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Thanks for listening and happy shopping. Hi everybody. Today's guest is Chris Karaba, lead singer and

guitarist for dashboard Confessional. Chris and I cut our collective teeth in the same Florida music circles and it was a pleasure catching up with him.

We discussed the writing, recording, and legacy of the dashboard Confessional song, hands down.

I mentioned that the imagery and descriptive nature of the lyrics

are what really makes this song special. Seeing the lyrics printed out in front of

me was like reading a highly detailed poem. Chris talked about the acoustic version of the song being released

prior to the full band version that we dove into here and how polarizing it was

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