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Post by DonnaJo on Oct 8, 2009 19:51:14 GMT -5
Saw this at another site, Not sure what to make of it: www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4820 I can't figure out if VDO is actually appearing at Joe's Pub, or just backing the act? And if so...why?
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Post by Patcat on Oct 9, 2009 8:56:20 GMT -5
Well, he may show up to support the band. But this looks like he's just giving the band some support. Why--Maybe he knows someone in the band? Maybe he just likes their music and wants to help them out? Who knows? I see this as spreading money around and helping little things grow, to misquote Thornton Wilder, and I think it's fine.
Patcat
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Post by annabelleleigh on Oct 9, 2009 11:36:37 GMT -5
George Gerkie is associated with songwriter Sam Bisbee who created the music for VDO's slasher film. Possibly Gerkie and his band perform the soundtrack too.
"Vincent D'Onofrio presents" means that VDO is the producer of the event -- although the idea of him performing at Joe's Pub is infinitely more entertaining.
Shall we all meet in the lounge? ;-)
AL
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Post by Patcat on Oct 9, 2009 12:03:29 GMT -5
He can sing, can't he?
Patcat
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Post by annabelleleigh on Oct 9, 2009 14:50:09 GMT -5
Wait a minute! PC, I think you're on to something. Maybe Vincent D'Onofrio IS George Gerkie!
Actually the show -- "The George Gerkie Cowboy Experience" -- is a theatrical spoof. (I'm thinking maybe like "Pump Boys and Dinettes" -- and if anyone remembers that show, I'd like to get a PM). ;-)
AL
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Post by vdofan1 on Oct 9, 2009 18:31:05 GMT -5
Oh, this sounds hilariously sublime. I was reading about this over at 'the reel'. I hope anyone lucky enough to be able to attend will take awesome *notes*.
*Kind of like, "Five Minutes Mr. Welles". How 'bout it Mr. D'Onofrio?
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Post by outerbankschick on Oct 9, 2009 20:31:52 GMT -5
I would LOVE to be there! If I had the funds at the moment, I would be!
Can't make the trip to NYC from VA on such short notice though. No dinero available. Rats!
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Post by tjara on Oct 10, 2009 5:36:00 GMT -5
Can I travel in your suitcase, OBC?
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Post by DonnaJo on Oct 10, 2009 7:26:09 GMT -5
He can sing, can't he? Patcat Do you mean can Vincent sing? I don't think so, since they had to dub his singing in the film he made with Matt Dillon & Anabelle Sciorra (forget the name). He does claim to play the guitar, though. If I really thought that VDO might show at Joe's Pub, I would meet AL in the lounge, for sure. To see Vincent for $15......
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Post by caitlen on Oct 10, 2009 7:44:23 GMT -5
The film was Mr. Wonderful (1993) .... Vincent played ... Dominic
Vincent did sing to her at the table, but Annabella and he mimed their song when they sang on stage in the film. Vincent and Annabella recorded that song together prior to the scene, they then mimed to the tape. It was in fact their own voices and not another two performers. Vincent mimed to Rob Pattersons' vocals on "Desire" but "Mr Wonderful" was his own voice as was Annabella`s.
He pretended to be tone deaf in "Happy Accidents", he also sang in "Tooth of Crime"
He does play guitar and sing, he spoke about that in an interview with an Aussie DJ while on break from filming CI in his trailer. He also said he owned 8 guitars, he had 3 with him in his trailer, and 5 at home. When asked if he would ever sing for a living, he said no, he only ever play`s the guitar for himself.
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Post by caitlen on Oct 10, 2009 7:57:36 GMT -5
According to thereel.com post: On October 27 at Joe’s Pub in the East Village, Vincent D’Onofrio hosts the spoofish "George Gerkie Cowboy Experience."
Vincent D'Onofrio presents The George Gerkie Cowboy Experience featuring Laura Cantrell, Joe Vinciguerra & special guest Sam Bisbee
Upcoming Shows Price: $15 7:00 PM - October 27 Show Description
Stars are not made. They are born. The star that is George Geronimo Gerkie was born on Christmas Day, 1957. From his first single "If I Could Do It All Again" to his first #1 smash hit "Kaleidoscopic Hero" to his groundbreaking work with the Agnes Scott College marching band, there has not been a star in the music universe that has burned brighter. Famed music critic Serge Lubbock once said that "George Gerkie doesn't so much sing to you, he opens his gossamer wings and takes you on a ride." And what a ride it's been. Often called the "great white whale" of country music, Triple G has recorded over 130 hits on the country music charts. But his popularity transcends genre. George Gerkie has recorded over 55 hit duets with music acts as diverse as ABBA, Ace Freeley, Africa Bambaatta, Al Jarreu, Alex Chilton and Astrud Gilberto…and that's just the A's! Like all stratospheric stars, everything that George Gerkie touches seems to turn to gold. He made his Broadway debut in "Man From La Mancha" in 1984, playing the quixotic hero with, according to Pauline Kael "the aplomb of Olivier, the lungs of Caruso and the lips of Don Juan." George's most decorated film role was the lead in Roman Polanski's trenchant "Piccolo Abner," for which he was awarded the Guldbagge Award in Sweden and the Nippon Akademi-sho in Japan. But he is most famous for a role he turned down; police chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" (eventually played by Roy Scheider) because, according to a Rolling Stone interview, "I like sharks." The "George Gerkie Does the World" tour in 1985 sold over 60,000,000 tickets in forty countries on 365 consecutive nights and remains the single best-selling live tour of all time. In 1986 George Gerkie capitalized on his fame by launching "Gerkie Jerkie" and later "Gerkie Gherkins" which remain the only beef jerky and pickled gherkins respectively served on Air Force One. His popularity was so immense in 1987 that he won a term as governor of Mississippi on a write-in ballot. Eight days into his term, the State Board of Regents overturned the election on a technicality. Throughout his long career, George Gerkie has made headlines as much for his record breaking music as his tempestuous personal life. From 1982 to 1990 alone he was married eight times and was named People Magazine's Most Eligible Bachelor eight years running. Mickey Rourke cited Gerkie's four day marriage to Billy Jean King as the inspiration for his role in the movie "9 1/2 Weeks." In 1986 his international drivers license was revoked during the "Herkie Gerkie" tour after he was arrested for driving through the 18 mile Zhohgnanshan tunnel in China on the outside of a car. While serving a two month prison term at the Heilongjiang Work Camp, he recorded six consecutive number one hits on Chinese National Radio, a record that stands until this day. Cameron Crowe has referred to Gerkie's hit "The Girl From Jilin City," a collaboration with Paul Simon, as one of the seminal love songs of the modern era. After a 1990 fall from a step stool, George became addicted to pain killers, a struggle that has been well documented, most notably in his unauthorized autobiography "Finger Lickin." So whether you've come for the music or just to wrap yourself in George Gerkie's warm blanket, sit back and enjoy the ride. In the immortal words of the man himself; "I'm just an entertainer and life is just a show. G for George, G for Gerkie. Why ask why when you can just say gee."
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Vincent D'Onofrio is known as an "actor's actor". The wide variety of roles he has played and the quality of his work have earned him a reputation as a versatile talent. He studied at the Actors Studio and the American Stanislavski Theatre. His debut on stage was in 1984 in the Broadway play "Open Admissions", followed by work in numerous other stage plays. As a film actor, D'Onofrio's career break came when he played a mentally unbalanced recruit in Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by the renowned Stanley Kubrick. For this role D'Onofrio gained nearly 70 pounds. He had a major role in Dying Young (1991), and appeared prominently in the box-office smashMen in Black (1997) as the bad guy (Edgar "The Bug").
Other films of note in which he has appeared are Mystic Pizza (1988), JFK (1991), The Player (1992), Ed Wood (1994), The Cell (2000) andThe Break-Up (2006). In 1996 D'Onofrio garnered critical acclaim along with co-star Renée Zellweger for The Whole Wide World (1996), which he helped produce. He also made a guest appearance in the TV series "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) in a 1997 episode, where he played an accident victim who could not be rescued and was destined to die. For this performance he won an Emmy nomination. In 2000 he both produced and starred in Steal This Movie (2000), a biopic of radical leader Abbie Hoffman.
In 2001 D'Onofrio took the role which has likely given him his greatest public recognition: Det. Robert Goren, the lead character in the TV series"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001). Goren is based on Sherlock Holmes but, instead of relying upon physical evidence like Holmes, D'Onofrio's character focuses on psychology to identify the perpetrators, whom he often draws into confessing or yielding condemning evidence.
In his career D'Onofrio's various film characters have included a priest, a bisexual former porn star, a hijacker, a serial killer, Orson Welles, a space alien, a 1960s radical leader, a pulp fiction writer, an ingenious police investigator and Stuart Smalley's dope-head brother. His on-screen love interests have included Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Renée Zellweger, Marisa Tomei, Tracey Ullman, Rebecca De Mornay and Lili Taylor.
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After weathering a frustrating period of development deals, demos, and one forgotten album (1996's Snacks, released by Plump Records) during the '90s, indie rock singer/songwriter Sam Bisbee took things into his own hands. Gathering together talented players such as Charlie Drayton (the B-52's, Keith Richards), Peter Adams (Tracy Bonham, Juliana Hatfield), and guitarist/recording artist John Wolfington, Bisbee headed into Philip Glass' Looking Glass studios to make his own album his own way. The result was Bisbee's re-emergence with 2001's Vehicle, a concoction of tuneful guitar pop, drum loops, samples, and Bisbee's winsome, smart songcraft. The effort featured guest vocals by Leona Naess on the driving opener, "Miracle Car." Following the release of a concert album, Live at Arlene Grocery, in 2002, Bisbee launched a pattern in which new material appeared every two years: High in 2004, Oxygen in 2006, and Son of a Math Teacher in 2008. Erik Hage, All Music Guide Featured Artists
*George Gerkie *Sam Bisbee
**Vinciguerra and Bisbee previously worked with Vincent D'Onofrio on the slasher musical "Don't Go in the Woods".
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Post by DonnaJo on Oct 10, 2009 9:32:49 GMT -5
Vincent did sing to her at the table, but Annabella and he mimed their song when they sang on stage in the film. Vincent and Annabella recorded that song together prior to the scene, they then mimed to the tape. It was in fact their own voices and not another two performers. You say that all of this is fact, but all I'll I've ever about the issue here & on other sites is pure speculation. Some say he sang, others say no. Is there anything written that quotes either VDO or Annabella as saying that they used their own voices? Hmmm......The Reel info does make it sound as if VDO might actually show up. I wonder if I should go? Have to check my work schedule - that sounds like a weeknight and getting into the city might be tough.
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Post by Patcat on Oct 10, 2009 11:51:49 GMT -5
This sounds like fun.
People get dubbed in films for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with whether they can sing or not. Jeremy Brett had a fine singing voice, but he was dubbed in MY FAIR LADY because Warner Brothers already had another voice recorded.
Patcat
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Post by DonnaJo on Oct 10, 2009 13:32:52 GMT -5
Now that we know what this is about (sorta), I've revised the thread title accordingly. My guess is that Sam Bisbee plays the fictitious George Gerkie, with VDO as a side character or the narrator. Looked up "George Gerkie" on Google and IMDB. Nothing prior to the Joe's Pub article.
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Post by DonnaJo on Oct 17, 2009 7:33:29 GMT -5
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