This is the coolest news of the week. Our old touring buddies from the Ultimate Fakebook days have invited my new band, The Dead Girls, to play two shows at the last minute on their current U.S. tour. Motion City Soundtrack are on tour now supporting their new record, “Even If It Kills Me,” and we’ll be lucky enough to rock the socks off of their audiences in at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO and Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS this Thursday and Friday night, respectively.
How cool are the Motion City guys? Here’s evidence right here from three years ago when we first starting interviewing touring bands about their favorite movies, what they were seeing on the road, etc. They were coming through town on the “Commit This to Memory” tour, playing at The Granada Theater, and I caught up with them for a quick interview. There’s also some great live footage here. Ironically, the guy who edited this piece is Bill McShane, Ultimate Fakebook’s lead singer!
Nick, UFB’s bassist, is in The Dead Girls with me, so this is pretty cool for us. If you are anywhere near Kansas or Missouri and are a fan of upbeat, catchy rock with hooks that’ll leave you on the floor, you should try to make one of these shows. Until then, enjoy this encore presentation of the MCS interview from 2005.
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The Blind Side
Sandra Bullock stars in this true-story tearjerker about an underpriveleged black kid who goes to live with an upper-class white family and eventually play pro football. You know what to expect.
Planet 51
It’s nothing new, but Alan says this first-time animated outing from Ilion Animated Studios is good-natured and has a fun premise.
2012
Director Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster porn film is worse than a failed character drama; it’s an overly long, boring, and contradictory action film. Shame on John Cusack.
Pirate Radio
This British import starring Philip Seymour Hoffman skirts with cliche but has just enough heart and humor to stay afloat, says Phil.
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Grant Heslov’s adaptation of the nonfiction book has a loopy enough tone, but it’s all over the place and feels more like a series of gags than a cohesive movie.
The Fourth Kind
This alien abduction suspense movie shouldn’t have included “documentary” footage that feels forced and fake if it wanted to feel real, says Phil.
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Phil says that Robert Zemeckis should have focused his attention more on a little Christmas spirit and less on bombastic chase sequences in this Charles Dickens adaptation.
A Serious Man
Alan says the Coen brothers’ latest is a well-made an intriguing intellectual exercise that Coen fans shouldn’t miss out on.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Alan says this lighthearted vampire movie with John C. Reilly doesn’t make any sense, but is a helluva lot of fun.
Amelia
Hilary Swank plays Ameila Earhart in this beautifully shot but emotionally inert biopic, says Phil.
