This Might Be a Happy New Year! (with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants)

This is a VERY SPECIAL SUPERSIZED EDITION of SNAP CRACKLE POP! On Monday, October 19th 2026, I aired a 2-hour version of a show I had originally aired on WPKN in December 2022, when John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants called in for an interview to help promote his band's New Years Eve gig... in 2022. Fast forward (almost) four years, and I'm noticing that They Might Be Giants will be BACK at New Haven's College Street Music Hall on December 31, 2026! So I decided to replay the 2022 interview on Monday, with my exhortations to have listeners email in for a ticket giveaway.

But - check THIS out - now I'm uploading the show, I decided to add in more than a half-hour MORE music and MORE John Flansburg that I had leftover from the 2022 interview! Plus new music from the lads on their excellent 2026 album THE WORLD IS TO DIG. So this is pretty substantial... and I hope you enjoy! Thank you, John. I LOVE THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.

Wu-Tang (The World Is To Dig, 2026)

13 [excerpt] (Miscellaneous T, 1991)

Boat Of Car (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

Number Three (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

We’re The Replacements (Miscellaneous T, 1991)

Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

Don’t Let’s Start (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

Snowball in Hell (Lincoln, 1988)

Piece of Dirt (Lincoln, 1988)

Ana Ng (Lincoln, 1988)

Your Racist Friend (Flood, 1990)

Older (Long Tall Weekend, 1999)

I Palindrome I (Apollo 18, 1992)

Fingertips (Apollo 18, 1992)

Meet James Ensor (John Henry, 1994)

Laughing – Pere Ubu (The Modern Dance, 1977)

Boots – The Residents (Meet The Residents, 1974)

I Should Be Allowed To Think (John Henry, 1994)

S-E-X-X-Y (Factory Showroom, 1996)

I Can Hear You (Factory Showroom, 1996)

James K. Polk (Factory Showroom, 1996)

Doctor Worm (Severe Tire Damage, 1998)

Mink Car (Mink Car, 2001)

No! (No!, 2002)

Fibber Island (No!, 2002)

Boss Of Me (Mink Car, 2001)

Flying V (Here Come the ABCs, 2005)

Violin (No!, 2002)

Twisting (Flood, 1990)

Here In Higglytown (Here Come the ABCs, 2005)

Another First Kiss (Mink Car, 2001)

Cloissoné (Join Us, 2011)

All Alone (They Got Lost, 2002)

Memo to Human Resources (The Spine, 2005)

Wicked Little Critta (Mink Car, 2001)

Can’t Keep Johnny Down (Join Us, 2011)

You’re on Fire (Nanobots, 2013)

The Communists Have the Music (My Murdered Remains, 2018)

Moonbean Rays (Book, 2021)

Overnight Sensation (The World Is To Dig, 2026)

They Might Be Giants (Flood, 1990)

Birdhouse In Your Soul (Flood, 1990)