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Karen Scanlan's avatar

Hi Dan, A shout out from the very far, distant-past. This is Karen Scanlan from Chicago, a friend of your sister, Becs. I don't know if you remember me, but I met you once or twice when Becs was still living in Chicago (I think I met you at Medusa's when Lava Sutra was performing). This would probably be around, oh, the late '80s I think. Anyway, I came across your article by such weird chance. I'm working on a project and was looking for vintage exercise images. So I clicked on one of the images and there your article was. What a blast from the past! It's so great to see you're still creating and performing! Anyway, with such a random occurrence, I was compelled to reach out and say hello. I hope you and your sister are doing well. Wishing you all the best as you continue to create. Best, Karen

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Tony Fletcher's avatar

Thanks for yet another shout-out Dan, much appreciated. I can see why someone went home singing this song, the chorus is already stuck in my head and I only heard it once! So maybe in an alternate universe you'd have recorded this song and had a hit. And maybe you'd have been tainted like Weezer or Fountains of Wayne, as a band that was too clever to be sincere. But I believe it's John Belushi who was once told, there's a thin line between 'clever' and 'stupid' - and some of the greatest power-pop songs straddle it perfectly!

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