Thursday, September 24, 2009

We look smart in glasses


I finished WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS by Deborah Grabien. This is 2nd of 2 in series featuring John “JP” Kincaid, a member of Blacklight, a legendary British rock group. Here's a description:


Blacklight’s recent tour has been rough on guitarist JP Kinkaid: a heart attack in Boston and a significant ramp-up of his multiple sclerosis have left him more physically fragile than usual. With the tour over, JP is relaxing by sitting in as second guitarist for a new CD by his longtime local friends, the Bombardiers. The Bombardiers are breaking in a new frontman, singer/guitarist Vinny Fabiano. Self-absorbed and abrasive, Vinny is new to the Bay Area music scene. All anyone seems to really know about him is that he has some very expensive instruments, but no obvious source of income to pay for them. A few weeks into the sessions, Vinny is found dead in the Bombardiers’ rehearsal space, smashed over the head with a custom guitar. The murder leaves the Bombardiers--who are already in hot water with their record label--without a singer or a regular guitar player. JP, calling in a favor, asks Blacklight’s legendary frontman, Malcolm “Mac” Sharpe, to step in and sub for Vinny. But then Vinny’s cousin and guitar tech is found murdered in Marin County, and Vinny’s most valuable guitar---a $75,000 custom Zemaitis pearl-top--is missing.

This was just published and has 288 pages. It is an interesting look behind the scenes of rock but it is very light on mystery.


So what takes so long to get caught up on news every morning? These are the websites I check out daily:



I also check my local newspaper's website which is actually rather sucky. I also check out www.cnn.com to see what's going on in Tabloid Land. And I get the Wall Street Journal as a paper newspaper (comes in the mail) but I occasionally get a jump on that at their website www.wsj.com. And that's just current events; that's not counting any book blogs. Phew!


I don't really have anything going on today other than walking Tug. I could go to the library to pick up a couple holds. I should just plant myself down and do a lot of reading. So we'll see how the day turns out.


Have a good 'un.


Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster

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