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Category Archives: Interviews
Michael McKean sets the record straight on The Left Banke
In short order, you’ll be seeing my Random Roles with Michael McKean – who can currently be seen within the cast of Christopher Guest’s new HBO series, Family Tree, but when the piece pops up on the AV Club, it’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Sommer, Harry Lookofsky, Hash Brown, Michael Brown, Michael McKean, Steve Martin, The Left Banke, Warren David
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Interview: Jane Withers
When I was pitched the opportunity to chat with Jane Withers in connection with Fox Cinema Archives’ reissue of seven of her films from the 1930s and 1940s on DVD—The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935), Paddy O’Day (1935), Little Miss … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Bright Eyes, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Chicken Wagon Family, Golden Hoofs, Henry Fonda, High School, Jane Fonda, Jane Withers, Janet Gaynor, Leo Carrillo, Little Miss Nobody, Mary Pickford, Paddy O'Day, Rascals, Rita Cansino, Rita Hayworth, Shirley Temple, The Farmer Takes A Wife
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Flashing Back with a Bunnyman: A Old Interview with Ian McCulloch
In the wake of getting the news that Echo and the Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch is finally getting around to putting out another solo album – his fourth, if you’re counting – I found myself thinking back to 2001, when … Continue reading
Somehow, No One Has Ever Asked Wendie Malick about “Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video” Before
As part of my ongoing – and often unpaid – quest to ask actors, directors, and writers about projects on their resume that no one has ever managed to ask them about before, I decided that I couldn’t resist the … Continue reading
A Couple of Quick Questions with J.J. Abrams
When J.J. Abrams popped up at Fox’s TCA party last night, it probably won’t surprise you to learn that he was instantly swarmed by writers wanting to ask him about the end of Fringe, the upcoming Star Trek movie, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox, Fringe, J.J. Abrams, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness
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Waxing Poetics: The Oral History
I wouldn’t dare offend my numerous friends in the Hampton Roads musicians community by suggesting that any one band was or is more popular than another, but I at least feel comfortable saying that Waxing Poetics were the first local … Continue reading
Interview: Paul Buchanan, late of The Blue Nile
Sometimes you see a chance and take it. In this case, I couldn’t resist reaching out to see if I might be able to score an interview with Paul Buchanan, the former lead singer of The Blue Nile who’s finally … Continue reading
Taken from the Pilot: Dave Koz – The Director’s Cut
My wife likes to tease me about how, when I emerge from my office upon the completion of a phone interview, I am more than a little bit prone to saying, “That went really well!” She has been known to … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Taken from the Pilot
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Burt Bacharach, Carol Yumkas, Clarence Clemons, Dave Grohl, Dave Koz, David Benoit, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Javier Colon, Johnny Carson, Jordyn Grohl, Maceo Parker, Margo Rey, NBC, Pat Sajak, Phil Hartman, Richard Marx, Sheila E, Stephen Kupka, The Pat Sajak Show, The Voice, Tom Scott
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