Write us an interview.
We've got some cool guests coming up this month (Maria Sangiolo, School for the Dead), but let me point out two particularly fun ones -- first, we'll be interviewing the Johns of They Might Be Giants again at their show in New Hampshire. Second, and I think potentially even cooler, we'll be talking with Hannah Levine, the eleven-year-old who sings on three songs on Here Come the 123s.
Suggest some questions, won't you?
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Bill and Ella, I have a question I'm wondering if you could ask Hannah. I wonder how she got to sing for They Might Be Giants.
For TMBG:
How different was it to work with an 11-year old in the studio?
What's the biggest differences in dynamics for playing a show for adults versus a family audience? Do you find the family shows to be a more appreciative audience?
In a Billboard piece about the project last year, you mentioned the influence that Sesame Street had? Did you go back and re-watch Seasame Street for inspiration?
Can you tell folks about your work on the 2009 kids film Coraline (based on a Neil Gaiman book of the same name)?
For Hannah:
Were you nervous when you first started working in the studio?
How much fun was it to do the lead vocals on One Dozen Monkeys?
What's your favorite cut on the new album?
What was the most fun part of the whole experience?
Ask the Johns if Dial a Song is ever coming back.
YES PLEASE ASK IF DIAL-A-SONG IS EVER COMING BACK!
For John and John,
I recall the guys saying that Disney didn't include the song "T-Shirt" on ABC's because it was "too extreme" for Disney.
Although Disney seems to be allowing you guys to do whatever you want, "No!" was a lot more...well, They Might Be Giants-y.
You probably can't speak on this for fear of the Mouse Ear Mafia, but do you feel restricted or reined in by the Disney contract?
For They Might Be Giants:
What does it feel like to be on stage - what parts of your body hurt or get uncomfortable after and hour or two of playing?
If you all have earplugs in, how can you hear what the audience is yelling?
What does it smell like onstage? Do you notice that every stage smells mostly the same, or do they all smell different, or do all the gear and the lights overwhelm whatever smells are already there?
What does the audience look like from the stage?
Thanks.
For TMBG:
Both Linnell and Flansburgh have had side projects. Have they ever played songs from those records at there live shows? I consider both "Montana" and "I Hit My Head" to be great TMBG songs dispite them being recorded outside of the group.
Thanks.
I have this idea in my head that you wanted to write a song about Pi, but thought it would be too grand of a concept for kids.
Is this true? Because that's what I would do if I were making a number album for kids.
-Pandaman
Is there any chance of Hannah doing any live shows with TMBG?
For Hannah:
How much attention have you gotten from being on Here Come The 123's? Do your friends think it's cool?
For the Johns:
How did you start learning all of the instruments you both play? Was it like you just sat down and decided to pick up the guitar/accordian/stylophone one day and learn it?
Also, if you could only take one instrument to a deserted island with you, which would it be? :)
-Anna
In addition to the questions about Dial-A-Song, is there any possibility of songs from TMBG Unlimited being re-released?
for tmbg
are the podcasts that are being released replacing dial-a-song, and if so does that mean dial-a-song has been put to rest for good?
For the Johns.
The song "No Answer" is AMAZING, but it has not been anywhere other than on Dial-A-Song. Why is this?
For TMBG:
Is the song book project still on?
Will we see a "Vote John and John 08" t-shirt?
I really want you to ask They Might Be Giants about the Song Book project. What's up with it? Is it going to happen?
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