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.
Guests:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell of “They Might Be Giants”