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Posted in movies | music | tour dates | video on September 9, 2008
Harvey Milk (the band) is playing Brooklyn, Harvey Milk (the man) is getting a movie (starring Sean Penn)
by Black Bubblegum
You see, dreams DO come true. Harvey f'n Milk have added a show at Club Europa in Brooklyn on November 2nd. Tickets are on sale.
In related news, the REAL Harvey Milk is set to get a bio-pic of his own. Directed by Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy), Milk stars Sean Penn as the late Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White. The film also stars Josh Brolin, James Franco, and Emile Hirsch and is set to hit theaters on December 5th. Trailer below.
So what would possess the band to name themselves after this politician? Here's how drummer Kyle Spence explained it:
Although Spence wasn't in the band at its beginning, he recalled that "Creston had watched this documentary about Harvey Milk and just thought he was a cool guy. It's not meant in disrespect or anything purposefully funny or ironic. They were trying to make names for the band, and it came down to either that or Rip Torn.I don't know.... Rip Torn is a pretty good band name."Now, it's funny, though, because we couldn't have timed it better: We're getting the most attention in our career because of that movie coming out."
A few elderly folks reviewed Harvey Milk's "Death Goes To The Winner".... check it out below.
"I think I just swallowed a tea bag"
Milk Trailer
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Posted on September 9, 2008 4:39 PM
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Comments (9)
dang. same night as killdozer...
Posted by Anonymous | September 9, 2008 5:12 PM
Hilarious video of the old folk' listening to Harvey Milk!
Posted by Anonymous | September 9, 2008 5:20 PM
Killdozer or Harvey Milk? This is killing me.
Posted by Anonymous | September 9, 2008 6:24 PM
I want to see more old people listening to music.
Posted by Anonymous | September 9, 2008 6:50 PM
killdozer, harvey milk or the pelican show...seriously bands need to coordinate a bit.
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Posted by Shmily | September 10, 2008 8:54 AM
why wait for an holliwood mish-mash of history?
watch the real thing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088275/
Posted by anon | September 10, 2008 9:44 AM
check out more old people reviewing funky music from past breakfast at sulimay's at
www.scrapple.tv
Posted by woodshop lover | September 10, 2008 10:17 AM
who are these people talking trash about future of the left? what, did you go for against me? find another blog, idiots.
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