Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About They Might Be Giants
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Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About They Might Be Giants
Every once in a while a band comes along that changes the course of human history. Your hosts and dear friends Jordan Cooper and Dave Fox take you on an in-depth musical journey over the career, albums, and songs of the band They Might Be Giants, and maybe have some hearty, completely authentic laug...
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72: FACTORY SHOWROOM Part 3: Music Fills The Room
Hope you're glad to hear from us! We're ringing the bell on the door and fighting for our place in rock and roll...podcasts! I can't believe it's true...
71: FACTORY SHOWROOM Part 2: I Dare Not Make A Sound
If you thought we were out of style and long forgot, you were wrong! Watch us shine as we discuss the next three very songular songs on Factory Showro...
70: FACTORY SHOWROOM Part 1: We Can Never Go Home Again
This is the way the description part goes! We are X-tra excited to clear our throats and begin our viewing of They Might Be Giants' 1996 album Factory...
69: GRAB BAG #3: Can You Keep A Secret?
Episode 69 and feeling fine! In this calm before the storm of Factory Showroom, we reach into the big old floppy grab bag and yank out five rare, spec...
68: Letterbox 3: I Won By Not Even Trying
That sexy E-Mail fairy has arrived again and left behind a huge backlog of letters from you, you, and also you! Topics addressed include our opinions...
67: Interview with Don't I Have the Right singer Nancy Lynn Howell!
A very special guest on John Flansburgh's Mono Puff album becomes a very special guest on the Don't Let's Start podcast! Nancy Lynn Howell, singer of...
66: MONO PUFF - UNSUPERVISED B-Sides & Demos: More To Go Around
Now I wanna talk to everyone about Mono Puff b-sides and demos! Alongside the album Unsupervised (by They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh) came The D...
65: MONO PUFF - UNSUPERVISED Part 3: I Hate You So
We laid low, but now we're back, and you'll be happy as a scarecrow listening to our so-long episode finishing up John Flansburgh's debut album Unsupe...
64: MONO PUFF - UNSUPERVISED Part 2: Go, Satan, Go
Did you miss us when we were away? Jordan "Mono" Cooper and Dave "Puff" Fox are back to go song by everlovin' song through Mono Puff's totally rocking...
63: MONO PUFF - UNSUPERVISED Part 1: When I Digress
I hear the phone ring, and it's John Flansburgh's solo project Mono Puff calling! Back in the day, we were distracted by They Might Be Giants, but now...
62: Interview with "Weird Al" Yankovic!
A while back Jordan and Dave produced an obsessive, second-by-second breakdown of "Weird Al" Yankovic's They Might Be Giants style parody, Everything...
61: 80s Demos - Part 3: Welcome To Hell Hotel
Salutations! Or have you seen this episode? Jordan and Dave's pain is your karma as they exchange some fighting words and complete their archival dig...
60: 80s Demos - Part 2: At Least Your Dog Is Free
We've got another big delicious slice of They Might Be Giants' legendary 1985 demo tape! This episode covers tracks 10 through 20, and there's still m...
59: 80s Demos - Part 1: I'm Already Dead
We're back...in time! Jordan and Dave take out their dusty scrapbooks and look into the They Might Be Giants of years past. First we discuss their ver...
58: Impossibly News - The Latest on TMBG and We
Should auld acquaintance be forgot....Presenting a special urgent and heartfelt final broadcast for 2023! Jordan and Dave destroy the past and focus o...
57: Interview with People Magazine's Michael Small!
As a prologue for our upcoming deep dive into They Might Be Giants' 1980s demos, we spoke with the legendary Michael Small, the People Magazine writer...
56: Letterbox Special 2: How To Age Gracefully
In this episode, Jordan and Dave read e-mails from who? E-mails from you! Topics include They Might Be Giants love songs! Fingertips theories! Reactio...
55: Interview with I MIGHT BE GIANT, TOO songwriter Peter Stewart!
Save your tears! We are back with a very special surprise guest, Peter Stewart, the man, the mystery, the legend behind the previously anonymous, thou...
54: JOHN HENRY Wrap-Down: Wreck It Apart
Jordan and Dave are back to destroy the music you love! We spend this interminable episode listening to and mentally processing the vast number of rar...
53: JOHN HENRY - Part 7: You're Already Dead
Being patient while we take our time are things our listeners can understand, and thank you for that! But now...Skull's out for summer! We finally fin...
52: JOHN HENRY - Part 6: It's Totally Over Now
We've heard the ceaseless screaming and we're back to free this demon and finish John Henry! They Might Be Giants' real rock record ends on a high not...
51: JOHN HENRY - Part 5: They've Got Plans For Everyone
Commence Official TMBG Podcast Exploration! Jordan and Dave are back in our prison cells, thinking these words about five more songs off of They Might...
50: JOHN HENRY - Part 4: O, Do Not Forsake Me with Wilbur Pauley!
It's our 50th episode! While we feel 1,000 years old, we discuss O, Do Not Forsake Me, the gothic centerpiece of They Might Be Giants' John Henry! Jor...
49: JOHN HENRY - Part 3: You Will Never Understand Me
By random whim, we have recorded another episode! Jordan and Dave discuss four songs with four fascinating unreliable narrators from They Might Be Gia...
48: JOHN HENRY - Part 2: Unconnected And Free
I proclaim that John Henry Part 2 has arrived! We only just begin our journey on the dark roads of John Henry, They Might Be Giants' fullest length ro...
47: JOHN HENRY - Part 1: Now I'm Where A Snail Has To Be
We Hate They Might Be Giants!...For making such a great album in 1994 named John Henry! IT'S TOO GREAT! Welcome to part 1 of our John Henry Prestige L...
46: WHY DOES THE SUN SHINE? EP: Spy vs. Spy
Yo ho! We're back from our 93 million miles away space trip to visit the land beyond, and we have a special job discussing They Might Be Giants' 1993...
45: Interview with TMBG drummer Jonathan Feinberg!
We proudly present a conversation with Jonathan Feinberg, TMBG drummer for the Apollo 18 tour and the O Tannenbaum single! Jon talks to us about audit...
44: Pass the Dude, Stump the Band: TMBG Live 1990-1992
In the midst of the Apollo 18 tour in 1992 They Might Be Giants transformed from a duo backed by a tape to a real band with real instruments. Jordan a...
43: Interview with Laura Cantrell!
We present to you now the full interview with singer/songwriter/TMBG vocalist Laura Cantrell, of which only glimpses of were heard in our Apollo 18 ep...
42: Letterbox Special! Volume 1
This episode is not about us! It's about YOU! Jordan and Dave sit their beautiful bodies down in front of mid-priced microphones and answer some of YO...
41: BOOK Release Party!
The big day has arrived! Not only have They Might Be Giants released a new album, but for the first time on our podcast, Jordan and Dave are along for...
40: Interview with Kurt Hoffman!
A while back Jordan and Dave masked up to have an outdoors, socially-distanced interview with They Might Be Giants collaborator Kurt Hoffman! Kurt is...
39: APOLLO 18 Wrap-Down: One Door Shut, Another Door Closes
Finally splashing down from our lunar mission, Jordan and Dave close the (space?) book on They Might Be Giants' Apollo 18 by resurrecting and inspecti...
38: APOLLO 18 - Part 6: I Will Leave And I'll Return
Tranquility base! Jordan and Dave are stuck circling the various moons and planetoids surrounding They Might Be Giants' 4th album Apollo 18, as we hit...
37: APOLLO 18 - Part 5: I Heard A Sound
Hey now everybody! After being lost in deep space, Jordan and Dave can't leave They Might Be Giants' fourth album Apollo 18 alone! We're once again jo...
36: APOLLO 18 - Part 4: All Dressed In Black
This episode covers ONE TWO THREE FOUR! songs off of Apollo 18, the ONE TWO THREE FOURTH album by They Might Be Giants! We are once again joined by Ed...
35: APOLLO 18 - Part 3: I Don't Want A Bean
Turn it up! Take one step through the doorway and un-narrow your ears because our latest episode is waving hello! In this episode we explore four shoc...
34: APOLLO 18 - Part 2: Your Turn To Burn
Ladies and gentlemen! Jordan and his evil twin Dave are back, along with genuinely good triplet engineer Edward Douglas, to discuss They Might Be Gian...
33: APOLLO 18 - Part 1: Words Fail
That's one small step for MAN O NAM! After being in deep sleep, Jordan and Dave awaken in their silver spaceship Apollo 18, also the name of They Migh...