Neko Case and the WGA Strike

No, I haven't been on strike, however I've been having just as much trouble filling a page as Conan and Colbert.

As often as I check Pitchfork, I really don't like admitting it. Every once in a while, they post something interesting, be it an interview, a controversial review that gets all you hipsters chatting around the hip equivalent of the water cooler or even a news item. Today, there was an interesting item in the latter. It was mentioned earlier that Neko Case would be doing a guest spot on Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Now, don't get me wrong. I understand there are serious problems with Aqua Teen, but even though I'm not stoned, some of the jokes are funny from time to time and any show that has Zakk Wylde voicing himself riding into the scene on a chariot pulled by white stallions is genius. An update to this was posted late today, saying the creator of Aqua Teen was writing a new pilot with Neko Case slated to be the main voice actor.

"And that CGI pilot? Brace yourselves: it's called "Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge", and it features what Willis describes as "a Strawberry Shortcake pop princess that lives in a candy wonderland just outside of Detroit. She comes into Detroit and helps solve problems of racism and teen pregnancy with the power of love and teen pop songs."

Unlike her "Aqua Teen" appearance, Neko is lined up to provide the speaking voice of Cheyenne Cinnamon, but won't be doing any singing-- "which is consistent with every other pop princess," Willis notes. "But her character will lip-synch it, and then a decidedly different-sounding voice sings all the songs." He isn't certain who will provide the singing voice just yet.

The songs in question were penned by pop-rocker and producer Butch Walker, and Willis is pretty psyched about them. "Butch turned all the music around in less than a week, and it sounds exactly like something that you would hear all over the radio, like something that would sell 20 million records."

"Cheyenne Cinnamon" is only in the pilot stages right now, but with any luck it will be confounding late-night television viewers soon enough."

UH WHAT?





I think I'm going to explode. If this doesn't make it onto Adult Swim, I will die. Seriously.

Anyway, Neko Case is one of those musicians that I can go for months without thinking about, but when I come back, I have to listen to like six hours straight. Listen to Fox Confessor Brings the Flood and meditate on how awesome this show would be and send positive vibes towards Adult Swim in hopes that this actually comes to fruition and doesn't turn into Freak Show or Lil' Bush.