multi-part TVN interview

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Parts Four and Five

Thanks so much marek!!

Even more Polish interviews

Don't forget that you can use online translators to read the interviews in text. :)

Onenet.
Even in awkward Googlish, you can tell this is a really well-thought out piece.
Another on onenet.
TVN Style video interview
This is some fluff right here.

Dzień Dobry TVN clip: interview with Basia

Link to all the videos from this show.

(completely in Polish, obviously. You know, I've been wishing I knew more of it this week!)

Dzień Dobry TVN clip: School Days, Alibabki and Perfect days

Link to all the videos from this show.

This is way up there in my favorites, now. Apparently Basia was such a math whiz she would finish her exams early, get bored and start solving her classmates' equations. Hee!

Dzień Dobry TVN clip: Basia and Danny, acoustic "A Gift"

Direct link to all the videos from this show.

This is exhibit A in the case for an acoustic tour, IMHO. And Basia was sick here!

Dzień Dobry TVN clip: Danny interview

Direct link to all the videos from this show.

Polish-speaking fans: chat with Basia!

Marek: "I'm inviting all who want to talk to Basia to tomorrow's chat for television TVN at 9:00 CET on the website. But you have to talk in Polish:)"

"Zlote Slodsze i Najslodsze" tomorrow

(From Krysia)In tomorrow Marek's program "Zlote Slodsze i Najslodsze" Basia and Danny will be guests at noon CET (if anybody US Esat Coast willing to get up 6 am - you've got the chance :-)). There will be other guests - 11.30 am CET Kayah (Polish singer, I really like her) and Anna Maria Jopek - the time of her appereance was not mentioned but per my understanding it will be after B&D (or together, Marek said today that she will appear).

UPDATED Basia all over Polish TV and radio this week

And some websites and print for good measure.

UPDATED! Here's what is on the docket, officially. I can't vouch for broadcast times as some things may be taped, but are live if indicated:

Thursday May 21st

• 10– 15 minute Interview for TELEEXPRESS (an afternoon news program) and TELEPLOTKI (a local program for TVP 3 about what
  happened in the last week in show business) -with Marek Sierocki


• 14.00 – 15.00 “Prywatna Kolekcja” - a live program in Polish Radio PR 3 with Piotr Stelmach. The artists talk about their favorite recordings.


• 17.00 – 18.00 Interview for Magiel Towarzyski – a culture/ lifestyle program on TVN Style with Karolina Korwin – Piotrowska


• Also, interview for plejada.pl

Friday May 22nd

• 9.30 – 9.50 (TV) Live broadcast – 6-8 minute interview with Jarek Kuzniar (TVN24 the biggest news television in Poland)


• recording 20– 30 minute Interview for Interia.pl and interia TV (one of the three biggest internet portals)


• Interview for onet.pl


• 13.00– 14.00 Radio 2 live entrances and a 20 minute interview in Chilli ZET


• 19.00– 20.00 (Radio) Live in Radio PiN – on a program with Maciek Ulewicz “Goraczka Codziennego Wieczoru”

Saturday May 23rd

• between 10.00 – 13.00 Radio Złote Przeboje „Złote Słodsze i Najsłodsze” with Marek Niedźwiecki


• interview for Tom Cultury- EMPIK's magazine


• 12.00 – 13.00 - „Złote Słodsze i najsłodsze” Radio Złote Przeboje


• 19.00 – 20.00 “Lista Przebojów” – a live program in Polish Radio PR 3. Basia together with Piotr Baron will run the program.

Sunday May 24th

• “Good Morning TVN” – half-hour of chat, also one main interview/conversation, a short conversation with Danny, live performance and contest (winners get the CD!)


• There will be an interview for Claudia magazine.

Monday, May 25

• Basia and Danny begin five-day sleep to recover from all this. (haha)

Basia on NBC in San Diego

The clip from Basia's brief appearance on San Diego news.

San Diego today, San Francisco/San Rafael tomorrow

TODAY-
SAN DIEGO
Interview for NBC News (to be shown on the 4.30 Newscast)
7.30pm instore appearance at Borders, 668 6th Avenue San Diego.

TOMORROW-
SAN FRANCISCO
Interview with KKSF
Instore appearance at Borders, 588 Francisco Blvd West, San Rafael 4pm.

DON'T FORGET: CA Borders in-stores, radio & TV promo!

NEW YORK (Tue/Wed May 12/13): Interviews for Reuters TV and XM/Sirius Radio.

LA (Thu May 14): Interview at The WAVE and at Broadcast Architecture/SmoothJazz.com

SAN DIEGO (Fri May 15):Interviews for KIFM and NBC News (to be shown on the 4.30 Newscast) and at 7.30pm an instore appearance at Borders, 668 6th Avenue San Diego.

SAN FRANCISCO (Sat May 16): Interview with KKSF and an instore appearance at Borders, 588 Francisco Blvd West, San Rafael 4pm.

ABC News Now appearance cancelled

Yeah, that's about it. :( We'll keep you posted if anything changes.

Basia and Danny's American Adventure

Kind of, anyway. ;) They are coming over to NYC and the West Coast to do a little promo.

NEW YORK (Tue/Wed May 12/13): Interviews for ABC News Now (Live 1pm May 12), Reuters TV and XM/Sirius Radio.

LA (Thu May 14): Interview at The WAVE and at Broadcast Architecture/SmoothJazz.com

SAN DIEGO (Fri May 15):Interviews for KIFM and NBC News (to be shown on the 4.30 Newscast) and at 7.30pm an instore appearance at Borders, 668 6th Avenue San Diego.

SAN FRANCISCO (Sat May 16): Interview with KKSF and an instore appearance at Borders, 588 Francisco Blvd West, San Rafael 4pm.

Be sure to catch them if those in-stores are in your area! We'll update with any more details.

In even more official good news, ITGA has gone gold in Poland and a fall tour is looking more and more possible! YES!

(via basiasongs.com & official mailing list)

More Polish interviews; TVP Polonia and Gala

A segment filmed for TVP Polonia. Particularly neat is hearing "A Gift" played just on piano. Also, earrings! ;)

Interview in Gala.
Time for a quick run through the Google translator. I only feel it's fair to wait for a full translation to be sure I have the right impression before I repeat things, but on preview this is why we love Basia interviews so much: she. gets. real. Just the fact that she can talk about these things, perhaps having realized that many of us can relate... it's just awesome.

Thanks Piotr, and please fans keep sending notices about interviews and reviews wherever you are!

Matt's Mood live videos from 2004-5

We don't have a tour to see for now but maybe these clips from Polish TV can satisfy for a short while anyway.

"Half A Minute"
"Ordinary Day"

London Warsaw New York special on YouTube

Ken Drew put up the awesome London Warsaw New York VH1 special from 1990 onto YouTube. It's like A New Day: The Directors Cut, with new footage!

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

YouTube roundup

via smoe.org/lists/basia My personal favorite Basia TV interview of. all. time.

"My Cruel Ways" on late night TV.

"She Deserves It," US morning TV.

Amazing live video from Poland 1994!

Krysia and Marcus in a labor of love brought these clips to YouTube of Basia live at Sala Congresowa in 1994, broadcast on Polish TV Channel 1 later that year. Let's just say they are AMAZING:

Until You Come Back To Me
Dzień się budzi

Now THAT'S a pretty sweet holiday gift!

EDIT: even more!
Time and Tide
Baby You're Mine

"Best Friends" live

I'm willing to bet this is on Letterman in 1990. Thanks Krysia for the alert!

EDIT: fan Phil has a VHS of this labeled 1989-- wowza, remember tapes? ;) Thanks Phil.



And as a postscript to the "Astrud" clip, Peter White chimes in the forum there:
"That certainly is Richard Elliot on baritone sax- he was brought in just for the Carson show and I think that I may have even recommended him. By the way, did anyone notice Marc Antoine on guitar? He did that tour with Basia(1987 or 1988?) as I was on tour with Al Stewart at that time."

That's pretty sweet, I had no idea that was Richard Elliot!

Instructional Video

Back in 1996, when faced with the task of putting together a mini-segment on Basia on Broadway, CNN came to one conclusion: Basia's name is hard!



(Thanks Marcus!)

Prime Time TV clip

Way, way, wayy too cute a video from 1988-- I'd love to see the oversized suit come back. And Kevin looks the same as now, which is crazy. What is this show, anyway? The set reminds me of old Arsenio but the audience is way too large. Another show from Europe, maybe?

Double exposure

I had no idea there were two videos to "Promises", but sure enough there were, and here are both of them side by side.

Returning to YouTube are two US late night TV clips from Time and Tide--"Astrud" and "Run For Cover". There is also a clip of the amazing "Yearning" video-- it has the highest production value and is the most conceptual of the Basia videos so do watch.

Here and there

Hello from the (temporary) new nervecenter in suburban Detroit! News is that there isn't a whole lot of news-- the music is going great and almost wrapped up, it's the business stuff we're waiting on. In the meantime enjoy this clip from the 2005 tour and this 1990 TV appearance before YouTube inevitably removes them.

Live on American TV, and some natty jewel thieves

Long ago a bunch of fans gathered up their videocassettes (remember those?) and their LDs and sent them to the one guy who had the equipment in an age before iDVD to dub them onto CD-ROM- and thus the Basia Video Project was born. Our esteemed site founder, Ben, then got everyone hooked up with their own copy. The fandom rejoiced.

Ten years later and during another (thankfully finite) slow period we have the endless fun that is YouTube, something that couldn't even be conceived of in those days. Even more video goodness: First, there's the second number from that Tonight Show episode, this time "Astrud." Check out who I think might be Marc Antoine on guitar, in a look he'd probably just as soon forget.

At this point I'm feeling quite spoiled, but there's also the video to "Until You Come Back To Me" (shot at Seattle's Paramount) and another fab Matt Bianco mini-movie, "Sneaking Out the Back Door," in which Basia out-hustles street thugs at cards and Danny engages in print-on-demand the old fashioned way. I really love those old Matt Bianco videos. Let all this booty tide you over until the next album update.

EDIT: Clips removed by YouTube.

Back in the day... way back

Oh, wow. Here's Basia performing on the Tonight Show back in the very beginning. She looks quite happy with the performance! Notice Kevin playing another keyboard off to the left of the stage, too.EDIT: Clip removed by YouTube.

Matt Bianco ring in the New Year on Polish TV

Matt Bianco and Basia performed in her native Poland for the TVP network's New Years' show. Some photos here.