January 08, 2004
Coldplay + Train = Coltrain?
Yesterday and the day before the publisher I'm working with for our book (Rock Stars On God) was sending me revision questions. It was weird having a publisher ask me to change things that I've written. 'It's my book! Don't change it!' Those are real feelings, but pretty easy to deal with. An improvement is an improvement, period. It's just weird. One of the changes proposed was using the parenthetical phrase (expletive) instead of the (bleep) that I've been using for years. Footnote: Back in the day, I would use asterisks, like a** or s*** or f*** but after receiving feedback that, 'This reveals too much and makes me fill in the blanks in my head,' I decided to go with (bleep). David tells me that these are called an "onomatopoeia." They make you hear the sound "bleep" in your head when you read it. Funny, huh? Anyway, after thinking about it, having (expletive) in (bleep)'s place works for me.
I've got a Beta fish named Rufus on my desk. He's keeping me company.
For those rare who care, here's the tracklisting of the video soundtrack of my life this morning:
"Clocks" by Coldplay (what a beautiful song...I wish I could've been in the room the first time one of the band members played that piano line for the rest of the band...)
"Know What It's Like" by Downhere (a perfect substitute for KMax if one was needed...a great voice for a song with lots of soul).
"Calling On Angels" by Train (a great song of despair, looking for hope... while angel worship is an error (just ask any angel if you happen to meet one), it's a great picture of a higher power (and some scholars believe that when Jesus appeared in the Old Testament, He was referred to as an "Angel of the Lord" in places...).
"Meet Virginia" by Train (is Melba Jackson real?).
I'd personally like to see George W win this year's election, but after his second term I'd like to see the guy from the show "24" be our president. I love this character's integrity, fierceness, and general demeanor.
Oh yeah... (I forgot to include this earlier)
I've been talking to a marketing guy with the Passion film (the one made by Mel Gibson you've been hearing so much about). We're talking about getting the 20-something crowd involved in street team-type activity/hype/promotion for the next two months. So, prepare yourselves for this if you are interested. And stay tuned to this site (and, if you'd like to sign up for our mass email list, send me an email... We try unsuccessfully to send out one email per week, with news and contests, merch+sub info. I neglect to keep the frequency up. It'll go once a week in spurts, and then cease for a few weeks and then start up again. My email is Doug@HMmag.com)
