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Did you get to play guitar on any of the tracks, Eric?  For those that  
don't know, Eric is good enough on guitar to play for ANY band.

Play something?  Bring your instrument to ASTC Fort Worth!   Maybe  
"Here Comes Science" will be out before then so we can all practice  
some of the tunes?

Clifford "Strolling Fiddle" Wagner

On Jul 18, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Eric Siegel wrote:

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> There was a thread a while back about science songs.  They Might Be  
> Giants is coming out with a record this Fall called "Here Comes  
> Science."  I worked with them on it, so I feel a little pride in  
> participation.  Here's an article in Billboard.
>
> http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/they-might-be-giants-to-release-third-kids-1003995064.story
>
> "As evidenced by song titles like "Meet the Elements,"  
> "Photosynthesis," and "I Am a Paleontologist," "Here Comes Science"  
> covers a wide spectrum of scientific fields. Flansburgh and his  
> bandmates -- co-founder John Linell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller and  
> Danny Weinkauf -- recruited Eric Siegel from New York Hall of  
> Science, a children's museum in Queens, N.Y. to ensure that all the  
> material was factually accurate. "We've never had to really fact  
> check anything before; it's not an impulse that I think anybody in a  
> rock band meets with open arms," Flansburgh admits.
>
> In the process of making sure everything rang true, one of They  
> Might Be Giants' longtime fan favorite song, "The Sun Is a Mass of  
> Incandescent Gas," had to be reworked for the release. " We were so  
> sure we were on solid ground with the first song that we not only  
> did a new recording of it, we had animated the entire thing,"  
> recalls Flansburgh. "Eric looked at it and was like, "Guys, this is  
> just so wrong, I can't even explain.' So we actually constructed an  
> answer song to ourselves called 'The Sun Is A Miasma of Incandescent  
> Plasma.' "
>
> Thanks to others at the Hall who helped me sort out some of the  
> factual info without knowing why I was asking stupid questions (TMBG  
> didn't want me to talk about the record until now).
>
> I think the CD is really quite good, quirky and catchy in that  
> trademark They Might Be Giants way.
>
> Eric Siegel
> esiegel at nyscience dot org
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