Pictures of You

The other day I received an e-mail from The Boss. Not my boss, but The Boss, Mr. Springsteen. OK, so it wasn't from him, personally, but that's the name that showed up in the "from" field. Bruce Springsteen. I also get e-mail from The Bob, that, however, is irrelevant to this story.

See, I'm on Sony's mailing list for news about Springsteen, so when Dave Marsh's new book, a photo history of 20 years on the road with the E-Street Band, was released, Sony was kind enough to let me know.

I already knew the book was in the works, because nine months ago or so, The Coolest Person In the World told me that she's been approached by Dave about using her photos in his latest project. Needless to say, when I got that e-mail I started hopping up and down because this had to be the book with her pictures.

So I called her to congratulate her on this latest achievement. Her response is why she is The Coolest Person In the World.

"Oh, yeah. I have two pictures, but they're small. And really old. They sent me a copy of the book. It's really big. Have you seen it?" (me: no) "Me neither. It's still in the envelope."