They Might Be Giants
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<blockquote>It was very circuitous. ... A photograph was taken of me wearing a Homsar shirt, which is one of the more obscure characters in Homestar. I was at an in-store thing wearing this shirt and a fan had taken a photograph of me signing their book or whatever, and the photograph of me showed up in some blog, and somebody made them aware of it. They were like, 'Hey look, they're wearing your shirt, you guys,' and so [the Brothers Chaps] knew that we were fans. And I guess Linnell kind of reached out to them and said, 'You know, if there's anything you want us to do, if you have any musical needs for your site or whatever, we'd be certainly happy to help you guys out,' and they took us up on that offer. We did a bunch of things with them — we did a jam session with the Homestar puppet, and they did this video for 'Experimental Film' — and it's kind of a mutual admiration society. We really enjoy what they do. — John Flansburgh from an interview in the [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/music/Content?oid=oid:59640 Tucson Weekly], 19 August 2004</blockquote> | <blockquote>It was very circuitous. ... A photograph was taken of me wearing a Homsar shirt, which is one of the more obscure characters in Homestar. I was at an in-store thing wearing this shirt and a fan had taken a photograph of me signing their book or whatever, and the photograph of me showed up in some blog, and somebody made them aware of it. They were like, 'Hey look, they're wearing your shirt, you guys,' and so [the Brothers Chaps] knew that we were fans. And I guess Linnell kind of reached out to them and said, 'You know, if there's anything you want us to do, if you have any musical needs for your site or whatever, we'd be certainly happy to help you guys out,' and they took us up on that offer. We did a bunch of things with them — we did a jam session with the Homestar puppet, and they did this video for 'Experimental Film' — and it's kind of a mutual admiration society. We really enjoy what they do. — John Flansburgh from an interview in the [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/music/Content?oid=oid:59640 Tucson Weekly], 19 August 2004</blockquote> | ||
| - | Also in [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|the NYU Talk]], [[Matt Chapman]] said after Linnell emailed [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and him, TBC and TMBG gave each other free merchandise before collaborating | + | Also in [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|the NYU Talk]], [[Matt Chapman]] said after Linnell emailed [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and him, TBC and TMBG gave each other free merchandise before collaborating. |
== They Might Be Giants Sightings == | == They Might Be Giants Sightings == | ||
*They furnished the music for the [[Strong Bad Email]]: [[different town]] | *They furnished the music for the [[Strong Bad Email]]: [[different town]] | ||
Revision as of 03:29, 7 June 2005
They Might Be Giants is a popular band that has collaborated with The Brothers Chaps on several occasions. They Might Be Giants consists of John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Dan Miller, Danny Weinkauf, and Marty Beller.
The story of the the Homestar Runner collaboration:
It was very circuitous. ... A photograph was taken of me wearing a Homsar shirt, which is one of the more obscure characters in Homestar. I was at an in-store thing wearing this shirt and a fan had taken a photograph of me signing their book or whatever, and the photograph of me showed up in some blog, and somebody made them aware of it. They were like, 'Hey look, they're wearing your shirt, you guys,' and so [the Brothers Chaps] knew that we were fans. And I guess Linnell kind of reached out to them and said, 'You know, if there's anything you want us to do, if you have any musical needs for your site or whatever, we'd be certainly happy to help you guys out,' and they took us up on that offer. We did a bunch of things with them — we did a jam session with the Homestar puppet, and they did this video for 'Experimental Film' — and it's kind of a mutual admiration society. We really enjoy what they do. — John Flansburgh from an interview in the Tucson Weekly, 19 August 2004
Also in the NYU Talk, Matt Chapman said after Linnell emailed Mike and him, TBC and TMBG gave each other free merchandise before collaborating.
They Might Be Giants Sightings
- They furnished the music for the Strong Bad Email: different town
- John, John, and Marty jam with Homestar Runner in the Puppet Jam series
- The Brothers Chaps animated the video for "Experimental Film", one of the songs from their 2004 CD "The Spine".
- Strong Sad quotes They Might Be Giants lyrics (for the song "Don't Let's Start") in his journal ("Everybody dies, frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful").
- Puppet Homestar (and Marshie) joined They Might Be Giants onstage in Atlanta for their September 25, 2004 concert.
External Links
- TMBG.com (the official site)
- TheyMightBeGiants.com (the official online music store)
- This Might Be A Wiki
- Dial-a-Song (a lot of their music is here)
- The TMBG Wikipedia entry
