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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Random Acts of Dodgy Found an Irish running shirt. I run, it’s that breathable wicky shite, so I shall get it. So there. Gals, if you see me running my arse off in this shirt…you know I”m up for a pint or two afterwards. Colleen Green It’s pretty locked up that the next interview on The Dodgy will be singer/musician Colleen Green. I can’t tell you enough what a bag of good that is. She is one interesting rocker chick. And she writes a comic book to boot! She’s playing Empty Bottle here in Chicago on Sept. 18. Staying on the subject of indie music, I came across The Lounge Ax “Defense & Relocation” CD. Back from when the city of Chicago shit on…
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…
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