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Kiss Me, Son of Extras: Fun Assassin
Another write-up about a deep cut They Might Be Giants song from The Spine Surfs Alone. This is FUN ASSASSIN
Oct 21
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Chase Roper
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Memo To Human Resources
A personal essay on TMBG’s Memo to Human Resources from The Spine, written as an incident report on grief, mental health, and asking for help.
Oct 18
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Chase Roper
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Kiss Me, Son of Extras: I’m All You Can Think About
An excellent song for when you know that you’re living rent free in the mind of someone who has wronged you in the past.
Oct 14
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Chase Roper
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Spine: Our Very Bones Will Betray Us
TMBG’s song, Spine (The Spine, 2004) is only 33 seconds long. I’m almost 1,483,176,744 seconds old. My back hurts, and I have thoughts about aging and…
Oct 10
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Chase Roper
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Kiss Me Son of Extras: Now Is Strange
Once per week, I like to share post about songs that are not on one of They Might Be Giants’ major studio released albums with my paid subscribers.
Oct 7
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Chase Roper
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Experimental Film: a Running Homestart to The Spine
Beginning the journey into the next album from They Might Be Giants. Early web comics, Homestar Runner, and a quick nod to 3 years of Kiss Me, Son of…
Oct 2
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Chase Roper
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September 2026
Kiss Me, Son of Extras: The Spine Surfs Alone
A Different Kind of Album and a Titular First Track.
Sep 30
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Chase Roper
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Violin, John Lee Supertaster, and Clap Your Hands: My Final Thoughts for No!
Some last words and songs to share about They Might Be Giants’ first kids record and what it meant to me as a very young parent.
Sep 25
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Chase Roper
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In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle
A TMBG cover of a song that possibly helped prevent the collision of man v. car on an epic scale. Also, the memory of a child who actively tried to…
Sep 18
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Chase Roper
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Where Do They Make Balloons?
I’m writing about the subject of They Might Be Giants’ 5th song off the band’s debut children’s album - No!
Sep 11
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Chase Roper
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August 2026
I Am Taking A Vacation From Writing
I wrote this with about 15 minutes to spare before I HAD to leave for work and it took me 20 minutes to write :)
Aug 19
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Chase Roper
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Kiss Me Son of Extras: Boss Of Me
It's about time I write about TMBG's Grammy award winning 'Malcolm In The Middle' theme song.
Aug 11
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Chase Roper
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