2 posts tagged “chrissy sandman”

Here is a beautiful cover of a Cat Stevens song called "How Can I Tell You" by Chan Marshall aka Cat Power. This is only a short clip of the song, though, because the full version of the song does not seem to be available anywhere ... yet. I am sure the full version will start appearing on the internet soon.

Here is the commercial that it is from (the commercial is actually older than I thought. I think they have been replaying it lately to get people out shopping for diamonds for the holidays.)

Chan Marshall or Cat Power (whatever you want to call her) is actually getting some flack for letting a commercial for diamonds use one of her songs (well, her cover of a Cat Stevens song) because the diamond industry is so controversial. However, I really don't mind when artists let companies pay them to use their songs in commercials or movies or whatever. I mean, the artists need to get exposure and money so they can continue putting out albums. I remember when M.I.A.'s fans got mad at her for letting Honda use her song, "Galang", in a Honda Civic commercial. That is just stupid. I love Hondas! They are way more environment-friendly than other cars, and they are fun to drive. The commercial was kind of fun, too.

Honda Civic Si commercial with M.I.A.'s song, "Galang"

I drive a Honda Civic coupe, and I listen to "Galang" a lot on the car stereo. I haven't mastered being able to drive like they do in the commercial, though.

In other news, John Carpenter's "The Fog" (the 1980 version ... not the lame remake, which I refuse to watch ... unless it comes on TV) was on AMC today as part of their Monster Fest. I watched "The Fog" when I was very young, and I always liked it. It features Psycho's Janet Leigh with her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis (who did the Halloween movies with John Carpenter, of course). The guy who plays Jamie Lee Curtis' boyfriend in the movie, Tom Atkins, was the star of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (one of the many Halloween movies Jamie Lee Curtis is not in). The woman that rides around with Janet Leigh is played by Nancy Kyes, who played "Annie" in the original Halloween. John Carpenter also did the soundtrack for "The Fog" like he did for many of his movies.

Theme from "The Fog"

The Fog - Matthew Ghost Story

The Fog - Antonio Bay

The main star of the movie is Adrienne Barbeau who was great in Creepshow and Swamp Thing. The best scene of the movie is when she is shouting on the radio for someone to go rescue her son, Andy, who is in a house surrounded by the fog. She starts yelling "Run, Andy! Run!" on the radio as Jamie Lee Curtis and her boyfriend drive to rescue him.

The Fog - The Fog Rolls In

The Fog - Reel 9

Ty Mitchell played Andy, the only kid in the movie. He also had some minor part in Halloween II (I am not sure which scene he is in, though).