January 13, 2005

Annoying Moment #3

I once played drums in a band that played sixties-pop type songs. The songwriter saw me play drums in another band and asked me to play in his band, which was flattering. We once toured through the South, including a stop in Panama City, Florida, home of MTV Spring Break. Four hard-up guys, surrounded by drunk, screaming, unfriendly frat-girls. Thousands of rugby shirts. We played a show in one room to ten people while hoards of people watched a Stone Temple Pilots cover band in the other room. That’s actually an annoying moment but not the one I’m writing about. In a crowded elevator going up to our practice space, the songwriter told me, "Usually I can read books very quickly, but reading your novel was like walking through molasses." The other people on the elevator--strangers--looked embarrassed. That was annoying.

4 comments:

Charlie said...

I don't know -- walking through molasses sounds like fun to me, and maybe he meant it that way.

Also, I wouldn't mind hearing someone say ANYTHING about my published novel. Because that would mean I had a published novel.

S. said...

well, that's when you're suppose to pause and look around and say, "yea, i felt the same exact way when you went on and on about your herpes. some things are best left unsaid. right?"

Henry Baum said...

Sabrina, I wish I could be that mean on the fly. Or make a joke and not be so easily offended by someone being a competitive creep. Spiral, it’s a many tiered process for me. If only I could complete a novel, if only I could get it published, if only people would read it, if only people would like it, only to start over again. I was floored when I first held my novel in my hands, staring at it endlessly. Now I’m not as much. I need MORE once I get used to something. Everything’s an addiction.

Henry Baum said...

Like look there--I put my novel and CD up top so they are more easily accessible. I am a sick opportunist.

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