A few weeks ago, I was driving from Sacramento at night when I saw something interesting at Chevy’s Restaurant in Emeryville. Their sign read “Che.” I don’t know about you, but I get excited about that kind of stuff.

Releasing dead dreams and dashed hopes is hard. That's why, on the afternoon of December 31, 2009, more than 200 local people gathered to support each other in this effort -- with laughter, music, and the best of dark humor.

This funeral sing-along event, "Nothing Holding Me Back," was the brainchild of local author "Cemetery Mary" Patrick Kavanaugh. It was held at one of Oakland's architectural treasures, the Chapel of the Chimes.

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