Saw the TMBG documentary the other day, Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns it's called. I thought it was excellent and highly reommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in the Giants. It was probably worth the entry fee just to see what Ira Glass looks like, and there are plenty of other great celeb interviews (I'll definitely be picking up something by Sarah Vowell first chance I get).
My only complaint was that there was almost nothing from the album John Henry, which may be my favorite, and which seems worthy of mention just because of its unique horn-powered sound. Instead, the film basically skipped from the wild success of Flood to the present, with some dismissive talk about problems with the label in the meantime. Too bad!
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