I Got Hit By a Mink Car
by Joseph on Sep.17, 2006, under Main
As I was ripping CDs to my iPod, I came across a signed copy of Mink Car by They Might Be Giants.
Hey, pretty neat. One problem: where did I get a signed copy of this CD? I can’t remember! And who is John Sid? The signature obscured by the sticker is definitely John Flansburgh’s, consisting of a bespectacled smiley face in place of the “o.” I can only assume that the top signature is one of John Linnel’s pseudonyms; he has been know to sign things “J.Lo Linnel” among others. This does not solve the problem of where this CD came from, however. Anybody have any ideas?
September 17th, 2006 on 2:17 pm
Maybe they snuck into your house, in the dead of night, on the chance that you might have one of their cd’s. Delighted to find one, they snuck out of the house with it, took it to their secret hideout, opened your cd, signed it, and returned it to your house. Having done their good deed for the night, they retired to Dirk’s to get plastered.
Hey! It could happen!
September 17th, 2006 on 10:38 pm
Reverse Thieving is a practice that we don’t like to speak of. Shh.
October 7th, 2006 on 5:01 pm
According to wikipedia, Linnel often signs as “John Sid” because his middle name is Sidney. ;-)