My friend Claire Jenkins has placed three songs from her upcoming album, Crow’s Nest/Nid de Pie, in the pilot of a program called Dear Harvard. According to sources it’s a riches to rags drama about a privileged New York high school girl whose life falls apart when her father is arrested for insider trading.
I haven’t been able to find much more online except for casting notices, a note that Danny Gerber will play Carter, and the information that it’s being executive produced by Anne Jarmain. I’d guess a network like CW is the likely target… and it just so happens there’s a Veronica Mars-sized hole in their schedule….
Speaking of CW, a few months ago I sang with—okay, near—Claire and James Carrington, whose song Ache appeared in a sixth-season episode of Smallville titled Noir. You can’t hear the result yet, though; that’s not because the song is on Claire’s unreleased CD, but because it’s on Lenni Jabour’s! Until you can listen for yourselves, remember: don’t go hustling people strange to you, even if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue.