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Displaying all articles tagged:
Stephin Merritt
radio vulture
Mar. 8, 2017
50 Song Memoir
Is the Best Magnetic Fields Album in a Long Time
It doesn’t quite top
69 Love Songs
, but it’s close.
By
Craig Jenkins
chat room
Mar. 5, 2012
Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt on His New Album, Gay Rights, and Catholicism
“I would disagree with all of its statements. I don’t know where to begin.”
By
Nisha Gopalan
music
Dec. 13, 2011
Magnetic Fields Releasing a New, Synth-y Album in March
Compositional deconstructive mechanisms!
By
Amanda Dobbins
the vulture transcript
Oct. 27, 2010
The Vulture Transcript: The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt Describes His Hatred of Kids and Fear of Drunken Straight Women
“I’m particularly uncomfortable around drunken straight women.”
By
Lizzy Goodman
quote machine
May 12, 2010
Zach Galifianakis Has That MTV Movie Award in the Bag
Plus: Justin Bieber’s appeal a mystery to Justin Bieber.
quote machine
Feb. 12, 2010
Jerry Seinfeld’s Observational Skills Are As Sharp As Ever
Plus: Helen Mirren loves Lady Gaga and plastic surgery.
By
Edith Zimmerman
movies
Feb. 4, 2010
Watch the Trailer for the Stephin Merritt Documentary Ten Years in the Making
Fortunately, he became successful.
By
Edith Zimmerman
quote machine
Feb. 4, 2010
Team Leno Gets First Member
Lil Wayne: Jail will be awesome.
By
Edith Zimmerman
quote machine
May 13, 2009
Even Tom Hanks Occasionally Feels Compelled to Overshare
Plus: Jon Hamm reveals his inspiration for the infamous ‘Mad Men’ fingerblasting scene.
By
Emma Pearse
quote machine
May 6, 2009
Stephin Merritt Unveils Practical Solution to National Scourge
Plus: ‘Scrubs’ creator Bill Lawrence will hit you in the face.
By
Emma Pearse
casting couch
Jan. 16, 2009
Duck, Duck, Goose: The Miracle of Flight 1549
We do Georgianne Walken’s work for her and cast the inevitable TV movie.
By
Mark Graham
the industry
July 9, 2008
Ron Weasley to Play Someone Other Than Ron Weasley
Plus: Stephin Merritt’s Neil Gaiman musical is ready for the stage.
quote machine
Feb. 12, 2008
Stephin Merritt Still Dour
Plus Ne-Yo on John Mayer, Pete Wentz on Tina Turner, and Dolly Parton on her breasts.
quote machine
Jan. 15, 2008
Diablo Cody: Why So Modest?
Plus: Diane Keaton, uncensored!
agenda
Jan. 14, 2008
Magnetic Fields Redeem Bitter Plight of Human Existence
Stephen Merritt is almost a music academic: cold, detached, mathematical, studying pop form in order to bend it to his will.
right-click
Jan. 3, 2008
The Magnetic Fields Declare War on Sobriety
Plus: Radiohead!
apropos of nothing
Oct. 1, 2007
So Is Bruce Springsteen Cribbing From the Magnetic Fields or What?
Via the magic of streaming audio, you can decide for yourself.
the take
Oct. 1, 2007
TropeWatch: Bruce Springsteen, Lover of the Magnetic Fields
We trace this trope from the most disreputable of bloggy sources all the way to the august pages of the New York
Times
.
right-click
May 24, 2007
Marilyn Manson Is Down With That Karma Stuff
news reel
Apr. 23, 2007
Jonathan Lethem Argues With Music Geeks