NME
To celebrate the launch of their new movie site, NME.com has put together their pick of the greatest music films ever made. And they did not just choose rockumentaries and biopics; their list also contains any movie that is defined by its soundtrack. Cameron Crowe’s Singles comes in at number 22 on the list. With cameos from Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains, this flick took “the self-lacerating, counter-cultural rage of grunge” of Seattle and made it a mainstream romantic comedy hit. Check out the rest of the list at the above link.
A PERMANENT THEATER FESTIVAL ON PUGET SOUND
Seattle Times
The New York Times’ Travel section today features Seattle’s as “a proud and meaningful theater town.” “One of the reasons I came to Seattle was because there’s a theater scene here unlike most other cities,” said Brian Colburn, managing director of the Intiman Theater, who moved here last year from the Pasadena Playhouse in Southern California. “You can walk from theater to theater here, meet friends or colleagues at a cafe.” That sort of communal, artsy spirit has long been identified with Seattle, of course, perhaps reaching its height during the grunge-rock era of the 1980s and early ’90s of Nirvana and the Campbell Scott-Bridget Fonda movie Singles. Young people moved here to be part of the music or arts scene; some of them would join theater companies or even start their own. Read more at the above link.
WHERE’S THE CAST OF SINGLES NOW?
NY Daily News
Encapsulating the angst of both Gen-X and the burgeoning grunge movement, 1992’s Singles, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, follows the entangled love lives of singletons living in Seattle during its musical heyday. From cheesy dating services to unplanned pregnancies, these twentysomethings’ search for love is as frustrating as the iconic music – from Pearl Jam to Soundgarden – that defined the era and makes up the hit soundtrack. Flashback to the era of button-fly jeans, flannel shirts, turtleneck sweaters and denim jackets, and check out where the Singles cast is now.
