Category Archives: They Might Be Giants

Stay Away from Robert Mitchum

The Night of the Hunter – This interesting and rather dark film stars Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell, a serial killer posing as a preacher. In order to obtain the hidden treasure stolen by his cellmate, he woos and marries … Continue reading

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Meet Singles in Your Area

One question I see come up from time to time is whether the album format is dead, what with people buying individual songs through Internet applications like iTunes. I don’t know. I still like albums, but then, I also like … Continue reading

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Grow the Nanobots Up

They Might Be Giants, Nanobots – A quick glance at this album reveals that it has twenty-five songs, but some of them are really short. In addition to being the title of one song in particular, the album title seems … Continue reading

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It Might Be a New Year

Beth and I rang in this new year with They Might Be Giants at the Williamsburg Hall of Music in Brooklyn. It was a pretty nice venue, and surprisingly not too crowded, considering that the show was supposed to have … Continue reading

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Feels Good to Be a Superstar

Grand Duchy, Let the People Speak – Grand Duchy is a project that Black Francis had with his wife Violet Clark. I guess you could say it’s sort of like Mono Puff, the side project by John Flansburgh of They … Continue reading

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My Old Daddy Isn’t Stirring Since My Momma’s Been in Stir

Pogo: Through the Wild Blue Wonder, by Walt Kelly – I’ve been on a bit of old comics kick recently, what with the Carl Barks volume I just read and the two Popeye collections I have checked out from the … Continue reading

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Miles to Go

I’d like to take a moment to recommend Meow Meow Music, a short Web-based show starring Amy Miles and her cat LeRoy, also featuring Robin Goldwasser and Chris Anderson. Some of you may remember that Amy, Robin, and Chris are … Continue reading

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