The words I thought I brought, I left behind
In the past four weeks or so I’ve seen Andrew Bird and Neko Case live for the first time ever. I saw Paul Westerberg sing and talk about his music.
However, nothing has filled my stomach with electricity or made my hands shake with excitement like the arrival of Jim Walsh’s All Over But the Shouting. I am goony-eyed and grinning over the arrival of a book. And this is not just any ordinary book. No. This book combines two of the things I love most in the world Paul Westerberg and Jim Walsh (fucking AMEN!).
But the thing that really pumps my nads about this book is, well, this:
Fucking A people. Do you have any idea how glorious this is? Do you? Because I can’t even put into words what it means to me to be included in this book. The words I thought I brought I left behind, literally. I am here and I got nothing. I think the only thing that will replace this feeling is when my name is on the front of the book and not the pages inside.
jags
October 19th 2007 - 12:55pm
That is so so so wonderful! And so apt that the first time you have a piece in print in a book, it is about the Replacements. May this be the first of many printed pages by Jodi Chromey.
Jodi
October 19th 2007 - 12:59pm
Thank you. I am hoping I can stop running around shouting and calm down enough to read it.
UH
October 19th 2007 - 1:57pm
All right, now the royalties will start rolling in by the truckload!
Oh?
Well. Hmph.
Still pretty cool, though.
shokkou
October 19th 2007 - 2:33pm
Oh my GOD! That’s fucking AWEsome. Good show grrl! You totally rök.
Lori
October 19th 2007 - 5:26pm
Did you know about this or was it a total shock? And if you knew about this, you kept it a secret from us, your loyal readers? And if you didn’t know about it, how effing shocked were you!?! We need more details!!
FFJ
October 20th 2007 - 9:03am
Bravo bitch, bravo! Does this make you a published author? I totally think it does. And what a great gift idea for Hubbin. Congrats! You rock the cash bar.
phil
October 20th 2007 - 9:25am
wow! sometimes the world doesn’t suck.thats really cool.
Tam
October 21st 2007 - 11:23am
EEEEEEEEE!!!! I’m so proud of you. What a double whammy – being in print and a ‘Mats book!
Kristy
October 22nd 2007 - 8:51pm
Will you sign my copy?
Chris
October 23rd 2007 - 7:25am
I started reading the book just last night. I got to that part and I thought, “dammitt, that’s got to be Jodi from iwilldare”.
Awesome! And congrats!