(SPECIAL ALL-TALKING THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, KELLI, AND DANIEL EPISODE!) Like the "
30 Hours in Prospect Park" episode from December 2005, on this episode I tell a story. It's about the band
They Might Be Giants and how they have intertwined with my life. The music heard in the show is, as follows, in this order whether in the background of my talking or more prominently featured, unless otherwise noted the songs are all by
TMBG:
"
No Plan B" from the bonus 2nd disc from
The Else (
Amazon) titled
Cast Your Pod to the Wind; "
Put Your Hand on the Computer" also from
Cast Your Pod to the Wind; "
The Theme from Flood" from, well,
Flood (
iTunes,
Amazon); "
Empty Bottle Blues" from
They Got Lost (
eMusic,
iTunes,
theymightbegiants.com,
Amazon); "
Dig My Grave", "
I Palindrome I", and "
Turn Around" all from
Apollo 18 (
iTunes,
Amazon); "
King of Wingo" recorded from their
Dial-A-Song service (
tmbw.net); "
Lincoln, Washington & That Jefferson Guy" from
McSweeneys #6 (
Amazon,
tmbw.net); "
Dig My Grave" from
They Might Be Giants Live in NYC!! - 10/14/94 (
tmbw.net); "
Mr. Me" from their
Other Thing (
tmbw.net); "
Jessica" from
Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) EP (
iTunes,
Amazon); "
Brain Problem Situation" from
Cast Your Pod to the Wind (
Amazon); "
The Famous Polka" from
Miscellaneous T (
iTunes,
theymightbegiants.com,
Amazon); "
Drinkin'" from
Long Tall Weekend (
eMusic); "
New York City" from
Factory Showroom (
iTunes,
Amazon); "
She's An Angel" by
Plymouth State University Vocal Order from this
free download; "
She's An Angel" from
They Might Be Giants (
iTunes,
theymightbegiants.com,
Amazon); "
Space Suit" and "
The Day That Love Came to Play" both from
Apollo 18 (
iTunes,
Amazon); "
Louisiana" by
John Linnell from the die-cut
Montana single (
tmbw.net); "
The Sun" from
Live at Trees in Dallas, TX - 7/18/04 (
theymightbegiants.com); "
The Other Side of the World" from
The Spine Surfs Alone EP (
theymightbegiants.com); "
We've Got a World That Swings" from
S-E-X-X-Y single (
Amazon); "
Love is Eternity" from
Venue Songs (
iTunes,
theymightbegiants.com); "
Siftin'" from the
I Palindrome I single (
Amazon); "
Don't Let's Start" from
They Might Be Giants (
iTunes,
theymightbegiants.com,
Amazon); "
Be Kind and Gentle" from
McSweeneys #6 (
Amazon,
tmbw.net); "
The Rock Show" by
Blink 182 as covered by
Honeywagon from
Grass Stains (
iTunes,
eMusic,
Amazon).
The clips of Ira Glass were from Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (Amazon, Netflix), and This American Life: Telephone episode which is also where Flansburgh's clip was from. Linnell's clip was from an episode of NPR's Talk of the Nation. And the 1990 songs I sampled briefly were "Step by Step" by The New Kids on the Block, "I Don't Have the Heart" by James Ingram, "Opposite Attracts" by Paula Abdul, "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette, "Janies Got a Gun" by Aerosmith, and "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer, in case you were wondering, which I can't imagine that you were.