(April 2006) Musician off to Left Coast to appear in 'Gilmore Girls'
After a fast five minutes with the makeup artist on the set of ''Gilmore Girls," Joe Pernice met with the popular TV show's hairstylist. The latter took one look at the mussed do of the creative leader of local indie rockers Pernice Brothers, mumbled ''No need," and walked away.
''The show's producers wanted me to play a busker," said Pernice, 38, who had traveled a considerable distance from the band's record label in Dorchester to spend one day at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. ''They asked that I show up to the set looking a bit disheveled. I told them that it would be no problem any day of the week."
Though Pernice Brothers' songs, posters, and T-shirts have appeared in ''Gilmore Girls" episodes, this is Joe's first appearance on the show, which has featured cameos by musicians as diverse as the Shins and Carole King. Pernice, a Holbrook native, will play a singer-songwriter who arrives in town hoping to be discovered. The tale is not pure fiction. Pernice has found through ''Gilmore Girls" a new audience for songs that rarely receive mainstream exposure.
''The show's creators have the freedom to share the music they love with a pretty large audience," said Pernice. ''They find a way to make the music fit the mood and the mood fit the music. It works."
Pernice's cameo won't be the only one to please indie-rock fans. Look for walk-ons by Yo La Tengo, Sam Phillips, and Sonic Youth.
''I'll sing half a verse of 'Amazing Glow,' then the chorus," said Pernice. ''It's less than 45 seconds, which is more than enough time to ask anyone to look at my mug."
The ''Gilmore Girls" season finale airs Tuesday, May 9, at 8 p.m.
RON FLETCHER
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/04/27/musician_off_to_left_coast_to_appear_in_gilmore_girls/
''The show's producers wanted me to play a busker," said Pernice, 38, who had traveled a considerable distance from the band's record label in Dorchester to spend one day at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. ''They asked that I show up to the set looking a bit disheveled. I told them that it would be no problem any day of the week."
Though Pernice Brothers' songs, posters, and T-shirts have appeared in ''Gilmore Girls" episodes, this is Joe's first appearance on the show, which has featured cameos by musicians as diverse as the Shins and Carole King. Pernice, a Holbrook native, will play a singer-songwriter who arrives in town hoping to be discovered. The tale is not pure fiction. Pernice has found through ''Gilmore Girls" a new audience for songs that rarely receive mainstream exposure.
''The show's creators have the freedom to share the music they love with a pretty large audience," said Pernice. ''They find a way to make the music fit the mood and the mood fit the music. It works."
Pernice's cameo won't be the only one to please indie-rock fans. Look for walk-ons by Yo La Tengo, Sam Phillips, and Sonic Youth.
''I'll sing half a verse of 'Amazing Glow,' then the chorus," said Pernice. ''It's less than 45 seconds, which is more than enough time to ask anyone to look at my mug."
The ''Gilmore Girls" season finale airs Tuesday, May 9, at 8 p.m.
RON FLETCHER
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/04/27/musician_off_to_left_coast_to_appear_in_gilmore_girls/
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