The I Palidrome I single (from They Might Be Giants' 1992 Apollo 18 album) was released in 1992 by Elektra Entertainment. They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American pop/rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. TMBGs most famous songs are probably one single from each of their first three albums, Dont Let... Apollo 18 is They Might Be Giants fourth studio album, although it is the fifth disc in their discography. ... Elektra Records is a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ...
Its tracks include: I Palindrome I, Cabbagetown, Siftin', and Larger Than Life (Joshua Fried's Remake of "She's Actual Size").
Palindromic reversion is a device for breaking up the linearity of speech and, by implication, the irreversibility of time.
It seems that palindrome writers and critics in the nineties tend to thematize revolution and change due to their increasingly conscious recognition of the 'revolutionary' semantics of the genre.
Palindromic letter revolution and reversion is readable as an artistic form of cultural critique and as a culture's desire for reorganization and reversal.