of beefed up arrangement or production concept. Usually that<br />
| |
| − | second draft would show up on Dial-a-song, but in this case it<br />
| |
| − | never reached that stage.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 2. "The Bloodboat"<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | The arrangement of this song is fussy enough to suggest that it was<br />
| |
| − | heading somewhere, but this demo seems to have hit a dead end and<br />
| |
| − | was never even featured on Dial-a-song. It recently emerged that<br />
| |
| − | the word "bloodboat" is some kind of 19th century slang term for a<br />
| |
| − | ship manned by tough sailors who like fighting, but as the song<br />
| |
| − | makes plain, that usage is not applied here.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 3. "Too Cool Girls" w/ the Velcro Horns<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | This instrumental shows off the snazzy horn attack of the Velcro<br />
| |
| − | Horns, Jim O'Connor on trumpet and Dan Levine on the trombone. It<br />
| |
| − | also has Dan Hickey giving up a more than tasty morsel of his Gene<br />
| |
| − | Krupa-esk tom tom work. This original composition is part of our<br />
| |
| − | arsenal of instrumentals that we have been compiling over the last<br />
| |
| − | couple of years.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 4. "Mystery Track"<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 5. "Particle Man" (demo)<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | The banjo was the only thing handy when this song was written, so<br />
| |
| − | the "memorandum" version was inadvertently folky. Some of the words<br />
| |
| − | and music weren't quite fixed yet, but the important thing was to<br />
| |
| − | get it down. We both had plenty of experiences with having song<br />
| |
| − | ideas we thought were keepers, only to draw a complete blank the<br />
| |
| − | next day after failing to write it down or record it. At which<br />
| |
| − | point we could only gesture impotently to indicate the magnitude of<br />
| |
| − | the "big one that got away."<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 6. Spy (demo)<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | Another song memorandum, this first recording of Spy is simply the<br />
| |
| − | naked flesh of the song which was eventually clothed in extremely<br />
| |
| − | elaborate vestments. Check out Mr. Flansburgh's haunted vocal.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 7. "Fingertips" (Live 2001)<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | Coming out of a discussion that ended up as a challenge, we have<br />
| |
| − | finally master playing "Fingertips" live, and her is the exciting<br />
| |
| − | evidence to prove it. This recording was made at one of our<br />
| |
| − | long-time favorite venues- Pearl Street in Northampton, Mass.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 8. "The Car Crash" (Live 1989)<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | This crash, recorded in Munich in 1989, is but one of many enacted<br />
| |
| − | by our audience in the late eighties. The purpose of the Car Crash<br />
| |
| − | was to keep the ball rolling in the event of equipment failure.<br />
| |
| − | Tape could be wound back on to spools, guitars could be tuned,<br />
| |
| − | accordion straps could be duct taped, all while the entertainment<br />
| |
| − | continued seamlessly.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 9. "Drinkin'" (Live radio broadcast 1993)<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | In the summer of 1993 WFMU DJ Nick Hill decided to broadcast his<br />
| |
| − | usual "Music Faucet" program live from his own apartment in<br />
| |
| − | Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. By a pleasant coincidence, about half of<br />
| |
| − | the guests on his show were also living upstairs from him or<br />
| |
| − | somewhere nearby. Nick and most of the performers were out on<br />
| |
| − | Nick's deck, but microphones were also run up into Brian Dewan's<br />
| |
| − | studio and also into the bathroom Brian shared with Mr. Linnell,<br />
| |
| − | which is where John and John performed this instrumental. John F.<br />
| |
| − | played guitar next to the sink, and John L played bass saxophone<br />
| |
| − | within the reverberant bathtub.<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | 10. "Istanbul (not Constantinople)" (Live 1990)<br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | This was recorded live in Zurich at the Rote Fabrik in 1990. Before<br />
| |
| − | we had a band we used play this song at a very brisk tempo. At some<br />
| |
| − | point we started to stretch out the second "People just liked it"<br />
| |
| − | break in an ad hoc fashion. It eventually got longer and stranger<br />
| |
| − | with each performance, until eventually everybody's patience wore<br />
| |
| − | thin. Here it is at an agreeably earlier stage.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 11. "Mink Car" (Live 2001)<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Another audience favorite that has finally made it to the show.<br />
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| − | Again, recorded in Northampton.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | === December 2001 ===
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| − | Happy Holidays TMBG fans. As the Johns make their journey home from the
| |
| − | "land down under," just in time for some egg nog by the Yule<br />
| |
| − | log, we bring you another exciting Giant offering. December's TMBG Unlimited
| |
| − | has a little bit of something for everyone. Check back soon<br />
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| − | for more info from the Johns on this holiday recipe for merriment. <br />
| |
| − | <br />
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| − | Happy holidays from They Might be Giants!<br />
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| − | John Flansburgh here with our last original edition of Unlimited. This month
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| − | dwells on some of the special improvised moments generated by<br />
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| − | our recent international touring. We have also included a track and an ecard
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| − | from "They Might Be Giants in Holidayland" EP out now in finer<br />
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| − | record stores on CD, but available right here, right now for your hard drive
| |
| − | pleasure via EMusic. Next months "farewell" edition will bring back<br />
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| − | some of our most notable archival tracks, so people who came in late can mop
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| − | up some of the sweet stuff.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 1. "The Best of Spin The Dial" Oct. 21-31 2001<br />
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| − | Through the miracle of protools we've strung together some of the finer
| |
| − | moment of this unique improvisational vehicle. The "Unreliable<br />
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| − | Narrator" is a pretty constant theme here. This track is long, but we assure
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| − | you it's worth the wait.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 2. "Dan Hickey's Actual Drums"<br />
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| − | Here's the tour of twentieth century drumming direct from the drum kit of
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| − | the very versatile and talented Dan Hickey. This comes out of the<br />
| |
| − | middle of "She's Actual Size" and it changes a bit every night, but we
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| − | thought this was a good performance, and gives you an example of<br />
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| − | Dan's many strengths.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 3. "Red Red Intro / Drink!"<br />
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| − | One of the songs that has really come together in the live show is "Drink!"
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| − | and this recording gives you a taste of it's mad flavah. The intro<br />
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| − | was generated from yet another spinning of the dial.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 4. "Somnambulist Spy Improvisation" Live Oct. 2001<br />
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| − | This is one of the trippier jams to come out of the Spy improvisations. The
| |
| − | Dans and Linnell really shine in this psychotic journey thru the<br />
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| − | looking-glass of conducted jamming.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 5 "Spin The Country Dial"<br />
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| − | Another set of improvs, this time lingering on the country side of things.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 6. "Live Evil" with "Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser Summer 2000<br />
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| − | Recorded live last year with the Band of Dans, this song spotlights the
| |
| − | startling talent of Miss Robin Goldwasser<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 7. "Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow"<br />
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| − | This song is one of our earliest covers. The song was written by Walt Kelly,
| |
| − | the cartoonist who created Pogo. This song is from the Pogo<br />
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| − | songbook. This recording comes from the EMusic ecard, so the fidelity is a
| |
| − | little sketchy, but by popular request we are making it available<br />
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| − | here as an MP3.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | From The Crypt<br />
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| − | These recordings are from radio broadcasts from the early 90's and have lost
| |
| − | their proper labels, but we liked 'em, and they were unusual<br />
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| − | titles that don't come up too often, so we thought we'd get 'em out to you
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| − | now.<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 8. "I Am The Biggest One"<br />
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| − | 9. "Rhythm Section Want Ad"<br />
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| − | 10. "Become A Robot"<br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 11. "Santa Claus"<br />
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| − | This song was original recorded by the Sonics, one of the finest US "garage
| |
| − | rock" combos from the '60s. I would recommend them to anyone<br />
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| − | who is interested in this kind of raw rock sound. Our version is a little
| |
| − | stripped down, but the vocal is riffing on some of the originals nasty<br />
| |
| − | energy. Really an inspired piece of songwriting, with a manic chorus and
| |
| − | unforgettable riff. <br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | 12. "Feast of Lights"<br />
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| − | Here's a Chanukah song that was previously only available on the "Festival
| |
| − | of Lights" compilation distributed by Windham Hill. It is also<br />
| |
| − | available now on our "They Might Be Giants in Holidayland" EP, but is yours
| |
| − | to enjoy right now.<br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | === January 2002 ===
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| − | A Collection of TMBG Unlimited 2001 <br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | Happy New Year, and a farewell to Unlimited from Flansburgh! <br />
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| − | <br />
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| − | First, we want to thank every one who was a part of Unlimited. It<br />
| |
| − | was an ambitious and exciting project. Jim and Alex have been<br />
| |
| − | incredibly helpful, and everyone at EMusic deserves a big round of<br />
| |
| − | cheers for providing this unique service. The folks at EMusic have<br />
| |
| − | cooked up an amazing subscription plan that continues to grow in<br />
| |
| − | scope every day. They are huge supporters of independent music and<br />
| |
| − | we hope you'll all continue to subscribe and support EMusic--and<br />
| |
| − | stay on for all their new offerings (and we will be back with<br />
| |
| − | something interesting soon). There is more information about how to<br />
| |
| − | keep rockin' Unlimited style at the bottom of this message. <br />
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| − | <br />
| |
| − | TMBG Unlimited 2001 was a wild ride for me and John. We realized a<br />
| |
| − | lot of projects in the process of working on Unlimited, including<br />
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| − | all of Mink Car in demo form, the McSweeney's book, our Battle of<br />
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| − | the Bands project along with our children's disc No! (which is<br />
| |
| − | coming out in the spring, folks--with a massive enhanced section)<br />
| |
| − | and got a chance to rummage around the long neglected vaults of the<br />
| |
| − | TMBG secret mountain laboratory for live tracks and ancient<br />
| |
| − | Dial-A-Songs. Keeping the issues "fat" and top quality led to some<br />
| |
| − | late nights and wasn't always easy, since we were often on the<br />
| |
| − | road, and often overseas, but I am really glad we did it. <br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | Here's a set of unusual songs from Unlimited that you might have<br />
| |
| − | overlooked or joined too late to get hold of. They are some of our<br />
| |
| − | favorites, and have been made available here as one last look at<br />
| |
| − | the TMBG Unlimited experience. <br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | MONKEY FUR CAR<br />
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| − | First up are a couple of tracks that almost made it to Mink Car.<br />
| |
| − | (Actually, Your Mom's Alright is on the European album, in place of<br />
| |
| − | Mr. Xcitement) <br />
| |
| − | - Your Mom's Alright w/ Mike Doughty <br />
| |
| − | - All McGyver On It <br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | McSWEENEY's and McCARTNEY<br />
| |
| − | Here are some nice tracks from the McSweeney's book (which is a<br />
| |
| − | beautiful document forgetting about our contribution) and our track<br />
| |
| − | from the "Listen to What the Man Said" compilation of McCartney<br />
| |
| − | tributes that just came out. <br />
| |
| − | - Truth In Your Words <br />
| |
| − | - The Army's Tired Now <br />
| |
| − | - Ram On <br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | DIAL-A-SONGS<br />
| |
| − | Here are some Dial-A-Songs, ranging in age from 3 months to fifteen<br />
| |
| − | years. Hard to know what will become of these beyond this service,<br />
| |
| − | so check 'em out while you can. (Concrete and Clay is a cover of a<br />
| |
| − | great song from the sixties- kinda the other "Yeah Yeah" for me- by<br />
| |
| − | an English band called the Unit 4 + 2) <br />
| |
| − | - Tigerella <br />
| |
| − | - I'm Your Boyfriend Now <br />
| |
| − | - Concrete And Clay <br />
| |
| − | - Outboard Part Of Man <br />
| |
| − | - Somebody's Body <br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | LIVE<br />
| |
| − | Here are some live tracks for you listening pleasure. The first, I<br />
| |
| − | believe, was recorded at the Pyramid of CBGB, and is our version of<br />
| |
| − | the classic Prince song which was unidentifiable to many in the<br />
| |
| − | small, disinterested crowd. Linnell takes on the mighty Johnny<br />
| |
| − | Horton backed by the versatile Statesmen, and we've included the<br />
| |
| − | other Spin the Dial compilation, spotlighting my "Angry Cowboy"<br />
| |
| − | character. <br />
| |
| − | - 1999 / Cowtown <br />
| |
| − | - North To Alaska (John Linnell And The Statesmen) <br />
| |
| − | - "Spin The Country Dial" <br />
| |
| − | <br />
| |
| − | BATTLE OF THE BANDS<br />
| |
| − | Here's some selections from our favorite Unlimited project, the<br />
| |
| − | Battle of the Bands. The idea was inspired/stolen from a concept<br />
| |
| − | album by the band the Turtles, but it was so tantalizing and<br />
| |
| − | obviously open to further musical investigation we couldn't resist.<br />
| |
| − | The Battle of the Bands is where John and I pretend we are other<br />
| |
| − | people and write songs for imaginary bands. We hope to do more with<br />
| |
| − | this project someday, but til then we have Unlimited to thank for<br />
| |
| − | getting the ball rolling. <br />
| |
| − | - Too + 3 R One - Too + 3 <br />
| |
| − | - Words Are Like - The Crummer Family <br />
| |
| − | - Cut The Strings - Demchuk <br />
| |
| − | - Something You'd Like To See - Little Lisa Whitman <br />
| |
| − | - Blind - Demchuk <br />
| |
| − | - Disappointing Show (Live) - The Disappointers
| |
| | | | |
| − | [[Category:Misc. Projects]] | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | [[File:UnLtd9.jpg|160px|right]] |
| | + | | 1 || [[Frankenstein|Frankenstein (Live NYC 1994)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[The Joker|The Joker (Live NYC 1994)]] || [[Podcast 24A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Yellow Submarine|Yellow Submarine (Live Chicago 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Sally Boy Candy Bar]] || [[Podcast 32A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Concrete And Clay]] || [[Four Covers From TMBG]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Mr. Me (Demo)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[Outboard Part Of Man]] || [[Dial-A-Song (2015)]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[Somebody's Body]] || [[Shows/1987-03-04|The Frank O’Toole Show]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Hope That I Get Old Before I Die - Cage And Aquarium Medley|Hope That I Get Old Before I Die / Cage And Aquarium Medley (Live 1992)]]''' || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Indiana Wants Me]] || [[The Turtlenecks (EP)]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[Kings Of The Cave]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[The Biggest One (Live)|The Biggest One (Live 1985)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 13 || [[The Big Big Whoredom (Live)]] || [[Podcast 26A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 14 || [[Rhythm Section Want Ad (Live 1985)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 15 || [[1999 - Cowtown Medley|1999 / Cowtown]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 16 || [[Boat Of Car (Live TMBG Unlimited)|Boat Of Car (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 17 || [[If I Wasn't Shy (Live)|If I Wasn't Shy (Live 1992)]] || [[Podcast 53]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 18 || [[Become A Robot (Live)|Become A Robot (Live 1985)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 19 || [[7-11]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 20 || [[Alienation's For The Rich (Demo)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 21 || [[Ant (Dial-A-Song)|Ant (Demo)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 22 || [[Hi Honey I'm Home]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 23 || [[Happy]] || |
| | + | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - August]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | [[File:UnLtd10.jpg|160px|right]] |
| | + | | 1 || [[I Palindrome I (Live TMBG Unlimited)|I Palindrome I (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[Twisting (Live TMBG Unlimited)|Twistin' (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Boat Of Car (Live TMBG Unlimited 2)|Boat Of Car (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[The Statue Got Me High (Live TMBG Unlimited)|The Statue Got Me High (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Istanbul - Kiss Me Son Of God Medley|Istanbul - Kiss Me, Son Of God Medley (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Piece Of Dirt - Lucky Ball And Chain Medley|Piece Of Dirt - Lucky Ball And Chain Medley (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[Someone Keeps Moving My Chair (Live)|Someone Keeps Moving My Chair (Live 1992)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[Maybe I Know (Wax Cylinder)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Indian Ocean]] || [[Podcast 51]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Rocket Ship]] || [[Podcast 55]] |
| | + | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - September]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | [[File:UnLtd11.jpg|160px|right]] |
| | + | | 1 || [[Chaos By Design]] - Colorwheel || [[Podcast 6B]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[Save Your Life]] - Bog Standard || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Headless]] - Naykid Eyez || [[Podcast 8A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Too Plus 3 R One|Too + 3 R One]] - Too + 3 || [[Podcast 22A]], [[Podcast 51|51]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Words Are Like]] - The Crummer Family || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[If I Wasn't Shy (Live)|If I Wasn't Shy (Live 1992)]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[They Might Be Giants (Song) (1989 Rough Mix)|They Might Be Giants (Rough Mix 1989)]] || [[Dial-A-Song (2015)]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[Cabbagetown (Demo)]] || |
| | + | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - October]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | [[File:UnLtd12.jpg|160px|right]] |
| | + | | 1 || [[Disappointing Show|Disappointing Show (Live)]] - The Disappointers || [[They Got Lost]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[Cut The Strings]] - Demchuk || [[Podcast 11A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Blind]] - Demchuk || [[Podcast 9A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Something You'd Like To See]] - Little Lisa Whitman || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Kids Are Different Now]] - Spool 409 || [[Music From Malcolm In The Middle (Promo)]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[WMOB ID]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[O Tannenbaum]] || [[They Might Be Giants In Holidayland]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[All Things Considered]] (by [[Mono Puff]]) || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[To The Bubblecraft!]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Ultimate Battle For The Planet Of The Apes]] || |
| | + | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - November]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | [[File:UnLtd13.jpg|160px|right]] |
| | + | | 1 || [[Tiny Doctors]] || [[Dial-A-Song (2015)]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[The Bloodboat]] || [[Podcast 49]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Too Cool Girls]] (with [[Velcro Horns|The Velcro Horns]]) || [[Podcast 9A]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Always Be Giants|Mystery Track]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Particle Man (Demo)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Spy (Demo)]] || [[Dial-A-Song (2015)]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[Fingertips (Live 2001)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[The Car Crash|The Car Crash (Live 1989)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Drinkin' (Live Radio Version)|Drinkin' (Live Radio Broadcast 1993)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Live)]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[Mink Car (Song) (Live)|Mink Car (Live 2001)]] || |
| | + | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - December]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | [[File:UnLtd14.jpg|160px|right]] |
| | + | | 1 || [[Best Of Spin The Dial]] || [[Podcast 28A]] (excerpt) |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[Dan Hickey's Actual Drums]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[Red Red Intro - Drink!|Red Red Intro / Drink!]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Somnabulist Spy Improvisation|Somnabulist Spy Improvisation]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[Spin The Country Dial]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Dr. Evil (Live TMBG Unlimited)|Live Evil With Robin]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow]] || |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[The Biggest One (Live)|The Biggest One (Live 1985)]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Rhythm Section Want Ad (Live 1985)|Rhythm Section Want Ad (Live 1985)]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Become A Robot (Live)]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[Santa Claus]] || [[They Might Be Giants In Holidayland]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[Feast Of Lights]] || [[They Might Be Giants In Holidayland]] |
| | + | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | === [[TMBG Unlimited - January 2002]] === |
| | + | {| class="ebena" |
| | + | | '''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Also Appears On''' |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 1 || [[Your Mom's Alright]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - February]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 2 || [[The Truth In Your Words|Truth In Your Words]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - February]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 3 || [[The Army's Tired Now]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - February]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 4 || [[Ram On]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - April]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 5 || [[McGyver|All McGyver On It]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - May]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 6 || [[Tigerella]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - May]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 7 || [[I'm Your Boyfriend Now (Demo)]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - June]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 8 || [[North To Alaska]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - June]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 9 || [[Concrete And Clay]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 10 || [[Outboard Part Of Man]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 11 || [[Somebody's Body]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 12 || [[1999 - Cowtown Medley|1999 / Cowtown]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - July]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 13 || [[Too Plus 3 R One|Too + 3 R One]] - Too + 3 || [[TMBG Unlimited - September]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 14 || [[Words Are Like]] - The Crummer Family || [[TMBG Unlimited - September]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 15 || [[Disappointing Show|Disappointing Show (Live)]] - The Disappointers || [[TMBG Unlimited - October]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 16 || [[Cut The Strings]] - Demchuk || [[TMBG Unlimited - October]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 17 || [[Blind]] - Demchuk || [[TMBG Unlimited - October]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 18 || [[Something You'd Like To See]] - Little Lisa Whitman || [[TMBG Unlimited - October|TMBG Unlimited - October]] |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | 19 || [[Spin The Country Dial]] || [[TMBG Unlimited - December]] |
| | + | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | ==Gallery== |
| | + | <gallery> |
| | + | File:Emusic Postcard front.jpg|Postcard advertising Unlimited |
| | + | File:Emusic Postcard Back.png|Back of postcard |
| | + | </gallery> |
| | + | |
| | + | [[Category:Projects]] |
| | + | [[Category:TMBG Collections]] |
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