Dan loved a good high five. He once taught me the trick to a successful high five: stare at your high five partner’s high-fiving elbow. Legend has it that Dan eventually found a group of folks that enjoyed high-fiving more than he did. Maybe the high fives were too frequent. Maybe he was practicing social distancing. We may never know. However, what is known is that he created the attached piece in an effort to reduce his high-fiving.
Image courtesy of Ann Teller Walsh
Here is a printer-friendly to-scale PDF version for anyone who would like to give Dan a high five.
My Hotel Year was one of the many bands that Dan helped me fall in love with. When I heard that they were having a reunion show in Orlando, I knew we were going. Dan, Ellie, and I made the journey down and crashed with some of Ellie’s friends. Before the show, Dan and I familiarized ourselves with some local ad campaigns.
Left: Dan doing a convincing Spider-Man pose on the world’s saddest billboard / Right: Dan and Bill performing a dramatic reading of a flyer they foundDan and Bill at the My Hotel Year reunion show
The show was great. The road trip was great. This is one of my favorite Dan memories.
