If I could go back in time I’d want to meet Snoopy.
Bricks and Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Videos from Sleater Kinney and Josie and the Pussycats, my irrationally favorite movie.
Letters to Cleo
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Jesus of Cool: 10 Years of Loving ‘10 Things I Hate About You’
Popdose (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
A decade ago this past summer, Kay Hanley and her bandmates in Letters to Cleo had to be talked into accepting a free trip to Hollywood when the producers of a new teen comedy approached them about contributing to the film’s soundtrack. Little did the band know that within a couple of weeks [...]
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Under Cover - Fleetwood Mac “Dreams”
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Fleetwood Mac, 1977: original version from Rumours From as early as I can remember I have always loved Fleetwood Mac. Their sound, their music, reading about the torrid love affairs between bandmates and declining marriages that created some of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I’m talking pre-Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal (No Doubt) [...]
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The Popdose Interview: Kay Hanley
Popdose (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
“It’s like riding a bike!” Kay Hanley exclaimed last Saturday night, acknowledging the audience’s raucous response to her reunion with Letters to Cleo at the Roxy in West Hollywood. Eight years had passed since the band’s breakup, yet – with the benefit of just three days of rehearsals in an L.A. warehouse – Hanley [...]
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Letters To Cleo Reunite In LA
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Letters to Cleo reunited in concert on stage at The Roxy here in LA last night and I was very fortunate to be able to be there to bear witness. Kay Hanley, lead singer of LTC, and I have been sorta-cyber pals over the past few months (exchanging emails, txts and Tweets) and last [...]
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Letters To Cleo Are Back, Playing Some Shows
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
I never expected to be write a single sentence about Letters To Cleo (I kinda confused them with Sixpence None The Richer, who I also never expected to...), but the band is back and back in the day, some people liked them (e.g. those horny Sally Struthers fans Beavis & Butthead ). This also proves that any band who ever recorded a song is bound to reunite in 2008 (hurry up Wreckx-N-Effect, only a...
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Letters To Cleo Is Reuniting For A Mini-Tour This Fall
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Woot! A little bird gave me the head’s up that Billboard magazine is reporting that 90’s band Letters To Cleo are reuniting this Fall for a short mini-tour that will bring back the core group of original band members for a few West and East Coast shows. Folks may recall that Letters To [...]
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The Seether’s Louise
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
OMG … last night was the funnest night ever. I spent most of the day preparing for my upcoming trip to Detroit but I met up with my friend Michael for dinner before heading off to see Veruca Salt at The Viper Room in Hollywood. Michael and I planned on going out to [...]
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Mayer’s Playlist for July 2008, Part 2
Twangville (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Stay Positive, by The Hold Steady When Craig Finn preaches, “our psalms are sing-along songs,” in the opening track of their latest release, he might as well have revealed the band’s musical mission. Whereas previous albums have focused on the characters living in Finn’s imagination, this go-around spotlights the rock anthems [...]
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Kay Hanley & Superdrag @ Troubadour, 5/28/08
LAist (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Last Tuesday, a friend of mine invited me to see one of her teen idols at the Troubadour. Kay Hanley of 90s pop/rock group Letters to Cleo has been the ubiquitous power/pop girl voice floating around for years, playing with Jill Sobule and The Provocateurs, putting out solo albums, and even providing the soundtrack for the Josie and the Pussycats movie (you remember Rachael Leigh Cook lip-syncing...
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News Round-up: 5/28/2008
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Meet Miley Cyrus’ newest fan, Letters to Cleo’s Kay Hanley. [Boston Globe] Earle Hagen, one of television's most prominent composers, passed away at age 88. [Idolator] Madonna can adopt another Malawian child. [CNN] Take a listen to Jessica Simpson's new country direction. [WQIK] First Paul McCartney got an honorary degree, now Bono receives one from Keio University. [Spinner] Ne-Yo [...]
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MB Blogs: 04.08.08
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
FishbowlNY: World's Collide: NYT , Google Earth Team Up FishbowlDC: Newseum: FishbowlDC's Exhibit FishbowlLA: Kay Hanley Life After Letters to Cleo TVNewser: Iger: 'We're Not Interested in Farming Out' GalleyCat: Amazon, Putnam Pick Their 'Breakthrough' Writer UnBeige: Designing the Beijing Olympics Protests PRNewser: Scrabble Wars AgencySpy: DDB Layoffs MobileContentToday: Yahoo Standardizes Digital...
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Kay Hanley--Life After Letters to Cleo
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Remember 10 Things I Hate About You ? Our fave guilty pleasure teen movie. Not only did the movie have Heath Ledger, Larry Miller , and Julia Stiles , it had Letters to Cleo covering Nick Lowe's Cruel to Be Kind . And Letters to Cleo was fronted by cute blond chirp, Kay Hanley . Who blogs . And who also sings behind Hannah Montana and tells Babble all about it . And get this--she lives in LA. Los...
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Santa Claus Brought Divorce And Breakups For Celeb Couples This Year
A Socialite's Life (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007
Photos: WENN / Bauer-Griffin Online Does anyone remember love? Apparently not! The stress of the holiday season has impacted some celebrity couples. Sean Penn and his beleaguered wife (you know it wasn't a joyride for her) Robin Wright-Penn have called it quits . And tween messiah Miley Cyrus, 15, has ended things with Nick Jonas, 15, who is part of her touring act, The Jonas Brothers. This was probably...
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Celebrity Birthdays, September 11
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2007
Happy Birthday to: "Jurassic Park" actress Ariana Richards (1979), Chimaira drummer Andols Herrick (1979), singer/songwriter Ben Lee (1978), Coldplay guitarist Jon Buckland (1977), rapper/actor Ludacris (1977), Jamaican dancehall musician Elephant Man (1976), British singer Richard Ashcroft (1971), Letters to Cleo singer Kay Hanley (1968), New Orleans singer Harry Connick, Jr. (1967), techno icon Moby...
