POP-A-LOOZA: FAKE BANDS (created by me)

 

Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from my vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is a review of imaginary musicians I've concocted for various attempts at fiction: "FAKE BANDS! Professional [and also amateur] Liar Creates Rock 'n' Roll Groups."

Music also plays a part in my most recent short story, "Pop Friction." "Pop Friction" is about a woman named Spillane, who grows tired of her gritty life in film noir and longs to be in a musical instead; her thug boyfriend Stooge objects, and hijinks ensue. I wrote the story very quickly in mid-August and submitted it to the good folks at AHOY Comics for their consideration. I'm happy with the piece, and I hope it will find a home at AHOY.

Assembling the fake bands piece sent me scurrying back to my 1980s sketchbook (and additional doodles in my old notebooks) for illustrations. I knew from the time I was 13 or so that I wanted to be a writer, but I also used to want to be an artist, too. My writing skills developed to a greater degree than my drawing skills ever did. I've told a little bit of my history as a frustrated artist in "The Jack Mystery Story," and I've done two posts so far in my series He THOUGHT He Was An Artist! (Tales From Back At The Drawing Board): Agent 690, Man Of Action and Hero. I would like to return to that series some time, and dive more deeply into my old artwork. 

But in the mean time, we draw a straight line back to my writing, and some of the fictional musicmakers that gigged only in my imagination. "FAKE BANDS!" is the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza.

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