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Coney Island

Web Extra: No Plan B

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Written and performed by They Might Be Giants. Audio coming soon.

Idlewild

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Caroline, No

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Metal Detector

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Idlewild

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Life’s A Beach

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Life’s a beach.

Caroline, No

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Written by Brian Wilson, performed by They Might Be Giants

Design For the Real World: Parachute Jump

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Graphic designer Steven Heller tells the story of a seaside landmark known as the “Eiffel Tower of Coney Island.”

Special Guest: They Might Be Giants

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Kurt Andersen spends the day at Coney Island with John Linnell and John Flansburgh of the band, They Might Be Giants. They Might Be Giants are John Flansburgh and John Linnell, the accordion-and-guitar duo based in Brooklyn. They got their start in 1982 singing for food in Central Park, and today have sold over 3 […]

“Idlewild”

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Written and performed by They Might Be Giants.

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