by bob_32_116 » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:38 am
One evening last week I stepped out to shout myself a meal. Afterwards I wandered across the road to a large video and music store where I have bought the odd CD or two - finding nothing there that I felt I HAD to have right now, I walked next door to the bookstore which is part of the same establishment (NOT part of a chain) to do a little book-browsing.
It seemed a bit more crowded than usual for a Thursday night, and there seemed to be a queue for something, with a bit of hubbub going on in one corner and staff consuming cups of wine and clustering around someone seated at a table.
Well, to cut a long story short, Paul Kelly was in the store signing copies of his book "How To Make Gravy", which is a quite large tome of song lyrics and anecdotes related to the songs. I don't buy many books, and although this one wasn't cheap it's quite hefty and looks as if it will provide plenty of hours of entertainment, so I decided to splurge, and get the man himself to sign it there and then.
The dedication reads "All the best Bob", and after the title: "How to make lemon meringue pie", since I remarked to Mr Kelly that a sequel was in order to instruct us how to make the dessert following the main course.
It was quite a carnival atmosphere, and I got into a quite animated discussion about music with two ladies in the queue behind me; one was fondling an equally hefty book called "1000 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die", and I was pleased to see that Elusive Butterfly was one of them. (Yes this post is Lind-related!)
One evening last week I stepped out to shout myself a meal. Afterwards I wandered across the road to a large video and music store where I have bought the odd CD or two - finding nothing there that I felt I HAD to have right now, I walked next door to the bookstore which is part of the same establishment (NOT part of a chain) to do a little book-browsing.
It seemed a bit more crowded than usual for a Thursday night, and there seemed to be a queue for something, with a bit of hubbub going on in one corner and staff consuming cups of wine and clustering around someone seated at a table.
Well, to cut a long story short, Paul Kelly was in the store signing copies of his book "How To Make Gravy", which is a quite large tome of song lyrics and anecdotes related to the songs. I don't buy many books, and although this one wasn't cheap it's quite hefty and looks as if it will provide plenty of hours of entertainment, so I decided to splurge, and get the man himself to sign it there and then.
The dedication reads "All the best Bob", and after the title: "How to make lemon meringue pie", since I remarked to Mr Kelly that a sequel was in order to instruct us how to make the dessert following the main course.
It was quite a carnival atmosphere, and I got into a quite animated discussion about music with two ladies in the queue behind me; one was fondling an equally hefty book called "1000 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die", and I was pleased to see that Elusive Butterfly was one of them. (Yes this post is Lind-related!)