Episodes
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Lauren Davis is a brand-new fan of the band so she brings a fresh perspective to this episode on Robot Parade, known mainly from their first kids album No! We go through what seems like hundreds of incarnations of this song, including unearthing a unique performance from their family video podcast, and we find a surprising amount of covers and remixes.
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Tara Trate is on the show talking about Push Back the Hands off of I Like Fun to let us all know her correct opinions. We discuss her issues with Linnell's own thoughts on the song, talk about the duo instrumentation on the track, and break down the complex video.
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Young Irish chap Coleman Hagerty grew up on Spongebob so we're here to talk about I'm Not a Loser which TMBG wrote for Spongebob The Musical. We discuss the Linnell demo as well as the full show version, find some covers, and Coleman will tell you what the musical is all about.
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Former TMBG bassist Tony Maimone kindly joins us to talk about Snail Shell off John Henry, a song that he played bass on! Tony tells us about his career as a bassist, how he came to be in the Giants and how that slap bass part came to be as we examine the song.
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Jeanne Harrel digs deep to pull up this killer track from The Spine Surfs Alone EP. We unearth a rare live recording of the song, learn about guest vocalist Jonny Cragg, and get some special exclusive covers sent in by our lovely listeners.
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Nearly two years ago, TMBP had our first live episode about Don't Let's Start. We don't do covers sections on a live episode, but there are so many great covers of this epic song! Two members of that roundtable rejoin me, Dana Williamson and Scott Currie, to find those great covers. Listen to some of TMBG's talented fans take on this tricky song in many different styles.
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Brook Pridemore visits the show to talk about the a cappella John Henry tune O, Do Not Forsake Me. They go through the history of the song from the Dial-a-Song to the demo, live version and studio version, breaking down what makes each one tick. Surprisingly we even find a couple covers.
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Ekelemchi Okemgbo wanted to talk about the widely panned track Tesla 2 4 6 8 but Greg said he had to talk about the original Tesla song as well, so we delve into both those as well as the other remixes. Can we change people's minds about this song? Listen and we'll see!
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Shelley Pierce, DJ for KMSU's annual TMBG marathons, joins Greg to talk about XTC Vs. Adam Ant off Factory Showroom. Shelley is a huge XTC fan so we introduce the uninitiated to XTC as well as Adam Ant's music. We also talk about and play clips from Shelley's interview with John Flansburgh where he gave some insight into this song.
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Finally it's our second Mono Puff episode, and for this one we focus on four songs off of 1998's It's Fun to Steal. Chris Tull, Jon Uleis, Abi Bash and I each picked one song - "Poison Flowers," "Mr. Hughes Says," "Imaginary Friend" and "Backstabbing Liar" - and we discuss them at length, score them, and find a couple covers. Enjoy some sweet Flans content!