If you aren’t sick of winter storms yet, there’s one that’s just getting started: Okkervil River’s comeback with the announcement of their first new album in 3 years! The storm started when the band debuted their new single, “Wake and Be Fine,” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon earlier this month.
Watch their performance here:
The next day, we took Okkervil River to Rolling Stone HQ for an interview and performance. Here’s the band sounding and looking super snazzy, as per usual:
Then just last week, we took Will Sheff to a ridiculously amazing Grammy party hosted Mayor Bloomberg and put together by our friends over at NARAS. For those of you that don’t already know, Will’s nominated for a GRAMMY award in the Best Album Notes category for his essay accompanying ‘True Love Cast Out All Evil,’ a collaboration between legendary songwriter Roky Erickson and Sheff’s group Okkervil River.
Here’s Will with Mayor Bloomberg:
The best part (as if this didn’t already kick enough ass)? For me, at least? MEETING CYNDI LAUPER!!!
Here’s Will with Cyndi. I didn’t get a photo with her (don’t really care) because I was able to tell her what I’ve always wanted to tell her. “Goonies ‘R’ Enough” defined/changed my coming of age musically, just about as much as The Goonies did for me the many times that I watched it. Cyndi raised her champagne glass to all of us and said, “Here’s to being good enough!”
Amazing! I’m getting closer and closer each year to dying happy, still have a a long list to go through…. but I’m getting there!
Here’s “Goonies ‘R’ Enough” for those that need a refresher:
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