Sometimes the simplest scenes are the ones that stay with you and one such moment that I have been looking forward to seeing again as I rewatch Freaks and Geeks for This Was TV, is Bill making an after school snack and watching TV. It doesn’t sound particularly memorable when put like that but the way the scene is constructed and the performance from Martin Starr elevates it to favorite scene status. The episode is “Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers” and I’ll be discussing it in length with Julie Hammerle later in the week, but I thought that both the scene and the track “I’m One” by The Who are perfect for this “Music Monday” feature.
Start your week with Bill Haverchuck related joy (and maybe a grilled cheese sandwich).
This is primarily a TV website, but that doesn’t mean that movies, books and music are off limits. As it’s the start of the week and the weather is hot and the news is focused on the imminent arrival of a baby (and treating it like no other babies have ever been born) I’ve chosen the song that has should hopefully clear out those start of the week blues.
I finally saw Frances Ha last week and it’s probably the best film I have seen this year, a year that has featured many “that was ok” and shoulder shrug responses upon leaving a cinema screen. It’s not been a truly terrible year for film; it hasn’t been all that memorable either. My one concern before seeing Frances Ha was that my expectations might be too high; I really like Greta Gerwig and I’d heard a lot of positive comments about the film and its portrayal of a woman who is drifting while her best friend is getting her life together. My fears were unwarranted and I don’t think I’ve seen a film deal with a female character like this, without making her ultimate goal to find love in the big city and it is so refreshing. Frances is not perfect and her choices aren’t either, but that’s ok as we all stumble (and like Frances this happens both physically and metaphorically).
What she does do and it’s one thing that I want to do since I’ve had the song on repeat is dance down the street to David Bowie’s “Modern Love” (for some reason the soundtrack incorrectly lists it as “Young Americans”) and while it’s probably too hot to do so, it might make you want to do the same. And yes falling over will likely happen.
This David Bowie video will also help with a style solution if you ever wanted to wear a bow tie, but didn’t know how to do it up.
This is a slight play on TV Ate My Wardrobe’s Mad Men Music Monday feature and we want to give you a good musical start to your week. Regina Spektor’s music has appeared on many TV shows (including Veronica Mars, Grey’s Anatomyand Boardwalk Empire) and you could probably make an excellent mixtape of all of Spektor’s soundtrack appearances; she even featured on our 2012-2013 playlist with “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)” which appeared on season 2 of Girls.
Regina Spektor has now written and performed a new track for the opening credits of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black (which is currently top of my ‘to watch’ list) called “You’ve Got Time” and it is superb.
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