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They Might Be Giants "Dial-a-Song" Returns, Online

Posted by timothy on from the placebo-masquerading-as-a-simile dept.

uCallHimDrJ0NES writes Why is the world in love again? TMBG's website announced the return of the nerd music favorite 'Dial-a-song' service as a website. The plan is apparently a new song every week. The original PSTN-based Dial-a-Song service, which ran on an old-school answering machine, was a staple of nerd culture for years. Remember, those giants don't want to rule the world. They just want your half.

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  1. Re:Music Distribution 3.0 by mythosaz · · Score: 5, Informative

    On the contrary. They were there well before the bandwagon. Dial-a-Song went online in 1985, and you could "download" DRM-free songs from it directly to your cassette systems with only minimal equipment in a "minimally lossy" format.

  2. Re:They may be giants, by Stormy+Dragon · · Score: 3, Informative

    De gustibus non est disputandum

  3. Re:They may be giants, by alva_edison · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, that's just like your opinion, man.

    Ana Ng, Birdhouse, and Istanbul (not Constantinople) are pretty much classics of, well, whatever genre they are.

    Istanbul (not Constantinople) was originally by The Four Lads. But it's a decent cover.

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