Ok. Let's face it. I'm a couple of weeks behind. Chalk that up to currently reading two very dense books. So this weekend I took a break from them and read the very quick Hear No Evil, a memoir about growing up fundamentalist and working in the Christian music industry.
I checked out this book after reading a pretty compelling excerpt on Patrol.
By the end of the first chapter, I knew that it wasn't going to be a great book, but I knew that it would be a funny and compelling read. I knew it wouldn't be great because there were lines like, "A young man pushes through the front door, appearing lost, or perhaps hoping to be found." Ok. Cheesy sentence that you could probably find in my sophomore journal. But the very next sentence was enough to buy back my curiosity: "His expression is common here in Nashville, a nervous passion that tends to make talented people look socially misplaced."
I laughed out loud a few times, and I identified with a lot of Turner's experiences. I grew up conservative, but not Independent Baptist, but I also grew up pretty intimate with the Christian music industry (the other day a housemate was listening to a Christian radio station playing the top songs of the week. The announcer said, "Up next, the number one song from this week in 1997..." and I was able to predict what it was. Thanks, Dad.)
All that to say, since it's about music, writing, Jesus, and Nashville: Jimmy, you should check it out.
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I think I might have to put this on my "break-up-heavy-reading-list" too. Need something in between the non-fiction.
AND, you are ridiculously impressive with your 1997 prediction - wish I knew what it was...
Finally, I heard you dad on the radio on my way home from church tonight. :)
The kid on the cover sort of reminds of Luke (Walker). Just a little bit.
i'll add it to my list!
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