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12 unusual facts about They Might Be Giants


Allotheria

The song "Mammal" by They Might Be Giants includes a reference to this extinct group as "dead Uncle Allotheria".

Big Star Records

The Rundle Street store hosted free gigs in the basement every Wednesday evening, and many in-store appearances by bands such as Regurgitator and They Might Be Giants.

Daddy Sang Bass

The line "daddy sang bass" is sampled in They Might Be Giants' song "Boat of Car" from their self-titled debut album.

International Space Year

Alternative rock band They Might Be Giants were designated by NASA as the "Musical Ambassador" of the International Space Year when they were searching the NASA archives for images for their album, Apollo 18.

Jonathan Hoefler

Hoefler has designed original typefaces for Rolling Stone Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire and several institutional clients, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and alternative band They Might Be Giants.

KWVA

On May 27, 1993 at 1:32pm, KWVA broadcast its first song, "Hey Mr. DJ" by They Might Be Giants.

Lumberland, New York

It was also the subject of the song "Darlings of Lumberland" on the 2013 album Nanobots by the alternative rock group They Might Be Giants.

Nonagon

They Might Be Giants have a song entitled "Nonagon" on their children's album Here Come the 123s.

The Ordinaires

The Ordinaires are credited on the song "Kiss Me, Son Of God" by They Might Be Giants, and Kurt Hoffman would later be a part of They Might Be Giants' backing band.

Then: The Earlier Years

Then contains the album Lincoln in its entirety, the albums They Might Be Giants and Miscellaneous T which are each missing one track, a few otherwise unreleased songs from their 1985 Demo Tape and other songs previously unreleased.

Tilting at windmills

The band name of They Might Be Giants (who are named after a 1971 movie of the same name) is a reference to Don Quixote thinking the windmills are giants.

You Are Old, Father William

They Might Be Giants recorded a song using the lyrics of the poem for the compilation album Almost Alice for the 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland.


Artix Entertainment

Other special events include wars, in which players collaborate to defeat enough "waves" of monsters to win the war over several days, and live events with guest stars like Voltaire, One-Eyed Doll, George Lowe, Paul and Storm, Jonathan Coulton, the cast of Ctrl+Alt+Del, Ayi Jihu, ArcAttack, They Might Be Giants, and Michael Sinterniklaas as the voice of Deady.

Beatnik Turtle

Their sound is rooted in the song-based pop-rock sound of They Might Be Giants, Fountains of Wayne, The Saw Doctors, Barenaked Ladies, Cracker, Cake, and The Beatles.

Celebrate Brooklyn

Notable artists who have performed at the festival include Mark Morris Dance Group, Philip Glass, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Maceo Parker, Leela James, Norah Jones, Savion Glover, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Group, Blue Man Group, They Might Be Giants, The Neville Brothers, Bob Dylan, Noche Flamenca, Philadanco, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and Angelique Kidjo.

Hello, The Future!

In 2011 Dieker organized a charity project called "Mink Car Cover" (based on the They Might Be Giants album Mink Car) in which 19 different artists (including MC Frontalot, Marian Call, Molly Lewis, and The Doubleclicks) recorded covers of the original TMBG tracks to release a new version of the album.

Miguelito LaMorté

Miguelito LaMorte has also collaborated in songwriting with a variety of artists, including Larry DVoskin and Miklos Malek - "Now I Know Why", Danny Weinkauf of the group, They Might Be Giants - "Saying Goodbye to Love", Jaime Holguin - "Enamorados (this old song of love)", Victor Hernandez Soto and Bernardo Palombo - "Carta Lagrimada", Peter Block of the band Porter Block - "Solitary Hotel", Ed Tuton - "Ride", amongst others, not listed.

Mountain Stage

Over the years, the show has featured such international luminaries as Phish, Barenaked Ladies, Galactic, Bruce Hornsby, the Derek Trucks Band, Chris Thile, Bell X-1, Judy Collins, They Might Be Giants, Norah Jones, Hubert Sumlin & Pinetop Perkins, Charles Brown, Martina McBride, Little Big Town, Amos Lee, Joan Baez, Jakob Dylan and Regina Spektor, as well as Kathy Mattea, Tim O'Brien and over a hundred West Virginia artists.

Neal Pollack

After Dave Eggers's magazine McSweeney's began publishing his work, Pollack began appearing in shows with Eggers, John Hodgman, Sarah Vowell, Zadie Smith, David Byrne, Arthur Bradford, They Might Be Giants, M. Doughty, and many others before parting ways with McSweeney's in 2003.

Planet Nightclub

International acts also played at the Planet, such as Ash, Weezer, They Might Be Giants and Bikini Kill.

Sensurround

The alternative pop/rock band They Might Be Giants released a song entitled "Sensurround" that was incorporated in the soundtrack to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and (in a different, faster-paced recording) their EP S-E-X-X-Y.

The Book of Knots

Members of Book of Knots have played or worked with various acts previously, including Skeleton Key, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Shiner, Battle of Mice, Sparklehorse, Elvis Costello, Unsane, Pere Ubu, Frank Black, They Might Be Giants and more.

They Might Be Giants in Holidayland

They Might Be Giants in Holidayland (or just Holidayland), was a holiday-themed EP released by the band They Might Be Giants in 2001 (see 2001 in music) under Restless Records.

Venue Songs DVD/CD

A Deranged Millionaire (played by John Hodgman) approaches They Might Be Giants and challenges them to write a new song every day on their current tour, celebrating the unique characteristics of every venue in which they perform.