Conference mr1pst::music

    I have the first 2 albums, "They Might Be Giants" and "Lincoln."
    They are well-crafted yet cheezy sounding, and often quite funny.
    I find that I can listen to them ad nasuem sometimes, and other times
    they just get on my nerves.  Not your standard pop music, although they
    contain elements of all the pop songs you've ever heard.  I truly like
    them.  
    
    I haven't heard the new one yet.
    
    	Willy

    Can someone tell if "Don't let's start" and "Birdhouse" are on the same
    release?  I have been thinking about buying one of their albums, but
    have yet to decide which one...
    
    Thanks
    chUck

    re  .2
    
    They are no on the same album.  "Birdhouse" is on Flood (which I think
    is a great album!) and "Don't Let's Start" is on either Lincoln or
    the self-titled LP.
    
    dan
    

    re .2
    
    -I would start with the debut - 'Don't Let's Start' is on it, along
    with 'Hotel Detective', 'Rythym Section Want Ad','Youth Culture Killed
    My Dog' and a bunch more of my faves.  I listened to the new one a bit
    more - I guess it is starting to grow on me . . .
    
    						-Jimbo
    

    I haven't heard any of their stuff, and would probably not like it
    much, but what a great name for a group!
    
    Lorna
    

    
    They're coming to Boston and Avalon, August 15th . . . they're a fun
    band to see live.
    					-Jimbo

    They just did a live appearance on the American Public Radio show,
    "Mountain Stage", this past Saturday.  I heard about seven or eight songs 
    in their first set (missed a few), and missed the second set entirely.
    Syd Straw guested with them.
    
    Some titles I recall: "Piece of Dirt", "The Statue Got Me High", "Don't
    Let's Start", "She's Actual Size", "Particle Man".  Not being terribly
    familiar with much of their material there are probably some song
    titles I mangled and others I'd recall if I saw a track listing...
    
    Unfortunately they wrested the rental car away from me before "Don't
    Let's Start" was finished.
    
    BTW, they're claiming to be from Brooklyn NY these days.
    
    - Dave

    
    coming to town April 24th at MIT ! ! 
    

    RE: coming to town April 24th at MIT ! !
    
    Rumor has it college ID will be required. I assume that means *current*
    ID, so I'm out of luck...

    
    It depends on the school... some schools are jerks about it, others
    aren't.
    
    Can you type up a 'current' validation sticker to stick on it?  I mean,
    it doesn't have to look accurate at the school the ID was issued at,
    right?
    
    Later...
    Steve
    

    why not just go to MIT and talk someone into buying
    you tickets.
    
    i'm guessing the student only is to control the number of
    tickets.
    
    where are they playing at MIT?
    
    willie

    
    And get there early... *** TRIBE *** is opening!
    
    

    If only "Think Tree" were playing too I might have had an inkling to
    pull out the old College ID and try to pass on in. ;-)
    
    Jim C.
    

    
    TMBG, Tribe *and* Think Tree??
    
    	You're dreamin' pal :-)
    
    				a different Jim C.
    

    
    Speaking of Think Tree, they'll be playing at WPI (with Heretix) this
    Saturday.  No college ID needed!  But get there early... many folks
    were turned away from the Tribe show that was there a couple of weeks
    ago... sold out.
    
    Later...
    Steve
    

    
    Think Tree and heretix??  Time, please . . . .
    
    			-Jim ( a fan of both )
    

    Now we're really talking a good line up for a local Lollapalooza
    show.
    
    		TMBG	THINK TREE	TRIBE	HERETIX
    
    Now where should we hold this once in a lifetime event? Great Woods?
    And who else could round out the show?
    
    Jim C. 
    
    

I happened to pass by Lincoln Sudbury Middle School (MA) last night and noticed
an anouncement that TMBG will be playing there May 1.  I don't know what
restrictions, if any, are placed on ticket-buyers.

adam

    
    Local Lollapalooza
    
    TMBG
    Tribe
    Heretix
    Think Tree
    Pixies ( ok, ok Frank Black )
    Bim Skala Bim
    Pearl Jam ( do they have to be local? )
    Superchunk
    
    etc, etc - man, you could make it an all-week festival.  Now, if _I_
    were in charge of the FNX Landsdale St. Show . . . .:-)
    
    					- Jim
    

    I have two extra tickets for the Lincoln-Sudbury High School show on
    Saturday May 1, 8:30.  Tickets are $15 each.  You can have 'em at 
    face value.
    
    Send me mail, or DTN 223-5882.
    
    Todd  

    
    Jim Carroll asked me to enter this:
    
	New album coming out
    
	August 17th 
    
    	Sun Songs
    
    Lale
    
    ps: Sorry for the lack of emotion, I am not yet a fan, didn't get a
    chance to listen to the sampler Jim made for me.

	The big news, of course, is that I got my 'Hello Recording Club' CD's!!
"What the hell is the Hello Recording Club??", you ask?  It's a new project of
They Might be Giants' singer John Flansburg - you get 10 CD's per year for
$40.00, *plus* the original TMBG demo tape!!  I got 3 CD's this time - Brian
Dewan, The Nelories and Flat Old World.  All very, very famous and popular
performers, I know :-).

	Brian Dewan reminds me of an American Robyn Hitchcock with a better
sense of humour.  He sings a song called 'My Eye', which describes how he poked
out his eye ( nice, eh? ) and another called "Wastepaper Basket Fire"  -  here 
are the lyrics :

	.
	.
	.

	The song is sung very passionately - it's really, really funny.

	The Nelories are two Japanese college students - their songs are :
"Waiting". "Banana", "Bubbly" and "Plastic Sky" - they're good, but I'm not
even gonna try to describe them ;-)

	Flat Old World is twisted folk, but not done terribly well - they're
okay, but not terrific.

	And the 23 song TMBG demo tape is a riot - it reminded me of the 
Barenaked Ladies demo tape you sent me - different 'rougher' versions of
familar songs - plus there were some songs I'd never heard before . . .
    

    
    
    You get the original demo tape?  Well, this must be like a limited
    offer, right?  Or do you have to send it on to the next person that
    joins????
    
    

    
    Re -.1
    
    	Ok, ok - sorry - a *copy* of the original demo tape - *sheesh*! ;-)
    
    	New new album isn't due out until next month, but for all of you
    TMBG fans out there ( well, both of you ) - there is an EP out now
    called 'Why Does the Sun Shine?', which is 3 covers and an orginal song
    called 'Spy'.  The covers are :
    
    	1. A 1959 educational song called 'Why Does the Sun Shine ( The Sun
    is a Mass of Incandescent Gas ) - hilarious.
    
    	2. The Allman Brothers hit 'Jessica'.  They actually do it justice.
    
    	3. A pretty nifty Meat Puppets song called 'Whirlpool'.
    
    					Jim . . .  

    >  New new album isn't due out until next month
    
    Have you heard any info on this new TMBG release?
    
    Kevin

    
    > Have you heard any info on this new TMBG release?
    
    	Sorry, dude - they're saying spring/summer now - it was only the 4
    track EP that was released with 'Why Does the Sun Shine?', 'Spy' 
    ( which was rumored to be the title track of the 'new' album ), the
    mondo-accordian cover of the Allman Brother's 'Jessica' and a cover of
    the Meat Puppet's 'Whirlpool'.  A good EP, but definitely leaves you
    wanting a full length album . . . 
    
    					Jimbo

    
    Their next album is due out in Feb. - title = "Get Outta' Here"
    
    Further updates as events warrant :-)
    
    					- Jim
    

    
    I found a TMBG 'official' bootleg y'all might be interested in - it's
    called "Dr. Spock's Backup Band" and it's a recording of a live show in
    Chicago in 1992 - the recording quality is fair to good, with a good
    selection of tunes old and new.
    
    	Of course, I forgot to bring the CD in today, but you can order it
    from the CD-BAR in Toronto (800) 663-1616 - The sleeve insert listed a
    few other live bootlegs of other performers as well . . .
    
    					Fyi   - Jim

    Warning!
    
    	There is no new Feb release for TMBG!
    
    	It was just a nasty rumor!  	
    
    	According to their publicist, they're recording now for a late
    summer ( August ) release - sorry, folks!
    
    				- Jim
    

    Anybody out there looking forward to the 13-sep-1994 release of _John
    Henry_ the new TMBG Album? I picked up the single _Snail Shell_ and
    enjoyed that a great deal! Here is the track list for that one:
    
    Snail Shell/Ondine/Hotel Detective(new version)/Mrs. Train/Snaildust
    
    Kevin
    
    BTW: JimC, I think the new BNL is well worth another listen. But they
    didn't quite hit their potential!

    RE -.1
    
    
    Hey!  The single's out?  I gotta get with it  . . . :-)
    
    I just hope they keep on releasing albums at the same rate they have
    been ( 1 a year ).  Keeps me from jonesing, anyways :-)
    
    					- Jim