For a couple of months now, I've been enjoying Fefe Dobson's current hit
single "Take Me Away" on MTV Hits, where it's playing nearly as often as
"Hey Ya."  Totally kick-ass song, what Avril was supposed to sound like but
doesn't really, and basically a glossier version of the Audities-beloved
tough-girl-rockers Damone.

So anyway, last week I was in Newbury Comics and I saw Fefe Dobson's
self-titled debut for the reasonable new artist price of $7.99.  Since
"Take Me Away" alone is woth eight bucks, I snapped it up, and as it
happens, the album as a whole is good to great.  The downright punky
"Stupid Little Love Song" in particular kicks as much ass as "Take Me
Away."  But as I was looking at the liner notes, I kept seeing the names
Jay Levine and James Bryan McCollum: they produced the album, wrote all the
songs with Dobson and played almost all of the instruments.  I kept
thinking, "Gee, those names sound familiar," until the penny dropped that
Fefe Dobson is Canadian.  I pulled out a CD and sure enough: Levine and
McCollum were my beloved Prozzak (known as Simon and Milo for their
abortive attempt at a US breakthrough).  No wonder I like that song so much.

Anyway, if anyone's been wondering what happened to Prozzak, now you know.

S