Not many of us had ever heard of singer Chris Dane Owens before this month,
when an epic, self-financed video for his song “Shine On Me” went viral, delivering
four minutes of swords and sorcery, winged dragons and slick ’80s-style pop to
online music fans. It’s being celebrated and reviled as retro escapism or
monumental cheese, as the pouty, platinum-haired Owens sings of “the light of
love,” drawing a tidal wave of online hits to YouTube and his own site since
December 5th.
