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Date Posted: 06:41:18 01/17/02 Thu
Author: Deb
Subject: Re: A good sign?
In reply to: Kevin 's message, "A good sign?" on 12:03:39 01/15/02 Tue

>"I Can Only Give You Everything" is a cover (is this
>going to be a '60s tribute album?). I believe Them did
>it first, as did the MC5, which is probably why the
>Romantics are paying homage to it. I think "Paint the
>Sky" may be the most fresh-sounding thing I've heard
>from the Romantics in a while. And I'm hoping this is
>a sign that things are kicking back up again. The
>timing is strange, though, 'cause I wrote something
>kind of fun that I wanted to share. Oh well, I think
>it's still timely ... and remember, it's all in FUN.
>
>LOCAL BAND, WHICH FOUND WORLDWIDE SUCCESS IN THE ‘80s,
>DISAPPEARS
>
>DETROIT (AP) -- January 15, 2002 – Local authorities
>are puzzled by the strange disappearance this month of
>an entire rock band.
>
>The Romantics, a band whose three Top 40 singles –
>“What I Like About You,” “Talking in Your Sleep” and
>“One in a Million” – charted in the U.S. and abroad
>during the 1980s, hail from Detroit and had reportedly
>been working on releasing a new album before their
>unexplained disappearance.
>
>“It was very weird,” said Peter Palamarchuk, brother
>to the band’s lead singer, Wally Palmar. “One minute
>the group is playing shows regularly and doing
>interviews to promote their new album, and the next
>thing we know we haven’t heard a word from them in
>months. Mom is real upset.”
>
>Even the band’s Web site, at www.romanticsdetroit.com,
>went stagnant, according to reports. Asked for
>comment, Irene DeCook, who maintains the Web site,
>said, “I don’t know what happened. It was rolling
>along fine, then Poof! I tried to call Wally and he
>didn’t answer. I haven’t heard from him since I don’t
>know when.”
>
>“We have no idea what happened,” said Sgt. Joe
>Thursday of the Detroit Police Department’s missing
>persons department. “There don’t appear to be any
>clues. It’s as if they just vanished into thin air. We
>are treating this as an active case and will follow
>normal procedure, however. If these ‘Romantics’ still
>exist, we will find them.”
>
>The band consists of: Palmar, lead vocalist; Coz
>Canler, lead guitar; Mike Skill, bass; and Clem Burke,
>drums. The new release, according to sources close to
>the group, was to be titled In the Shadow of Hastings
>Street.
>
>Anyone with information leading to the whereabouts of
>the Romantics should contact the Webmistress. And if
>you know where Linda Foster is, let us know that too.
>
>-30-

That's cute Kevin. I enjoyed reading it.

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