Got a text message from my cousin Adam at around 7pm PT on Wednesday that said “Are you in time travel heaven right now?” He was referring to the season premiere of LOST, but forgot that I was 3 hours behind and thus hadn’t watched it yet. Note to self: Ignore text messages after 6pm…
Category: Music
Huey Lewis & The Anachronisms
Stumbled onto a neat section of the HLN.org Huey Lewis Wiki today that features a full “gigography” of every show he’s ever done. However, this also led me to the entry for 1986. Which means that this… Walking over to retrieve the golf ball, I stopped when I saw the signature on it. Huey Lewis. …
Ramblings I
In the spirit of the early years of the Pearl Jam Xmas Single, here are some tangentially on-topic thoughts not big enough for their own posts: I’ve been having recurring dreams (and/or daydreams) where M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel (aka She & Him) cover “Start Choppin’” by Dinosaur Jr., trading verses in an acoustic duet….
A Red Letter Date
I just realized the significance of today’s date. 53 years ago, Dr. Emmett Brown invented the flux capicitor — which is what makes time travel possible. More recently, in September of 1995 Carter USM released what would become their final single: Born On The 5th November. Coincidence? Well, probably… (Special thanks to this site where…
Local Boy’s Second Set
For awhile now I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to integrate some of Local Boy’s songs into these blog posts. Amazon links, Apple iMixes, and Last.fm journals were used in the past. Recently I discovered a new service called 8tracks that seemed worth a try, especially considering that Local Boy’s first album…
The Story Behind The Story
As I’ve said before, I’m a better writer than I am a marketer. That’s not to say I’m necessarily a brilliant writer, just that one skill outshines the other. On the Timely Persuasion website, I periodically play around with “The Story” section at the top in an attempt to get the best mix of marketing…
Eloparty Playlist
(Apologies for going off-topic, but sometimes this blog is the easiest place to publicly post things like this. I did sign a book at the party, so there is some relevance…) By popular demand, here is the playlist as heard at our Les Zygomates elopement party shindig on the east coast. Enjoy! Wildflowers – Tom…
Evolution of Local Boy Covers
I mentioned in the commentary for Chapter 15 that the short set of covers Local Boy first plays for the narrator underwent a number of iterations. Thought it would be fun to explore those old versions here. In the very first draft (circa 2003), the songs were: I’ll Follow the Sun We Can Work It…
Pretending I’m Like Kurt Cobain
I can’t believe Kurt Cobain has been dead for 14 years. Both he specifically and Nirvana in general were big influences on me growing up, and that influence clearly bled into the narrator and the book. And how about this for an illustration of time travel cause and effect in action: One could make an…