{"id":503,"date":"2014-07-10T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=503"},"modified":"2016-01-26T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T21:00:29","slug":"qa-britta-phillips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2014\/07\/10\/qa-britta-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Music’s Contagious: A Q&A with Britta Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"britta_jem_header\"<\/a>I recently caught up with the lovely and talented Britta Phillips, one half of the duo Dean & Britta, although you may know her better as the singing voice of Jem from the Jem and the Holograms<\/strong> cartoon. Britta filled me in on the current tour in support of Dean\u2019s solo album, info about the duo\u2019s ongoing collaboration with the Andy Warhol Museum, her work on her own upcoming solo album, and she reminisces about her time spent in the studio recording music for Jem. <\/em><\/p>\n

How\u2019s the tour going?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s going well! We break it up, so it doesn\u2019t become exhausting.<\/p>\n

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Have you had any interesting experiences while on the road?<\/strong>
\nIn Atlanta, I saw two policewomen galloping down the street, which was quite a stunning image. Hmm\u2026what else? The owner of a club we played in, in a small town near Rimini, Italy, made us amazing pasta and then did our sound for the show. That\u2019s a first. I know there\u2019s more, but I have a terrible memory, which is why Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are good. I can look back and see what I did.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s one of your favorite songs to perform on this tour?<\/strong>
\nIt varies from night to night, but \u201cLost In Space,\u201d \u201c4th of July,\u201d and \u201cHappy & Free\u201d are always really fun.<\/p>\n

When does the tour end?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s on and off until August 7. Check our tour dates<\/a>, please! I get so bummed when people email asking when we\u2019re coming to their city and we\u2019ve JUST played there.<\/p>\n

Luna covered Serge Gainsbourg\u2019s \u201cBonnie and Clyde\u201d on an album that pre-dates your involvement with the group. Do you and Dean ever do this song in concert, because I\u2019m betting that you\u2019d kill it.<\/strong>
\nWe have done that song a lot at Dean & Britta shows, but right now we\u2019re doing Dean Wareham solo shows, so we\u2019re not doing any Dean & Britta stuff, just Luna and Galaxie 500 songs, as well as Dean’s new stuff.<\/p>\n