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Lydia Sekscenski, Dana Williamson and myself dissect the 1996 solo EP by John Linnell, released for the Hello Recording Club. We discuss every track, talk about the mayors, the music, and find a few covers.

Sean Crawford's here to talk about TMBG's rip-roarin' opener to Apollo 18, Dig My Grave. We get into the balancing act of genre and instrumentation going on in the song, how it has changed in live settings throughout nearly 30 years, and how this very song may have single-handedly gotten Greg into the Giants.

TMBG wrote the music that opens the second Austin Powers movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me. Elizabeth Siegel is on the show to talk all about the Austin Powers movie, the James Bond themes that inspired the song, and what makes the TMBG track such a well-crafted homage and perfect track to begin that silly flick.

Bay area rock and roller Alex Botkin is on the show to talk about the amazing deep cut We Live In A Dump off of Cast Your Pod To The Wind. We discuss the demo, a couple live versions, and imagine what the tune could be like as a pop punk track.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.