<p>Hi Laura,</p><p>Glad you liked the Circus (fun to write) story and <i>Adios</i>, Smithereens. Great edits! Hopefully, the stories provide some weight to the characters. </p><p>With regard to Scranton, it’s the end of the road. The Smithereens heyday is over, and I should make that more clear in the story…perhaps struggling the last couple years…no new music, change in band members, etc. </p><p>Regarding the “Angie” copyright issue, I believe song titles, especially single word titles are not copyright protected. I’ll look to see if “Angie” if the song, "Angie", is trademarked…although I don’t believe it could be. This is fiction, so I guess were taking about the word, “Angie,” and not the song. Can’t I make things up?  The “Angie”—Angela connection works well, I think.</p><p>Here’s the next clip: “Dancing With Words.” The San Diegan, the cheesemonger walks into Bernie’s Bagelry, unnoticed as usual, and hears Bernie and Eddie having their conversation in the kitchen where Eddie tells Bernie he knows he’s a Smithereen, in “Zenna With a Z.”  This is a set-up piece to get Bernie on the road to Cleveland, and to give the San Diegan a presence in the community.</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Dan</p>