I know many of you are probably rabid Magnetic Fields fans, and since the Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields doc got a lot of good buzz at SIFF this year (imaginary liz liked it muchly), I thought y’all would want to know it’s playing at the Northwest Film Forum starting this Friday, December 10th.
An inside look at Stephin and the band from a fan’s perspective (co-director Gail O’Hara spent 10 years filming the band), Strange Powers is packed with up-close-and-personal Stephin Merritt moments, and of course, tons of Magnetic Fields music. Sounds amazing, non?
As imaginary keenan reported last week, there's a new Magnetic Fields album headed our way on January 26, 2010 {thanks to Nonesuch Records}. And as we speculated {and crossed all our fingers for}, the band will hit the road in support of Realism in February and March!
Get your credit card ready... tickets are on sale RIGHT NOW!
Full deets from the email sent to superfans {which I'm sure includes you and all of the cool people we love}:
Latest comment by: Chelsea Werner: "I have spent too much money on two occasions to see Magnetic Fields because i think they are brilliant. However, the first time I was angry because my date fell asleep and the next time my friend was poking me in the ribs because i was snoring and spilling ...
OK, so it's not in Seattle (and how I wish it were!), but because it has to do with our (my) favorite eccentric genius artist-who-only-wears-brown, Stephin Merritt, it's newsworthy to me! Our dear SM has created a new opera/musical based on Neil Gaiman's book (and now, movie) Coraline, it it premiers in New York May 7th for a limited engagement run at New York City's Lucille Lortel Theatre.
The Magnetic Fields have posted a new song for our downloading and repetitive listening pleasure!
Latest comment by: Charles: "Awesome, thanks Liz!!!! Very cool, but still, and this may be heresy, but I'm going with The Boss on this one. Just because Stephen Merritt didn't write it doesn't mean it's not a brilliant pop song! Incidentally, both Bruce and MF are playing Seattle in March. ...
I'm usually a utilitarian when it comes to my vehicles, but this commercial with Stephin Merritt singing "The wheels on the car go 'round and 'round" over footage of a sporty new Volvo commercial makes me hanker for a 'vo!
Latest comment by: E West: "...just as I intended. [E West]"
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