John Flansburgh visits Soundcheck to examine musical hoaxes—just in time for April Fool’s Day. Plus, California-based a cappela band Slammin performs live in our studio.
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants stops by to look at the "wink wink" stories in music history. The post-punk darling and half of the alt-rock duo They Might Be Giants digs up pearls like “The White Stripes are siblings!” and “Mama Cass choked on a ham sandwich!”
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