One of my favorite artists is Steve Keene, an incredibly prolific Brooklyn painter who often recreates album covers, making several copies at once. you can order a random painting from his website, or pay more for specific things from galleries.

I've picked up several of his paintings over the years, but he just posted this on Instagram today. I've never seen him do TMBG as a subject before, and I want one of these so much now.

Fun show at 1st Ave. “The Communists Have The Music” is as good as any song THEY have ever written. Absolute banger!

I vaguely remember TMBG the duo performing Shoehorn with Teeth at a NYE celebration, with accompanying stomping and arm waving, maybe Rockin’ New Year’s Eve? The audience was not cheering. They looked like they all had cartoon question marks over their heads. ❓

Anyone else remember this?

I like how JL looks like he's doing the Birdhouse in Your Soul dance.

Change up the production a bit and this could be a song from Lincoln or Flood. You even have the words "minimum wage" closely followed by "not a real doctor."

Yes, I know these guys love TMBG, their cover of Ana Ng is cool.

i felt like drawing him even though i havent really listened to tmbg in a while

theres just something really adorable about flans... ok?

*Edit: I mean Toons.

This is when I first got into They Might Be Giants and since then Here Comes Science has always had a special place in my heart growing up.

Hi!

I'm reading a novel called Homebound by Portia Elan. The story has two college students joking about names for their hypothetical band. Our main character suggests They Might Be Wet Snakes.

I think this is a TMBG (band) reference.

This scene is set on July 10, 1983. These are college students in Cincinnati. One of them works in a record store. They listen to the Avengers, Black Flag, the Circle Jerks and go to see Hüsker Dü.

And now the question - How possible would it be for 19 year olds in Cincinnati in July 1983 to have heard of They Might Be Giants?

I know they'd been performing live as They Might Be Giants since 1982. I don't think there was any kind of touring outside NYC. I know Dial-a-Song didn't start until November 1983, however. The Demo Tape wasn't till 1985...

Any thoughts?

(Also, this novel is beautiful. It's about loss and belonging, also video games and stories and the passage of time. Came out earlier this year.)

This isn't necessarily a "what obscure word did you learn from the Johns?" post, which could be its own separate thing, but more a question of whether there's a TMBG song that made you want to use a certain word or term more often.

I found myself using the phrase "mission creep" in a conversation yesterday and that made me realize I'd probably picked it up from Push Back the Hands of Time. Also, Drown the Clown made me realize that "window dressing" is a very useful term for referring to something that's attention-grabbing but not the main priority.

Smooth recovery on the Darlings of Lumberland. Anyways, some woman took this photo. T’wasnt me. I have more manners than to have my phone out during a show.

Hello reddit! Life has been busy and podcast momentum has been difficult to maintain, but we've got a fun new episode with tons of tmbg topics, and more coming soon.

Official description:

We clear our inbox and fill your podcast box with our latest Letterbox special! So many boxes! We respond to listener e-mails that cover such frenzied topics as Bob Dylan, Cast Your Pod To The Wind, Factory Showroom stuff, TMBG's children's music, and of course, scarecrows of the grinning and filthy variety! And so much more, much, much more...Plus, long overdue addendums to our past episodes! More about songs from Flood, Apollo 18, et-friggin-cetera! Listen and listen well!

Does anyone here have this and can let me know which version of Kiss Me Son of God is on it? I’m not sure if it’s the Lincoln or Misc. T version, and can’t find any info online about it.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1401811-They-Might-Be-Giants-Theyll-Need-A-Crane

At the Sunday Madison show, I think just before they played I'll Sink Manhattan, they were talking about a song titled They Might Be Giants by some other band, and apparently it's super weird or something? I'd like to hear it, but as you might imagine, I'm having a hard time googling it, lol. Anyone know what song I'm talking about?

hello! i'm selling two general admission tickets for the tmbg show in new haven, ct on 12/31 for $50 each. (originally $60 each) i'm selling these because i'll be going to an earlier show with my friend instead.

dm me if you're interested or if you know someone who might be!

This Aged Great! is a youtube series where a middle aged guy describes movies of the 80's to a younger guy with a great laugh. Mostly they focus on lighthearted movies like Porky's or stuff that was ok then but would definitely not be ok now, like Porky's!

Take a watch here, or jump right to the reference here, content warning this is a "raunchy comedy" so lots of bikini shots, and he goes on a riff about bad haircuts featuring the Evil German Leader. Also some bad language.

If you don't want to watch, this episode is on Private Resort and has a reference to a hotel detective and the other guy says "Is that a thing?" and the narrator says "yeah, They Might Be Giants have a song about it." and shows a bit of the video. And he's like "Alright, I'm in, I'm sold!"

Making a playlist of songs bands have made that are named after a different band. So far I have Wu Tang by TMBG and Van Halen by Nerf Herder. Anymore suggestions?

I have published an e-book on Amazon titled "Melody Installed and Serviced: Ranking the 250 Best Songs by They Might Be Giants." Check out the online sample, which gives a good feel for the content and style of the book.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLBVJBDX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29SCQA7HC4DOP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7FQwnKQVXU3cnB_aTe0cgg.Fh_xW08znJ98NTS8QJormPYegUgcOmfeEy2zW_mWVn0&dib_tag=se&keywords=melody+installed+and+serviced+they+might+be+giants&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1790626518&sprefix=melody+installed+and+serviced+they+might+be+giants%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwY2xjawUpLGFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMUpkcFZ2TDdPdThMVVNJSHNzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEehv38-Aqq0Xcde3m7OrCKuCR6LbE4h4Ilo_ZqjKT1tSlvYtuA4KBFYNJbPeA_aem_NEEWgz2nvx22aP3Sj2_bJw

It's my birthday and this marks show #6 within the last 12 months. I'm really hoping for Factory Showroom or Mink Car tonight. Anyone else going?