2007 Reading List

In 2006 I started keeping a list of the books I had read. The following is my list from 2007 and my personal ratings:

1. This Business of Music: Marketing and Promotion - B
2. The Last Dance - Ed McBain - C
3. Next - Michael Crichton - B-
4. The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte - B+
5. The Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill (Stephen King's Son) B-
6. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz - A-
7. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - A+
8. Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz - A-
9. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Moshin Hamid - B+
10. Misery - Stephen King - B+
11. Alice Cooper - Golf Monster - C+
12. Blaze - Richard Bachman - C-
13. Forever Odd - Dean Koontz - A-
14. Where Have All The Leaders Gone? Lee Iacocca - D-
15. The Immortal Game - David Shenk (History of Chess) - B+
16. The Good Guy - Dean Koontz - B-
17. Lord Vishnu's Love Hanldes - Will Clarke - B-
18. 1408 - Stephen King short story - C
19. Complete Peanuts Book One - A+
20. Series of Unortunate Events #1 - A-
21. Series of Unfortunate Events #2 - A-
22. Dark Harvest - Norman Partridge - B+

It's interesting to look back and see the list. I fell in love with the Odd Thomas books. Lee's book was a poorly disguised Bush-Bash and Dark Harvest was a pleasant Halloween Surprise. It will become an annual read for me, for sure.

The Legendary Kerry Livgren

Let me just say that Kerry Livgren is one cool cat. We met on the set of The Imposter (He plays an interesting character) and he was just the nicest guy. You know Kerry. He is best known for his time with the group Kansas. He wrote "Carry on Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind." Turns out Kerry is a Photoshop enthusiast and we talked a lot about eBay. Apparently, he tried to win one of his own guitars on eBay, but the price got too high for his comfort!

This photo was taken on location at The Malt Shop in Buerleson. The shop is over 100 years old and a couple of scenes were shot here.

My personal highlight? I got to drive Kerry's personal truck several times. I had to call a friend and say, "I'm driving Kerry Livgren's truck right now!!" How cool is that?

The Imposter Movie has Wrapped!

As some of you know, I've been working on the set of The Imposter movie for the last month. The independent film features Kevin Max of DcTalk fame, Kerry Livgren of Kansas and Jeff Deyo. I'll be sharing more from my experience in the coming days, but for now here's a photo of me and Kevin. The photo was taken at the wrap party. Kevin was glad to be heading home the next day.