When I chose to seek out Colleen Green for an interview in anticipation of her upcoming tour, which includes Chicago’s Empty Bottle on Sept. 18, I had no idea what a rocket pack of fun and interest she would be. Maybe I did. I have a way of picking them. And Green intrigued me the moment I received a Bottle email promoting her show. So Green obliged The Dodgy with an exclusive interview. Musically, Green has been described many ways. But if someone asked her to describe her music she’d say it’s a cross between the Ramones and the Tom Tom Club. “Or I would say it sounds like the Ramones with a drum machine or something like that,” Green says. Green recorded…
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When actress Michelle Morgan called The Dodgy from her Vancouver home, I told her she’s had two major accomplishments in her profession. First, she’s portrayed one of the few characters to survive a George Romero zombie film. Second, she’s played a character who’s had sex with Shane on The L Word. I think she thought that was cool. A lot of people think she’s cool in her role as big sister Lou in the hit Canadian TV show Heartland, currently filming its sixth season. Morgan filmed the pilot while still shooting Romero’s Diary of the Dead in 2007. When Morgan auditioned for the lead role of Debra Moynihan in Diary she felt “really connected to the character.” She was waitressing at the time at…
“Gimme The Loot” is now being released to critical acclaim in major cities across America. Here’s the interview we did with the film’s musical composer/soundtrack guru, Nicholas Britell, after the film was shown at SXSW. One of my favorite vignettes in the 2009 anthology film New York, I Love You, which I first viewed about a year ago, is Teya and Dante. At the end of the story directed by Natalie Portman I was moved by a piece of music entitled “Father’s Day” by composer Nicholas Britell. As a fan of good film scores, I immediately sought after this particular piece of ear candy only to be stumped in my quest. No worries, as I contacted Britell, who was more than happy to send…
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