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/blush/...yeah, chick corea just called me 'cause John McLaughlin is  
dropping out of their current tour.
No guitar w tmbg.  kept the musician part under wraps, since they  
weren't asking for musical advice.

Eric Siegel
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On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Clifford Wagner wrote:

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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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