But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella. But theres something about music and music listeners that is sort of an escape from pragmatism. Yeah, I think there is a certain amount of self-loathing in our culture. Its more a feeling that you get when you actually engage in that sort of cooperation with the natural world. It was just looking around me and feeling like I [would] vomit a little bit. . Everythings beautiful, but its also challenging. John A. Lomax: Where that salt come from? STEREOGUM: Right. I think its time we stop strategizing individuality at the expense of humans. He really joins that group of misfits. Is that actually your voice that we're hearing doing that? [But] in order to be engaged in politics you have to be able to see that, okay, even though this politician is bought and paid for, its better to have this one than that one because with this one maybe well have more money going to schools. But it's such a wonderful introduction to him because it sounds sort of funny and sassy, but it really is the way he lives his life. And she is just multitasking away like nobody's business. Id imagine that it must really add to the vitality. I think for that reason it spurred me into action after a period of not feeling particularly compelled to put out recorded music. Okay. Jane McCrea was a Loyalist who was killed and scalped during the American Revolution on the way to meet her fianc in a British camp. With the massive success of CAKEs 90s singles, to what extent have you seen some extra income via streaming services? Not an NFL football victory, but a tiny bureaucratic victory or a negligible victory even. Did you pick up anything from him? PopMatters talked with John McCrea, the main song-writer and creative force behind Cake, discussing self-reliance in the music industry, satirical song-writing, and the "petulant, bulbous . 26:01 Singer and Guitarist John McCrea of Cake Cake has five albums to their credit. That's a memory that sticks out for me. I've got to be honest, I was a '90s Disney kid, so for me it was sort of more about "The Lion King" and the like. Im curious, how have you been spending your time in the last few years when you werent touring with CAKE? As big labels struggle, its not something we want to be strapped onto that huge sinking ship. Last week, the Bay Area print edition of The Onion published my interview with Cake 's John McCrea, in advance of their big NYE show at the Warfield. Yeah, we took a risk on self-releasing our album during a time of precipitous decline in music sales. But thats yesterdays CAKE. I need to think of a tag line, don't I? I lived in Koreatown for a little bit. I think having seen the film, the scene that is added is really necessary and it wraps up a lot of stuff for that character, so I am so glad they added it. HeadCount provides voter registration assistance on a strictly nonpartisan basis to any U.S. citizen age 18 or over without regard to political affiliation, race, religion, or age. It was crazy, really. Our culture as a band was very do it yourself - very interactive from the very beginning. Ive never felt so much positive possibility as I do now. Any good actor will tell you that doing the work is a learning experience. Thats particularly difficult if youre playing non-commercial music like bluegrass or all kinds of valuable genres of music. Once the video was done, we were able to just pop it up. He had a sister, Geills, and a brother, Tom. HeadCount does not endorse, support or coordinate with any political party or candidates for elected office, or take positions on any ballot initiatives.Privacy Policy, Registration Deadlines And Election Dates. Its not worth it to do something musically. MCCREA: Age Of Aquarius will come out in January, probably like March or something for another single. Knowing that the Power Cosmic would still reside in the Fallen One's body, Thanos had the corpse brought to the Dwarves of the Asgardian realm of Nidavellir, the greatest . Uncle Billy McCrea: Toting salt. . I think probably because of current events. We thought we would give it a try. It just reminds you of how talented she is. It is as if you are suspect if the people like you. Do you feel that it operates like that? Disney's Cruella brings some new characters into the 101 Dalmatians world, one of whom is Artie, played by John McCrea. Years and years went by, and because the band was getting more and more successful, I wasnt home at all and I moved away. bigjeffoh said.. Bands are sort of flushed down the toilet really quickly by the fickle whimsy of an overfed cultural marketplace. I know its a busy year. There are many things to love about Disney's Cruella, and John McCrea playing Artie is near the top of that list. Biography McCrea gave one of his finest performances in Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) and brought an amiable, relaxed charm to his comic roles, especially when directed by Preston Sturges in "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) and "The Palm Beach Story" (1942) and by George Stevens in "The More the Merrier . John McCrea (born October 10, 1992). So when the police come and bust the party, we werent invited to the party. Fury of the Gods Special: Shazamily Matters, First 10 Villains To Become Heroes In DC Comics, 10 Marvel Relationships That Overstayed Their Welcome. Its more important to me than any of the other issues because you dont get to have any of the other issues if you dont have a working environment and ecosystems. Exactly. Uncle Billy McCrea: From the boat goes back to the warehouse. Interview: John McCrea of Cake. That the people who I think should be the most concerned and aware in our society tend to be the ones who are just sort of tuning out. I don't believe I went back again. "So there was considerable pressure, and every time I sent in a design or a page of a story, I waited with creeping terror for the email that confirmed, yes, I did suck, and I was fired! In February of 1989 Starrett was arrested for the murder of Jean Taylor McCrea. Short days ago. We have to put some of our agenda aside in order to do whats best for the group. Uncle Billy McCrea: ??? We never have been part of a big movement, cultural phenomenon, or explosion. This terrific cover brought to mind a classic Jay Ward character "Super Chicken" who was featured on the "George Of The Jungle" Show. Sure. The gatekeepers of the label, we can go around them now. I like old hard rock, Brazilian Bossa Nova, Mexican Ranchero music. It's totally surreal. Register to vote, sign up for our issue eNewsletters, or take the Who are We? survey. I'll be honest it's not one of the movies I grew up watching. Yeah, thats the thing. An introduction to the five-factor model and its applications The five-factor model of personality is a hierarchical organization of personality traits in terms of five basic dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Well, anything that we post about politics directly gets people very angry. Uncle Billy McCrea: Yes, yes. Was that by happenstance or design? As a young boy, he had overflowing energy, which often led him into mischief. MCCREA: To be really honest, I had kids. Anyone ever find out what happened to the one chap who made it through the fighter pilot selection process and filmed by the BBC way back in the early 80s. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. STEREOGUM: Its so true. Im feeling that way myself. "Strong, Righteous, and Rustic": An Interview with Joel McCrea Gerald Peary April 30, 2009 "I told Hitchcock, 'I do miss my horse.'" Twenty-five years ago, Joel McCrea, the most retiring of Hollywood actors, was invited to appear at the 1982 Telluride Film Festival for a career tribute. Sometimes you have to vote for somebody who is not a perfect expression of your inner self in order to do the right thing for the highest number of people. MCCREA: Well, the B-side or the A-side I dont know which side is which of the vinyl single Sinking Ship, we do a cover of the old Age Of Aquarius song from the early 70s. When we release enough, well put them all on an album. A noted pathologist and army physician, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was also a poet; he wrote "In Flanders Fields" one of the most famous poems of the First World War. John McCrea (born October 10, 1992) is a British actor, singer, Internet face, and media personality from England. The other thing people get angry about, that I dont think should be a partisan issue, is when well post something about an environmental issue. Upon request, McCrea sung the steamboat song, "Blow Cornie Blow" for the interviewer John Avery Lomax. Or even just beneficial to CAKE itself? I'm a bit of a coward. There are Cake fans that threaten us that if we post one more non-music related story on our website or Facebook site they will never buy our music again - they will only steal our music. I mean, if you want to do "The Lost Boys.". One of the freshest faces in the new Cruella de Vil origin story "Cruella" is actor John McCrea, who plays Artie, an independent fashion store owner who helps kick off Estella's (Emma Stone) transformation into the legendary villain fans first met in Disney's "101 Dalmatians" films. I have a better studio situation now, so its a lot easier for me to record. I actually knew most of what you told me, but Im glad that I asked you because I like that Hunter S. Thompson quote. I would image that was probably a surreal moment for you. John McCrea is an American singer and musician. We can individually say, Were gonna try to extricate ourselves from this system, but it would be better if we had [unions]. But I do remember Glenn Close in the live-action "101 Dalmatians" and just being absolutely terrified of her. They varying scale of the movie is really quite something to behold because its massive and its loud, and its quiet., When it comes to Disneys Cruella, there is so much about it that begs to be seen on the big screen, which is something John agrees with. What you ??? STEREOGUM: Do you have an album release date in mind at the moment? So when I go to auditions I'll really stand out. Yeah, I was so lucky. Its good that we have a lot of different ideas. Every three years, there is a new group of important bands mostly. I just know that this isnt something you always did with the band. One thing you put up on your news page was about 97 percent of climate scientists saying that global warming was real. for a onetime additional fee on Friday, May 28. So, that is 45% fewer people able to file taxes as musicians, call themselves musicians professionally. He was nominated for a Olivier Award for the role Jamie New in the coming-of-age stage musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie , [1] and portrayed Artie in the 2021 Disney crime comedy-drama Cruella . I think thats amazing. I mean, what a great line. People need to understand that its work. By telling the story of a teenage boy who dreams of becoming a drag queen, the new play wants to send . It will be like that first single of creating a balance between the abyss and hopeful utopia. Following is the unpublished full-length version of our talk, in which we delve a little deeper into things San Francisco: Cake is a consistent band. John A. Lomax:Well you said you, they all kept going, tell be about them coming through here with cannons. So, cheap rent is an amazing gift for musicians that are trying to make a living at their craft. And although there is no way were going to save the world by giving away a few trees, it's just something that I think, maybe if a few more people can have that experience, it probably is a good thing. I think he's the bee's knees. John McCrea: I'm always a fan of the villain, always (laughs). Lovecraft. Mark Strong was wonderful. He is so collaborative, as I've said before, but I think I was always just really impressed by his vision. It's amazing that he got there. To volunteer, visit our Volunteer Sign Up page. Interviews Everybody's Talking About Jamie Star John McCrea on Making a Splash in the West End, Broadway Dreams & More. Today, we interview John McCrea who had the opportunity to try the . After all, David Bowie was so influential in the 1970s, so you have to believe that there's some sort of connection there. If I felt culturally obligated to stay behind a certain boundary or else I would have to wear a different style leather jacket, then I feel that that would be cumbersome, physically. I finish it when I feel like finishing it. It's between Jasper, Horace, and Estella, but Artie joins that family, too. Movies. He's a wonderful director. Check us out on www.instagram.com/jamie.musical Interviewing John McCrea (Jamie New) Matt Seaman and Grace Myers from @jamie.musical, the Instagram fan account for the West End musical -. Yeah, I think so. I think as things have become more of an emergency, Ive realized that that was a luxury that I dont feel like we can afford anymore. John McCrea (born 1966) is a comic book artist best known for his collaborations with writer Garth Ennis . When that doesnt happen, you have to be in the van more. When we are touring, yeah, it is kind of like that now. Im not trying to diss anything or any genre. I went in and I auditioned like everybody else. Without the villain, you have no story. It just blew my mind, and it just dwarfed my sense of time. I would like stuff like that to leak out off the website, into the office, the water cooler dialogue. I dont feel that Im ever actually getting that much done. Today, McCrea is far more interested in raising awareness about causes he cares about, like world poverty and global warming. The musical, a sleeper hit at the Sheffield Crucible earlier . John McCrea, the West End's newest star, is talking about the schoolboy drag queen at the heart of Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Is that a fair description? And trying to find some sort of emotional satisfaction in that, you know, even though theres a litany of negative concerns around those politicians. I think most artists wouldnt mind recorded music being free as long as no one was getting paid for that music. Its mostly just made things more smoother in terms of announcing shows and things like that. I know bands that have lost interest because of feeling that many of those things have been taken away. The actor, who plays Artie in the hotly-anticipated Disney film, made the revelation in an interview with Attitude. It's on the street, though, where she meets and learns the art of the grift from a pair of boys, Jasper and Horace (played as adults by Joel Fry and Paul Walter Hauser, respectively), who help her land a job in a prestigious department store. We interview Cruella star John McCrea about what drew him to take a role in the film, working with director Craig Gillespie, and much more. John McCrae as Artie in Disneys live-action CRUELLA. Its creating incentive to be satisfied by a nuanced victory. I do think that that could be called community. What a wonderful cast across the board. Right. Now that "Cruella" has been released, McCrea has his eyes set, long term, on a dream remake of another classic vampire thriller. Everybody in the supply chain gets paid except for the artist. Categories Disney Movies, Interviews, Movies, Luca: Capturing the Italian Riviera & Creating Sea Monsters, The Water Man Interview: Lonnie Chavis & Amiah Miller. The touring doesnt pay if youre not a big enough artist. How do you use the time during the day to incorporate all the things that you are active in and include music? We have a map on our website where you can click on the different cities and see where the trees are and who planted them. And in this case it really seemed like it didnt. You know we had never done a big TV ad before in our entire 18, 19 years of being a band. This week on The Show On The Road, a rare career-spanning interview with the ever-curious frontman, activist, and rock hitmaker John McCrea, who founded Cake, one of the most beloved and yet misunderstood bands of our time in Sacramento in 1992. Have you found a difference in the audiences throughout the rest of the world compared to U.S. audiences? "It depends on who you're asking I suppose - but for me, yes, it's official: he's queer," McCrea explained. I just read a statistic from the Department of Labor between the years 2002 and 2011 that we have lost 45% of our working musicians in the United States. He has also sung a song in a 'Cruella' movie named 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'. The story is a while ago when I was a struggling musician in Sacramento, California I bought a tree for about seven dollars at a sale a garage sale or something and planted it in the median between my apartment building and the street. There's a lot of pressure on Tony, and a lot of pressure on Craig to get it right, because this story isn't a one and done. Well known for his smart and often caustically funny lyrics and his trademark half-spoken, half-sung delivery, McCrea and CAKE exploded out of Sacramento, California in 1996 when the single "The Distance" from their second album Fashion Nugget saturated the airwaves. The larks, still bravely singing, fly. We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, [Ed. She was just such a joy to work with. Featuring exclusive content and interviews for Game Of Thrones, Sherlock, Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Doctor Who and so much more.Visit our homepage at http://www.redcarpetnewstv.com or follow us on Twitter @RedCarpetNewsTV for exclusive daily updates, reviews, photo galleries and more. About ten years or so later I just happened to be walking in that part of town for some reason and walked by the tree that I planted when it was about three feet tall and it was about twenty-five or thirty feet tall. McCrea studied English and anthropology at State University of Sacramento . Photo by Laurie Sparham. MCCREA: Thats the way I really feel. I'm glad you mentioned the word transformative because you get to witness her perform both Estella and Cruella, and you get to see that range. Known for their hits, "The Distance," "Never There," and "Short Skirt/Long Jacket," Cake's 2011 self-release, Showroom of Compassion, hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album charts, proving not only the band's longevity, but also their cultural relevance as a pioneering and prodigious staple of contemporary music history. I thought maybe wed just play new songs and do it that way. We are not part of a next big thing. They tell you when theyre not happy. Not only do you look like Bowie, but Bowie prepping to transform into Ziggy Stardust, because I noticed those lightning bolts by your eyes. You can live anywhere, start a band, and make a great album anywhere, which is really, something excellent. Last updated: June 7, 2022 John McCrea stars as Artie in Disney's Cruella and in this interview we talk about the music, the sets, and the bonus scene he filmed. Culturally, we are living in the era of the single. There are some people that think its terribly hippy just to be concerned about toxins in your drinking water. In . Theres sleep deprivation. Menu. It occurred to me that there are all these songs that we have that we should probably formalize in sound recording. The Mighty World of McCrea includes existing work, as well as never-before-seen material, and serves as the first in a four-volume series of such collections from McCrea. Yeah. Stop by the HeadCount table at Cake shows throughout the United States this year. 1 on the Billboard charts, Cake and McCrea have found a new audience eager to participate or, at times, complain. He is an actor, known for Giri/Haji (2019), Cruella (2021) and Dracula (2020). . Featuring exclusive content and interviews for Game Of Thrones, Sherlock, Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Doctor Who and so much more. MCCREA: I think no matter what happens, we have to keep our eye on the ball for a while. It was odd to pickup the character after a year. Cruella takes the story of 101 Dalmatians and turns it into a music and fashion extravaganza, thriving in its setting of the 1970s London punk rock scene. Did he make you more confident? He was given a life sentences for raping and molesting women, plus 4 more life terms and 50 years for the murder. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. It is hard for me to understand where we fit in. One day you could be on the biggest soundstage like Hellman Hall with hundreds and hundreds of hand lit candles everywhere.
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