À la Recherche du Cassettes Perdu

You know, some days it really pays to get out of bed.

More specifically, I got this e-mail the other day, out of the blue, and was frankly gob-smacked.

Steve:
I was finally (finally) cleaning up the garage and going through some old boxes of tapes and such and I found this…

We (then girlfriend, now wife) listened to it a lot back in the day. She always said The Floor Models were her 2nd favorite band in the Village. That’s because she liked mine better, but you would expect that, right?
Thought you might get a kick out of seeing it.
All the best,
Tom Scarpino

I frankly (to my shame) did not remember Tom off the top of my head, so I asked him about his band.

We were called The Silent Types. (Name was meant to be ironic, ended up being literal — no one heard of us).
I do remember you saw us once at Kenny’s and were generous in your appraisal. All a long time ago. Good times nonetheless.

Alas, I still didn't remember those guys -- and I ran it by my Floor Models compadre Gerry Devine, who didn't remember them either -- but it was still a complete gas to be reminded of that part of our life. Those Kennys' days in the Village really were good times. So thanks, Tom.

I should add that I'd love to hear a transfer of that cassette, which was -- if memory serves -- the first demo we were naive enough to be providing to the music biz types we thought might make us stars. I'm not sure I even still have the particular versions of those songs. Wow.