For the second installment of Major Grotto we added more characters and delved deeper into absurdity – these obscure indie rock references slid into what is essentially a campy mystery has me laughing to this day. So much of Major Grotto is rooted in clichés: J.T. (aka Ernesto) repeatedly telling Brock that he doesn’t like him; this two-dimensional love story between Brock and Cleopatra; and then, of course, the Oracle. Kanami Fukada was a student from Japan who hung out with us a lot freshman year, and was so sweet and willing to read these ridiculous lines I’d written. You can totally hear everyone losing it in the background while she’s speaking – especially when she repeats her line at the end: “You must look inside yourself to understand what it truly means to be a hero.” We were saying that to each other all year.
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from Off Duty: The Best of On Patrol With Peter Raffel,
released September 19, 2018
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Featuring:
Peter Raffel
Joe Fey
Morgan Ann Gray
NIco Glennon
David Lewis
Kanami Fukuda
Mari Ayala
Greta Schmitt
