Posted by Bryan at August 29th, 2007
A recent episode of “This American Life” (Break-Up) includes a song co-written by Julia Greenberg called “The Three of Us”. They’ve made all the tracks that make up the song available for re-mixing and are hosting a contest. I was all set to include one of the versions of the song in the next show (which is 95% done), but it didn’t really fit with the mood. Maybe one of your remixes will fit better in a future show?
Posted by Bryan at August 16th, 2007
I’m thinking of changing the format of my show, to enable me to do it more frequently.
While I’ve always found ways to incorporate music from other groups into the show, what if the “they” in “theynow” referred not only to They Might Be Giants, but also to the people they influence. I joked around with Jonathan Coulton on an earlier episode that he and John Hodgman and Sarah Vowell and TMBG and Jon Stewart were all part of an ultra-liberal illuminati cabal bent on world domination. Maybe “they” refers to the entire cabal.
And also, musicians whose style is at least sometimes reminiscent of TMBG like, say, Lemon Demon or songstowearpantsto.com, etc.
The thing about Theynow up to this point is that I let the content decide when the show gets released. There’s not always a lot of recent TMBG content that would make sense to play on the show, especially considering my rule of not playing recordings that are currently for sale.
That’s really as far as I’ve thought on the subject. What do you think?
Posted by Bryan at August 6th, 2007
As if this show wasn’t enough, Daniel over at The Sounds In My Head coincidentally posted a history of his life & They Might Be Giants today.
Enjoy!
Posted by Bryan at August 5th, 2007
There’s no Mr. Me talking in this episode, nor that handy background drum beat, but I felt it was important to deliver the good music to you. Buy concert tickets, yo, and make recordings if you can!
