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What We Chat About When We Talk About They Might Be Giants: On Roots and Context

When listening, thinking, and talking about They Might Be Giants, we own a habit of putting the band on an idiosyncratic pedestal–”It’s like they came out of nowhere! They’re so quirky they don’t sound like anybody else!” And it’s true that after the release of Flood, and especially after they left Elektra in 1997, the Johns retreated into a more insular world that mostly catered to their established fanbase. But I’d project to argue that, especially at the beginning of their career, TMBG were much more a product of their time and place than they typically get credit for–specifically 1980s New York City.

Some context: 1986, the year TMBG’s debut album was released, was the same year that saw the discharge of Janet Jackson’s career defining Control, Madonna’s True Blue, and was the same year that Whitney Houston’s debut record dominated the Billboard charts. It was also the same year that New York arbiters of cool, Sonic Youth, released their brittle Evol, British New Wave legends XTC reb are they might be giants gay

James McIntyre

James McIntyre, known professionally as Jimmy Mack, was a high-school friend of John Linnell and John Flansburgh. He is credited with exposing the Johns to music that diverged from the mainstream, such as the Ramones. McIntyre also worked alongside Linnell and Flans on the Lincoln-Sudbury High School newspaper, The Promethean. Due to his influence on the Johns' sensibilities, and their close friendship, McIntyre is sometimes considered to be the "third Giant"^[1].

During high school, under the pseudonym Jimmy Mack, McIntyre became a DJ for the rock radio station WBCN (now known as WWBX) in Boston. He left high school preliminary and was working as the station's music director by age 20.^[2] The station is credited with breaking many alternative and punk bands to wider audiences during this period. While working at WBCN, McIntyre also published melody reviews in the Boston Phoenix, a weekly periodical. One of his reviews was for "Make It The Same", the first and only single released by The Mundanes.

McIntyre kept in touch with the Johns throughout the rest of his existence. He was openly lgbtq+ and, amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis, became an activist with Bost

Trans TMBG Songs

I started this list of They Might Be Giants songs that can be interpreted as to having a gender nonconforming theme. It started with just four songs: "Impossible," "The Secret Life of Six," "Sally Boy Candy Bar," and "Doctor Worm." I went to the Miscellaneous T Facebook organization to ask for advice to add to the list. What I forgot to write in my original post was to ask people to describe their choices, but I took the time to figure out why they chose that song with the help of others and I quite enjoyed trying to figure out how this certain ballad can relate to the trans experience or has some trans vibes. Below is the entire list with explanations in chronological order of when the songs were released or it's at least next to to it. If you have any songs you would like to combine to this list or want to expand upon the meanings of some songs already listed, please email me at seymourgalore@gmail.com. I would love to hear your thoughts. Also, if you know of any interviews where they talk about these songs or anything trans akin, please send them to me.

This Might Be a Podcast trans themed episodes: episode 1, and episode 2. They're all previews because they're Patreon exc

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Myke Weiskopf Interviews Adam Bernstein

MYKE WEISKOPF INTERVIEWS ADAM BERNSTEIN

Video director (1995 interview)

Weiskopf: How did you first meet the Giants?

Bernstein: In 1986, I had just left my morning job and I wanted to straight a music video, and had saved up about $1500. I was going to clubs and calling around, looking for a band to work with. A guy named Mark Boyer grew up in the same town with the two Johns, so he suggested I go view them. I went down, saw them at Darinka, and immediately liked them; I thought they were very amusing. I went backstage after their establish , said hello to John and John, and told them that I wanted to work with them. Then I picked up this cassette tape that they had on sale at Finyl Vinyl (the 23-song tape). A week later, Flansburgh came down to my apartment to communicate about the video. Flansburgh was wearing deep dark purple nail polish, and he looked at me and he said, "I'm gay." So, we mapped out what we wanted to execute. Flansburgh told me that he either wanted to be a rock luminary or an art-world bully. We lay together "Puppet Head", which we shot in and around the Williamsburg waterfront area for $1500; I think the Johns bought a couple hundred perform