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Dan Wallace is….

Posted by Dustin D. on September 8, 2008 around 11am

Seeing as my house is on the corner of a fairly busy intersection here in Chicago, I tend to get a LOT of flyers and menus stuck to my door. Most times it’s just another Thai or Pizza place wanting me to order their delivery. Yesterday however I got something slightly out of the ordinary. Tucked nicely into my door frame was a 4×9 card advertising an upcoming CD release show show for an artist named Dan Wallace at Martyrs’.

There was a nifty little press quote that describes Wallace’s music: “If you listen to Dungen, The Shins, The Eels and Zappa, then add this man to your collection of unerring folk pop music.” - Glasswerk National.

Admittedly i’ve never heard of Glasswerk National, but I do like Dungen and the Shins….not sure how Zappa fits into the equation.

As with most things (ok, everything) stuck to my door, I was about to throw this away, when I noticed a hand written note on the back side

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Now why exactly would I want to check out Dan Wallace if he’s annoying?
Or maybe that’s amazing.
If the person writing this note can’t even be bothered to sign it, then I can’t be bothered to check out this musician.
I’ll leave that up to you.
http://www.danwallacemusic.com

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