kp: Now that May 22, 2003 is officially "They Might Be Giants Day", do you think you'll commemorate this date annually with some sort of celebration?
JF: I wish we had heard about it before 11:30. But you have a good point that we can celebrate it's ANNIVERSARY. I hadn't even thought of that! Maybe a dinner at Peter Lugers.

Sam: Did you guys PLAN the band of Dans? Did you seek out a bunch of guys named Dan or was it just a monstrously ridiculous coincidence?
JF: It was purely coincidence. We worked with Dan Hickey for a while before the other Dans came on board. It would not really be a reason to hire someone, but it does take the heat off of me and John having the same name.

Sam: How come TMBG haven't written a rock opera yet?
JF: We tend not to think that way, although I love the style of Hair, Tommy, and Jesus Christ Superstar. I've worked closely with my wife, Robin Goldwasser, and Julia Greenberg on a project called People Are Wrong! that incorporates a lot of the rock opera thing.

Corn Mo: What other projects are you and Robin working on together?
JF: The People Are Wrong! thing is a huge undertaking, and kind of hard for me to fit in with everything else I'm doing. Robin is doing a band thing with some friends but that is just starting casually this week. We're talking to producer people about taking it to an off-Broadway theater. I also would love to figure out how to make a flash site incorporating the songs.

CM: Is there a restaurant you two go to for special times?
JF: We eat out a lot, but our foody friends like going to different places in Manhattan. We usually just get Thai to go when we're in Brooklyn, and when we're at our hidden mountain laboratory we grill like fiends.

Sam: I read your essay "Four Eyes About To Rock, I Salute You." It was really good. Do you ever think about writing something for a web literary site? Like, say, Kittenpants or Haypenny.com?
JF: I wish I felt more comfortable writing. I have a terrible memory so I tend to forget really important facts and factors in stories, much to the dismay and disappointment of my friends and family.

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