#johnlinnell

[kristadaggermouth]

Frick YES, custom plates! #tmbg #drworm #tmbgareok #imnotarealdoctor #butiamarealworm #johnlinnell

[vimbry]

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JL: (loudly) from her debut album, "Exile in Guyville," that's Chicago's Liz Phair, with.. "Never Said," here on 120Minutes! I'm JohnLinnell from They Might Be Giants, and We'r'e your special guest hosts t'night. Next Up! Itsa San Diego band called Rocket From The Crypt. This video is off their Second album, "Circa: Now!" which originally wasa released almost a year ago, on the independent Cargo Records. Now Interscope Records, home of Nine Inch Nails, Primus and Helmet, has re-Released the album! and they've sent us a videoo for the song, "Sturdy Wrists," here it is: Rocket From the Crypt, on M T V's, one Hundred and Twenty Minutes!

JF: howdy! I'm John Flansburgh.

JL: I'm John Linneeell.

JF: and we're They Might Be Giants - we're your special hosts for 120 Minutes tonight coming up later, a live performance from us They Might Be Giants, And world premiere videos from Matthew Sweet, The Cure, and, right here, it's a world premiere, from Mr. James Osterberg, better known as Iggy Pop!

JL: This is a closeaswecountto the, w- Ig Man's Twelfth Solo Album, and fifteenth Overall if you count the three he made with The Stooges can you tell I'm reading back in the late '60s/early '70s it's called, "American Caesar," and it's due to hit stores tomorrow - Tuesday - the 7th. The first single features guest vocals from none other than, Henry Rollins! and right here... it's the world premiere of the video.

JF: it's called "Wild America," and it's new from Iggy Pop on 120 Minutes, on M - T - V!

[umbralundertaker]

me after the tmbg concert I went to

#tmbg #johnlinnell

[rockmusicassoc]

Happy birthday to John Linnell, half of the alt rock pioneering They Might Be Giants. Born in the rock 6/12/1959. #TMBG #JohnLinnell #NotJohnFlansburgh #TheOtherJohn #DontLetsStart #RockHonorRoll

[blu-engineer]

WHO has the url "johnLinnell" on PESTERCHUM

[aic-european]

The Sand Pits, Hampstead Heath, John Linnell, 1834, Art Institute of Chicago: European Painting and Sculpture

Bequest of Julius Lewis Size: 9 1/2 in.v., 15 in.h. Medium: Oil on panel

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/250453/

[mia-paintings]

Evening, Storm Clearing Off, John Linnell, 1818-1819, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

group of figures at water's edge, with one figure wading, holding a long stick into the water; twilight; darker clouds tinged with red high in sky; some white clouds and blue sky in middle of image; belt of trees at right; windmill at left on horizon in distance John Linnell was one of the most successful and influential landscape painters active in Great Britain during the first half of the 19th century. Along with John Varley, he pioneered the regular practice of plein-air painting along the Thames and in the suburbs of London. The intensity and the poetic sublimity of this representation of naturalistic phenomena are typical of Linnell's most accomplished works. It is a view of nature that would resonate through the 19th century not only in the works of many British imitators but also in those of many American painters, in particular those affiliated with the British-born artist Thomas Cole, his protégé Frederic Church, and their circle of Transcendentalists. Size: 14 7/8 x 22 1/2 in. (37.78 x 57.15 cm) (sight) 21 1/2 x 29 in. (54.61 x 73.66 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on paper laid on panel

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/109318/

[harvard-art-museums-prints]

Landscape with Herdsman, John Linnell, 19th century, Harvard Art Museums: Prints

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/246448

[harvard-art-museums-drawings]

Buildings on a Cliff, John Linnell, 19th century, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer Size: 24.4 x 30.6 cm (9 5/8 x 12 1/16 in.) Medium: Colored chalk and graphite on brown paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/295445

[nocontexttmbg]

PLS let’s discuss the spine. it is absolutely in my top tmbg albums and i’d like to hear ur thoughts!!

YESSS the spine is SO GOOD

(also preemptively apologizing bc im getting ready for an interview/half awake/on mobile so... long paragraphs but no readmore)

so like. largely it is gonna be personal bias bc it was one of the few albums i listened to at the time (besides mink car, flood, no! & here come the abc's) so ill get that out of the way. got good memories sitting in my dads old suburban and flipping through the cd case :'') i never paid attention to the song names when i was that young but i LOVED museum of idiots (and still do!!!) and if my dad wasnt also the same with playing albums over and over until he found a different one, then i woulda drove him nuts lol (and i was just reminded i used to redraw the album cover in my spare time, even with my still-developing skills)

its the one album where for the longest time i only didnt hear two songs (bastard wants to hit me & i cant hide from my mind) bc my dad skipped over them, and idr if they ended up being on my mp3 player or not. i think he just wasnt a huge fan of the latter but the former is understandable given its title

ITS A LEGIT GOOD ALBUM THOUGH just like mink car i strongly associate it w the sound in general of the year of its release. its VERY 2004. similar enough to mink car for young me to swallow but different enough so it was fresh and fun!! and thats what a lot of the tracks on this album felt- fun. i didnt even read the lyrics sheet for it's kickin' in until two days ago and GOD what a shift.

fav vocals? EASILY museum of idiots/it's kickin' in/i can't hide from my mind. also totally dig the fake autotune in bastard wants to hit me, i know ppl think of it as an annoying early 2000s trend, but it was one of my favorite stylistic moments tbh and fit really well with the song. (also when i first heard see the constellation i thought it was related to it's kickin' in bc not only did flans sing both, but the stylings sounded super similar to me.. kinda like how i brought together she's actual size and hotel detective lol) I ALMOST FORGOT AU CONTRAIRE OH GOD LINNELL PROBABLY PEAKED WITH THAT SONG LIKE.... GOD

fav instrumentals are easy too- damn good times, bastard wants to hit me & broke in two. i meme bastard so hard but like... unironically love it during the chorus, and when u hear the few horns... AUGH it hits. also it's kickin' in again just because. those opening drums. the contrast to the lyrics, but how they meld so perfect w flans' voice.

also spine/spines are my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE short songs.. minimum wage is pretty close but these two are tied for that spot.

and im just realizing as i was struggling to avoid putting too many linnell songs in the factory showroom ask, i just completely gave in to the flans songs on here.

anyway yeah like i said i just listen to music bc i enjoy noise in my ears, so its hard to definitively pick a favorite overall album, but if i absolutely had to then the spine/factory showroom tie for #1- mostly for listenability, and this one's only slightly higher bc sentimental value. :)

[wormdream]

7, 15, and 30!

thank you!!!!

7. what song is your aesthetic?

OH GOD lemme think hmm....ive been listening to all kinds of music lately but maybe like.....earthbound music. like this one. its a lil funky and unassuming. just very chill but theres something weird going on there

15. do you prefer space or the ocean?

OCEAN. like i love space and aliens but i am obsessed with deep sea creatures and all that yeah

30 already answered!

[artbyamv]

Back working at Worlds of Fun this summer! Today was a slow day so I did a sketch I've been meaning to do for a while, the legendary band They Might Be Giants! #tmbg #theymightbegiants #johnlinnell #johnflansburgh #accordion #guitar #caricature #sketch #artist #worldsoffun #kcmo (at Worlds of Fun) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCcXB-1BOpb/?igshid=wxjrmvvbvd3f

[rockmusicassoc]

Happy birthday to John Linnell, half of the alt rock pioneering They Might Be Giants. Born in the rock 6/12/1959. #TMBG #JohnLinnell #NotJohnFlansburgh #TheOtherJohn #DontLetsStart #RockHonorRoll

[ray-rabies]

13/31 They Might Be Giants Brooklyn’s ambassadors of love, the twin quasars of rock, the only band that refuses to be a force to be reckoned with-

Here we are, my favorite band of all time. An attempt at reproducing a drawing I did when I was about 13.

Recs -She’s An Angel -Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head -No One Knows My Plan -Hey Mr DJ I Thought You Said We Had A Deal -I Palindrome I -Cabbagetown -I Love You For Psychological Reasons

[aic-european]

The Sand Pits, Hampstead Heath, John Linnell, 1834, Art Institute of Chicago: European Painting and Sculpture

Bequest of Julius Lewis Size: 9 1/2 in.v., 15 in.h. Medium: Oil on panel

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/250453/