Stage Announcements

Welcome to Stage Announcements - This week in They Might Be Giants news

Can't say as there is much to report this week but, as this is the first entry, I am going to cheat a little and dip into last week's news as well. Many of these you may have already seen as several of them were posted to the wiki or I put them on Twitter or the forum or whatnot.

Lots of things kicking around from the shows the weekend of the 11-13th. There are a bunch of good photos and videos from all three shows on Flickr and YouTube but I'll let you find those on your own if you are interested.

Some lovely photos from The Stone Pony (there is a review attached to the gallery as well if you click on it): http://jerseyshore.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/they-might-be-giants/2009509/content

From Bonnaroo:
One quite nice photo: http://stereogum.com/408402/bonnaroo-2010-sunday-in-photos-videos/bonnaroo/attachment/bonnaroo-2010-they-might-be-giants-2/

A very short review: http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/56058/bonaroo-2010-sunday-recap-cluth-john-fogerty-they-might-be-giants-mmw-phoenix-dave-matthews-band.html

A lovely photo collection that is sadly password protected beyond the thumbnails but even those are stunning (and oddly have Dan Miller labeled as Linnell in every photo): http://www.filmmagic.com/ItemListing.aspx?cgl=436813&evntI=0

This wonderful American Songwriter interview conducted before the show: http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/06/the-bonnaroo-interview-they-might-be-giants/

And the Backstage at Bonnaroo recordings including the excellent rendition of the pirate version of WDTSS?: http://wxrt.radio.com/2010/06/13/audio-they-might-be-giants-backstage-at-bonnaroo/

If you are on Facebook and "friends" with Marty, you may have also seen the wonderful pictures the people at Ludwig drums posted of him playing his new Vistalites at Bonnaroo. I don't know if this link will work if you aren't logged in to Facebook but I'll try it anyway: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=25815273528&aid=219871&s=60&hash=dc0e4a1c064b2a2af42138260b62b0f8

And lastly, TMBG earned a tiny write-up in last week's issue of Entertainment Weekly. They did a Bonnaroo round-up of best and worst and TMBG got a nod for "Best Visuals (Small-Scale) - They Might Be Giants' tiny perfect confetti drop during Doctor Worm."

In non-show related news we have this short spinner.com piece with Flans (which is, I guess, technically show related): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=25815273528&aid=219871&s=60&hash=dc0e4a1c064b2a2af42138260b62b0f8

As well as the Epicurean Musician interview with Linnell in which we learn of his family's fondness for the 99: http://epicureanmusician.com/2010/06/john-linnell-easy-on-the-octopus/

Flans gave a few quotes to the folks at physicsworld.com for their piece on Here Comes Science in anticipation of the weekend's shows: http://physicsworld.com/blog/2010/06/rocking_the_physics_message.html

Linnell was also interviewed on Absolute Radio, a UK radio station. Stay tuned because the end of this interview indicates that the band may be appearing on this show again while they are in London this weekend. I'll find the link for you if that happens. In the meantime: http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/podcasts/Iain-Lee-s-Best-Bits/2010-06-09/

And on the topic of London, the band will be appearing on Jonathan Ross's radio show on BBC Radio 2   while they are across the pond. The episode is airing at 10:00am London time tomorrow (Saturday 6/26). If you aren't in England (and most of us aren't, though I know I do have a few British readers), you can listen to it streaming on the BBC website if you feel like getting up at 5:00am (or earlier if you aren't in the Eastern time zone) or it will get posted on the web for a week afterward. I'll put the link up when it posts but here is the link to the stream if you want to listen live (ish, as I believe it is being pre-recorded). Personally, I can't wait to see what kind of trouble Wossy stirs up! http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/

And those are all the announcements for the week (or at least all I could find). I'm sure there will be a collection of things from the Brits next week.

I shall leave you with Duende, because, really, who DOESN'T want to watch it again?!