Mailing List Archive/2015-01-15

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Just posted at www.DialASong.com…

 
NO COPS
 
(This is a song created as an introduction to our new live show. It is sung by our friend Corn Mo.)
 
Hello balcony and folks on the floor
Hello to the sound man, hello to the door
Man smoking out on the street
He can’t comprehend the screaming
 
We’ve locked all the doors and please understand
We’ve nailed down the latch so meet our demands
In the time that we permit, or else the band will get it
 
We are here to steal your dreams
Just listen and comply
No cops, no cops, no cops, no cops
Just They Might Be Giants
No cops, no cops, no cops, no cops
Just They Might Be Giants
 
 
ANNOUNCING THE "ERASE" VIDEO CONTEST!
BLACK FRANCIS OF THE PIXIES TO JUDGE!
 
They Might Be Giants’ Dial-A-Song project is sponsoring its first video contest for the song "ERASE." To help raise awareness of this great song we're going to have a video contest open to all video people, film people and generally visually-minded people who are open to the challenge. After these three amazing winning videos for the "AM I AWAKE?" video contest, the new winners will be in good company, but the bar is high indeed.
 
These are the rules: Originality a must. Brilliance encouraged.
 
DEADLINE IS APRIL 7th. There will be 3 winners. $1000 cash prize to each winner. All three winning videos will be posted on
TMBG's www.DialASong.com and on TMBG's YouTube channel
 
 
WHAT WE'D SUGGEST TO ANYONE FOR ANY VIDEO:
 
Poetry, not prose. 
If there is a story, have an ending.
Don’t feel compelled to illustrate the lyric, but use the lyric as a springboard for your concept.
If you do illustrate the words, figure out a way to avoid doing it at the moment they are sung — the see/say can feel dumpy.
 
It can work many ways: beautiful, startling, bold, stylish, contemporary, psychedelic, mind-bending. 
Transparency effects are nice, motion graphics can be exciting. 
Live action, animation, multi-media -- anything is possible!
Express YOURSELF in your favorite medium.
 
If there is any humor we would suggest it should be the deadest of the deadpan.
 
The topic should not be John and John, and representations of the band are discouraged.
 
All imagery must be original. Incorporating copyrighted images will disqualify your work
 
HOW IT'S JUDGED
All submissions must be uploaded in HD on Vimeo.com with password protection before the contest deadline.
You must then send us a message via email to videocontest@tmbg.com and be sure to include a direct link and 
a password along with your full name, email address, and phone number (strictly for contact purposes should
you be chosen as the winner -- we promise not to telemarket our t-shirt collection to you).  
 
All judging will be done by the great Judge Black Francis of the Pixies.
 
You can check the rest of the "Am I Awake" finalists at https://vimeo.com/album/2847837
 
 
DIAL-A-SONG IS HERE. 
In 2015 They Might Be Giants will be presenting a new song each week, returning to our roots as the progenitors of the FREE MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY movement. Monday evenings the new Dial-A-Song recordings will premiere on Slate’s "The Gist" with Mike Pesca. Tuesdays the song will be posted for your streaming pleasure via www.dialasong.com and via TMBG's YouTube channel ParticleMen (we encourage people to subscribe to our YouTube channel and get notice of the postings straight away). The new songs will also be available through iTunes here and other fine online music purveyors. And finally they will be posted on our FREE smart phone apps. iPhone or iPad? Of course: http://ow.ly/rD8TK Android? Oui: http://ow.ly/rD8Gg
 
DIAL-A-SONG DIRECT:GET IT FIRST. OWN IT FOREVER.
Dial-A-Song Direct subscribers get the songs FIRST and in whatever format they prefer (including the super hi-fi FLAC format). So you’ll have the new track direct from us in your inbox. No muss, no fuss, all 52 tracks for just $30. That’s… a lot less than iTunes! And your subscription supports this effort directly! You know what to do!
 
Whenever you join Dial-A-Song Direct you get the new posted songs and the remaining songs of the 52 arrive in your inbox every week for the rest of the year. We are partnering with the good folks at Drip.fm to fulfill all the songs with download links. (We like to think Drip stands for "Dial-A-Song Recordings Is Perfect.") We have explored their service completely and can assure you it is highly reliable with a clean interface. 
 
This is how you get it: www.drip.fm/dial-a-song-direct
 
THE DIAL-A-SONG RADIO NETWORK IS 100+ STATIONS STRONG!
 
…and going international. If you are a DJ on a college, community or commercial terrestrial radio station join us and broadcast the 2015 Dial-A-Song experience. We are organizing interviews with the band, and making IDs as we type! All the information is here http://www.theymightbegiants.com/dial-a-song-radio-network/
 
 
 

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ARE PERFORMING LIVE IN BROOKLYN AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES 

Tickets are available for all the shows on the upcoming tour via http://www.theymightbegiants.com/calendar/

 

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' SUNDAY STAND IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

Sunday January 25 is SOLD OUT

Sunday February 22 - Songs from the First Album, Jonathan Coulton is our special guest! Tickets Available Here

Sunday March 29 is SOLD OUT

Sunday April 26 - A Dial-A-Song Celebration, A Record Release Party Tickets Available Here

Sunday May 31 - Songs from The Else Tickets Available Here

Our tour routing was constructed to spell out our initials...

 
THE "OUR OPTIONS HAVE CHANGED" 2015 US TOUR!

4/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
4/17 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
4/18 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
4/19 Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre
4/21 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
4/22 Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
4/23 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
4/24 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
4/25 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
5/1 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent
5/2 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
5/3 San Diego, CA @ Belly Up
5/5 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
5/6 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
5/7 Seattle, WA @ Neptune
5/8 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
5/9 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
5/10 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
5/13 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
5/14 Austin, TX @ Stubb's
5/15 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
5/16 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
5/17 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

 
 

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