They Might be Giants talk about "Here Comes Science"

Jeremy sez, "Time Magazine interviewed They Might Be Giants about their new science album for kids, Here Comes Science. The interview includes some interesting tidbits-- I had no idea that TMBG was responsible for the theme on The Daily Show!"

Here Comes Science was one of my favorite releases of 2009, great to get some back-story.

They Might Be Giants of Science (Thanks, Jeremy!)

Previously:

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deviceofmind

Nice cultural and gender diversity amongst the interviewees attending the TMBG-AMNH show.
Neon Tooth

Sorry, but it has to be linked to:

Remember: if your child asks for a They Might Be Giants album, slap him hard in the face and buy him a basketball and a copy of Penthouse and a Replacements album instead.
Anonymous

What is that video player?

It sucks that it doesn’t tell you how long the video is going to be or have more options than play/stop.
Viadd

FWIW, the SciFri interview of TMBG. (NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday.)
danwarning

Is it me or does the video player Time uses suck? The only thing I can do is pause the thing.
hoffmanbike

yeah the opening to the daily show is called “dog on fire” it used to be my ringtone.
frogmarch

Er. “Dog on Fire” is a Bob Mould song recorded for his self-titled album in the mid-90s. Bob’s original version was used as the Daily Show theme back in the Craig Kilborn days, and TMBG were hired to re-record it when Jon Stewart took over as host.

‘Nuff respect to TMBG–I saw them live back in the day, and they put on a surprisingly good show for a band that one would not expect to *rock* in the traditional sense of the word– but it’s a stretch to say they’re “responsible” for the Daily Show theme.
pato pal ur

TMBG being interviewed by Brian Malow, the Science Comedian! = massive geek-out

The best part however was the interviews with the kids. How wonderful that TMBG is using their musical ability to inspire the next generation to do brainy things.