{"id":949,"date":"2007-10-31T16:54:55","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T20:54:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-25T20:58:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T00:58:55","slug":"big-dipper-waleik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/big-dipper-waleik\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Dipper\u2019s Gary Waleik Hears the Sirens\u2019 Call"},"content":{"rendered":"
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January 20, 2004<\/strong>, a day that will be forever burned in the minds of a handful of listeners of WFMU’s The Best Show on WFMU<\/em>. It was here (first introduced about 1:12 into the episode and picked after a few choice Big Dipper songs at 1:49)<\/a> that host Tom Scharpling<\/a><\/strong> first summoned the members of the long-disbanded Boston band to see if he could spark a dramatic reunion. If you’ll recall, reunion was in the air, following the stunning and emotional Berlin<\/strong> and A Flock of Seagulls<\/strong> reunions that had recently been shepherded through VH-1. Through his persistence, Scharpling would set off a montage of awkward hugs, slow-motion instrument polishing, drum-head changing, finger-building exercises, and stage clothes shopping excursions that. Nearly 4 years later comes the news that Big Dipper is indeed reuniting<\/strong> for a handful of shows in April 2008 and the release of a 3-CD set. The release will include a 12-page booklet with liner notes by Scharpling and, most importantly, songs from the band’s first 3 long-out-of-print albums along with the requisit rarities, unreleased tracks, and even the original video for “Faith Healer”. I’ve been waiting a long time for this day, and I’ve been waiting a long time to have more than this grainy, 12th-generation clip that’s been floating around YouTube for some time as a visual record of the band.<\/p>