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
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady and World Inferno Friendship Society calls Greg from Kiev to talk about the song I Am Not Your Broom off of TMBG's first kid's album, NO! They get into some pretty adult topics in the song's deeper meaning, and talk shop about accordions. Also, an intro segment with some questions answered by Joshua Fried about his World's Address Remix.
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Preview for our fourth Patreon Exclusive episode. Lesley Gouger calls Greg from Los Angeles to talk about her wonderful blog essay, You're Never Just A Hat: A Love Letter to TMBG. She talks about how TMBG helped her through a rough upbringing in St. Louis, seeing them in NY in college then moving to LA. They also focus on their fav 2018 TMBG songs.
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Even more content for y'all! I guested on an episode of Barenaked ABCs, the song-by-song Barenaked Ladies podcast, to talk about their song Daydreaming'. It's a great podcast and a fun crew that welcomed me with open arms and we had a ball. They'll be guesting on two later episode of TMBP as well to talk about the Giants! Enjoy, and find their full feed of episodes on iTunes and SoundCloud.
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Outdoor Velour's bari sax player Joe Fisch joins bandmate Greg at Velour Underground Studios to talk about the sax-heavy TMBG tune Dirt Bike, from 1994's John Henry. We discuss the John Henry Demos version, the promotional Hypercard midi version, and play a live Outdoor Velour cover of the tune.
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
On February 23rd, Greg assembled a gang of five in front of a rowdy crowd at 6th Street Dive in Lafayette, IN to chatter about "Don't Let's Start." We had a friggin' ball. Listen to us retail you with stories about William Allen White, share our opinions on the Johns' teeth, and take comments from the crowd including a take that this song has the best bassline in all of new wave music. Enjoy!
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.