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-based band formed in 1995 under the leadership of singer/songwriter Jim Infantino, who was named as the best new artist of 1995 by the National Academy of Songwriters.''

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February 17, 2006, p. 4 (special). Retrieved on May 30, 2013. Among the band's songs are "The Ballad of Barry Allen," about the DC superhero

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, a character co-created by Infantino's uncle

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; "Asshole", a song about the

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administration that went viral, and "New Lang Syne" (sometimes also called "Thank God It's Over"), a new

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song featured on

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'' in 2001.

Discography (as Jim Infantino)

*''Strawman'' (1993) *''The World of Particulars'' (1995) *''Utopia Revisited'' (2023)

Members

* Jim Infantino –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, lead

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

*Jesse Flack –

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

*Dan Cantor –

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...

* Josh Kantor – Keyboards,

Discography

*1996 – ''Titanic'' *1996 – ''More Songs About Me'' *1998 – ''Don't Get Smart'' *1999 – ''Y2K – Hooray!'' (EP) *2000 – '' Noplace Like Nowhere'' *2003 – ''They're Everywhere!'' *2005 – ''Support the Truth'' (EP E-Album) *2008 – ''free*'' *2012 – ''Stay''

External links

*
"New New Year Song" from NPR's All Things Considered December 31, 2001
*
Jim's Big Ego collection
at the

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's live music archive
The Ego & The Oracle
Stage show featuring Jim's Big Ego in an experiment of "musical fortune-telling."

References

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