As
They Might Be Giants continue their illustrious, and very adult,
career... TMBG RELEASES "BED, BED, BED" A NEW BOOK
AND CD PACKAGE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
On
the heels of the phenomenal success of their #1 children's album
"No!", They Might Be Giants continue to expand their creative
horizons with their first literary effort-a bedtime picture book
entitled "Bed, Bed, Bed" along with a CD of 4 new recordings including
the title track sung by Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches. Illustrated
by the up-and-coming fine artist Marcel Dzama, "Bed, Bed, Bed"
is a children's book of imagination and timeless charm. Here are
some other kid-related projects that have recently gotten them
out of the house.....
ON
TV and MOVIES -TMBG will be making a special appearance on
Nickelodeon's "Blues Clues"and Cartoon Network's "Home Movies"
this fall. They already appear (as animated characters no less)
in two musical spots for "Dexter's Laboratory" and "Courage the
Cowardly Dog" -TMBG's kids song "Clap Your Hands" was featured
on the Gap Kids TV ad campaign -TMBG have contributed
multiple songs to "Tiny Toons" -TMBG contributed the themes to
"Malcolm In The Middle", "The Daily Show",Ý the animated series
"The Oblongs", the film "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"
"The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" among others. -TMBG also wrote
and recorded the music for a recent spot for Play-Doh. -TMBG created
the music for PBS Kids "Share-A-Story" literacy program -TMBG
contributed an original recording to the Harvey Milk School benefit
disc (to benefit NYC's unique high school for gay and lesbian
teenagers) The disc will be released this fall (also featuring
Polyphonic Spree, Yoko Ono, Ben Folds, and Yo La Tengo)
ON
DISC- -They Might Be Giants received a GRAMMY in 2002
for "Boss of Me", theme to the hit show "Malcolm In The Middle"
-TMBG's album "No!" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Children's
Music Chart and continued to be the word-of-mouth smash kids album
of last year!
ON
THE WEB -TMBG's kids site giantkid.org includes special
animations and kid-friendly features
MEANWHILE,
TMBG CONTINUES THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS, AND VERY ADULT CAREER....
They Might Be Giants EP "Indestructible Object" is in stores and available at
iTunes right now. Their new album will be out in July. A national tour (The Spine on the Hiway 2004-5)
will get to over 30 cities this summer through next winter.
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