by Mike Errico | Mar 13, 2012 | Press
[Here’s the press release. I watched “Jersey Shore” for the second time last week, while getting my hair cut. I thought they should fight in bars more. Also tan more. It’ll make their butts pop better in the night vision scenes. But you know, no one asked me. My haircut came out well, I think. We flipped back and forth between Jersey Shore and a woman named Tabatha who walks into salons and gets really mad at how they’re being run.] VH1’S “POP UP VIDEO” TAKES ON MTV’S HIT SERIES “JERSEY SHORE” WITH TRIVIA-FILLED MARATHON “Pop Up Video: Jersey Shore” Two-Night Marathon Premieres on Friday, March 16 at 10 PM/9c and Saturday, March 17 at 9 PM/8c on VH1 “Pop-Up Video” theme by Mike Errico NEW YORK, NY, March 8, 2012 – New Jersey’s famous, larger-than-life housemates will receive the “Pop Up” treatment when MTV’s highest-rated series, “Jersey Shore,” debuts with the two-night “Pop Up Video: Jersey Shore” marathon on Friday, March 16, starting at 10 PM/9c and Saturday, March 17 starting at 9 PM/8c on VH1. Combining two of each network’s most talked-about series, this marathon will feature select episodes from season one and offer fans the chance to relive the birth of “G.T.L.” (i.e. “Gym, Tan, Laundry”) alongside the well-known “bubbles” full of pop culture trivia, behind-the-scenes facts and biting humor that “Pop Up Video” provides. “Pop Up Video: Jersey Shore” marathon will “pop” all the insider info behind the personalities that have become household names: Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio, Jenni “JWOWW” Farley, Samantha “Sammi Sweetheart” Giancola, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Angelina Pivarnick, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and...
by Mike Errico | Mar 13, 2012 | Free, Photo
Yeah. I’m not sure why, but there’s some fun to be had, I think. Check out: My lyrics, in print form: http://pinterest.com/mikeerrico/lyric-prints/ Bears As Art and Social Criticism: http://pinterest.com/mikeerrico/bears-as-art-and-social-criticism/ Live Shots: http://pinterest.com/mikeerrico/live-shots/ Cool Guitars (and one nerd): http://pinterest.com/mikeerrico/cool-guitars/ Books Worth Reading: http://pinterest.com/mikeerrico/books-worth-reading/ Dogs with Their Tongues Hanging Out: http://pinterest.com/mikeerrico/dogs-with-their-tongues-hanging-out/ …and stuff....
by Mike Errico | Mar 12, 2012 | Film
This film features a version of “Daylight” sung by the brilliant Leah Siegel, from Firehorse. Keep an eye out for it becoming available in the near future. Others on the soundtrack include Tracy Bonham, Mike Viola, Rachael Yamagata, among several others. Till, then, the film has played Sundance and is now on the festival circuit, with these dates announced, thus far. ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL Friday, March 30th 7PM Landmark Theatres Midtown Art Cinema 931 Monroe Dr. Atlanta, GA http://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/ SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-NYC Saturday, April 14th Red Carpet 6-7 PM Screening 7:00 PM New York City’s Sunshine Cinemas 143 East Houston Street. http://www.siffnyc.net/ SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT FILM: Sunday, April 15th 7:30 PM The Roxie Theater http://www.womensfilminstitute.com/sf-womens-film-festival/ SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL Wednesday April 18th 8:30 PM and Thursday, April 19th 3:45 PM http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/ NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Saturday, April 21st 7:45 PM With a possible second screening on April 23rd http://www.nashvillefilmfestival.org/ USA FILM FESTIVAL-DALLAS Saturday April 28th 7PM http://www.usafilmfestival.com/ MORE INFO: Trailer, Videos, Music, etc. www.thatswhatshesaidmovie.com www.twitter.com/TWSSmovie www.twitter.com/carrie_preston...
by Mike Errico | Mar 4, 2012 | So Good
I was very lucky to get hooked up with Angie through a mutual friend. A little out of the blue, really – he’d never mentioned other writers, so I was particularly interested in what caused him to connect us. He just said it was a gut reaction, which is the best answer. She lives in the UK, we emailed back and forth a little, swapped mp3 files while she toured with Goldfrapp, and then Peter Gabriel. “Count to Ten” is our first cowrite – one of many more I hope. She did backgrounds on “Wander Away” by recording them in a studio in England and shooting them back here. The first time I ever saw her, she was on stage at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. She was in silver pants, with a white keytar, synth-battling another band member in a strobe light. I wish I could make that kind of first impression more often. Today this video surfaced, with Angie working with Peter Gabriel. Enjoy. Hear our song, “Count to Ten”:...
by Mike Errico | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
[I read something on Digital Music News this morning, and felt the need to add my voice to a debate that, in my opinion, needs to be reframed in order to be understood.] ——– I’m an “Unsuccessful” Artist. And Here’s Why Things Have Never Been Better I was inspired to add a different perspective to David Lowery’s SF MusicTech Summit talk I read on Digital Music News this morning. (“I’m a Successful Artist. And Here’s Why Things Have Never Been Worse” http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120214cracker) I’ve only been broke – truly, guitar-sellingly broke – twice. The first time was when I was on a label. The second was when I licensed a record to a different label. The problem was not labels, and the solution was not to avoid future labels. It was to tune out all preconceptions and move instinctively, based on my strengths, while bolstering my weaknesses. Lowery is an artist finding a way, and I get his frustration, because I live it, too. In his argument, he sets up a comparison between the old model and the new, comparing iTunes to labels, gross receipts vs. touring receipts, etc. As I read, my eyes glazed over, not because it was right or wrong, but because I’m finally far enough out on my own limb to realize: 1) There is no “new model.” There is Chaos, and Chaos is not a model. We artists cannot treat it as such. Pointing out looters in the middle of a riot is an exercise in unenforceability. Do the looters know this? Oh, yes. 2) The proponents of “new model” are not hatched, fully formed,...
