* Constantinople's change of name was the theme for a song made famous by The Four Lads and later covered by They Might Be Giants and many others entitled " Istanbul ( Not Constantinople )".

* 1959 – John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician ( They Might Be Giants )

* The They Might Be Giants song " Where Your Eyes Don't Go " on their second album, Lincoln, featured the lines " You're free to come and go / Or talk like Kurtis Blow.

* Lincoln ( album ), a 1988 album by They Might Be Giants

* 1960 – John Flansburgh, American musician and songwriter ( They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff )

As session musician, he recorded with Suzanne Vega, Lauryn Hill, Zack de la Rocha, Young Ryda, Ed Rush and Optical, Firewater, They Might Be Giants and Greg Kurstin.

* Severe Tire Damage ( album ), a 1998 album by the band They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants ( sometimes abbreviated as TMBG ) is an American alternative band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

At their first concert, They Might Be Giants performed under the name El Grupo De Rock and Roll, because the show was a Sandinista rally in Central Park, and all of the audience members spoke Spanish Soon discarding this title, the band assumed the name of a 1971 film They Might Be Giants ( starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward ), which is in turn taken from a Don Quixote passage about how Quixote mistook windmills for evil giants.

According to Dave Wilson, in his book Rock Formations, the name They Might Be Giants had been used and subsequently discarded by a friend of the band who had a ventriloquism act.

From 1984-1987, They Might Be Giants were the house-band at Darinka, a Lower East Side performance club.

The review caught the attention of Bar / None Records, who signed They Might Be Giants to a recording deal.

Longtime listeners to Dial-A-Song have counted at least 500 distinct songs and variations recorded by They Might Be Giants, making them one of the most prolific rock bands in history in terms of published material.

This was replaced in August 2006 however, with a page promoting the They Might Be Giants podcasts.

In 1989, They Might Be Giants signed with Elektra Records, and released their third album Flood the following year.

In 1990, Throttle magazine interviewed They Might Be Giants and clarified the meaning of the song " Ana Ng ": John Flansburgh said, " Ng is a Vietnamese name.

In early 1992, They Might Be Giants released Apollo 18.

In 1999, They Might Be Giants became the first major label recording artist to release an entire album exclusively in mp3 format.

Labeled They Might Be Giants vs. McSweeney's, the disk appears in issue No. 6 of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern.

They Might Be Giants performing at Bar None, in Brooklyn, NY

They Might Be Giants were in a letter for Joe and Blue.

They Might Be Giants perform a free show at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, CA on March 25, 2005

* That They All May Be One

They began their post-season play by shutting out the Giants in New York 23 – 0.

They were defeated again by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.

They finally moved into their own dedicated state-of-the-art stadium in 1976, when they moved into Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

They are also known as " the White Elephants " or simply " the Elephants ", in reference to then New York Giants ' manager John McGraw's calling the team a " white elephant ".

They had a young star in the likes of Jack Clark, along with veteran first baseman Willie McCovey, second baseman Bill Madlock ( whom the Giants had acquired from the Chicago Cubs ,) shortstops Johnnie LeMaster and Roger Metzger, and third baseman Darrell Evans.

They and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the only MLB California teams to originate in California ; the Dodgers and Giants are originally from New York, and the Athletics are originally from Philadelphia.

`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine PM for a conference concerning the ad campaign for their soap, a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff ''.

They seem to believe that a person will act automatically as soon as he contacts something new.

They are conscious of this state's new feeling of optimism and assurance and are definitely impressed by the number of new plants and construction projects in Rhode Island.

They could not guess that from their concepts of liberty and freedom would some day be born a new nation that for years would be the symbol of hope to the oppressed countries of the world.

They were increasingly looked upon as a means of establishing the new rural communes as the focus of a new, constructive national effort.

They love to dust, scrub, polish, wax floors, move the furniture around from place to place, take down the curtains, put up new ones and have themselves a real ball.

They dug up a speech he had made two years earlier as a Congressman, decrying the more than two hundred statues, monuments, and memorials which `` dot the Washington landscape as patriotic societies and zealous friends are constantly hatching new plans ''.

They suggested several new foods, and usually I found them good, except the sweets, which I think I could learn to like.

They knew that I was still grieving over the tragic event, and they felt that if I could see the recovery and the spirit of the people, who hold no grudge, but who also regret Pearl Harbor, I would be happier and would understand better a new Japan.

They indicated that no new errors were being made and that all old errors would be corrected `` within 60 days ''.

They consisted of a new arrangement of `` Nutcracker '' excerpts danced stunningly by Irina Kolpakova and Mr. Sokolev, with a large ensemble ; ;

They needed to develop new means of locomotion to replace the sideways thrusts of their tails that had been used for swimming.

They needed to develop new methods to regulate their body heat in order to cope with fluctuations in ambient temperatures.

They will often memorise the location of such nests and return to them to save the trouble of finding a new one.

They are subject to change, not only on the basis of new information and discoveries, but also as attitudes and perspectives change within the scientific community.

They refused the offer by Russian officials to move to new reservations in the Commander Islands.

They re-released the A1200 and A4000T, and introduced a new 68060 version of the A4000T.

They had planned to sell this engine to motor manufacturers, but having heard that the Aston Martin car was no longer in production they realised that they could capitalise on the reputation of the Aston Martin name ( what we would now call the brand ) to give themselves a head start in the production of a completely new car.

They justified this relatively low ranking ( though higher than every other Atari console save the 2600 ) with the summary statement: " Its delayed release, its cancelled peripherals, and a lack of financial backing from the company's new owners all combined to ensure that Atari 7800 would never see any success beyond being a sexier way of playing Atari 2600 titles.

They rented the apartment of an American man who was away for the summer, and Nin came across a number of French paperbacks: " One by one, I read these books, which were completely new to me.

They reflect on their new lives, and Fredrik tries to explain how much he loves Anne (" You Must Meet My Wife ").

They discuss how their finances will improve now that Torvald has a new job as the vice president of the bank.

They also responded to the promise of a " minimal dwelling " written into the new Weimar Constitution.