Comments on: “I Write Music for Soundtracks Now”

By: celeste

celeste — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:16:23 +0000

yay! i especially love STT’s work off the Velvet Goldmine Soundtrack!
have you heard Nate’s new band, Hot One?

Also great… Craig’s work on Wet Hot American Summer’s soundtrack. (Wet hot indeed!)

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:43:30 +0000

Haven’t heard Hot One yet, but it’s on the list. I thought Craig’s music on Wet Hot American Summer was great, and I’ve always been a little disappointed that there was never a soundtrack album released. His cameo in the movie was also, erm, impressive.

This is a little boring, but if anyone cares, I ran into Craig Wedren the day I bought my favorite guitar. This was probably 1999. The guitar’s a red Epi Dot (ES 335 copy) that I got from Sam ~~Goody~~ Ash in the Sunset 5 Plaza. Craig was enjoying some coffee from Buzz by himself (I think), so I did the fan geek thing, said hi and gave him props for Pony Express Record and the Velvet Goldmine stuff. When I apologized for bothering him, he said something like, “I’m always happy to get pats on the back. There have been too many hard knocks lately.” (This was around the time that stories about his Hodgkins disease were out in the music media.) I took off when a companion, an attractive dark-eyed woman if I remember correctly, joined him at his table.

In fact, I can make this more boring and inside: I’d actually driven past Craig the day previous to the above coffee interruption. I was on the way from work to the gym (yeah, that worked out) when I passed him walking down Melrose near Paramount Studios. I sort of reflexively smiled and waved, and he gave me a bemused/puzzled look. (You don’t randomly run into someone two days in a row in L.A.)

And I’m still a huge geek.

By: robb

robb — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:54:03 +0000

sam goody used to sell guitars? i forgot about that place. ahh the old days…a wherehouse in every strip mall and a sam goody right next to it. never had any music you wanted though–except Verve Pipe! Man they rocked!
Speaking of running into people, I was at a NYE comedy show this past 12/31 (Galifanakis, Posehn, etc) and who was right next to me, er my knees? Scott Ian (?), you know beardy from Anthrax!? I asked him about Shudder to Think, in anticipation of this comment, and he said he too had ran into him at buzz one time. Just kidding, I did not ask him anything, but your story reminded me of my most recent band member siting!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:49:14 +0000

I meant Sam Ash. Thanks, Robb, yr my fact-checkin’ cuz. At least recently. I need as many fact-checkin’ cuzes as I can get.

By: robb

robb — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:50:07 +0000

oh, i thought goody might actually have sold guitars (you know, goody got it!). there was a point there where they seemed to try and sell everything related to music, they looked like a radio shack swallowed a tower records, then divided itself. though, Sam Ash did cross my mind later on…their on line store has Ric strings for like $4!
anyway, speaking of music, I got a band i can’t decide how much i hate, or if i actually like them as a guilty pleasure….hmmm…they combine coldplay vox with (that should be enough to hate right there, rights?) with… i dunno, one song sounds like wilco’s via chicago. I really shouldn’t like the sad yells toward falsetto, but i kinda like The Silent Years. god, i am lame and old. right?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:59:31 +0000

I think you should like what you like and not second-guess yrself. Althought I know what you mean about being torn as to whether something bugs you or you love it or not. I pick love over hate, so maybe you should just ignore their Coldplayisms as much as you can and enjoy.

By: robb

robb — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:41:07 +0000

but have you heard them?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:01:36 +0000

Haven’t. Or maybe I heard an mp3 once and went “meh” and forgot about it.