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July 20, 2009

Springsteen Rides the River at Glastonbury


Yes, I'm still alive. I've been working on "Writers Gone Wild" (now passing the 30K mark), so I haven't spent much time here.

Over the weekend -- and this tells you something about the cruel nature of creativity -- I came up with an idea for another novella! I have four of them so far, in various stages of completion, but this one grabbed me so hard I opened the netbook and wrote the ideas down.

No further description about it, yet -- I'm hoping that it'll come off but I have no idea when I'll get around to writing it -- but I'll show you a couple sources of ideas that you might find inspiring yourself.

First was these series of pictures from the Glastonbury music festival, giving you an idea of the size and scope of activities there. That's a far cry from Woodstock, yes?

Then, checking YouTube for performances from there, I came across Bruce Springsteen's performance of "The River":



What really impressed me was the big difference between the temperatures there and the heat Bruce was giving off:

you can power london from his forehead

Like I said, I can't go into details, but if I can make it come off, it will be so COOL!

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2 comments about

'Springsteen Rides the River at Glastonbury'

Best of luck with your stroke of creativity.

Posted by David Cranmer on 07/20

Thanks. I only wish I knew how to control for these brain farts.

Posted by Bill Peschel on 07/20
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