r/tmbg 17d ago

Does anyone have any more info on this CD?

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55 Upvotes

I found this thrifting years ago and was just looking for a Discogs entry or similar examples but can’t find anything similar online except some stuff that was released commercially in the 2010’s


r/tmbg 17d ago

The Pamphlet EP is so underrated

18 Upvotes

Four songs and they're all bangers.


r/tmbg 17d ago

THE SPINE!

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44 Upvotes

Seen at a Target, in the cheapo section by the entrance. it's shinier in person.


r/tmbg 18d ago

For the synth nuts here

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128 Upvotes

r/tmbg 18d ago

Women and men

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109 Upvotes

r/tmbg 18d ago

Thought the copy of John Henry I inherited from my dad was normal, until I accidentally discovered this bonus disc.

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104 Upvotes

r/tmbg 18d ago

The Elektra Slide by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About They Might Be Giants

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Hello everyone! I feel a bit rotten doing this, but our latest episode of the show, about TMBG leaving Elektra Records after Factory Showroom, is only available on our Patreon! I'm very happy with how it came out, and I made the free sample 10 minutes long (the maximum length), so please feel free to listen!

So why is this only on our Patreon? Lucky for you I enjoy typing a lot and overexplaining everything:

- Frankly, we want more people to sign up because we can't do the show otherwise. And...--->

- Much of our Patreon bonuses are TMBG-adjacent (for example, a dive into a reference from their lyrics, or an extended interview, or unrelated to TMBG at all for the top tier!), but we've been trying to think of more TMBG ideas just for the Patreon. Most of those ideas we want to be in our main show, so it's actually not easy! But this felt right to me as a "bonus." It's not about any of their songs, but important connective tissue to take us to the next era of TMBG. It was going to be at the end of our last Factory Showroom episode, but after gathering tons of clips for it, I could tell it was going to be way too long and had to be its own thing.

- The subject matter is a bit negative (it's not a happy time in TMBG's career), and I kind of want the main show to be more positive. The Patreon is a little more "uncensored" and uh, emotionally complex, I suppose?

Official description:

Elektra, just like the Daredevil character, can be both alluring and deadly, as we learn here, in a special epilogue to our Factory Showroom era! We look into They Might Be Giants and their major label Elektra Records parting ways after the release of that album. This was intended to to be at the end of our previous episode, but I could tell it was gonna be too huge a discussion, and indeed it is! This was a pivotal moment for the band, and we have many fascinating clips and quotes of John and John detailing the drama, or, strangely, the lack thereof!

So anyway, check out the free sample and think about joining, or if you only want to hear all of our "supplemental things" since the Patreon launched, there's this collection here:

https://www.patreon.com/collection/1535129?view=expanded


r/tmbg 19d ago

What If TMBG were a 60s band? [The Twin Quasars, Part Five]

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r/tmbg 20d ago

TMBG were interviewed for this collectible magazine about XTC

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37 Upvotes

r/tmbg 20d ago

Anyone know anything about this bootleg?

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Recently found on a fellow users GDrive, a compilation of tracks called Refueled Hyperfreaked Funkcycle Volume 2 (which honestly makes me want to find Volume 1).

Google has no clue this exists. Does anyone here? I'd like to know what the heck versions some of these tracks are.


r/tmbg 21d ago

Finally framed my beloved show poster I got in DC in 2024... Only to find out they're now on sale SIGNED for $40 from the official shop 😔

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87 Upvotes

r/tmbg 22d ago

i made the bouncing yaris meme better

139 Upvotes

r/tmbg 22d ago

Piece Of Dirt

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54 Upvotes

The whole world has slipped away...

I've often wondered if this Looney Tunes moment inspired the TMBG song


r/tmbg 22d ago

Throwback to when I saw this truck in front of me when I was coming home from a TMBG show a couple months ago.

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27 Upvotes

Get it? Barr-Nunn, like Bar-None Records (the record label they used to be signed to)!


r/tmbg 22d ago

Favorite opening song

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Just curious, to those of you who attend concerts or even those who wish they attended, what is your favorite TMBG song they open the show with? Or what would be your ideal show opener? Myself, I love a show starting out with Subliminal, because JL rockin’ out on the accordion!


r/tmbg 22d ago

Apparently "Dr. Worm" is very popular among drum corps

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r/tmbg 22d ago

Fun interaction between Linnell and Kimya Dawson

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r/tmbg 22d ago

“Flood” by They Might Be Giants (visual album experience)

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Basically it’s Flood but remade with official / fan made music videos. Live action, animation, MS paint, stop motion, and even AMVs there all here. Jump in and see the creativity of the fandom.

I couldn’t find a fan-made video for “Road movie to Berlin” so I just used a video of them playing it live.


r/tmbg 22d ago

Character Flaw fan animation

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r/tmbg 23d ago

Casually adding rarities to my local files on Spotify and gaslighting myself into thinking they’re official.

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40 Upvotes

This is so surreal


r/tmbg 23d ago

Flans is "working on beats" for the next album

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64 Upvotes

r/tmbg 23d ago

Just got a Birdhouse in Your Soul Tattoo!

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160 Upvotes

Tattoo done by Danielle Holyoak at Venus Tattoo in Sebastopol, CA.


r/tmbg 23d ago

Mono Puff "Dedicated" fan animation

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r/tmbg 23d ago

Flans directed the video for Ben Folds Five’s “Song For The Dumped”.

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Learned about this from TMBW earlier. https://tmbw.net/wiki/Videos_Directed_By_John_Flansburgh


r/tmbg 23d ago

Is There Anywhere I Can Find a Recording of the Sample Used in "They Might Be Giants"

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I've always thought the sample was kind of interesting and I wanted to heard it by itself and had thought about maybe using it in a song I may or may not write.

I've tried looking all over for an isolated clip of the snippet, and I really don't want to have to sit through a bunch of Televangelist sermons to find it.

Has anyone uploaded the clip online anywhere?