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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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