This Might Be A Podcast
This Might Be A Podcast is a song by song podcast about They Might Be Giants, hosted by Greg Simpson.
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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!
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Resident artist of TMBP Abi Bash returns to the show to discuss the classic Snowball in Hell off of Lincoln. We catch up and chat about the demo, the cassette that supplies the bridge sample, and get Christmasy in the covers section.
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Adam Goren, mastermind behind legendary synth punk act Atom and His Package, returns to talk about Boat of Car from TMBG's self-titled debut. Greg and Adam discuss the demo, explore the multitude of different live versions, and collaborate on a cover.
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Seymour Schmitt joins Greg for the first Why? episode, I Haven't Seen You In Forever. They get into nerdy choir talk about singing in round, how dramatic kids are, and even find some covers of this deep cut.
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Shawn Patrick Cooke visits the show for the first time to discuss Wearing a Raincoat from The Spine. He gets the bottom of these odd lyrics, defends The Spine, and we find even more proof that ukuleles and TMBG go together like cookies and milk.
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
When I started the show, I noticed the amount of ukulele covers of TMBG songs that were popping up. I wanted to find out why there is such a big overlap in TMBG fandom and ukulele players so I rounded up there uke experts, Mary-Anne McTrowe, Derrick Schertz and Todd Breadon to tell us about their favorite TMBG songs to cover and why they work so well. They even rock a few of them for us!
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Greg's bandmates in Dopplepopolis, Tim Brouk and Jonny Sommer, come on to talk about When Will You Die off of Join Us. Dopplepopolis has covered this song so we talk about how difficult the song was to learn, how hilarious the lyrics are, and how, like Stomp Box, this is one of TMBG's most punk songs.
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Comedian and episode 1 guest David Britton finally makes his triumphant return to the show to talk about Stomp Box off of John Henry. They talk about comedy, the touring life, and how punk this song is and if it's unfairly treated.
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Direct from Poland, Maciej Taubert returns to the show to talk about Let's Get This Over With off of I Like Fun. He and Greg talk extensively about bass drums, the 90s band Semisonic, and thing we'd like to get over with. Greg also attempts a cover live on air.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
It took 105 episodes, but we're finally giving you a Venue Songs track! Artist and musician Joseph Devens lives in Austin and has been to one of the only two performances of this song Stubbs. Greg and Joseph get into the silliness of this tune, cutting off skulls, and BBQ.