Episodes
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Greg takes a 3-month boat voyage around the horn to Australia to talk to Matty Rendell, famous Australian Twitter personality, to talk about a song he heard two days before recording. Do we like each other? Do we like Terminator 2 and Nirvana? Reading in the bath? You'll have to listen to find out!
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Marcus Nuccio of Pet Symmetry and The Please and Thank Yous calls up Greg to discuss a favorite TMBG song from his childhood, The World's Address off of Lincoln with a focus on the Joshua Fried 1989 remix as well. They get into the big question - is it the world's address or the world's a dress? The also dig into who this Joshua Fried guy is, listen to a bit of his more recent output, and talk about remixes as a musical genre.
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Hutch Harris, solo artist formerly of indie / punk / garage band The Thermals (Sub Pop, Kill Rock Stars, Saddle Creek) talks to Greg about one of his favorite TMBG songs, Dead from Flood. We ponder Linnell's piano education and how he got so awesome, how this is essentially a solo track, and despite being so stripped down how it manages to rock so hard. Also get a Thermals crash course and hear about Hutch's new solo album Only Water.
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Greg makes a very expensive long distance call to England to talk to the talented artist Abi Bash about one of the weirdest TMBG songs the podcast has yet to cover, Door to Door Minotaur off their newest album, My Murdered Remains. Hear Abi rep team Flans hard.
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Greg and talented folk musician Scott Currie talk about the I Like Fun track By the Time You Get This. We get deep into the lyrics, musical phrasing, and the dark, dark lyrics and video.
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Greg snagged They Might Be Giants' bassist Danny Weinkauf to record an exclusive episode, and here's a teaser of Danny talking about stumbling into being a bass player, his gear, and how he writes kids songs. Head to http://Patreon.com/thismightbeapodcast to hear the full 90 minute episode!
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Greg meets on video chat with a guy he's never met in person, Danny Leary. They are Twitter and Facebook friends now, but had never talked until Greg hit record. Danny Leary picked Black Ops, so listen to these new friends discuss both the Nanobots version and the alternate Phone Power version, the political nature of the lyrics, the weird music video, and for some reason blink-182.
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Greg tries to contain his excitement as he talks to They Might Be Giants' drummer MARTY BELLER. Check out this teaser of Marty talking about learning drums as a kid and joining his first rock band. Head to http://Patreon.com/thismightbeapodcast to hear the full 95-minute episode!
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Greg and friend Missy Tate discuss a song with a long and complicated history - Why Does the Sun Shine? From the original song to their 1993 cover, from Severe Tire Damage to their updated Here Comes Science tune, Miasma of Incandescent Plasma. Take a journey with us into the final frontier!
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Greg and childhood pal Patrick Mooney, the very guy who introduced Greg to the band, talk about the number 1 fan-voted song on the TMBW Wiki. We talk about the genius of this song and find a ton of great covers of all genres.