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February 28, 2006
Broken Social Scene on: Solo records, movies, videos, longing for manageable dinner seating
It's all gonna break (maybe)
Broken Social Scene are worried. The band is approaching Polyphonic Spree numbers and without the smashing Jonestown invoking robe getups, the fear is their size will cause a kinda lame band moniker to spell a prophetically sad truth. They're worried about the demise of the band in spite of itself. The headlines will be terrible.
"Broken Social Scene lives up to it's name" or worse "Social Scene Broken for Canadian collective"
According to MTV News, the band is growing weary of the logistical problems of touring with such a large group. Until someone comes forward with some magical kool-aid the band has some other ideas on how to stay vibrant amidst the cramped tour bus and European hostel feel. Not the nice pension you and your traveling partner stayed in Spain, more like the Eastern European 24 person room - $10 a night steez, but your band breaks up. Tough call.
Apparently BSS has scored two films, including 2004's "The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess" and the upcoming "Snow Cake" with red pill popper Carrie-Anne Moss and mother of potential antichrist saved by the Ghostbusters (who else!) Sigourney Weaver. A third film starring Ryan Gosling called "Half Nelson," while not exactly scored by the band it does feature a whopping 16 BSS songs from Feel Good Lost and You Forgot It in People
Enough solo albums to justify their own label are planned as well.
Kevin Drew of BSS:
"I'm gonna do a solo record, [Brendan Canning and Ohad Benchetrit] are gonna do solo records. If we tour, it's gonna be so amazing just to [hit the road on a small scale]. Going into a restaurant, I've never been able to ask for a table for three, and that would be nice one day."
Awww. Just a rockstar who wants a cozy meal. No different than you and me. Read more (link).
Tags: Broken Social Scene
Posted by Merry Swankster at February 28, 2006 08:00 AM
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