Jonathan Lethem + Happy Foot/Sad Foot Song by Diane Coffee

Diane Coffee Pays Tribute To Silver Lake's Beloved Happy Foot/Sad Foot Sign With 90's Inspired Single The release kicks off an initiative to gather support for an on-stage adaption of You Don't Love Me Yet, a novel by renowned author Jonathan Lethem

Read More About The Project on Indie Current Links In an interesting example of art imitating life imitating art we now bring you “The Foot Sign Song.”  Taken from an in-the-works theatrical adaptation of noted author Jonathan Lethem’s (Motherless Brooklyn, Fortress Of Solitude) ‘90s zeitgeist-y indie band novel “You Don’t Love Me Yet”, The Foot Sign Song is an ode to that Silver Lake landmark affectionately known to most residents as an omen of a good/bad ahead day ahead.  With lyrics by Jonathan Lethem and songwriter Walter Salas-Humara (The Silos) and adapted here by Shaun Fleming, the man behind indie rock artist Diane Coffee and himself a veteran of theatre, film and the World of Disney.  With the actual Foot Sign currently in storage purgatory and with the “Save the Foot Sign” folks attempting to rally support for landmark status (or at least to put the damned thing back up), Diane Coffee’s 90’s infused take brings effervescent life to the song. "The song is somewhat of a call to action to support a piece of musical theater about an indie band in East L.A. that features the fortuitous sign. The piece will be adapted from Jonathan Lethem's novel, You Don't Love Me" -J.S. Moses, Indie Current "By now, the amazing fate of You Don’t Love Me Yet – my only romantic comedy, and a homely offering that many people saw as an amuse-bouche between so-called “major” novels about New York – reminds me of the Foot Sign itself: it’s the love of other people that keeps the thing alive. In this case, the devotion of the theater artists Tim Sulka and Chase Gosselin, as well as my old songwriting pal, Walter Salas-Humara.” -Jonathan Letham, author "What is it about the rotating Sunset Foot Clinic podiatry sign on West Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, situated in a no man's land between Silver Lake and Echo Park, that so fascinates people—particularly artists and writers?” -Tim Nudd, Adweek