TMBG is on Conan tonight!

[imjustagirl]

I have no idea what song they're doing, but it's guaranteed to rock my socks. So be there or be square, people!

 

[mike311gd]

I'll be there if I remember, which will most likely be the case. I thank George Lopez and the fine people at Nick at Nite.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Are they gonna play anything off their upcoming release of Chinese Democracy?

 

[mike311gd]

Uh-oh. Conan just said he's canceling all the other guests because Sarah Jessica Parker has "nothing but time."

 

[Bubbler]

Did they play Particle Man?

 

[mike311gd]

They haven't played yet.

 

[imjustagirl]

Did they play Particle Man?

Gonna go with no.

 

[BYH]

SPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

 

[mike311gd]

I'm hoping for anything off The Spine.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

Who the hell is TMBG?

 

[mike311gd]

They Might Be Giants.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

Watching. Never heard of 'em. Sounds OK so far.

 

[imjustagirl]

My poor future second husband John Linnell looks so alone without his keyboard!

 

[sportschick]

My poor future second husband John Linnell looks so alone without his keyboard!

He needs you up there with him.

 

[mike311gd]

They are so weird. I love it.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

Is all their stuff so horn-heavy?

 

[imjustagirl]

Is all their stuff so horn-heavy?

Some of it. They've gone through a lot of incarnations. I'm partial to the super-early stuff when it was just the two Johns and a drum machine. Then they hired the Band of Dans for John Henry...which was just OK to me. I love some of their stuff since then, but it's very hit or miss with me. I do think they're absolute geniuses.

I'd tell anyone I ever meet to listen to "Flood" about 400 times.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

Is all their stuff so horn-heavy?

Some of it. They've gone through a lot of incarnations. I'm partial to the super-early stuff when it was just the two Johns and a drum machine. Then they hired the Band of Dans for John Henry...which was just OK to me. I love some of their stuff since then, but it's very hit or miss with me. I do think they're absolute geniuses.

I'd tell anyone I ever meet to listen to "Flood" about 400 times.

Some of what you just said made no sense to me (John, John, Band of Dans), but I liked what I just heard enough to check it out.

 

[imjustagirl]

The two singers: John Linnell and John Flansburgh (the two Johns)
Their band is three guys named Dan. Hence the Band of Dans.

Check out Flood, check out The Spine, check out a bunch of their stuff. They've done something for just about everybody. You've heard them, I'm sure. They did the Malcolm in the Middle theme, the Dr. Evil theme, McSweeney's stuff, Particle Man, Istanbul not Constantinople, etc.

They're amazing.

 

[BYH]

From SportsJournalists.com's six threads of separation: The weekend that ended with my college buddies and I talking about home turf ****s also featured a TMGB concert at the Palace Theatre in New Haven. A good time was had by all. Frank Black opened.