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.

Episodes

Feb 7, 2025

1hr 11 min

Podcaster and author Rob Harvilla of 60 Songs That Explain the 90s: The 2000s, is here to talk about the Apollo 18 classic "Spider". We attempt to deconstruct the song to guess the origins of its parts, comment on live versions from a 30 year span, and jam out to 4 amazing covers from our Covers Crüe. 
 
60 Songs That Explain the 90s: https://open.spotify.com/show/0njxeKJKFtoJhCRF1ShmL4?si=445ec35ace54452d

Episode 273 - No!

Jan 24, 2025

Jan 24, 2025

53 min

Jaya Crites returns to the show to talk about "No!" from...well, No! She gives us insight of what she thought of the song hearing it as a child, and how it has evolved to hearing it as an adult. Also learn how to sing the song in several languages thanks to a cover by Noah Daniel. 

Jan 12, 2025

1hr 28 min

TMBG's saxophonist Stan Harrison returns to the show to talk about two songs he did horn arrangements for, "Cloisonné" from Join Us and "Let Me Tell You About My Operation" from Glean. We also talk about his new album, Some Poor Soul Has a Fire, which you can check out and buy on bandcamp! 
https://stanharrison.bandcamp.com/album/some-poor-soul-has-a-fire

Dec 16, 2024

1hr 42 min

Olivia Felo returns to the show to talk about TMBG's cover of The Pixies' song "Havalina." This episode was edited by Olivia herself! Thank you Olivia! 

Nov 18, 2024

1hr 53 min

Amber Chaney returns to argue the merits of The Spine once again and more specifically, its song "Au Contraire." In an episode that was many reschedules in the making, we discuss French accuracy, famous figures and swingin' drum machines. 

Nov 8, 2024

2hr 39 min

Dessa Asp makes their weekly show debut with an epic episode on the Pamphlet EP song, "Buckle Down, Winsocki." Many people might not realize this is a cover, and even fewer will know the history behind it. Dessa does the hard work in researching the song's journey through musicals and movies. In addition, despite this being such a deep cut we are graced with three amazing covers thanks to the Covers Crüe. 

Oct 25, 2024

57 min

Part 2 of our two-song episode with TMBG artist and video director David Cowles. On this episode we focus on "Rock Club",  another My Murder Remains track that David animated the video for. 

Oct 16, 2024

1hr 12 min

Artist and director David Cowles is here to talk about two songs he directed videos for, and here's part 1 - "The Summer Breeze" off of My Murdered Remains. 

Sep 29, 2024

2hr 26 min

The one, the only, MARTY BELLER of TMBG is here to talk about his song "Alphabet Lost and Found" from Here Come the ABCs. He explains the songwriting process for this song, how exciting it was to perform live as a frontman, and we learn all about his soundtrack career outside of the band. 

Sep 14, 2024

1hr 35 min

Part 2 of the epic conversation between former TMBG bassist Hal Cragin and myself about their cover of Cub's "New York City." 

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