Saturday, February 17, 2007

I’m down with the street angels on this one

That’s a line from UK acid-country-house band A3 (you know them - they sing that song “Woke Up This Morning” that’s the theme song of The Sopranos). I was originally going to use it (“I’m down…”) as the line at the beginning of the book. But common sense prevailed (using lyrics without permission is generally considered about as savvy as swimming right after eating) and I ended up nuking the epigraphs altogether.

But - fun! - Google pointed me to a discussion raging on an A3 fan forum over the line, begun by a shadowy publishing figure who worked on the original manuscript. Apparently I’m a very careful listener. Must be the earbuds. But the big question is: Who could this shadowy figure be? Who? Who?

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