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They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh and John Linnell Email to friend
Check out pictures from the band's live performance in The Connection studio.
Few groups have flourished in university mode as long as They Might Be Giants - John Flansburgh and John Linnell: They Might be Pygmies if it weren't for a certain now - famous telephone answering machine. Critters and philosophers, there's no subject too small... or too big for their crossword-puzzle word play lyrics purple toupees, bird cages, President James K. Polk and racism. After 20 years, innumerable college gigs, late night television appearances, now a documentary and a profile in the current New Yorker, they're in certain circles huge. An acquired taste perhaps Audio Pernod: sweet and bitter cloudy, cool, intoxicating. Vetting the verbiage and exploring the sheer quirkiness of They Might Be Giants.
