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Interview: Harold Ramis
Drew Fortune :: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 11:00 am
Yep, that’s Egon. If you don’t know already, Harold Ramis is one of the titans of comedy. He’s the man behind Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Vacation, and and the list goes on.
D+T contributing writer Drew Fortune was one of the lucky attendees at last week’s 50th Anniversary gala celebration of Second City, the Chicago institution that brought us everyone from Ramis and Bill Murray to Steve Carell and Eugene Levy. He was tenacious enough to badger Ramis into an exclusive interview for D+T.
Follow the jump for Fortune’s reportage from Second City and his interview with Harold Ramis.
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Interview: Clare & The Reasons
Isaac Lekach :: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 12:00 pm
Clare & The Reasons is the name of Clare and Olivier Manchon’s musical project. The two met at college in Boston and now call Brooklyn home. Arrow, their recently released second album, is a remarkable record. The songs are buoyant and melodic, but shrouded in proficiently arranged orchestration-complete with whistling, strings, horns, swells of vocal oohs and a Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) contribution on the track “This Is The Story.” Clare and The Reasons have tour dates posted here (including a show with Israeli/French songstress Keren Ann and a bunch of dates with the venerable Van Dyke Parks). Go find them! And do read our interview with Clare Manchon, in which she reveals a love for Stevie Wonder, tells us what Van Dyke Parks listens to and weighs in on our current administration, after the jump.
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Interview: Dawes
Isaac Lekach :: Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 2:45 pm
“I wanted to take a bigger swing at actually figuring out how I felt about things,” says Dawes singer Taylor Goldsmith of his band’s debut North Hills. Goldsmith and bassist Wylie Gelber formed the group after their first band Simon Dawes broke up and invited Goldsmith’s younger brother Griffin to sit behind the drums. With Dawes, they took a decidedly quieter approach—and the resulting sound, which has garnered quite a bit of attention, can perhaps best be described as a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll …with a little Motown in [their] soul. “While the folk revival is obvious… I think we just wanted to make music that made us feel good,” explains Goldsmith earnestly. Read the rest of the interview after the jump!
