August, 2009

film / links / television — 2 Comments
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Aug 09

Feyvision

Tina Fey plays her typewriter

Here at the mitchco a go go, we love Tina Fey with the sort of burning intensity that’s usually reserved for describing late-stage STIs. To get your Monday started off right, here are links to four Tina Fey interviews that we enjoy visiting again and again:

  1. Alec Baldwin interviewing Tina Fey, soon after Mean Girls was released and when 30 Rock was still just a twinkle in her eye (if you love 30 Rock, this one is a treat!)
  2. An interview with Tina Fey from a 2003 issue of The Believer
  3. Writer and Actress Tina Fey, on Fressssh Air, right after Mean Girls had come out, April 28, 2004 (audio)
  4. Tina Fey: Sarah Palin And ‘Saturday Night’ Satire, talking about her Palin parody and 30 Rock on Fressssssssh Air, November 3, 2008 (audio)

Whew! We hope that was as delightful for you as it was for us.

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28
Aug 09

Hell is in “hello”

Quick question– what song prevented the Beatles’s “Let It Be” from hitting #1 on the UK charts in March of 1970? It had to be pretty amazing, because “Let It Be” was their swan song as a band. I’ll give you another hint: it was played at Joe Strummer’s funeral (may he rest in peace).

If you don’t know off the top of your head, what would you guess? March of 1970– could be another Beatles song, or maybe the Rolling Stones. Possibly an American interloper, like Simon and Garfunkel. Now we’re getting closer, at least, because it was an American, though not Paul or Art. He didn’t chart another single before or since, actually, and was known mainly as an actor– Lee Marvin.

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26
Aug 09

We Are Not What You Think We Are

Mika, in his ongoing quest to be like both Grace Kelly and Freddie Mercury, has released a brand-spanking-new single, “We Are Golden.” Like “Grace Kelly” (the single) and Freddie Mercury (the musician), WAG demonstrates the confectionery pop that is the Mika signature sound, a mix of delicately tread piano-lined verses, contrasted with a harder hitting, anthemically belted chorus. Paired with the visually delicious video (directed by Madonna favorite Jonas Åkerlund), there’s a lot of pleasure to be had here– a shame it didn’t come out three or so months ago, so it could really shine as a summer jam.

What’s really wonderful about this single is that it comes out of the box with not one but TWO Calvin Harris mixes– a radio edit, and a “vocal mix,” both of which feature Harris’s typical fuzzed out stuttering dancepop treatment. They’re a marvelous remedy for those who are a bit turned off by the more saccharine elements of the original mix, and the second will be especially fine for DJs looking for something to warm up their turntables this fall. Thanks to Liz for linking me to the video!