Chase Roper
@kissmesonofblog.com
Author of the only newsletter bold enough to tackle every song by They Might Be Giants. (he/him) From Tacoma.
www.kissmesonofblog.com
www.kissmesonofblog.com
I stayed up late having drinks with friends and woke up 6am for KMSU’s 11th annual They Might Be Giants marathon. Currently chilling out in their Topia virtual world: TMBG Country. Come find me. (password is MancampTheHamster)
topia.io/tmbg-demo-q4...
topia.io/tmbg-demo-q4...
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I stayed up late having drinks with friends and woke up 6am for KMSU’s 11th annual They Might Be Giants marathon. Currently chilling out in their Topia virtual world: TMBG Country. Come find me. (password is MancampTheHamster)
topia.io/tmbg-demo-q4...
topia.io/tmbg-demo-q4...
They Might Be Giants called S-E-X-X-Y their “ode to getting it on.” Two days ago, I kicked off the next album on Kiss Me, Son of Blog with this one.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
S-E-X-X-Y: The Factory Showroom Era Begins
They Might Be Giants open Factory Showroom with S-E-X-X-Y. A funky anthem that soundtracked my own awkward teenage firsts.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
They Might Be Giants called S-E-X-X-Y their “ode to getting it on.” Two days ago, I kicked off the next album on Kiss Me, Son of Blog with this one.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
I cold plunge now. Just get up early on a day off so I can walk into the Puget Sound and watch the sunrise.
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I cold plunge now. Just get up early on a day off so I can walk into the Puget Sound and watch the sunrise.
Today, I begin the era of They Might Be Giants’ sixth studio album: Factory Showroom!
First up, tmbg’s sexiest(?) song.
S-E-X-X-Y
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
First up, tmbg’s sexiest(?) song.
S-E-X-X-Y
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today, I begin the era of They Might Be Giants’ sixth studio album: Factory Showroom!
First up, tmbg’s sexiest(?) song.
S-E-X-X-Y
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
First up, tmbg’s sexiest(?) song.
S-E-X-X-Y
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/s-e-x-x-y-...
Official announcement! You can now snag my book for about five bucks, practically anywhere you buy your ebooks.
If you’ve ever thought about your thoughts, thought about other people’s thoughts, or thought about what other people think about your thoughts - this book might speak your language.
If you’ve ever thought about your thoughts, thought about other people’s thoughts, or thought about what other people think about your thoughts - this book might speak your language.
this title won't convey what this book's about
Biographies & Memoirs · 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Official announcement! You can now snag my book for about five bucks, practically anywhere you buy your ebooks.
If you’ve ever thought about your thoughts, thought about other people’s thoughts, or thought about what other people think about your thoughts - this book might speak your language.
If you’ve ever thought about your thoughts, thought about other people’s thoughts, or thought about what other people think about your thoughts - this book might speak your language.
Today is my birthday. But it also happens to be the 38th anniversary of the day @tmbg.bsky.social released their first single, Don’t Let’s Start. Check out one of my earliest posts about this pivotal song in my life. Please. It’s my birthday.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/dont-lets-...
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/dont-lets-...
Don’t Let’s Start: My Personal Journey with TMBG’s Breakout Song
Reflecting on They Might Be Giants’ "Don’t Let’s Start"—from hearing it on the radio for the first time to how the song’s meaning changed as I grew older.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today is my birthday. But it also happens to be the 38th anniversary of the day @tmbg.bsky.social released their first single, Don’t Let’s Start. Check out one of my earliest posts about this pivotal song in my life. Please. It’s my birthday.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/dont-lets-...
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/dont-lets-...
The second to last song on They Might Be Giants’ John Henry album is ‘Stomp Box.’ Here are my words about it.
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www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/stomp-box-...
Stomp Box: A distorted hymn for my grief and catharsis.
“Stomp Box” by They Might Be Giants is both a song and an exorcism. Screaming through distortion to find catharsis.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The second to last song on They Might Be Giants’ John Henry album is ‘Stomp Box.’ Here are my words about it.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/stomp-box-...
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/stomp-box-...
Carl Jung said that love is a projection of oneself onto another.
@tmbg.bsky.social said "I wish I'd gotten to know her, before I fell in love."
This week I finally got to writing about 'Out Of Jail' three months after my divorce and, oh boy.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/out-of-jai...
@tmbg.bsky.social said "I wish I'd gotten to know her, before I fell in love."
This week I finally got to writing about 'Out Of Jail' three months after my divorce and, oh boy.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/out-of-jai...
Out Of Jail: A Breakup Story in 4/4 Time
How a They Might Be Giants breakup song taught me about loss, projection, and letting go.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Carl Jung said that love is a projection of oneself onto another.
@tmbg.bsky.social said "I wish I'd gotten to know her, before I fell in love."
This week I finally got to writing about 'Out Of Jail' three months after my divorce and, oh boy.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/out-of-jai...
@tmbg.bsky.social said "I wish I'd gotten to know her, before I fell in love."
This week I finally got to writing about 'Out Of Jail' three months after my divorce and, oh boy.
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/out-of-jai...
Never thought I’d willingly get up before 7am, 2 weekends in a row to cold plunge. But just look at this.
October 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Never thought I’d willingly get up before 7am, 2 weekends in a row to cold plunge. But just look at this.
Happy birthday, Dan Miller - guitar player extraordinaire with for @tmbg.bsky.social ! Enjoy the majesty of this extended acoustic solo that he’s been doing during their recent tour for Istanbul (Not Constantinople). It involves a looping pedal and it is beautiful.
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They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 2025-05-11 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
YouTube video by ikwil
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October 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Happy birthday, Dan Miller - guitar player extraordinaire with for @tmbg.bsky.social ! Enjoy the majesty of this extended acoustic solo that he’s been doing during their recent tour for Istanbul (Not Constantinople). It involves a looping pedal and it is beautiful.
youtu.be/Vp1QHPMRWkg?...
youtu.be/Vp1QHPMRWkg?...
“wrestling with my own depression, growing up in a family full of mental health struggles, and then reeling from a family suicide, Thermostat was catharsis.”
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#tmbg @tmbg.bsky.social #music and #memoirs
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#tmbg @tmbg.bsky.social #music and #memoirs
September 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“wrestling with my own depression, growing up in a family full of mental health struggles, and then reeling from a family suicide, Thermostat was catharsis.”
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/thermostat...
#tmbg @tmbg.bsky.social #music and #memoirs
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/thermostat...
#tmbg @tmbg.bsky.social #music and #memoirs
Sometimes, a song that’s probably meant to be about a literal broken thermostat can take on a very deep and personal meaning. This is that song.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes, a song that’s probably meant to be about a literal broken thermostat can take on a very deep and personal meaning. This is that song.
open.substack.com/pub/kissmeso...
open.substack.com/pub/kissmeso...
Hey LinkedIN, I promise I’m never going to care about what you’re doing with your terms of service.
September 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Hey LinkedIN, I promise I’m never going to care about what you’re doing with your terms of service.
On this day, 37 years ago, one of my all time favorite albums released. Happy 37th to the @tmbg.bsky.social masterpiece - LINCOLN!
I’ve written about my love and personal connection to every song on this album. The link below will take you there. www.kissmesonofblog.com/t/lincoln?so...
I’ve written about my love and personal connection to every song on this album. The link below will take you there. www.kissmesonofblog.com/t/lincoln?so...
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On this day, 37 years ago, one of my all time favorite albums released. Happy 37th to the @tmbg.bsky.social masterpiece - LINCOLN!
I’ve written about my love and personal connection to every song on this album. The link below will take you there. www.kissmesonofblog.com/t/lincoln?so...
I’ve written about my love and personal connection to every song on this album. The link below will take you there. www.kissmesonofblog.com/t/lincoln?so...
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me,” she said.
“You don’t?” I replied.
This week I wrote about the difference between feelings and facts.
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“You don’t?” I replied.
This week I wrote about the difference between feelings and facts.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me,” she said.
“You don’t?” I replied.
This week I wrote about the difference between feelings and facts.
open.substack.com/pub/chaserop...
“You don’t?” I replied.
This week I wrote about the difference between feelings and facts.
open.substack.com/pub/chaserop...
I can hear someone in my office talking about the rapture and how she’s disappointed that it happen because shes ready to go home to Jesus. And you know what, let me share that disappointment with you.
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I can hear someone in my office talking about the rapture and how she’s disappointed that it happen because shes ready to go home to Jesus. And you know what, let me share that disappointment with you.
I hope the guy who programmed Windows to constantly change the default pdf viewer to Microsoft Edge gets raptured today.
September 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I hope the guy who programmed Windows to constantly change the default pdf viewer to Microsoft Edge gets raptured today.
Can’t wait for all the worst people to get raptured the hell out of here.
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Can’t wait for all the worst people to get raptured the hell out of here.
Instead of sharing bits of my life as it relates to this They Might Be Giants song about the Belgian painter, James Ensor, I wrote a highschool style report on Belgian painter, James Ensor. Bonus clip of my fav live performance at the end.
Meet James Ensor: TMBG’s Lesson on Belgium’s Painter
A They Might Be Giants song that explores the eccentric Belgian painter’s life, art, and legacy in this playful school-report style essay.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Instead of sharing bits of my life as it relates to this They Might Be Giants song about the Belgian painter, James Ensor, I wrote a highschool style report on Belgian painter, James Ensor. Bonus clip of my fav live performance at the end.
It’s been a minute since I’ve done this so I thought I’d take a second to say
“HI!”
I’m Chase.
I write Kiss Me, Son of Blog, a dive into the songs of They Might Be Giants.
“HI!”
I’m Chase.
I write Kiss Me, Son of Blog, a dive into the songs of They Might Be Giants.
September 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It’s been a minute since I’ve done this so I thought I’d take a second to say
“HI!”
I’m Chase.
I write Kiss Me, Son of Blog, a dive into the songs of They Might Be Giants.
“HI!”
I’m Chase.
I write Kiss Me, Son of Blog, a dive into the songs of They Might Be Giants.
So here’s a post about a song that’s based on a true story. It’s called “Meet James Ensor” by @tmbg.bsky.social
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/meet-james...
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/meet-james...
Meet James Ensor: TMBG’s Lesson on Belgium’s Painter
A They Might Be Giants song that explores the eccentric Belgian painter’s life, art, and legacy in this playful school-report style essay.
www.kissmesonofblog.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So here’s a post about a song that’s based on a true story. It’s called “Meet James Ensor” by @tmbg.bsky.social
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/meet-james...
www.kissmesonofblog.com/p/meet-james...
I started this a couple of months back for paid subs. Then my life imploded. Voting for the last 2 rounds is open for anyone now. Let’s at least finish strong and find out what is The Best TMBG Song to Play at Your Funeral.
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Best Song to Play at a Funeral: Round Four!
After an unfortunate emotional detour in our author's life, the preem tier subscribers' quest to find the most suited They Might Be Giants song to play at a funeral continues.
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September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I started this a couple of months back for paid subs. Then my life imploded. Voting for the last 2 rounds is open for anyone now. Let’s at least finish strong and find out what is The Best TMBG Song to Play at Your Funeral.
open.substack.com/pub/kissmeso...
open.substack.com/pub/kissmeso...
The fact that it is 86 degrees outside and I am sitting in an office is a crime against humanity
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The fact that it is 86 degrees outside and I am sitting in an office is a crime against humanity
Writing my way through this recent life event has been extremely helpful. Here are some thoughts I had the other night.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Writing my way through this recent life event has been extremely helpful. Here are some thoughts I had the other night.
open.substack.com/pub/chaserop...
open.substack.com/pub/chaserop...
Does this look like a guy who has never golfed?
Yes.
Yes.
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Does this look like a guy who has never golfed?
Yes.
Yes.