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The premiere release for March is electric zither styfist Brian Dewan . You may remember Brian
opened for us at a number of our US shows this fall. Mr. Dewan has also performed in the Blue Man Group band and Wiff
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Future releases include Pixies front-man under his new nom-de-rock
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TMBG Information Bulletin
WINTER 1993
• FROM THE MOUNTAIN stAtt or WEST VIRGINIA... Mon' on Public Rod;o's
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number of live o' colleges ond other locotions doting tho lost two of
• THINGS THAT MAKE US FEEL 010. In Jonuory John ond John ona 20 or .90 0' their ond ossociotes celebrated the 10th
anniversary They Be Giants o' o potluck dinner hosted by one o' Wdbomsburgh neighbors. really hord to believe 'hot
IMBG l»en making music for o decode'
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• ADMINISTRATRMA DEPARTMENT. The astute amongst you will hove already noticed that tho TMBG Post Office Box number hos
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Hey Everybody. Having only dlroctod "Tho Guitar"
There's a tot of activity hore video bofoto, am a bit norvous about
around They Might Bo Giants' tree. applying my Ilmltod skills to COMING
fort. While John and recover from somebody Olso•s proJoct, but Frank SOON
the near-year long Apollo 18 touring, and I had a good timo cooking up tho
plans are already afoot for futuro Idoas (Frank on hovor craft, fake >THE RESIDENTS
projects. motal band lip-syncing tho song) so It
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have completed directing tho "Los Sea, California, which Is a of the Pixies)
Angelos" video for Frank Black- also combination of salt flats and flooded
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Pixies. (He ss got a new album 900 numbers and request the videc» CHADBOURNE
coming out on Elektra this spring. "Los Angeles" by Frank Black. There
Llnnell and TMBG touring-band-mate is also a possibility that John and I (and from Japan)
Kurt Hoffman play horns on the will be hosting that 120 Minutes >THE NELORIES
album.) show soon, so stay tuned.
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