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Popdose: The Popdose Interview: Kay Hanley

  • LuRew · 1 year ago
    Thanks for this! I was a Letters to Cleo fan 'back in the day' and had no idea what had become of Kay Hanley...I sure wouldn't have guessed she was clocking in as backup for Miley! Good for her, tho, getting to stick with music and doing her own thing on the side.
  • Cary · 1 year ago
    I am a huge fan of Letters To Cleo. I saw them in West Palm Beach when they were touring for the Go! album, and they blew me away. I met the entire band after the show, and they could not have been nicer or more accomodating for their fans. I did not see any links for the B-sides album on their website. I would love to get this, if I knew where it was available.
  • JonCummings · 1 year ago
    Keep checking back to the band's site -- the information I got was that the set would be "exclusively" available there and at the band's shows. Maybe it's just not ready yet.
  • Kay Hanley · 1 year ago
    Jon-

    Thanks so much for the chat and the article. I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you in person, but I'm happy you made it to the Roxy.

    Keep in touch!

    Kay
  • JonCummings · 1 year ago
    Ah, well, maybe someday we'll meet face to face. My wife had no enthusiasm for the post-show crush at the merchandise counter...
  • Ted · 1 year ago
    Great interview, Jon!

    Now that I've watched the Bevis and Butthead clip I can't get the chorus of "Here and Now" out of my head.
  • JonCummings · 1 year ago
    Well, as usual, Beavis hit the nail on the head when he began spouting jibberish approximating the "Here & Now" lyric. I never knew the actual words until I began researching this interview. They are (if the Internet consensus is to be believed):

    "The comfort of a knowledge of a rise above the sky
    above I'll never parallel the challenge of an acquisition"

    With apologies to Kay and the boys, while those lyrics are nicely profound (if obtuse), the jibberish is more fun...
  • Ted · 1 year ago
    Now I'll have to go back and listen to that song to see if these lyrics match what she's saying. Or when you finally meet Kay you can ask her while your wife fumes at your obvious crush. ;-)
  • JonCummings · 1 year ago
    Shhhhhhh.
  • Old_Davy · 1 year ago
    I've always liked LTC a lot, but after reading this interview, I've decided that Kay is the coolest person in the universe.
  • James · 1 year ago
    I saw Letters to Cleo play in Providence RI around 1994. My friends and I were instant fans. WE bought the CD at the show and wore it out. Regrettably that disc was stolen and when I had to re-purchase the CD it was the re-issue. Here and Now was different sounding (the version on Beavis and Butthead is the newer version). When I met my wife I played L2C for her and she thinks of herself as being a bigger fan of theirs than I am. I'd kill to take her to see them play now. I doubt that they would play Knoxville, but if they do we will be front and center!