#science is real tmbg

[cara-carabowditbowdit]

js realized i never posted the shoes i decorated.. L O L!!!! plush strong bad wearing them under readmore btw

editing cuz i did NOT expect this to get so popular but uh!!! ill sell custom shoes if theyre not out of my artistic range, so js message me if youd be interested :]]]

[cyclops-rock]

Dr Flans doodle

I free handed this so it's not the best but I think it's silly.Also thanks for the hearts on my painting!

[teedeekay]

Happy Earth Day. Science Is Real! 🌎

[chalkodareal]

no h*r tonight boys... (and ladies~~~~~ *i wink grotesquely*)

drawn on stream.....theyre funny guys to me

[unflappedflea]

they harmonize beautifully!

[roses-r-free]

sciencesona cuz my mates were making one

[parrygrippfan06]

[mortifiedandawesome]

They Might Be Giants - Science is Real (official TMBG video)

[silly-boozer]

GAH YOUR ART IS SO SILLY I LOVE!!!!

haven't posted anything in a while so.....yeah.

[tmbgareok]

got interviewed about the election by prager u on my college campus but i was repping two different pieces of tmbg merch (my hoodie and my science is real t-shirt) so hopefully even if they make me look stupid i will also look cool

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[hash-mashh]

i’m bored and i have some time before my friend comes over so here’s a visual inventory of my tmbg collection(as of 9/10/2023)!! i’d like to note that i’ve been collecting for a while, and i can’t really afford “rarer” items so that’s why my collection is a big bunch of littler things.

i have subcategories,extra info on items, and a written inventory under the cut. feel free to read!

my signed items. i bought BOOK already signed, but marty beller signed my chess master after the show on 7/7/23.

oh, speaking of the 7/7/23 show here’s what i brought/bought that day. not pictured is a flood patch that’s currently sewn on a bag.

my handmade items! this was before i able to buy any “real merch”. not pictured are my clay johns, accordian, and chessmaster figures(remind me to add them in later!).

oh. ohhhh, yes. i’ve had these since i was little little kid so these items are the “oldest” in my collection. i guess you could consider me a lifetime fan!

these are all the cds i bought yesterday. not pictured is cast your pod to the wind, which is also in the else case. needless to say my wallet is empty now. i was going to get a mink car cd but it was to beat up to be worth it :’-)

okay, these don’t really count for my collection, but these are the cds i have borrowed from the library at the moment.

finally, my favorite items! some of these aren’t worth much but they have strong sentimental value.

ALL THE ITEMS I HAVE:

CDs-

Lincoln(1988)

Flood(1990)

Istanbul(Not Constantinople)(1990)

Why Does the Sun Shine?(1993)

John Henry(1994)

Factory Showroom(1996)

Severe Tire Damage(1998)

No!(2002)

They Got Lost(2002)

The Spine(2004)

Here Come the ABCs(2005)

The Else(2007)

Cast Your Pod to the Wind(2007)

Here Come the 123s(2008)

Here Comes Science(2009)

BOOK(2021)

Vinyl-

State Songs(1999)

Handmade Items-

Cardboard Mojo Chessmaster(Signed by Marty Beller)

THEY cotton mask

They Might Be Giants pin

Air dry clay John figurines(with corresponding air dry clay accordion and Chessmaster)

Misc. Items-

Flood patch

Here Comes Science t-shirt

BOOK book(Signed by Johns)

i have no clue why you’ve read this far but thank you for sticking around!

[silly-boozer]

heeeey boozer !! tell me all about your current fav band I wanna hear ANYTHING and EVERYTHING !!!! + hope you're having a good day / night !!

Eesh, just one current favorite one? I have A LOT a lot so I might just mention two for your sanity.

I'll start with They Might Be Giants for the sake of your wonderfully themed profile. I would like to admit I am a bit of a newer fan, just a few months in. But I feel like I've found myself at home engulfing myself in anything TMBG related, usually bingewatching music videos or researching about their other albums. I've heard lots of stories about how people's parents introduced them to TMBG and it my case it wasn't like that. My parents have never heard of them until I brought them up. My younger brother and I are now TMBG freaks and I got him obsessed. He loves the science johns and pretty much the entirety of Flood, Lincoln, and Pink Album. We're going as the Johns for Halloween too, I'm being Linnell obviously because of my hair. My brother is pretty much the closest thing to a best friend I have that can enjoy TMBG with. We are trying to memorize a few songs so we can walk the streets and start singing them in sync on Halloween. His favourites are Istanbul (Not Constantinople), Don't Lets Start, Particle Man, They Might Be Giants, Ana Ng, Science Is Real, and Cowtown (mostly because of the music videos). My favorites at the moment are Lucky Ball and Chain, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, Ana Ng, Theyll Need a Crane, Can't Remember The Dream I had, Experimental Film, and When Will You Die. My favorite album is Lincoln.

I also learned that TMBG toured on in Michigan on my birthday?!? I was literally a month or two late. If only I discovered them later. I went crazy when I found out man. Hm what else can I say... OH I'm expecting my first TMBG CD in the mail and I'm pumped about that. I might get the Here Comes Science one for my brother and I at a later time. In conclusion TMBG is one of the greatest things that have happened to me, as well as all the rest of my favorite bands.

OKAY OINGO BOINGO!!! If you haven't heard about Oingo Boingo, it's a late 70s New Wave band with lead singer Danny Elfman. He is a composer for the music of many many movies including Tim Burton, The Frighteners, Men In Black, and etc etc. I love the music videos and the spooky feel of all their music. I categorize Oingo Boingo's music as evil ghost music. And apparently I was right when I learned Danny Elfman literally made all the music for Tim Burton movies. His charm really passed on well to Oingo Boingo's music. My favorite album is Dead Man's Party and still trying to figure out how to get a hold of that CD. But I did go to a used CD store and found Good For Your Soul which was better than nothing. I love lots of those songs on that album, but the entirety of Dead Man's Party I love more. Weird Science is such a Re-Animator coded song as well as other Oingo Boingo songs. On Halloween It's expected that I blast a bunch of Oingo Boingo songs throughout the house.

Anyways that's all I'll ramble about I don't want to kill your brain with my yapping. I would've rambled about Tally Hall next. It's a fine morning I'm answering your ask since I fell asleep last night after I answered the first few asks. I hope you're having a good day/night or in between yourself! Thank you for giving this much freedom to yap about what I love, ha.

send asks!

[ali-ali-al1]

Pinned post??!!?? for real!!???!?!

I am liable to reblog: IDKHOW, TMBG, INTERPOL, Keaton Henson, Ghostbusters, Hannibal, Sherlock (BBC and ACD), TMA/TMAGP, Good Omems, Dr Who ect

I also want to start reblogging more weird art and stuff on here so be prepared for that too. Maybe a warning that I will almost definitely reblog blood should go here too but I’ll tag w tw blood

also here’s my science blog for incoherent science-themed ramblings @polarmolecule because i’m a massive fucking nerd ⚗️🧫🥼

[unflappedflea]

oh ohoh oho ah ah aha hahahah they might be g

[fallow-grove]

btw how are you liking the TMBG

you know whats funny is i used to listen to them a ton after i learned they made non kids music too

their vibe is fun

i remember watching the videos for the here comes science album as a kid and asking my parents why the first song was called science is real, because like who didn't know that science was real...

[vimbry]

the highest votes went to gudetama. but was it correct? here are the full titles and albums.

❌ "put your hand inside the puppet head" - they might be giants

the opening verse makes reference to leaving one's job and how "it's sad to say, you will romanticise all the things you've known before. it was not, not, not so great". according to flansburgh, "the lyric revolves around the idea that looking back on anything colors it in sentimentality".

❌ "I'll sink manhattan" - they'll need a crane (ep)/miscellaneous T

this is a flansburgh song, but linnell explained its meaning in a 1989 interview with NME as "a song about a guy who somehow figures out how to sink the island of manhattan just to kill his ex-lover, so it's his apology to the other people he's gonna kill in between. he's just gotta do it!"

❌ "meet james ensor" - john henry

it's about james ensor (belgium's famous painter).

❌ "wicked little critta" - mink car

from the tmbg unlimited collection: "forged in the crucible of an eastern massachusetts junior high, this song expresses the dreams, fears and hopes of a new england young adult" the lyrics seem to suggest said young adult fantasising about being a sports star alongside bobby orr and john havlicek while goofing off outside.

❌ "working undercover for the man" - mink car

from flansburgh: "it's more a meditation on the "mod squad" [a 1968 crime series about cool undercover detectives] than anything else. the idea of the narc just seems... like, those episodes of "dragnet" where they have the young undercover dress in a hippie suit."

✔️ "talent is an asset" - kimono my house

the lyrics illustrate an overly-cautious family shielding their very gifted child from others, to keep him studious and soak in all the glory, and is heavily implied to be little albert einstein through puns on relatives and relativity. it's not by them, tho. it's by the band sparks. it came 2nd, so I think many of you recognised it (or really wanted to see the results!)

❌ "bee of the bird of the moth" - the else

"this is a song about a creature called a hummingbird moth, which imitates another creature, which imitates yet another creature. it's completely fucked up, and can only be explained in song!" so they did.

❌ "2082" - join us

thewrap's review of the album describes this song as, "a science-fiction short story (...) a protagonist who travels into the future, finds himself hobbled but still unhappily alive all the way into the next millennium, and travels back to the title year to smother himself with a pillow in a mercy killing". fun!

❌ "call you mom" - nanobots

referred to by linnell as an "oedipus pan" song, the lyrics follow an unfortunate young man beginning a relationship with a woman, getting dumped due to his behaviour of treating her like a mother figure, then infantilising a possibly younger woman in a different relationship and in turn leaving her, who goes on to experience the same issues. fun! (altho, the final chorus actually still refers to her Mom leaving, not her dad, I got the details wrong there in the poll).

❌ "gudetama's busy days" - dial-a-song / my murdered remains

yes, that's a real song. quote flansburgh: "(...) it is really just about feeling isolated from the world, even if you are in a crowded place and manically trying to keep up with your life. the character of gudetama appealed to me because he is such a mopey sad sack."

❌ "marty beller mask" - album raises new and troubling questions

this is real, too! it's just about how marty beller was actually an alter ego of whitney houston the whole time. he's not, but wouldn't that be interesting. the song name-checks multiple of her own in the lyrics. it was temporarily retired out of respect following houston's death (4 months after its release), returning to live performances ten years later in 2022.

*if you've heard a couple songs but don't really know much about them, or haven't listened in a long while, you can play!