Probable Elf

A possible kind of person. TMBG fandom sideblog. Ongoing TMBG cover song project. Also random music stuff, tagged off topic. Sticker by @narrow-shades-of-love

[tmbgareok]

More art from @cerealbowl. This study is really lovely.

[tmbgareok]

what’s the worst piece of advice you’ve ever been given?

JF: well, I've probably given some bad advice over the years. It's hard not to--everyone is so different. But I try.

Very early I did got a demo to an A&R person at a record company, and gave them a call about it. I don't remember too much about the conversation but it wasn't very long. I do remember that at one point it went something like (A&R person:) "You know what these songs are missing, right?" (Me:) "Um... I...." (A&R person:) "There are no melodies."

I was a bit stumped by this, not that I thought our melodies were so earth-shaking, but in an era where many folks were moving directly away from melody completely I already felt we were kinda going in our own direction on that front. But the funny thing is a still think about their note.

[iamthekingdom-iamnotyourqueen]

[danwithouttheplan]

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For the record:

[promiseiwillwrite]

Listen to the Axolotl song. You will not regret it.

[littleguysdaily]

[pansy2025]

goo goo dolls if they were in dune: and i don’t want the worm to see me

[mezzodical]

[stitchthisfiona]

Today in niche genres of joke that I can never get enough of and will probably still be secretly thinking about four years later

[cleolinda]

[cleolinda]

[lotus0kid]

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[pomme-poire-peche]

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[sashaforthewin]

[bluef00t]

Democrat and Chronicle, 1993:

Democrat and Chronicle, 1995:

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[vimbry-moved]

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john flansburgh on tabloid reporting

[bluef00t]

they found the article he's talking about, by the way (Daily Mirror 1990-03-22):

[frogliftcertified]

what is it they put in the hardware store to make it smell so good

[frogliftcertified]

OK 👍 that is helps

[mojo-chestermaster]

I love when JF talks about the early days of the band like it was a secret double identity situation.

Trying to juggle school + social life + living paycheck to paycheck in 80s NYC while comically awful things happened to him regularly... okay, Peter Parker

[mojo-chestermaster]

and normally with these stories the punchline is that he was being paranoid and over-react-y but he literally DID get fired from his newspaper job when someone published a photo revealing his double life, because J. Jonah Jameson is real in real life

[teomodo]

from that time they sang son of god on mtv

[unclepapamoose]

Same as it ever was ✨

[gummybearattacktheworldofdespair]

[cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024]

[littolgayfish]

the more you listen to it, the funnier it gets

[boogerwookiesugarcookie]

Audio: dramatic piano. The husky screams along, vaguely keeping the rhythm but not the tune

[madamewesker]

That last ROO always gets me

[viejospellejos]

AUDIO POR DIOSSSSSS!!!!

[slr2198]

Beyond perfect 🤣👍

[5triderofthenorth]

Dude’s got pipes

[vodkassassin]

Damn he is BELTING it.

[mirrorada]

This is the “boys will be boys” we wanted all along.

Also, get them a contract. 

[labelleizzy]

I play this EVERY single time it crosses my dash. This is joy.

[tmbgareok]

[tmbgareok]

Hi John. I just watched the Q&A you did during the JoCo cruise. You said that you had bought a theremin. Have you learned to play it?

JF: like a lot of theremin OWNERS, I find it is almost impossible to become a theremin PLAYER. No frets! More worry!

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