Jim's Big Ego is a Boston, Massachusetts-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

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"Jim's Big Ego, Kemp play tonight at Sam Bond's"
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 Barry Allen/

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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 National Public Radio's ''

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'' in 2001.

Discography

*''Strawman'' (1993) *''The World of Particulars'' (1995) *Also see Jim's Big Ego

Members

* Jim Infantino –

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, lead

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*Jesse Flack –

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*Dan Cantor – drums,

* 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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