The Mighty World of McCrea includes existing work, as well as never-before-seen material, and serves as the first in a four-volume series of such collections from McCrea. Especially if you really love music, do something that you don't like in order to make money. Sure. And it was sort of fun to see how different those characters were, in terms of how she played them. I would image that was probably a surreal moment for you. To combat this, he was sent to acting school. You know, as long as were talking politics, Id love to know at what point you decided to use CAKE as a platform to raise awareness? It must be a great opportunity to have that freedom. Its like, youre in this van, and you get paid a few hundred bucks. By: red964 - 1st December 2005 at 12:54. McCrea isn't the only person involved with Cruella we talked to about the music. Father: Not Known Mother: Not Known Marital Status: Single John McCrea Favorites I guess its incendiary and its sort of partisan, but it was also factual so we felt like it was okay. My wife and I had kids. Yeah, yeah, he really joins that gang at the end, doesn't he? Walking down that street, making tea a couple of weeks later, is there something that made you sit back and say, "Boy, that really surprised me about Emma and the way she performed in that scene?". Im really intrigued by what you guys are doing on the web. Speaking of talking about something, the conversation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie arose as the film adaptation of the West End musical is coming to Amazon Prime in October. I think a lot of us are kind of just pinballing from processing horrible news cycles to feeling emboldened by small moments of redemption. Guest also include Sam Mendes and the cast of Hamilton. It is a brilliant script, isn't it? Uncle Billy McCrea: Yes, yes. Thats particularly difficult if youre playing non-commercial music like bluegrass or all kinds of valuable genres of music. STEREOGUM: Its so true. Right. Is that what you are trying to accomplish - to inform debate - or is this more just about creating conversation in your community? The popular alt-rock group combines caustic lyrics with pulsing guitar music and is influenced by many different styles: rock, funk, synth-pop, mariachi and cuban. STEREOGUM: Yeah, you have a little more control instead of having to funnel messaging through, say, your label. As a young boy, he had overflowing energy, which often led him into mischief. They try to work it out into their early adulthood to find a more secure emotional space for themselves, but ultimately I think thats a fucking luxury right now. Theres all kinds of like weird rites of passage that they dont warn you about beforehand that can actually just really impact all kinds of things in your life. We have to put some of our agenda aside in order to do whats best for the group. We started in 2004; just some music fans and musicians getting together and saying lets make sure that people are getting out to the polls. We were kind of inspired by a Hunter S. Thompson quote that said If every Deadhead in Florida had voted the world would be a different place. Our basic model is we have volunteers in every major city. It always felt hyperbolic and too negative, but it somehow it feels appropriate now. You definitely feel that. John A. Lomax: Where that salt come from? John McCrea's 's top tips for aspiring performers 1. About ten years or so later I just happened to be walking in that part of town for some reason and walked by the tree that I planted when it was about three feet tall and it was about twenty-five or thirty feet tall. I mean, I was very lucky because my character doesn't exist in any of the previous iterations [of "101 Dalmatians"]. You know were not saving the entire world, but maybe like 100,000 kids will be better educated. Are you a fan of the horror genre? John McCrea Interview Everybody's Talking About Jamie Subscribe to Red Carpet News: http://bit.ly/1s3BQ54 Red Carpet News TV talk to Bryan Cranston, Andrew Scott, Victoria Hamilton, John. We can individually say, Were gonna try to extricate ourselves from this system, but it would be better if we had [unions]. Years and years went by, and because the band was getting more and more successful, I wasnt home at all and I moved away. That is the thing to focus on. PopMatters talked with John McCrea, the main song-writer and creative force behind Cake, discussing self-reliance in the music industry, satirical song-writing, and the "petulant, bulbous . When we are touring, yeah, it is kind of like that now. The culture that usually surrounds me, Ive always found it very vain, narcissistic, and immature. And the Republicans are bringing back the Styrofoam cup and dont want recycled stuff. The David Bowie and Mark Bolan-inspired Artie marks a landmark moment for Disney, as he historically becomes the entertainment giant's first openly queer character in a live-action production . It is as if you are suspect if the people like you. Lovecraft. No stranger to the world of theater . There are Cake fans that threaten us that if we post one more non-music related story on our website or Facebook site they will never buy our music again - they will only steal our music. This unique sound first reached a small cadre of in-the-know fans in . And you get 15% of it if it comes through. Yeah. Joel McCrea, a tall, trim, ruggedly handsome actor who radiated a casual, amiable image in 80 movies, many of them westerns, died yesterday of pulmonary complications at the Motion Picture and. Yeah, it is sort of mind-blowing that music can kind of communicate over some huge cultural boundaries and differences. John A. Lomax: Toting salt? Now, of course, there's Tony McNamara's script too. Featuring exclusive content and interviews for Game Of Thrones, Sherlock, Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Doctor Who and so much more. Are you on the road more of the year usually than at home? Its good that we have a lot of different ideas. Or even just beneficial to CAKE itself? The Early Years. I talked with Craig Gillespie about the film, and I'm wondering, how did you get on his radar for this role? It is hard for me to understand where we fit in. It just blew my mind, and it just dwarfed my sense of time. ", RELATED: The Image Comic Barry Windsor-Smith Decided to Re-Write as He Drew It, Short-form stories can also bring their own unique set of challenges for artists since they need to hit the ground running immediately and get the designs right from the get-go. To tune out like that - its sort of like the housewife in the 60s on valium or something. When Cake formed in 1990, McCrea was. And I was so lucky. I think in a lot of her reference images, I'm sure Bowie popped up quite a bit. McCrea studied English and anthropology at State University of Sacramento . I guess a lot of people still watch television. When he volunteered at age 41 for service in the First World War, McCrae wrote to a friend that "I am really rather afraid, but more afraid to stay at home with my conscience . Like [are] we supposed to release albums or singles or just maybe play live? Not an NFL football victory, but a tiny bureaucratic victory or a negligible victory even. The touring doesnt pay if youre not a big enough artist. The most important stories and least important memes, every Friday. Who knows what might happen next? It seems difficult to get music out there without, on some level, having to conform to somebody elses idea of what they want from you. In . It's like that for a lot of bands. Slowly a reaction against sentimental, patriotic, and derivative Victorian verse set in. But theres something about music and music listeners that is sort of an escape from pragmatism. I mean, its not like an old world village or anything, but it definitely has certain traits of community within it. Stop by the HeadCount table at Cake shows throughout the United States this year. MCCREA: I think I resisted it for a long time, just because I thought music can subliminally get through to people who may overtly disagree with you. Yeah, it was not so much about hormonal rage or fighting the man so much as just being able, personally, to remain interested in what you are doing. 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I think you look a lot like David Bowie when Estella first meets Artie. Im not trying to diss anything or any genre. Its not a gritty sort of subversive thing its actually a sort of coddled pudgy thing. What you ??? And we posted that article and a lot of Republicans got really furious with that while a lot of people said thank you for posting that, it was interesting. But for most people, I guess it didnt really look good to be bringing back the Styrofoam cup. Knowing that the Power Cosmic would still reside in the Fallen One's body, Thanos had the corpse brought to the Dwarves of the Asgardian realm of Nidavellir, the greatest . Don't forget to subscribe and thanks for watching It was crazy, really. I finish it when I feel like finishing it. Im a pragmatist. "I got to recognize how the horrific conflict laid out, how the victim often found themselves in a life-or-death struggle and quite frequently how they would wind up meeting a gruesome end in an unexpected but surprisingly satisfying way," he said. [But] in order to be engaged in politics you have to be able to see that, okay, even though this politician is bought and paid for, its better to have this one than that one because with this one maybe well have more money going to schools. Cruella takes the story of 101 Dalmatians and turns it into a music and fashion extravaganza, thriving in its setting of the 1970s London punk rock scene. I didn't get to spend any time with Emma Thompson, which bums me out every day, but hopefully one day. Not only do you look like Bowie, but Bowie prepping to transform into Ziggy Stardust, because I noticed those lightning bolts by your eyes. It helped popularize the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance. "Strong, Righteous, and Rustic": An Interview with Joel McCrea Gerald Peary April 30, 2009 "I told Hitchcock, 'I do miss my horse.'" Twenty-five years ago, Joel McCrea, the most retiring of Hollywood actors, was invited to appear at the 1982 Telluride Film Festival for a career tribute. Yeah, we took a risk on self-releasing our album during a time of precipitous decline in music sales. We are not part of a next big thing. Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Frankfurt Cancels Roger Waters Concert, Calling Him One Of The Worlds Most Well-Known Antisemites, Nicki Minaj Goes After Megan Thee Stallion On Her New Single Red Ruby Da Sleeze, Cast And Crew Members Describe The Weeknds HBO Show The Idol As Degrading Torture Porn, HBO Responds, The Number Ones: Justin Timberlakes What Goes Around Comes Around, Watch Weezer And The Detroit Youth Choir Blow Away Simon Cowell On Americas Got Talent. Culturally, we are living in the era of the single. Pratt created a distinctive style both in lyric poems of seabound Newfoundland life (Newfoundland . I mean, if you want to do "The Lost Boys.". I'd never been on a movie that big before, and I imagined there'd be a lot of pressure, a lot of time constraints, a lot of frantic energy, but it was one of the happiest jobs I've had, for sure. He recently relocated to the United Kingdom's capital, London. The band includes trumpeter Vincent DiFiore, bassist Gabriel Nelson, and guitarist Xan McCurdy. Interview: Cake's John McCrea - HeadCount Interview: Cake's John McCrea The quirky, sardonic, half-spoken/half-sung vibe of Cake's music extends far beyond their recorded material. After you lived in L.A., you moved back to Sacramento. [1] [2] is a great British stage and television actor and singer [3]. Should I fail, I was to 'go out and get a job.'. Last week, the Bay Area print edition of The Onion published my interview with Cake 's John McCrea, in advance of their big NYE show at the Warfield. You'll also find it on the Web, where the band constantly engages its fans with advice, links to news stories, and sometimes heated discussion. What a wonderful cast across the board. "My main worry was that I was working with Paul Dini, who is no slouch in the design department himself," McCrea said. In some way, I think it is kind of wasteful because I dont think that cultural criteria should be used to judge musical criteria. "The main problem with short stories for the artist is to hit the ground running visually," McCrea revealed. Have you found a difference in the audiences throughout the rest of the world compared to U.S. audiences? And in this case it really seemed like it didnt. Uncle Billy McCrea: ??? If there is anything in your way then you have to get rid of that. It's like a stealth way to influence people's. He's one of Britain's finest actors, for sure. At. Whatever the reason, I think partially we were allowed to survive because we are outsiders. That is my voice. We never have been part of a big movement, cultural phenomenon, or explosion. Luca is a beautiful film set on the Italian Riveria, and in this creators interview they discuss bringing it, and the sea monsters, to life. Im curious, how have you been spending your time in the last few years when you werent touring with CAKE? If Democrats are not able to take the House [Of Representatives], the truly horrific events have only just begun.. It used to be impossible. Now what about Cake fans? We are the Dead. for a onetime additional fee on Friday, May 28. That is my advice. In this film Luca meets a new friend, Alberto, but they are . But there is a sense of shared aesthetic, and maybe shared experience, because some people have been to the same concerts and seen some of the same things. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Im just saying. On the scale of how youre trying to help the environment and change the world, do you see yourself more like a Neil Young, a Willy Nelson, or a Bono? Well, it worked out, though, didn't it? So theres been a very obvious thing thats been happening. Having to somehow interface with this huge industry was very stressful and sort of unnatural for us.