Making It

In 2009, I published a post on this blog about Sarah Dooley, which ended with the words:

I predict she is going to make it big. I’m not sure how, but remember you heard it here first.

A couple of months later, I received a letter out of the blue from a legit movie producer who said he was writing to thank me for that post because from it he learned how talented Sarah is.  He wrote that he had just signed a contract with her to develop a screenplay.

Fast forward to the present, and while I can’t find any movies made with Sarah’s scripts, I was happy to hear this NPR interview with her about an album she just released.  The album is called “Stupid Things.”  My favorite song, “Gym Looks Nice,” is a school dance tone poem that is characteristically moving.  My daughter tells me that at one point, it made it into the top twenty downloads on iTunes.  Sarah’s also released a music video of her song “Peonies”:

Sarah Dooley – “Peonies” from Conor Byrne on Vimeo.

I wouldn’t claim that my “make it big” prediction has come true yet.  But she seems to be on her way.