I'm 28. I was in high school and I saw a video on MTV's 120 Minutes of
Scotty's Lament. I went to several music stores the next day and I think I
found the only Boylan Heights cassette in Fort Worth, Texas.

Mike Peck

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> From: Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Who Am I?
> Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 3:45 PM
>
> At 04:20 PM 03/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I've been waiting to see if ANYone on the list is as old as I
> >am...apparently not...anyway:
> >
> >Dan Berick
> >almost 37
> >Cleveland, OH
> >business lawyer
> >
> Hey Dan,
> Some of us weren't as forthcoming about our ages as others.  I'm 34.
That's
> old.
> I just can't believe you told us you were a lawyer  ;-)
>
> Obviously we all enjoy a wide variety of music other than the Connells,
and
> I was glad to see that nobody listed The Spice Girls or Marilyn Manson or
> anything like that.
>
> My question to y'all is this:  Since the Connells aren't exactly played
on
> the radio every day, I'd like to know how you were introduced to the
band.
> I'll start.
>
> Back in about 1991, a drinkin' buddy from college who was a native of
> Winnipeg Canada lent me some of his tapes.  Included in the bunch were
"Fun
> and Games" and "Boylan Heights".  I had never heard of the Connells, but
I
> really liked the sound I was hearing. So I went to my local music store
and
> picked up "One Simple Word".  Soon after, I saw the video to Stone Cold
> Yesterday on latenight MTV and I was totally hooked on the Connells.
Since
> then I have yet to hear a Connells song on the radio.  What a shame.
>
> Scott Hegrenes
> Department of Biological Sciences
> Illinois State University
> Normal, IL  61790-4120