Todd Fancey’s vocals have been heard by millions, as the multi-instrumentalist for the New Pornographers and as the balladeer behind “That One Night,” the song that’s central to what is arguably the most cringe episode of “The Office,” 2008’s “Dinner Party.”
The hilarious, earnestly yearning delivery isn’t all that true to Fancey’s artistry, though his new album, “Star Dreams” (out today), nods to the year 1980, which also saw the release of Benny Mardones’ “Into the Night,” a Yacht Rock classic not dissimilar in sentiment.
The 10-track album under the banner Fancey was co-produced by Vancouver music veteran Allan Rodger and sports contributions from vocalist Micae and New Pornographers drummer Joe Seiders, who traded his sticks for the Yamaha Dx-7 electric piano/synthesizer. That instrument’s preset sounds found their way into some of the ‘80s biggest songs by Whitney Houston, Kenny Loggins and Luther Vandross, a...
The hilarious, earnestly yearning delivery isn’t all that true to Fancey’s artistry, though his new album, “Star Dreams” (out today), nods to the year 1980, which also saw the release of Benny Mardones’ “Into the Night,” a Yacht Rock classic not dissimilar in sentiment.
The 10-track album under the banner Fancey was co-produced by Vancouver music veteran Allan Rodger and sports contributions from vocalist Micae and New Pornographers drummer Joe Seiders, who traded his sticks for the Yamaha Dx-7 electric piano/synthesizer. That instrument’s preset sounds found their way into some of the ‘80s biggest songs by Whitney Houston, Kenny Loggins and Luther Vandross, a...
- 8/19/2022
- by Jonathan Cohen
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: TV, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the special sneak screening of the premiere episode of NBC’s “Grimm,” which is inspired by the fairy tales! The show premieres publicly on NBC on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at 8 p.m. Cst.
“Grimm” stars David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee and Claire Coffee. The show is executive produced by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt. The pilot is directed by Marc Buckland. Other producers include Steve Oster and Stephen Welke. The show is written by David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf and Stephen Carpenter.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening for “Grimm” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.
“Grimm” stars David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee and Claire Coffee. The show is executive produced by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt. The pilot is directed by Marc Buckland. Other producers include Steve Oster and Stephen Welke. The show is written by David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf and Stephen Carpenter.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening for “Grimm” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.
- 10/21/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Jill Flint, Reshma Shetty, Paulo Costanzo, and Mark Feuerstein on Royal Pains. Photo by Williams & Hirakawa/USA Network
The USA Network runaway hit, Royal Pains comes back next week for Season 2. Last year, the show debuted as the #1 series on cable and quickly gained a loyal following. Tune in next Thursday, June 3 at 10:00 Pm to check it out for yourself. In the meantime, read on to see what Executive Producers Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch told us in a recent interview about Henry Winkler, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and indie music.
Q: Are there any favorite actors of yours that you’d like to snare as guest actors for the show?
Michael: We have a long list of actors that we want to work with in the show. A couple of whom we’re lucky enough to be doing this season, like Marcia Gay Harden. And Henry Winkler is an...
The USA Network runaway hit, Royal Pains comes back next week for Season 2. Last year, the show debuted as the #1 series on cable and quickly gained a loyal following. Tune in next Thursday, June 3 at 10:00 Pm to check it out for yourself. In the meantime, read on to see what Executive Producers Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch told us in a recent interview about Henry Winkler, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and indie music.
Q: Are there any favorite actors of yours that you’d like to snare as guest actors for the show?
Michael: We have a long list of actors that we want to work with in the show. A couple of whom we’re lucky enough to be doing this season, like Marcia Gay Harden. And Henry Winkler is an...
- 5/24/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
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