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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Episodes
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
On the 3rd episode of the week, Greg called up Ekelemchi Okemgbo, the guy who put together this 76-song Flood Tribute compilation, to tell us how he went about this massive undertaking. We also pick a selection of tracks that impressed us or took us by surprise.
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Hutch Harris, solo artist formerly of The Thermals, returns to the show to talk about another of his favorite TMBG songs, Mammal off Apollo 18. We get into the nitty gritty of the science and what all these dang subspecies words mean, talk about what makes it so addictive and deceptively complicated, and Hutch and Greg both contribute covers.
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
On an epic episode, Greg calls NYC to talk to Jon Uleis, Peter Gritsch, Abi Bash, Mike Buffington and Dave Idmarx, who all went to the Pawling and Bowery Ballroom shows that kicked off the 30th anniversary Flood tour last weekend. We talk at great length about all the cool stuff they did at these shows, and include a lot of sound clips from the shows recorded by Peter and Mike. Enjoy!!
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
On only our second Glean song episode, Greg and radio host Michael Neimeyer discuss Answer. They go long with analysis of not only the song, but debate the transistion from classic Giants to modern Giants, their favorite modern albums, and Greg debuts his own wacky cover of Answer.
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Holy cow, I'm excited to share this one with you! Adam Goren aka Atom and His Package was a solo synth punk legend from Philly who toured the world from the mid 90s to the early aughts, and he has returned to the show (he appeared in the See The Constellation episode last spring) to talk about John Linnell's State Songs tracks 4-6, South Carolina, Idaho and Montana. This one came out so great. Enjoy!!
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
TMBG bassist extrondinaire Danny Weinkauf returns to the show to talk about the newest Red Pants Band single, Superstar. We look into the career of the Danny's friend, former bandmate and song guest vocalist Britta Phillips, including her young role as the singing voice of the 80s cartoon Jem. Greg and Danny also discuss the upcoming Flood tour and TMBG's recording plans for the upcoming record!
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
My Patreon subscribers have voted and approved that I can throw this baby in the main feed - this was the very first special Patreon exclusive episode, with (now many-time guest) Spencer Parks and myself talking about the first three tracks on John Linnell's 1999 solo album State Songs (Illinois, Songs of The Fifty States, West Virginia), an album which has just been released for the first time on vinyl. This is from last January, and the next special episode about tracks 4-6 with guest Adam Goren aka Atom and His Package is coming in 2 weeks or less! Go visit the Patreon page at Patreon dot com slash ThisMightBeAPodcast!
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Musician Jon Cunningham, known by his stage name Corn Mo, talks with Greg about the TMBG song that he sings lead vocals on, No Cops, from the 2015 Dial-a-Song cycle and later appearing on My Murdered Remains. Corn Mo gives insider info on the song recording and video shoot, and we also give a primer to those uninitiated in his eclectic musical career.
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Tracy Stephen, co-host of the BarenakedABCs podcast, comes on the show for our first episode on a Here Comes Science song, Meet The Elements. Greg appeared on his show last spring to talk about the Barenaked Ladies song Daydreamin, and now he returns the favor as the two talk about how this TMBG song is both educational and awesome.
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Spencer Parks returns to the show to talk about The Darlings of Lumberland off of Nanobots. As two band nerds, Greg and Spencer dissect the complicated and amazing horn arrangement at length and talk about Flansburgh's especially cryptic lyrics.