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I spent the summer of 1981 as a counselor at a music camp that was located on the campus of Bard College, in the Hudson Valley. It was a mix of really talented young people and really rich NYC kids whose parents wanted them gone for 6 weeks. (1/n)

18/9/26, 3:38 pm0 reposts0 likes

brett g porter

@bgporter.net

18 Sept

I'm still friends with some of them, my friend Jamie is a music teacher/working musician in the Scranton area, my friend Marty ended up a few years behind me in college, and has since done a bunch of composing for dance and TV and has been the drummer for They Might Be Giants for the past 20 years.

brett g porter

@bgporter.net

18 Sept

There was also a 12-year old kid with a really distinctive name who enjoyed hanging with the much older 16/17 year olds. Also memorable because he brought 1 suit for performance days, and it was a vivid salmon color.

brett g porter

@bgporter.net

18 Sept

In the 90s, I heard a catchy pop song about breathing on the radio in my wife's car and they back-announced it as being the new track from Duncan Sheik. Wait -- the kid in the pink suit? He went on to a bunch of other successes that I enjoyed watching. RIP Duncan. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...

nytimes.comDuncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop Stardom for Broadway, Dies at 56Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”