4 Burst results for "John Flansburgh"
X96
"john flansburgh" Discussed on X96
"Because On this day. 1960 John Flansburgh, guitarist vocalist for alternative rock band, They might be Giants. That song went to number six on the charts, guys that You go. You didn't think of that is a chart topper. But now back when they were starting out John and John, John and John they might be Giants long time ago. They used to have what was called the song of the Day service, remember? Oh, yeah. Where you think you could call an answering machine and every day they would have a new song for you. Every day. Yeah, they're usually like short, You know, we were like, maybe 10 15 seconds along, but they were new songs, just little things that they threw together. And I wonder when they stopped doing that. And where and where they all are? Yeah. Did they collect all those bad? True they might be Giants fan would know these things. I bet they're available somewhere gym in the chat room says I've never heard that song ever. How is that possible? Are you 10 years old Jim? How old are you? A recent convert? Oh, maybe Jim doesn't listen to alternative music it all he listens to our crow. But But he quite enjoyed it goes up. It was called Diallo Song. Iowa Song. I Have It. Was that it 1983. This can't be right through 2006. Yeah. The service was originally available as a regular phone called of Brooklyn. And Here's the number Dialogues Song consisted of an answering machine, which would pick up calls and playback, a song and place of the outgoing message. There were jingles, demos previews of studio tracks. Diallo Song was updated often, so it wasn't every day. Okay, I would think it was every day no diet dial, but you could call it and it was just a phone numbers. And then a big Have they collected any of that? Is it available? Let's see. You can go to Diallo song dot com. Maybe it's all there. Yeah. Diallo song dot com. Okay, that's I like that. They might be Giants named after a fine movie with What's his name? Uh, the guy. He's crazy. And he thinks that he's Sherlock Holmes. It's Ah, you know, played Patton. No George George C. Scott. He's got George C. Scott, who thinks he's He's He's gone nuts. But he and he thinks that Is showing comes you can also there's that they might be Giants podcast were the songs are available. Their broadcast also know if you don't mind. Yeah, So we've introduced some people, too. They might be Giants and Expanded their knowledge. Now I'm getting I'm getting excited. We're getting too boner of the week coming up here and then we can Harold, it's what it's Thursday tomorrow. Hold the show tomorrow. We still Friday to go. Oh, okay. This'd just I thought I thought this was it. Yeah. E mean, it could be it. You know what this is? Don't you were all right in there. It's curtains. It was like that. It's curtains for you. All right? We'll take a break. We'll be back with Boehner fighting a reasonable amount of news After these men escaped dot com they really have get your lawn more. Yeah, they really have improved. I thought that the shaver that they had before was You know, beyond compare. Well, they've gone even further with it. The lawnmower four point. Oh, for personal grooming gentleman. Uh, this would make a great Gift to give yourself for Mother's Day. Sure, then you could say to your wife or girlfriend Look how clean I am or your father's day. Perhaps yes, this primer was just released just a short time ago and were one of the first to be able to use it, and it works so well. It's amazing. It's more of a sleek design. It's got more. Uh, I forgot what those things they're called that you stick on the end of them that will adjust the length of their more torque and torque.
KQED Radio
"john flansburgh" Discussed on KQED Radio
"Wow, That's a that's I love that song. I know. Yeah, it's an oldie moldy. It's Super Bowl D and that's not on this album. Now it is, but it's still a great song. So people go to swat you in concert, you play other stuff. Besides Oh, yeah, yeah, I mean, these albums are only for him, even when we're doing the flood, like, sort of, you know, tribute to ourselves, show that's only 40 minutes of the show, and the show is like an hour. The family chose is like an hour 15. The adult shows like an hour 45, sometimes two hours when we're feeling heroic, and when we are Bruce Springsteen mode. Thinks are expanding in the Mannerist period. Yeah, I think we play. We play more songs per show than Bruce. But probably only about half of all right, I'm gonna have to drop in the next He's gonna have to drop in bringing bring your accordion Bring. Try not to talk about that Plenty of room. Actually, one of our I just have to bring my chopsticks is really going on here. I'm a frustrated drummer, too. So I won't even. Thank Thank you. Morning. Why don't we try to do that? Well, we run out of time. But you guys were terrific. Thankfully. Thank you Fucked up my whole studio with the musical instrument. You're You're welcome any time you want. Thank you so much. It was really a pleasure. You're welcome. John Flansburgh, John Linnell. Also on the drums morning, Beller. They might be Giants. A new album is here comes science and here, go size because that's the end of our program. Thank you all for taking time to be with us today. If you missed any part of this program, or you would like to hear it again. Yeah. Subscribe to our podcast Rascals. Smart speaker to play science Friday But one more thing on their science Friday Box pop back. We miss you. We want to hear what science stories you're thinking about these days, So please send us a message and say hello. That's on the science Friday box pop app.
KQED Radio
"john flansburgh" Discussed on KQED Radio
"They might be Giants. The new album Here comes science. John Flansburgh and John Linnell here in the studio with us said, Rocking Away and also on on the drums. Marty Bella back there. Not saying very much is now part of any other folks who play with it. And people in the bank. Yeah, yeah, way. Actually, we're just about to go out on tour. We're doing this, Um, family shows as well as ah Flood show where we're playing our 1990 breakthrough album Flood in sequence. Um, that's kind of a once in a lifetime deal for us, and then we're doing this whole new show for adults. But joining us onstage is this fellow then Ralph Kearney, who's famous. Among musicians for being the guy who plays on all the Tom Waits, sort of the classic Tom Waits, middle period circus music albums. He's a multi instrumentalist. You placed a lot different kinds of horns, and he's going to be joining us and it Z. I'll be very interesting working with somebody who's got such a clear voice as a as a musician. It's It's very like being like the rest of us. Yeah, we're just We're just hacking along, but we also have a dent. Dan Miller plays guitar and anyone caught plays bass. So it's it'll be a six piece where you gonna be. Where can people see you everywhere where they lost and got a schedule? Little I could tell you next time I would say good good. Our website. Maybe Johnson. Go to Facebook. Facebook has got all that information. We're we've got all these and also they're all these videos. If you want to see videos of these songs with the entire album here comes sciences been made into a DVD on there. So they're all these animated videos accompanying The music and there, really some of them are really quite remarkable. We might see you in an MTV video. I don't think MTV is planned video say more, but but if if they were, they certainly know. I mean, it's It's shocking to everywhere, especially especially musicians. I have two daughters and I went down that that lifestyle music is more of a lifestyle expression these days, But I don't think I don't know if they really warm up to science, The hutch I'm Ira Flatow and this is science Friday from W. N. Y C studios. Well, the radio guys, I'm Ira Plato. If you've ever been on the radio before the no nonsense fighting. This is a big deal. Wow. I'm very flattering, You know, because because we all wish we could do something else. I wish I could play a musical instrument. Yeah. I mean, I think you just like I was just hoping that we'd be on science. Right? One of us got. I wish you all right on. Is there a topic you'd like to take on that? You haven't done yet. A subject, man. We're thinking we were tossing out ideas for the next, uh, Disney produced Giants record instructional music for young people were thinking Maybe there goes your civil rights could be the next one. I was was one idea. I think plans plans. Birkhead. Yeah way Have we have come to sindical ist? We could do like a history like sort of. Ah, People's History of America. Val's history of America. Well, we've got about 2.5 minutes left. We got a quick song. You could sing. You could think. Oh, sure. What should we do? We could do you wanna hear a non science so I'm sure whatever. We only had a couple of minutes, but I don't have anything in it. We'll play us out to the end of the show. And why don't we do a song that's factually incorrect..
KQED Radio
"john flansburgh" Discussed on KQED Radio
"Because you're listening to science Friday, and that was scientist real by the band. They might be Giants and the Joining me now in the studio here in New York is John Linnell and John Flansburgh. Also on the drums, Marbella in the background. We playing a lot of music this welcome to science Friday. Thank very exciting to be here. Why would you produce songs about science? I mean, I thought only geeks like me like scientists, because we're like you. Yeah. All right. You do let it wait. You know, this is a really a big thrill for us, because you know, we've been listening to show for a long time. It's like suddenly like we're inside the TV set of the radio Has this very Zen kind of trippy, right Where you live, you scientist gigs when you're in school. Not exactly Now. I mean, it's actually a little bit of Stretching away for us, too. Declare ourselves to be authorities on on scientists. The Peter principle in exactly Yeah, and you're stepping into a little quagmire by naming a song. Science is real or a lot of people don't believe science. We'll see. That's not controversial for us. Not for you. But have you heard any reaction from people will say Well, why? Well, you know, I don't think judging by YouTube Flame comments you can really get accurate gauge of what the in general seems like. People are actually quite Quite positive about the whole prospect. But people we meet face to face are like you pretty much. Well, that's a good name. Name. The songs on the album's Well, Meet the elements photosynthesis. My brother, the ape. I'm a paleontologist, Um Roy G. Biv, which both the color spectrum light Spectrum on, and John. What hotel selling? Why not the Sunshine? Why is the sun shines in velocity? And now these also only kids songs of these aimed at kids? Well there, it's kind of Ah, zone of a mixed bag there. There's some songs that are very simple that they're kind of that are good for little kids on Ben. Their songs that are More fact packed that probably would, you know? Be a little bit too complicated for for a toddler, But But, you know, if you're I mean the song we're going to play me the elements like if this existed in My freshman year of high school. It would have been uncredible godsend for my grades. Well, you know, meet when I hear song Meet the elements Who am I thinking of? Not of you guys before way before you guys airborne, Tom. Learn, right. Remember the elements song that remember Tom, Look, I know it. I know it. I know the song pollution by time you get a whole song of the elements that much differently. Probably more satirical. Yeah, I can't believe that guy like invented a time machine went backwards and stole our ideas. Yeah, No, I don't know I don't not really with us, but right. He just go rattles through the table of l a periodic table. Well, that's kind of weird, but that's what we're doing. What what made national disappointment, you know? There is if that's that there was a folk singer. No, no. What made you what made you to write this song, but also a little bit about the genesis of this song? Well, we we work. We're working on our science album. And I guess the thing is we wanted to Cover all of the different areas of science, overthinking chemistry, biology, physics or science applied science. You know, we're just trying trying, stepping into each one. And I find the periodic table of the elements to be kind of a great organizational. Uh, you know, amazing inspiration, actually that, do you? Yeah, that it's that It's that it's a grid. You could just look at it, so it's all it's all laid out simply. It's like a lot simpler than a lot of other Science charge the after study, So this one seemed like it was. You know it was Something you could you could stare at and write a song based on my read Plato, You're listening to science Friday from W. N. Y C studios. This is an interview from our archives. Recorded in September of 2009 and and we're going to hear a cut from the the album. Here they are, they might be Giants playing field the elements elements with Let's meet them now..