I'm joined by three lovely trans folks to discuss gender and identity issues, and trans themes that could be interpreted in TMBG songs. This is a very special one. Here is the teaser- to hear the full episode, sign up at Patreon dot come slash ThisMightBeAPodcast!
We couldn't even keep up the gag. Here's the rest - All Alone, All By Myself through I Walk Along Darked Corridors! Join our Patreon to get the full Fingertips suite in one giant episode. Thanks to Tom Dunford for participating in this chaos!
It's a Fingertips two-fer with Tom Dunford!
It's another Fingertips two-fer with Tom Dunford!
Let's shuffle up Fingertips s'more! Who's Knocking On the Wall? Tom Dunford?
Let's shuffle up Fingertips like the Johns would have wanted on your fancy 1992 5-disc CD player on your giant component stereo. Aren't You the Guy Who Hit Me in the Eye, Tom Dunford?
Greg sits down with WHOOOOO's THAT. ...standing... out the window?
Greg sits down with Tom Dunford from Boston... HEY NOW EVERYBODY
Greg sits down with Tom Dunford from Boston. They listen to the wind blow and find out it's the one who loves them so.
Greg sits down with Tom Dunford from Boston to talk about a reeeeally long song in the TMBG catalog, Fingertips (Banjo).
Greg sits down with Tom Dunford from Boston to talk about one of the longer songs of the TMBG catalog, Everything Is Catching On Fire, from Apollo 18.
Mike Park, owner of Asian Man Records and member of Skankin Pickle, Ogikubo Station and more, drops by TMBP to talk about the first song on the first TMBG album, Everything Right Is Wrong Again. They delve into the song's multiple demos, listen to a couple covers and Mike even does his own cover live on the episode!
Greg calls 13 hours into the future to Australia, with Ann-Marie in Perth and Belinda and Tom in Sydney, to talk about the recent TMBG tour of their country. Talk of the special moments of the sets, personal anecdotes from the shows they went to, and general hijinx abound.
Greg joins up again with Lesley Gouger, who previously appeared on the recent Patreon Exclusive Episode "A Love Letter to TMBG." Here they talk about the closing song on Flood, "Road Movie to Berlin." Greg talks about how he used to turn the record off when this song would come on... ruh roh. They find a lot of good covers and go on some fun tangents. Enjoy!
And Introducing is a podcast about words... about music. They discuss musician's biographies in an informative and very funny and entertaining way. I appeared on an episode to talk about my favorite music autobiography, Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory. Hosts Molly and Chris and myself discuss the facinating, difficult and inspirational life of one of America's musical icons.
Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady and World Inferno Friendship Society calls Greg from Kiev to talk about the song I Am Not Your Broom off of TMBG's first kid's album, NO! They get into some pretty adult topics in the song's deeper meaning, and talk shop about accordions. Also, an intro segment with some questions answered by Joshua Fried about his World's Address Remix.
Preview for our fourth Patreon Exclusive episode. Lesley Gouger calls Greg from Los Angeles to talk about her wonderful blog essay, You're Never Just A Hat: A Love Letter to TMBG. She talks about how TMBG helped her through a rough upbringing in St. Louis, seeing them in NY in college then moving to LA. They also focus on their fav 2018 TMBG songs.
Even more content for y'all! I guested on an episode of Barenaked ABCs, the song-by-song Barenaked Ladies podcast, to talk about their song Daydreaming'. It's a great podcast and a fun crew that welcomed me with open arms and we had a ball. They'll be guesting on two later episode of TMBP as well to talk about the Giants! Enjoy, and find their full feed of episodes on iTunes and SoundCloud.
Outdoor Velour's bari sax player Joe Fisch joins bandmate Greg at Velour Underground Studios to talk about the sax-heavy TMBG tune Dirt Bike, from 1994's John Henry. We discuss the John Henry Demos version, the promotional Hypercard midi version, and play a live Outdoor Velour cover of the tune.
On February 23rd, Greg assembled a gang of five in front of a rowdy crowd at 6th Street Dive in Lafayette, IN to chatter about "Don't Let's Start." We had a friggin' ball. Listen to us retail you with stories about William Allen White, share our opinions on the Johns' teeth, and take comments from the crowd including a take that this song has the best bassline in all of new wave music. Enjoy!
Greg takes a 3-month boat voyage around the horn to Australia to talk to Matty Rendell, famous Australian Twitter personality, to talk about a song he heard two days before recording. Do we like each other? Do we like Terminator 2 and Nirvana? Reading in the bath? You'll have to listen to find out!
Marcus Nuccio of Pet Symmetry and The Please and Thank Yous calls up Greg to discuss a favorite TMBG song from his childhood, The World's Address off of Lincoln with a focus on the Joshua Fried 1989 remix as well. They get into the big question - is it the world's address or the world's a dress? The also dig into who this Joshua Fried guy is, listen to a bit of his more recent output, and talk about remixes as a musical genre.
Hutch Harris, solo artist formerly of indie / punk / garage band The Thermals (Sub Pop, Kill Rock Stars, Saddle Creek) talks to Greg about one of his favorite TMBG songs, Dead from Flood. We ponder Linnell's piano education and how he got so awesome, how this is essentially a solo track, and despite being so stripped down how it manages to rock so hard. Also get a Thermals crash course and hear about Hutch's new solo album Only Water.
Greg makes a very expensive long distance call to England to talk to the talented artist Abi Bash about one of the weirdest TMBG songs the podcast has yet to cover, Door to Door Minotaur off their newest album, My Murdered Remains. Hear Abi rep team Flans hard.
Greg and talented folk musician Scott Currie talk about the I Like Fun track By the Time You Get This. We get deep into the lyrics, musical phrasing, and the dark, dark lyrics and video.
Greg snagged They Might Be Giants' bassist Danny Weinkauf to record an exclusive episode, and here's a teaser of Danny talking about stumbling into being a bass player, his gear, and how he writes kids songs. Head to http://Patreon.com/thismightbeapodcast to hear the full 90 minute episode!
Greg meets on video chat with a guy he's never met in person, Danny Leary. They are Twitter and Facebook friends now, but had never talked until Greg hit record. Danny Leary picked Black Ops, so listen to these new friends discuss both the Nanobots version and the alternate Phone Power version, the political nature of the lyrics, the weird music video, and for some reason blink-182.
Greg tries to contain his excitement as he talks to They Might Be Giants' drummer MARTY BELLER. Check out this teaser of Marty talking about learning drums as a kid and joining his first rock band. Head to http://Patreon.com/thismightbeapodcast to hear the full 95-minute episode!
Greg and friend Missy Tate discuss a song with a long and complicated history - Why Does the Sun Shine? From the original song to their 1993 cover, from Severe Tire Damage to their updated Here Comes Science tune, Miasma of Incandescent Plasma. Take a journey with us into the final frontier!
Our first Patreon exclusive episode is live! Greg chats with guest Spencer Parks about the first three tracks on John Linnell's 1999 solo album State Songs. $5 a month gets you an extra exclusive every month!
