Sally and I are gazing with joy toward the Great White North because Amazon Music's podcast page in Canada has added I Couldn't Throw It Out as the first entry on their list of Hidden Gems. How could South Park blame Canada for anything? …
When I heard that Mojo Nixon died today at 66 of a "cardiac event" after performing last night on the Outlaw Country Cruise, it took me a minute to believe it. This guy -- who invented a crazy style of wild, funny, out-of-control, totally disrespec…
When Sally and I launched I Couldn't Throw It Out, we thought every episode would be about tossing the treasures I've saved for decades. Well… that didn't happen. A year and a half into our podcast, and I've thrown out -- what? -- a few…
The honor was all mine when two terrific podcasts -- Comedy History 101, and Conversations on Dance -- each invited me to join them on an episode about treasures I've saved and why I saved them. Both of these podcasts deserve a place on your favorit…
When Sally and I starting looking for information about Tupac Shakur, we were stunned by the amount we found. There's so much, we couldn't possibly get through it all. So we decided to compile a list of the best sources -- as a guide for anyone who…
In the new episode of I Couldn't Throw It Out, you can hear how our pal Tom Gammill played a key role when I nearly wrecked the 1982 opening party for the movie Tootsie. However.... this isn't Tom's greatest claim to fame. Aside from his years as a…
Flashback – November, 20 1996. That's the date when They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh joined me for one of the very first live-streaming interviews on the Internet. These days, we take it for granted that we can talk in real-ti…
While thinking about Sinead O'Connor in recent days, I remembered this photo of her -- which I've kept for 33 years in one of the many photo albums I've collected for decades. It's a reminder of a mistake I made -- and Sinead's appropriate res…
If you're new to They Might Be Giants -- or if you followed my bad example and stopped listening to them sometime in the '90s -- you've got some entertainment ahead. For your listening pleasure, I've collected about 50 of my personal favorite…
Endless creativity. Yup, that applies to John Linnell and John Flansburgh. But also to the legion of fans whose tributes and histories of They Might Be Giants aspire to the high level of intelligence and fun in the band's music. Want a…