Opening Lines

For fun, here are just the opening lines to twelve current Bops in progress.



Alex Jones walks into a poetry slam.

Rock 'n' roll was supposed to be about rebellion!

The next Beatles.

Among instruments commonly used in creating pop music, the bass guitar is uniquely suited to herald an impending apocalypse.

I can't tell the bottom from the top!

It was a gift from my girlfriend.

Hope is a myth

In 1968, the world seemed like it could shatter.

SEPTEMBER, 1970: Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Only someone who's already been to Hell and back can show you the way out of there.

It was 1972, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Boom.


Okay, me again, looking at the list above. Two of these are unlikely to ever be used (though you never really know with me). Another is from a long-time project that I may never feel like finishing. One is a statement with which I strongly disagree (and I betcha you can guess which one that is). Three are from forthcoming editions of The Greatest Record Ever Made, one is an edition of The Everlasting First, three are returns to other previous Boppin' series (as is the statement I dispute), and one's just something else entirely. Stay tuned.

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