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Stephin Merritt: Obscurities

Aug 22, 2011, 2:00am PopMatters

Obscurities hearkens back to a time when Stephin Merritt was being hailed as the next great American songwriter, compared not so much to his contemporaries, but to all-time greats like Berlin, Gershwin, and Sondheim. There was a time when Stephin Merritt was being hailed as the next great American songwriter, compared not so much to the cream-of-the-crop of his indie-pop contemporaries, but to all-time greats like Berlin, Gershwin, and Sondheim. In large part, Merritt made that reputation as a result of the Magnetic Fields' incomparable 69 Love Songs, on which he turned his musings on love and desire [...]

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The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt readies rarities collection

May 23, 2011, 4:11pm Consequence Of Sound

Similarly to the phenomenon experienced by The Police with their hit "Every Breath You Take", frontman Stephin Merritt doesn't get why people use The Magnetic Fields ' "The Book of Love" for weddings. But while Sting and company experience a sense of dread for people promising their lives to one another based on a song about stalking, Merritt feels that his band simply has better songs to choose from. "When people use 'The Book of Love' as a wedding song, I want to scream, 'But I have a better one!'" The song [...]

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Title:	Forever and a Day
Link Text:	“Forever And A Day”
File Name:	Stephin-Merritt-Forever-And-A- Day-1.mp3
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Llega a DVD el documental sobre The Magnetic Fields

May 17, 2011, 3:00pm indieHearts

Alegría para todos los fanáticos de The Magnetic Fields : el rockumental de Kerthy Fix y Gail O’Hara que se estrenó en el BAFICI el año pasado será lanzado en DVD , este 23 de mayo . Por supuesto, nada se sabe acerca de su lanzamiento local, pero a partir de esa fecha el DVD puede adquirirse en el sitio web oficial de la película. Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt [...]

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El documental sobre Stephin Merrit y The Magnetic Fields saldrá a la venta el 23 de mayo

May 16, 2011, 2:49pm Cuchara Sónica

Stephin Merrit no es sólo uno de los músicos más admirados de la escena indie gracias a su trabajo como líder de The Magnetic Fields , banda con la que ha labrado una larga carrera que se remonta a 1989 y con quien ha creado discos tan extraordinarios como 69 Love Songs ; además es un personaje bastante peculiar y muy alejado de lo que muchos considerarían como rockstar . Por si fuera poco, el músico es considerado como uno de los mejores letristas de la [...]

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Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Oct 28, 2010, 6:54am Rjominn

Meðfylgjandi er trailer fyrir heimildamynd sem margir af lesendum Rjómans ættu að vera talsvert spenntir fyrir. Myndin heitir Strange Powers og er um Stephin Merritt , hinn magnaða indie lagasmið og forsprakka The Magnetic Fields . Myndin var tekin til sýninga í kvikmyndahúsum vestanhafs í gær og því vonandi ekki langt þangað til hún berst að ströndum Klakans í einhverju formi. Related posts: Backyard frumsýnd á morgun Nýtt í spilaranum Gagnvirk [...]

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Strange Powers

May 6, 2010, 9:01pm Adding Machine

Stange powers - The Magnetic Fields Again! It's like that that Wedding Present week or two all over again. At least - and this is not to diminish the Wedding Present and their effect in anyway - there is more to say about the Magnetic Fields, i feel. Sound, feeling, concept, worlds opening up, honesty, dishonesty, amaze, exaltation - there's enough there to keep me going for i don't know how many mornings more. But let's hope i don't have to test it. [...]

• The Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers

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Music documentaries at the IFI Stranger than Fiction festival this weekend

Apr 14, 2010, 9:49am State Magazine

This weekend at the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar, Dublin sees the Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival take place from 15th-18th April. There'll be film screenings and Q&As with Gilbert O' Sullivan and the European premiere of Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields . Check out the programme: Gilbert O'Sullivan - Out On His Own - Friday 16th April, 17.00 In the early 1970s, Waterford-born Gilbert O'Sullivan was top of the international pop charts. But in the mid-70s his career began to wane and by [...]

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[trailer] Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields

Feb 8, 2010, 9:06pm The Yellow Stereo

Saw this trailer over the weekend and was genuinely surprised to find out that this documentary about the very private songwriter - or most dubiously known as "the most miserable man in rock" - has been in the works for nearly ten years.  Directed by Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara, the film seems to primarily focus on the period of Merritt's time between the releases of 69 Love Songs (1999) and Distortion (2008). From the many horror stories I've heard/read in regards to most interviews with The Magnetic Fields [...]

• The Antlers - Nothing Matters When We're Dancing (Magnetic Fields Cover)
• The Arcade Fire - Born On A Train (Magnetic Fields Cover)
• The Divine Comedy - Famous (Magnetic Fields Cover)
• The Lucksmiths - Deep Sea Diving Suit (Magnetic Fields Cover)
• The Shins - Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)
• Woodpigeon - Asleep and Dreaming (Magnetic Fields Cover)

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Artist:	The Antlers
Title:	Nothing Matters When We're Dancing (Magnetic Fields Cover)
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Year:	2008

Artist:	The Arcade Fire
Title:	Born On A Train (Magnetic Fields Cover)
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Artist:	The Divine Comedy
Title:	Famous (Magnetic Fields Cover)
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Artist:	The Lucksmiths
Title:	Deep Sea Diving Suit (Magnetic Fields Cover)
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Artist:	The Shins
Title:	Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)
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Artist:	Woodpigeon
Title:	Asleep and Dreaming (Magnetic Fields Cover)
Link Text:	Woodpigeon :: Asleep and Dreaming (Magnetic Fields cover)
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Year:	2009

Video: Official Trailer for Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Feb 8, 2010, 2:04pm Beats Per Minute

In case you haven't already heard, there's a Magnetic Fields documentary on the way. The official trailer has been revealed ( Stereogum ), so check it out below. If you're a die-hard Magnetic Fields fan, chances are you've been waiting a long time to see this, considering the documentary has been ten years in the making. The commentary comes from a surprising all-star cast, including Peter Gabriel (who covered the Magnetic Fields song "The Book of Love" on his new Scratch My Back cover album), Sarah Silverman, Carrie Brownstein, Neil Gaiman (If [...]

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Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields - Official Trailer

Feb 8, 2010, 11:43am Stereogum

The new Magnetic Fields' documentary, which took Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara (also of Chickfactor , Black Tambourine fans) 10 years to make, should be a good one. There are the requisite talking heads -- including Peter Gabriel ( of course ), Sarah Silverman (why not), Carrie Brownstein, Neil Gaiman, etc. -- commenting on/arguing for Stephin Merritt's brilliance and blah, blah, blah, but at least in the trailer, the most interesting parts are listening to Merritt himself or watching him pal around with his chihuahua Irving Berlin. Continue reading Strange Powers: Stephin [...]

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Stephin Merritt Goes Head-to-Head with Taxi Driver, Exhibits Strange Powers

Feb 5, 2010, 1:53pm The Tripwire

Magnetic Fields have had a pretty sensational month, and Stephin Merritt's kind of bragging about it (Q: "What are they making a documentary about you for?" A: "'Cause I'm fascinating ," obviously.) Having just re-released their excellent new album Realism , confirmed news that songwriting maestro Stephin Merritt will be live-scoring 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (the silent version!) and re-releasing their much-lauded 69 Love Songs in a massive box set format, they're upping the ante. "Strange Powers: Stephen Merritt & The Magnetic Fields," a documentary directed by Kerthy [...]

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Early Buzz: A 'Days' loss, more Stewart/O'Reilly, Spidey rumors and more headlines

Feb 5, 2010, 6:54am USATODAY.com - Pop Candy

Happy, happy Friday! I'm sorry I'm a few minutes late this morning, but it appears to be somewhat of a slow news day -- and that worries me, because it often means something big is about to happen.

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Merritt Powers

Feb 4, 2010, 9:02pm POSSO OUVIR UM DISCO?

Talvez haja alguém que queira pensar em passar este documentário, "Strange Powers - Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields", num dos nossos festivais. Os fãs vão adorar e os outros não. Nos E.U.A., estreará, este ano, no South by Southwest.

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Trailer for documentary on The Magnetic Fields

Feb 4, 2010, 3:21pm Drawer B

Sample quote from the trailer for the documentary Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields : "The Best of Olivia Newton John. I've haven't heard her version of 'Me and Bobby McGee.' That's audacious of her." Cannot wait to see this. [via The Awl ]

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Video: ‘Strange Powers’ Magnetic Fields Documentary Trailer

Feb 4, 2010, 10:51am The Lime Wire Blog

"What are they making a documentary about you for?" a cabbie asks a man in a tan baseball cap. "Because I'm fascinating. I write wonderful music," says the man. Egotistical? Maybe. But even if he's speaking with tongue in cheek, the film's subject, Stephin Merritt , isn't exaggerating a bit. So begins the trailer for a documentary about The Magnetic Fields that's taken ten years to make. Combining concert footage and insightful interviews with Merritt, his bandmates and an unusual cast of celebrity fans from Neil Gaiman and Daniel Handler (who also sometimes sits in [...]

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What's going on Thursday?

Feb 4, 2010, 1:21am BrooklynVegan

tonight in NYC * Aziz Ansari @ Comix * Questlove (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl * We Sing Baby Dee! #3 @ Joe's Pub * Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ B.B. King's * Cold Cave, Nite Jewel @ Mercury Lounge * Gonzales' Piano Talk Show w/ Sia @ Joe's Pub * Josh Rouse, Christina Courtin @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Atlas Sound, Neon Indian, Sisters @ NYU Kimmel Center [...]

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Nice: a trailer for the Magnetic Fields documentary

Feb 3, 2010, 11:04pm Timedoor

Nice: a trailer for the Magnetic Fields documentary

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Here Is the Trailer for the Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields Documentary

Feb 3, 2010, 3:15pm The Village Voice: Sound of the City

Seems that the long awaited and slaved over Stephin Merritt documentary now has both a name and a trailer. Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields is set to debut at the San Fran... Continue reading "Here Is the Trailer for the Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields Documentary" >

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Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Feb 3, 2010, 3:41am NPR Music: Monitor Mix

Hooray! There now an official website for the Magnetic Fields' documentary. There is also a rumor that the movie will be having its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. Look for an official announcement later this week. You can view the star-studded trailer below. (Something tells me that Mr. Merritt has never consulted the Dog Whisperer). I'm very much looking forward to this documentary. » E-Mail This » [...]

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