Oh Snap! Season 5 Begins...

[Pearl@32]

3/9/09: Good ep.

Next week's preview is creepy but LOL funny. (see next post)

[Pearl@32]

Preview of House ~ Monday 3/16/09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zte4XoakMU&eurl=http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00022641.html#

[Eric]

Preview of House 5.17 "Here Kitty" 3/16/09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zte4XoakMU&eurl=http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00022641.html#

That preview made me laugh out loud so hard last night ...

[Pearl@32]

I got Hoggin' All The Covers by Band From TV!



"Heroes" star Greg Grunberg (drums/vocals),"Desperate Housewives" star James Denton (guitar/vocals), "House" star Hugh Laurie (keyboards/vocals), "Cashmere Mafia" star Bonnie Somerville (vocals), the original star of "The Bachelor" Bob Guiney (vocals), and about 10 other musicians and backup singers make up BTV.

This CD/DVD is a lot of fun. Bonnie Somerville belts out "Piece of My Heart" and "The Letter" like a cross between Janis Joplin and Melissa Etheridge. Bob Guiney sings lead on "You Really Got Me" and "Hard to Handle." James Denton brings country to "Pink Cadillac," "Viva Las Vegas" and "Papa Loves Mama." Dr. House leads on "Will It Go in Circles" and "Goodnight Irene." Greg Grunberg enthusiastically leads the bunch by getting the crowd riled up and ending the show with "Shake a Tail Feather" that turns into a mish-mosh of funny stuff when he introduces everyone on the stage. You can really tell they love jamming together.

The extras on the DVD are not too shabby either. They do a few interviews ~ some impromptu with the seasoned musicians in the band, one with the five of them answering questions, one where Hugh leads them into singing "Man of Constant Sorrow" backstage, and an interview with Greg about how this all started and how he is connected to the foundation he sponsors, the Epilepsy Foundation. Jake, his 11-year-old son, has epilepsy, and he reached out to the Foundation for support, and eventually accepted their invitation to become a spokesperson.

Greg's actually going to be in D.C. this weekend to help with EF's National Walk for Epilepsy ~ he's the chair. EF is a client of ours, and I work on a bi-monthly magazine for them. They've advertised the CD in the magazine, so I told the editor I got it. She said to send it and she would get it signed by Greg for me. She said she'd met him before and he said he loved the magazine. I had to FedEx the sleeve to her, but still ~ it's a nice thank-you. I wrote a goofy message of thanks and best wishes. Of course, if I was actually participating, I might have been able to actually meet him and blow sunshine up his butt about his role on "Felicity," which I loved. Like thousands of other people aren't gonna be clamoring to meet him!

It's funny, the editor and I also talk House and she loves Hugh Laurie, too. I think I'll drive her crazy and mention to her today that she'll be one degree from Hugh when she talks to Greg. 

http://www.amazon.com/Hoggin-Covers-Combo-Amazon-com-Exclusive/dp/B001IDZGCU/ref=pd_sim_b_2

The members of BAND FROM TV donate 100% of their proceeds to charity (Epilepsy Foundation, Save the Children, Art of Elysium, Donate Life and CAPP). *shameless plug*

[TinkTanker]

Danke, I'd been wondering where to find that. Very reasonably priced.

I looked on the Amazon site and didn't see, but is it backlit?

[Eric]

BFTV performing on Tonight Show:

http://www.bandfromtv.org/videos/?action=view&id=R5WNPW3j

[Pearl@32]

Danke, I'd been wondering where to find that. Very reasonably priced.

I looked on the Amazon site and didn't see, but is it backlit?

For an hour-long set and a CD of it, AND gets donated to charity, it's a pretty good deal.

The infectious spirit of the members attracts more friends and stars ~ as they seem to come out of the woodwork at their shows (various YouTube videos attest to that). And as evidenced by Eric's video link, Jesse Spencer and Adrian Pasdar are new members, but they're not on the CD.

[TinkTanker]

BFTV performing on Tonight Show:

http://www.bandfromtv.org/videos/?action=view&id=R5WNPW3j

One of the very rare times I've bothered to watch Leno. Very good performance.

[TinkTanker]

For an hour-long set and a CD of it, AND gets donated to charity, it's a pretty good deal.

Ordering it today.

[Pearl@32]

We got two threads going and I have no idea where to post!

Preview for next week says this is the episode you can't miss.

It's the next to last ep.

Edited because typing on an iPod touch is trickier than I think. Plus it was dark...but backlit!