A Conversation with Anjani (continued)

PM: What about reading? Do you make time for that in your life? Is that a thing?

ANJANI: I go in spurts. I got a stack of books I'm looking at right now that I've had for a couple months.

PM: Right. I hear that.

ANJANI: I read stuff that friends have written, and they give it to me to read, or friends have made music, and I listen to their CDs.

PM: Right.

ANJANI: Haven't read a lot. God, I just read--I love this book--have you read a book called A & R.

PM: No.

ANJANI: Oh, God, you ought to read it. It's hilarious.

PM: What's that about?

ANJANI: It's a novel about A & R.

PM: Really.

ANJANI: It's by Bill Flanagan.

PM: Really? Because with my co-writer here in Nashville, he's like Bill Flanagan's oldest friend.

ANJANI: Really?

PM: And I met Bill a couple of times. I've not heard of that book. I got to get that.

ANJANI: Oh, it's so good. It is the funniest--painfully funny, because it's all about the music industry. It's a very inside novel. You would love it.

PM: Now, is there a character in there named Crash Cronin?

ANJANI: Yes!

PM: Because that's my friend Peter Cronin! He once told me, "I appear in this book of Bill's as Crash Cronin." But I never knew what the title of the book was. It's this A & R.

ANJANI: Oh, my God. Yeah, you ought to check it out.

PM: Oh, that's wild.

ANJANI: A small world.

PM: Well, you've been very kind with your time today, Anjani.

ANJANI: Oh, thank you, Frank. What a pleasure.

PM: It's really a pleasure when someone is so forthcoming, and very generous about themselves and what they're doing, and I really appreciate you talking with us today.

ANJANI: Oh, any time. And if you see us hit Nashville or something--do you have my e-mail?

PM: I don't yet, and I won't print it. But may I take it?

ANJANI: Sure. So if you see us coming there, or you end up in some town where we are, give a holler by e-mail. I'd love to meet you.

PM: Oh, yeah. I get around. If I'm in a city where you are, I'm going to drop you a line.

ANJANI: Okey-doke.

PM: It's been so nice to talk with you.

ANJANI: Likewise.

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