The 6-year-old who lives in my house is a big They Might Be Giants fan -- because, after all, they did teach him his ABC's and 123's, and they twosome are currently in the process of learnin' him about the science. The one TMBG product in which he's never shown much interest, though, is the band's collection of venue songs, which dates back to '04 and includes a brief art-rockin' ditty about a particular Deep Ellum venue of some note. In case you've never experienced said track and the accompanying video, introduced by the great John Hodgman, only today the band threw it up on its YouTube page. "Creepy and engimatic," indeed. Jump for it.
Woah, my 5-year old would be in heaven.
The other day, we had a serious discussion about the fact that all the TMBG CDs around the house (except for 123s and ABCs--um, and No! and Bed!Bed!Bed!--so, yeah) are mine, and about how I was a fan of the band way back before he was even born and before I even knew his mother. I think it kind of blew his little mind.
Details below, for those who'd like to meet us there.
http://www.houseofblues.com/tickets/eventdetail.php?eventid=60419
As always, the Dude abides. Much obliged.
Robert,
TMBG are doing a kid's show on Oct 31 at House of Blues. Here's your chance for "Dad of the Year".