One of the odd side-effects (among many) of my study abroad program in Prague was my resulting love of a band called Dispatch. This was my junior year in college, back in the spring of 2001.

Dispatch came and went, finally breaking up in 2004 (a moment immortalized in this awesome DVD). They were, as I've written before, a band fueled by the New England college, prep, and private school scene. They never signed to a label and were never really on the radio.

Like all good breakups, though, this one has a happy ending (or something like that). Dispatch announced a series of reunion concerts (to benefit Zimbabwe) next weekend at Madison Square Garden. All 3 shows sold out in about ten minutes. No unsigned band had ever sold out Madison Square Garden even once. Their song "Here We Go" is now the background music on a new HBO promo spot. Heady stuff.

What's the point of this post? Not the Dispatch back story.

They are also playing a charity show tomorrow night at Webster Hall, and like any good groupie fan, I'll be there. There's a Facebook page for the event as well so I took at look at who said they were going. Looks like the crowd is full of college freshman and high schoolers.

Well, you know what they say about Dispatch fans..."I keep getting older, they just stay the same age."