02.23.07 1:16 PM CST
• Music
• Tim Mohr
As you may have heard, the NPR radio program This American Life is being turned into a TV show for
Showtime, beginning its life on the tube on March 22. One of the most distinctive elements of the radio broadcasts are the quirky bits of music running behind much of the commentary. On air, this tends to be the sort of thing you picture being made by mad Moog geniuses in about 1966, along the lines of Jean-Jacques Perry, for instance. Groovy, man, with nice session drumming in the style of the pop orchestras of the 1960s, as well. But This American Life also tours a stage show—and for that they bring in current indie talent. Beginning next week, This American Life will be on tour with Mates of State (pictured), a brilliant indie-pop duo capable of reaching Brian Wilson-like transcendence with its Farfisa organ tones and vocal harmonies. The combo’s "Fraud in the 80s" was one of the very best tracks of 2006, in fact.
Here are the dates:
2/26/2007 8:00 PM: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, Jonathan Goldstein, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
2/27/2007 8:00 PM: Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, Jonathan Goldstein, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
2/28/2007 8:00 PM: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, David Rackoff, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
3/1/2007 8:00 PM: Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, David Rackoff, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
3/7/2007 8:00 PM: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, David Rackoff, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
3/12/2007 8:00 PM: Royce Hall, Los Angeles, California - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, John Hodgman, Chris Wilcha and OK Go
Showtime, beginning its life on the tube on March 22. One of the most distinctive elements of the radio broadcasts are the quirky bits of music running behind much of the commentary. On air, this tends to be the sort of thing you picture being made by mad Moog geniuses in about 1966, along the lines of Jean-Jacques Perry, for instance. Groovy, man, with nice session drumming in the style of the pop orchestras of the 1960s, as well. But This American Life also tours a stage show—and for that they bring in current indie talent. Beginning next week, This American Life will be on tour with Mates of State (pictured), a brilliant indie-pop duo capable of reaching Brian Wilson-like transcendence with its Farfisa organ tones and vocal harmonies. The combo’s "Fraud in the 80s" was one of the very best tracks of 2006, in fact. Here are the dates:
2/26/2007 8:00 PM: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, Jonathan Goldstein, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
2/27/2007 8:00 PM: Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, Jonathan Goldstein, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
2/28/2007 8:00 PM: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, David Rackoff, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
3/1/2007 8:00 PM: Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, David Rackoff, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
3/7/2007 8:00 PM: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, David Rackoff, Chris Wilcha and Mates of State
3/12/2007 8:00 PM: Royce Hall, Los Angeles, California - w/ Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, John Hodgman, Chris Wilcha and OK Go
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