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Quiz Show Interview: Montclair-ians Who Rock

BY JORDAN MAINZER

When you haven’t played music for 25 years and get back into it, you take nothing for granted, from the voice memo feature on your smartphone to the ability to self-release music. That was certainly the case for Chris Matthews, the former Shudder To Think guitarist whose official last show with the post-hardcore greats was in 1992. Since then, he played a couple songs at a reunion show, but had mostly, for all intents and purposes, quit music. Fast-forward to the late 2010s, Matthews was living in Montclair, New Jersey, working as a professor at Montclair State. He had been added to Parents Who Rock, a database of Montclair-based parents who happened to play music, in any capacity, and received an email from another person in the organization, none other than Guided By Voices drummer--and former Shudder To Think member--Kevin March. They laughed at the connection and began jamming. Matthews asked his neighbor Frank Gibbons, who had played in bands in college, to join on bass. Quiz Show was born.

When in Shudder To Think, Matthews never sang or wrote vocal melodies, as that was Craig Wedren’s lane. He stuck to guitar parts. Originally, March was the lead singer of Quiz Show, but during a recording session with Montclair-based Ray Ketchem at his studio Magic Door, he found himself singing backing melodies, then asked by March and Ketchem to become the lead singer. Why the hell not? He hadn’t done much music-wise for 25 years. The first song that really clicked with Matthews as singer was “Pom Pom Boy”, his gentle vocal harmonies surfing on top of a disco-rock beat. When he realized that the band could self-release, Quiz Show started uploading songs as they were finished. The first was “Sound of Kissing”, though “Pom Pom Boy” was close to follow, as were the scratchy “Big Bank Theory”, post-hardcore callback “What If?”, slow-burner “Dime A Dozen”, and more.

Eventually, though, March became too busy with the ever-prolific GBV, and Gibbons backed out after COVID hit. But Matthews was having too much fun. March essentially handpicked drummer Joe Billy (also from School of Rock Montclair) to replace him, and Matthews realized that Jesse Krakow--yet another former Shudder To Think member--lived nearby. When Krakow came on board as the new bassist, the new lineup in a couple years recorded and released two EPs, Geographic and Stole the Sky, under Ketchum’s newly minted Magic Door Record Label. Then, in a roundabout way--fitting for the loose, ramshackle nature of how Quiz Show came to be--Ketchum suggested Quiz Show rerelease all of their old lineup recordings under the label, as their debut LP. After a couple hours of remastering, their self-titled debut full-length was born, finally out today.

Though Quiz Show are undoubtedly looking forward, because the band is essentially Matthews’ first lead project, the songs on Quiz Show jive with the spirit of the new lineup’s first two EPs, even when March sings, like on the subdued “Always Waiting”. Deftly journeying from chugging and wiry punk to power pop to dirges, the collection highlights Matthews’ masterful-as-ever guitar compositions and introduces him as an eternally emotive lyricist. 

A couple weeks ago, I spoke with Matthews over the phone about the history of Quiz Show, the new lineup, his newfound appreciation for writing lyrics, and the process of making the band’s look-back of a debut. Read our conversation below, edited for length and clarity.

Since I Left You: Was it always the plan for Quiz Show’s debut album to be a collection of all its previously released singles?

Chris Matthews: No--when we started playing, we were putting things out on our own, because you can put it anywhere without a label. We were recording one or two songs at a time and releasing them as singles. It was exciting to put something out every three or four months. Along the way, the owner of Magic Door, where we record, Ray Ketchem, decided to start the Magic Door Record Label for bands that record there and want to release under his umbrella. He invited us to do that. We released two EPs under that label, and Ray said, “Now that we’re doing this, maybe we should rerelease everything on Magic Door and have everything under the one name.” In the beginning, we didn’t have an LP in mind because we were going song by song. It’s nice it’s lasted this long and we have enough music to put out an album.

SILY: Why did Frank and Kevin leave and Jesse and Joe come in?

CM: The band started with Kevin and me. Montclair is an interesting suburb. A lot of people in media and the arts end up here. I teach as a professor at Montclair State; I just happen to be a musician as well. Kevin lives in town, and we found each other through an organization called Parents Who Rock, which was organized by a woman who realized a lot of the musicians in town had been devoting a lot of their time to raising their kids and didn’t get a chance to play music. She put together events where people, low bar, could play together. Kevin found my name on there and reached out, asking, “Are you that Chris Matthews who was in Shudder To Think?” I wrote him back, “Are you the Kevin March who was in Shudder To Think?” [laughs] We figured it out and started playing music together. It kind of clicked. Kevin’s a super enthusiastic person. I told him, “I haven’t played music in 25 years. This is kind of fun, but I don’t really have the chance to do it.” He said, “That doesn’t matter. You have to come back into it and start writing songs again.” He liked what I had come up with, and we started to put a band together. Frank lives around the corner from me, and we know each other from the neighborhood. I said, “Do you want to try playing bass with us?” He said, “Sure!” He’d been out of music for longer than I had, and he was never really in music beyond college bands. We put that together.

Kevin is the drummer for Guided By Voices, who release a new record every 3 weeks. So he just got busy. He couldn’t commit to doing it. He’s also the general manager for the School of Rock Montclair. He’s got a full-time straight job, running that business, and then is in [GBV]. He didn’t have enough time. With the pandemic, things slowed down, and Frank backed out. At that point, I didn’t want to stop. I knew Joe from School of Rock. My older kid took classes there. Kevin recommended Joe take over for him as the drummer in the band. In a roundabout way, Jesse, who also played with Shudder To Think on tours, ended up living nearby. When I reached out to him, he said, “Hell yeah, I’d love to play!” So that’s who we are now: Joe, Jesse, and Chris, and we’re staying that way. At least for now.

SILY: Had you and Kevin ever crossed paths in Shudder To Think?

CM: One night on a reunion tour in 2010-ish, they played the Bowery Ballroom in New York, and I was living here. Kevin was in that band, so I came up and played a couple Shudder To Think songs with the band just for the fun of it. He and I played two songs together. I hadn’t met him before and hadn’t seen him since. It was a surprising situation. I give Kevin all the credit. He said, “You’re gonna be surprised how much people like having you back in the scene making and playing music.” He’s just been a big fan.

SILY: You’ve said that this band has made you realize you enjoyed singing as much as playing guitar. How did you feel about both before?

CM: I was just a guitar player and hadn’t sang on anything, and you know Shudder To Think well enough to know that you don’t really enter the space occupied by Craig Wedren and his vocal talents. You just let that be, and I did the guitar parts, and it worked great. But when we started playing as what became Quiz Show, Kevin was doing vocals. You can hear him singing on “Pom Pom Boy” and “Withstand” and “Always Waiting”. Even with “Withstand”, I sang in the middle. Kevin and Ray, who we were always recording with, said, “You should just sing. Make this your thing.” I said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’ll give it a shot.” I do like it. It is fun. The best part is not the singing, because I don’t think I can pull it off very well, but I like coming up with vocal melodies and having that be an extra piece of creative work. Craig always wrote vocal melodies, because that was his job. It’s been fun to do that as part of the process. The guitar is just fantastic. One of the things that surprised me was that I played now and again in the 25 years since I was in a band, and you’d think I didn’t remember how to play, but I never forgot. I was able to pick it up as if I never put it down. I’m doing some of my best playing now.

SILY: What would you say is the biggest difference between the remastered versions of these songs and the originally released versions?

CM: I was with Ray, and we didn’t do much. We listened to each song and picked out a couple of really minor things that weren’t mixed just right or had always been bugging me. But we didn’t try to change much of anything. The remastering was just to make them feel like they were all together when recorded, like the tonal mixes, so there wasn’t anything that was radically out of line. It wasn’t like that anyway, since we recorded everything at Ray’s place, so it took [just] a couple hours of work. We weren’t intending to create something new, but to create something more coherent from start to finish.

SILY: In between now and the last time you were writing music, do you have any newfound influences?

CM: Musically, the things I started listening to after leaving the band haven’t really influenced me. I lived for a while in New Orleans and really loved brass band stuff, probably because it wasn’t the same stuff I was playing, and I wasn’t watching it critiquing the guitar player. But I don’t think it had any influence on the way I write guitar. After hanging up the guitar, Built to Spill was the first band I really discovered. They’ve remained a centerpiece kind of band doing it exactly right. I’m always happy with where they’re going, and the feel of their songs--especially the guitar. Bands come and go, but I always stick with Built to Spill.

SILY: What did you think of their most recent record?

CM: I’m not sure I know their most recent record. I’m a terrible music fan. [laughs]

SILY: Did you lead off this record with “Sound of Kissing” because it was Quiz Show’s first-ever released song?

CM: We had always decided on it. Ray especially had influence on it. He said, “That’s your best song!” [laughs] We recorded “Withstand” and “Pom Pom Boy” first but didn’t release them, because we didn’t know what we were doing. At that point, I didn’t know you could just self-release, sign up for a distributor, and it’ll end up being on Spotify, and you’ll be a real band. But “Sound of Kissing” was the most exemplary of what we were trying to do, bringing these three musicians together as a sound. That’s why I’m the only vocalist, because at that point, they had said, “You should just sing.” I’m waiting for someone to say, “You should stop singing,” but as long as they don’t say that, I’ll keep going. It makes it easier. I don’t have to find someone else.

SILY: Did you approach the sequencing like you were making a mixtape of your own songs?

CM: Yeah, Ray and I did that. It might be a small number of people listening to an album in order, but we had that thought of what should come next. We wanted “Mannequin Sun” at the end because it was the only unreleased piece [on a Quiz Show-only release].

SILY: It’s also a good closer, a tonal wildcard, and in terms of pace.

CM: Yeah. It’s a weird song.

SILY: Are you playing these songs live and writing new material with the new lineup?

CM: Yeah. We’re definitely still playing many of these--not all of them. That’s only because some of them I can’t pull off with the vocals and guitar live, and others we haven’t had time for the new guys to learn. The three of us have written, recorded, and released two EPs, and we’re still writing. I love writing music, and the voice memo phenomenon on my iPhone, I remember how many times I sat down to write, put my guitar down to go eat something, and came back and it was like it was never done. Being able to have it as a shitty little voice recording is great. I have dozens of songs we can work on. It’s a matter of finding the time and finding what’s a right fit for this band. After this, we have three songs ready to record, and I don’t know whether we’ll do another EP or collect them as a new LP with the new lineup. We’ll keep releasing, for sure.

SILY: Do you often find yourself coming up with a melody, recording it, and realizing later it’s from something?

CM: That hasn’t happened. I always start with the guitar. The vocal melodies are always built on top of an existing guitar idea. That’s how I’ve always written. I have a three-quarter size acoustic guitar in my office, and that’s how I do most of my writing. I’ll break from whatever I’m doing, pick up a guitar, and that’ll be the start of a song. I don’t think I’ve ever recorded something and thought, “That already exists.” But if I was singing, I’m sure I would do that in a heartbeat. It’s so ethereal, versus your hands doing something.

SILY: Anything you’ve been listening to, watching, or reading lately that’s caught your attention?

CM: Like everybody else, I love the new world of television shows that you can watch. I’m watching The Last Of Us, and I’m not sure I like it. It’s a bit of a strange show. I think I thought it would be something else, and I’m coming to terms with what it is. Reading, I do all my reading for work, so I don’t spend much time reading other things. But I did just read a book by Dan Chaon, a murder mystery. He wrote one called Sleepwalk which was also very strange, which I recommend. I’m also a big Carl Hiaasen fan, if you like trashy Florida man stories. Music-wise, I don’t know if there’s anything new that I’ve paid attention to. There’s a lot of K-pop coming from my house, because my daughter’s a BTS fan, along with everybody else on the planet.

SILY: Do you have a favorite song on the Quiz Show album?

CM: “Pom Pom Boy”. The music, the vocals, the feel of the whole song. I’ve always loved that. It could be the one where even more than “Sound of Kissing”, we realized we knew what we were doing. There were a couple of other songs that don’t exist anymore where [we didn’t.] I love playing “Almost Famous”.

SILY: It’s very hard-charging.

CM: It’s a ton of fun, and I have a couple of friends who love it. “Big Bank Theory”, we don’t play it because I can’t do the guitar and vocals, so I’m trying to see if Jesse on bass can do the guitar line. I really love that one. It’s a quieter song, but I feel like the way it came together as a written song, I’ve always been happy with.

[little-dipper-euni]

Pt 2 of The Quest for Mutuals

My Interests Include: (will be in different categories) (my man/woman from each thing will be in ())

@starrycornelius I promise I will finish Hannibal I promise😿 pls I promise darlin’😿 I’m trying😭but it’s so long 😭😭and I can’t focus👹👹

Shows:

-Gilmore Girls (Jess) -The Walking Dead (Negan,Glenn,Rick)-Teen Wolf (Coach Finstock,Stiles,Kira)-The Originals(Hayley)

-Criminal Minds(Spencer,Elle) -Heartstopper(Nick,Elle,)

-Hannibal (don’t come for me Cornelius I’m gonna finish it somehow)

-Outer Banks(JJ,John B, Rafe, Sarah, Barry) -Succesion(Roman, Shiv, Tom) -COMMUNITY (Jeff,Abed,Britta)(6 seasons and a movie!!)

-Fleabag(Fleabag, The Hot Priest) -The Sandman(The Corinthian) -Gotham (the riddler is my MAN)

-Magic School Bus -Brooklyn 9-9 (Jake,Rosa,)-THE BEAR(CARMY RICHIE 😻😻)

Movies:

-Mysterious Skin -Thirteen -Carrie -Trial of the Chicago 7 -Hunger Games -The Lovely Bones

-Juno -Black Swan -Whiplash -Coraline -Buffalo 66 -Requiem for a Dream -Girl, Interrupted

-Rock Horror Picture Show -10 Things I Hate About You -The Outsiders -Gabriel(2014) -Matilda -Lisa Frankenstein

-Scream(all) -Bend it Like Beckham -But, I’m a cheerleader -Brokeback Mountain -The Half of It

-Everything Everywhere All at Once -Cabaret -Challengers -Hereditary -Midsommar -The Dark Knight (all)

Books:

-Looking for Alaska -Mysterious Skin -No longer Human -Jane Eyre -The Help

-The Dollmaker of Krakow -The Catcher in The Rye -The Great Gatsby -Anna Karenina

-War and Peace -anything Nietzsche, Kant, or Camus -Mary (Nabokov) -The Odyssey

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

Spring Into Love 2024 Lineup - Hallmark Channel

Shifting Gears Premieres Saturday, March 23 8pm/7c (Was set to have an early premiere on Hallmark Movies Now on March 7, but not sure that's still a go.) Starring Tyler Hynes and Katherine Barrell After female mechanic Jess (Barrell) reluctantly agrees to participate in a car restoration show, she is shocked to learn that her ex-boyfriend, Luke (Hynes), is her main competitor. Will sparks reignite?

An Easter Bloom Premieres Saturday, March 30 8pm/7c Starring Aimeé Teegarden and Benjamin Hollingsworth A young gardener Amanda (Teegarden) sets out to save her family farm by entering a floral competition for Easter. She meets a local pastor along the way, Derrick (Hollingsworth), who helps her restore the hope she lost.

Blind Date Book Club Premieres Saturday, April 6 8pm/7c Starring Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley Meg Tompkins (Krakow) is torn between taking over her late mother’s bookstore and pursuing her collegiate dream. At the bookstore, she starts a successful “blind date book club.” The idea is readers pick a book mysteriously wrapped in brown paper with only a few key descriptors on it; Meg then hosts interactive discussions where all the readers get to talk about Meg’s book of choice. Meanwhile, book author Graham Sterling (Buckley) is given hard advice about his most recent manuscript. He hears an interview with Meg on the radio and seeks her out to audition his new novel. Graham has been advised to avoid writing about a subject of which he knows nothing, which is also Meg’s recommendation. Against her better judgment, she agrees to the book discussion idea. In spending time together, Meg and Graham begin to fall in love. As they draw closer, Meg discovers that taking over the bookstore is ultimately what makes her happy. Graham realizes the advice that is hard to hear is what will make him a better writer.

Legend of the Lost Locket Premieres Saturday, April 13 8pm/7c Starring Natasha Burnett and Viv Leacock London-based antiques expert Amelia (Burnett) is on the hunt for a long-lost antique locket that legend says will grant the wearer true love. Her late mother started the quest and Amelia is bound and determined to see it through. Amelia’s search takes her to a small town in Massachusetts, where she immediately clashes with Sheriff Marcus Forrest (Leacock), who questions her motives and interest in the town’s history. After a somewhat rocky start, Sheriff Forrest begins to recognize what acquiring the iconic locket can mean to the local community, so he joins Amelia in the race to find the antique before any of the competition can decipher the clues and beat them to the treasure. As their pursuit of the locket intensifies, so do their feelings for each other. From the Boston art world to participation in the town’s annual Founder’s Day costume ball, their search for the fabled locket inspires Amelia and Marcus to follow their hearts to the ultimate treasure: true love.

Falling in Love in Niagara Premieres Saturday, April 20 8pm/7c Premieres March 14 on Hallmark Movies Now Starring Jocelyn Hudon and Dan Jeannotte After her fiancé leaves her before their wedding, Madeline (Hudon) goes to Niagara Falls to honeymoon without him. There, she reconnects with her adventurous side, learns to let go, and finds new love with Mike (Jeannotte).

Branching Out Premieres Saturday, April 27 8pm/7c Starring Sarah Drew and Juan Pablo Di Pace Ten years ago, Amelia Webber (Drew) had a baby on her own through IVF. Today, Amelia’s charming daughter Ruby is her everything. When Ruby gets a school assignment exploring heritage and creating family trees, she notices hers is small and sparse. With the help of a DNA test, Amelia learns that Ruby’s father T.J. Cota (Di Pace) lives nearby. Meanwhile, the endearing T.J. is a professional guitarist who hasn’t found success the way he always dreamed. Amelia makes contact, and to her surprise, T.J. wants to meet Ruby. T.J. has a huge family, and suddenly Ruby’s family tree has sprouted leaves! Romance take flight as Amelia gets to know T.J. and is invited to take part in his family’s Mexican traditions. Along the way, Amelia’s protective instincts — both for herself and her daughter — are challenged, especially when T.J. gets the chance of a lifetime to join a major musical tour. With the help of an adorable little girl who has a big heart and a thousand questions, Amelia and T.J. discover that family trees can be complicated and wonderfully unique, especially when love is what ties everyone together.

[wildcmbcrsupdates]

gaiaweiss: Fun times at @mastercardoffcamerafestival in Krakow. 1. Polish donuts are called pączki in Poland. 2. A mythical Cabaret in Krakow and a gathering place for the opposition movement in the 80s. 3. Unforgettable evening after the screening of Jesse Eisenberg’s film. 4. Louis tried Polish vodka. 5. Best place for pierogies. 6. My passion for donuts ���

Gaia Weiss, Louis Cunningham and Philippe Tłokiński via gaiaweiss on Instagram, 05/08/2023.

[beaconcovehq]

**THIS POST WAS UPDATED 1/10/25 @ 1PM EST

Joe Burrow

Gigi Hadid

Nicholas Galitzine

Harry Styles

Maura Higgins

Jennifer Morrison

Erin Krakow

Julianne Hough

Kendall Jenner

Sarah Drew

Tyler Hoechlin

Taylor Swift

Ariana Grande

Lili Reinhart

Troian Bellisario

Selena Gomez

Gareth Southgate

Taylor Zakhar Perez

Lana Parrilla

Elizabeth Olsen

Halsey

Austin Butler

Andrei Iosivas

Callum Turner

Sabrina Carpenter

Sydney Sweeney

Olivia DeJonge

Chris Evans

Jesse Williams

Tom Ellis

Colin O'Donoghue

Jennifer Lawrence

Zendaya Coleman

[codycawdren]

Santa Tell Me (2024)

Director: Ryan Landels Starring: Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Jess Brown When Olivia, a successful interior designer, finds an old letter from Santa promising she’ll meet the love of her life by Christmas Eve – and that his name will be Nick – she’s stunned to meet not one, but three guys named Nick. With the clock ticking toward Christmas Eve, Olivia embarks on a heartwarming and humorous…

[thoughtswordsaction]

Quiz Show - Flotsam EP

Photo by Ray Ketchem New Jersey-based trio Quiz Show returns with another outstanding material. Comprised of Shudder To Think’s Chris Matthews and bassist Jesse Krakow, alongside the rhythmically adept Joe Billy III on drums, Quiz Show‘s latest offering, the “Flotsam” EP demonstrates years of experience distilled into engaging post-hardcore music. Following the critical acclaim garnered by their…

[elsantodelrock]

Quiz Show: Super Concrete

Quiz Show es el trio establecido en New Jersey, integrado por el también parte de Shudder To Think, Chris Matthews, el bajista Jesse Krakow, complementados por Joe Billy, quien reemplaza al baterista original, Kevin March (Guided By Voices, The Dambuilders), quienes llegan a nuestra audiencia para anunciarnos la llegada de su Flotsam EP, editado vía la disquera de Montclair, NJ, Magic Door Record…

[legally-a-bastard]

Last movie: Night Swim (this movie actually kinda slapped, it was good)

Last Song: Jesse Got Trapped In the Coal Mine by Goodnight, Texas

Currently Reading: The Dollmaker of Krakow

Currently Watching: M*A*S*H (like always)

Currently consuming: crackers

Currently craving: mmmmmmm burger

@max--phillips @godmybackhurts @strangefable @captastra

@purple-amaranthe thank you for tagging me!!

last movie: A haunting in Venice

last song: Astronaut - Sido

currently reading: American Gods

currently watching: Bridgerton

currently consuming: nothing 😌😌

currently craving: ice cream, like every time I have a sore throat heheh

tagging @keysmashhhhhhhh @sky-is-torn @flyingpurplepeopleeater42 @fluffykitteninabox @justnerdystuffs @geolato (no pressure at all) a d anyone else who might want to do this

[whencallstheheart]

Here’s a slightly more detailed episode description of 8x01:

When Calls the Heart - Season 8 Premiere, "Open Season" Starring: Erin Krakow, Jack Wagner, Pascale Hutton, Kavan Smith, Paul Greene, Andrea Brooks, Chris McNally and Kevin McGarry Premieres: Sunday, Feb. 21 Elizabeth (Krakow) has finished her manuscript. An unwelcome visitor stirs up trouble for Nathan (McGarry) and Allie (Jaeda Lily Miller). A homesick Rosemary (Hutton) and Lee (Smith) cut their South American trip short. Faith (Brooks) arrives back from medical school. Clara (Eva Bourne) and Jesse (Aren Buchholz) haven’t been getting along. Fiona (Kayla Wallace) has a new business venture.

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

New in July - Hallmark Movies Now

Caribbean Summer (2022)  Starring  Heather Hemmens and Ser’Darius Blain   Hallmark Channel / Summer Nights 

The Last Bridesmaid (2019)  Starring Rachel Boston and Paul Campbell   Hallmark Channel / June Weddings 

Paris, Wine & Romance (2019)  Starring Jen Lilley and Dn Jeannotte   Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Summer 

Destination Wedding (2017)  Starring Alexa PenaVega, Jeremy Guilbaut, and Andrea Brooks Hallmark Channel / June Weddings 

One Starry Christmas (2014)  Starring Sarah Carter and Damon Runyan   Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas 

It's Christmas, Carol! (2012)  Starring Emmanuelle Vaguer and Carrie Fisher   Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas 

Christmas Song (2012)  Starring Natasha Henstridge and Gabriel Hogan   Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas 

June 1 

Campfire Christmas (2022)  Starring Tori Anderson, Corbin Bleu, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Catlin Stryker, and Matt Hamilton   Hallmark Channel / Christmas in July  

Christmas in Rome (2019)  Starring Lacey Cabaret and Sam Page   Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas 

In the Key of Love (2019)  Starring Laura Ones, Scott Michael, Andrea Brooks, and Shannon Chan-Kent   Hallmark Movies Now 

With Love, Christmas (2017)  Starring Emilie Ullerup and Aaron O’Connell   Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas 

July 6 

The Journey Ahead (2022)  Starring Holly Robinson Peete and Kaylee Bryant   Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 

My Grown-Up Christmas List (2022)  Starring Kevin McGarry and Kayla Wallace  Hallmark Channel / Christmas in July 

The Christmas Ring (2020)  Starring Nareen Contractor and David Alpay  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Miracles of Christmas 

Once Upon a Holiday (2015)  Starring Briana Evigan and Paul Campbell   Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas 

Sun, Sand & Romance (2017)  Starring Tricia Helfer and Paul Campbell  Hallmark Channel / Summer Nights 

July 13 

A Tail of Love (2022)  Starring Brittany Bristow and Chris McNally  Hallmark Channel / Spring Into Love 

July 20 

Big Sky River (2022)  Starring Emmanuelle Vaguer and Kavan Smith  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 

July 27 

Romance to the Rescue (2022)  Starring Andrea Brooks and Marcus Rosner  Hallmark Channel 

All Saints Christmas (2022)  Starring Ledisi and Roger Cross  Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas 

The Holiday Stocking (2022)  Starring Nadine Ellis, Tamala Jones, and B.J. Britt  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Mahogany / Miracles of Christmas 

Sense, Sensibility & Snowman (2019)  Starring Erin Krakow, Luke Macfarlane, and Kimberly Sustad  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Miracles of Christmas 

Christmas in Toyland (2022) Starring Vanessa Lengies abd Jesse Hutch Hallmark Channel / Christmas in July

And more new movies every Thursday. 

[wildcmbcrsupdates]

gaiaweiss: Fun times at @mastercardoffcamerafestival in Krakow. 1. Polish donuts are called pączki in Poland. 2. A mythical Cabaret in Krakow and a gathering place for the opposition movement in the 80s. 3. Unforgettable evening after the screening of Jesse Eisenberg’s film. 4. Louis tried Polish vodka. 5. Best place for pierogies. 6. My passion for donuts 🥲

Gaia Weiss via Instagram, 05/08/2023.

[neaarty]

[jimrmoore]

Vaudevisuals interview with Amber Martin - "Sizzling Summer Series" at Joe's Pub

Vaudevisuals interview with Amber Martin – “Sizzling Summer Series” at Joe’s Pub

# Janis Joplin ~ Bette Midler ~ Laura Nyro #

Beginning on July 26th, Amber Martin will perform 3 different evenings of music by iconic rock goddesses who lived, loved and made legend in New York City.

 Friday July 26th – Janis: Undead – with musical director Paul Leschen, Jesse Krakow, Mike Fornatale, David Berger, Nath Ann Carrera and special guest Shannon Conley.

Saturday August 10th –…

[watchinghallmark]

New mysteries in development for HM&M coming in 2020:

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is in development on “The Royal Mysteries”(wt), an all-new mystery starring Erin Krakow (“When Calls the Heart”).  The original story sets thrilling mysteries against the backdrop of a Royal family. As an employee of the Oldavian Embassy, Tanya (Krakow) finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue, deceit and murder. She joins forces with James, the Prince of Oldavia, and together they set out to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of the prominent Oldavian Ambassador. The all-new movie is expected to premiere in 2020 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is in development on an all new mystery “Mysteries of Martha’s Vineyard,” based on the books of the same name, with Jesse Metcalfe (“Chesapeake Shores”) set to star.

[a-beautiful-heart-wf001]

5.09 Viewing Thoughts

- I didn’t trust that chick either. Rosemary was right to trust her gut.

- Wish Bill could have had more screen time. I was kind of hoping he’s accidentally lock himself in the jail after Carson left. Lmao.

- I need to buy some coffee too.

- Mr. Yost is an underrated cinnamon roll. ❤️ He needs to be featured more.

- Jesse being honest with Clara: Awwwww. I want to hug him.

- Robert and Cody making that new cake to replace the one they destroyed was so precious.

- Yay! Henry did the right thing! You can tell he loves Abigail.

- Leave it to an animal labor to delay the birthday party! Classic!

- Faith is so precious.

- Carson walking in like he owns the saloon. Swoon!

- BONUS: Erin Krakow did an exceptional job at the end when the Mountie told her that Jack was “dead.” ( I’m in denial. Her reaction was on point!