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Interps

Remember when you post an interpretation that it's supposed to be about how YOU interpret it. There's too many interps that try to figure out what the Johns meant by it. --Dunklekuh81

I agree, but I disagree. I like French fries, but I don't like French fries. I like to interpret things the way I like, and I usually unknowingly leave a print of whatever crazy philosophies are running through my head at the time (for example, a society-bashing Name interp and a Buddhist-tinged DLS interp...). Though I often think people are complete idiots for saying any random song is totally connected to this one girlfriend they didn't-let's-start with, of course you shouldn't discourage their free association by saying that on the wiki (which I think is the point of what you were saying). And in defense of interpretations that try to figure out what the original intent was, analysis of the author's meaning is a cornerstone of interpretation of literature, and I find John-code-cracking to be a joy. ~ magbatz 17:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, yeah. That's okay sometimes, but it seems like 99% of all interps are strictly based on the John's life experiences or whatever. Drawing some originality, ya know, paint your own picture. --Dunklekuh81

SBCG4AP

I was reading an article about Strong Bad's Cool Game For Atractive People today, and TMBG was briefly mentioned, made me smile. Here's the quote:

Will there be any They Might Be Giants songs in the game?

Strong Bad: Only if my nerd-music detector stops working. This is a Strong BAD game, not a Strong SAD game, man!

Also, it would be pretty awesome if they did do some music for it :] --Jade 19:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I've always thought TMBG makes good background music for video games (ever try muting your TV and playing it over stuff? AMAZING), so yeah, that'd be cool. Also, where'd that quote come from? I've read a few articles but never saw that one. Akagi 06:28, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I want to say is came from the latest issue of Nintendo Power (my sister ripped it the article of a friend's magazine, so I'm not positive), on page 22 --Jade 09:30, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Mancow

Does anyone know what order the songs from Mancow's radio show comes in? -- Goodtimes2

One Weekly Gun

One Weekly Gun (http://www.oneweeklygun.com) celebrated the birthday of John Linnell last week with their own original tribute song. You can hear it here. --Duke33 12:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

New Album Announced

Well, kinda... The newsletter announced that, "After Dan Miller's big wedding, we're fully embarking on our new album projects, but are taking a bit of time out to keep our live side thrivin'."

So yeah, a new album is being worked on. --Dunklekuh81

I just came here to ask what the chances of a new album would be. Yay New "Mysterious" Album!.

How long should it be before we can expect an "Official" Press Release? --Tedadore2 01:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I'd say maybe December. Or May. --Dunklekuh81

Probably a lot longer than December-- May sounds slightly more realistic (though also slightly unrealistic). TMBG spends a lot of time recording in the studio, and it seems they'll be dedicating this fall to touring. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 01:53, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I guess the recent news confirmed it. I like the kids albums, but I'm bummed it's not an adult album. --Dunklekuh81

Mmmhmm. Gotta second that. The Else was really great, I'd love to hear more new adult stuff. --Lemita 01:33, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

The thing that makes me really disappointed is Flansy's attitude towards the adult projects. It seems like they are only going to keep it up for awhile before going 100% kids projects. That type of behavior just cost him the Best John award. Linnell gets it now :B --Dunklekuh81

WHOA NOW. Don't do anything rash. We Flansburghers are rarer than you think, so just rethink your decision before you go and do something you may regret later. ~ magbatz

You might be right, magbatz. But you have to agree with me, Flansy needs to remember us older kids. I take pride in my glasses and my left-handedness because of Flansy. --Dunklekuh81

A Little Help?

Does anybody know how to access the mp3s at http://mp3.theymightbegiants.org/? I've been trying to figure this out for quite some time now. It's so tantalizing! If necessary feel free to email me at johnnypoore22@comcast.net

TDK's FTP has been down for a few years now. Not sure if/when he'll be getting it restored. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 12:01, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Rats.. Well, thanks!

Senior Quote

Well. I'm turning to the internet for help. This could go poorly...

So, I'm a senior in high school, and next to our yearbook picture we get to post our "Senior quote." They're usually pretentious one-liners drafted from art-house films or hallmark cards, but mine's just gotta be a TMBG (Or State Songs or Mono Puff) lyric. Trouble is they've written so many really great lyrics, it's impossible to sift through them all by Wednesday. So, if you could pick one, poignant lyric to exemplify your high school career, what would YOU use? I'm just looking to get ideas. Current favorites are:

I don't want the world, I just want your half.

Speak softly, drive a Sherman tank/ Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank

I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now.

Thanks! --Homestar Golfer 04:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I don't have any to add, but the latter is the most relevant out of the three you gave, so my vote's for that'n. Akagi 07:39, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Can I suggest "We'll meet at the end of the tour."? I signed everyone's yearbooks with that when I graduated high school. =) --hermy-o-ninny

"Make a little birdhouse in your soul," if you'd like to be absurd. If you'd like to alter a lyric slightly, to make it more applicable to graduating, I'd say "We're older than we've ever been and now we're even older." --Lemita 00:20, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm a senior in highschool, too, and I used "And the truth is, we don't know anything" for my quote. So go ahead, if you want to copy me (it does make an awfully good quote). Otherwise i'd pick "I don't want the world, I just want your half," as that was my second choice. My 3rd, was "the things we cherish are small indeed/so much the larger the need." Ana 20:18, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

How about "My room's comfortably small with rubber lining the walls." Or "Who's gonna build my death ray?" Or "Count the arms and legs and heads and then divide by five." Keep your classmates scratching their heads for years to come. --Oddjob 20:30, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

State Songs Artwork Sighting on MacWorld web page

In the article named "Review: iTunes 8" there's screen shot of iTunes with State Songs in the lower right corner. In another screen shot in the article a playlist includes Twisting, It's Fun to Steal, West Virginia, Snail Shell, and Letterbox. In yet another screen shot demonstrating the Genius Sidebar includes Baroque Hoedown in the Sky, There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, Statue Got Me High, Zeroes, Ballad of Davy Crockett (in Outer Space.)

See the article here.

XM Radio

So I have DirecTV, which means I get XM Radio. What stations play TMBG?--Dunklekuh81

Fred usually does.

According to a search on XM's website, Fred, Lucy, and XM Kids play TMBG. --ZippZapp 23:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

CMJ

CMJ listed their schedule for the CMJ music marathon (finally)...and it looks like contrary to earlier reports, TMBG will NOT be playing this year. Wonder why? --Duke33 14:30, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Theme Time Radio Hour

Dylan played James K. Polk on the Presidents Day show. He also called the band the Hustlers. ----Tedadore2 03:59, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Whither Likes?

Why was the Likes section of the Johns' biographies removed? I liked it. --BlixieB 01:21, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

New pages?

What about pages for Opening Acts/People TMBG opened for (beside category:opening acts), Stump The Band and Spin The Dial (that one seems wrong as a song page, it's not really a song). - Wout

We've been meaning to make a Stump-the-Band page. The way I was thinking it might be a descriptive article, and then have a list of known performances. This page is really good, so we could cross-reference our show archive and that page to make sure we have everything. Maybe it would count as a Song Theme? Or a category? ~ magbatz 21:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, there's this whole genre of stuff like that, that we don't have categorized very well. That incldues stuff like "Stump The Band", "Spin The Dial", and "Phone Calls From The Dead" that are not really songs. Maybe we could create a new category for them, and have them stop using the song template. I'm thinking a new category called "Live Show Segments" or something like that. What do you all think? --Duke33 22:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I think this is a great idea. That way it can be a little more detailed and show-oriented than the song pages tend to be. --MichelleMaBelle 22:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

According to the most recent email sent out by TMBG, They have appeared on Late Night more than any other rock band, and have been invited back on the show Thursday, Feb 12. This may or may not be front page worthy, but I think it's worth a mention, at least a heads-up about Their upcoming appearance.--Josherz 17:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah - go ahead and put it on the news.--Duke33 18:00, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

In a related note, if you ever find yourself watching Conan, check what mug he's drinking from. I fyou want to check on Hulu, all the episodes there include the mug. Kick Butt. --Dunklekuh81

The real question is what song they are going to be playing. I think they're probably going on to be there before Conan leaves, not to promote an album. Maybe they'll play a classic?! --badqueso 21:20, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps Why Does The Sun Shine? It's gonna be on the next album but it was also the first song they performed on Conan.. -Wout

We should totally start a betting pool on this. I'm not even kidding.--Josherz 23:52, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

33 1/3

I moved this from the main page. I don't know anything about it, but it doesn't seem news-worthy to me. I mean, there are 597 "finalists". If someone wants to put forth a convincing argument, I'm open to listen:

January 11, 2009

The popular 33 1/3 book series has announced its latest set of proposals, including TMBG's Flood. Head over to http://www.33third.blogspot.com to ensure it gets published.

Album Release Details

I'd like to work the album release details into the album pages themselves. Currently there is a link that says "Full release details". I'm thinking that we should pull the release details into the main album page itself, and have it so that you can expand/collapse the release details (since they might be kind of long). It would be best to have them in a default collapsed state. What does anyone else think? Got any ideas as to where we could place them seamlessly? --Duke33 02:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

New Song: Electric Car

Jamie Kitman spoke with some people from NPR about Electric cars at the Detroit Auto show. At the end of the interview, he talks about They Might Be Giants, and how they have "a new song, to be released this fall, about the Electric Car"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99296728&ft=1&f=1006

is a link to the page about the interview. The audio is available there, complete with a sample of the new song at the very end. Beatle_Vette

Banjo Tabs

I'm currently learning banjo and was wondering if anyone had or knew where i could find TMBG banjo tabs. I know this is odd but i really want to learn a tmbg song on the banjo. --Goodtimes2 not logged in