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The novel King Cal takes place in a single day: June 14 > 6:45 a.m. < "Not long after Minivan With Screaming Brat, there’s one of those unexpected customer surges. It’s normally closer to 7:30 before the big morning rush, so no one is quite ready to kick into a higher gear."

The novel King Cal takes place in a single day: June 14 > 9:00 a.m. < Calvin...takes care of the odd mix of customers: stray moms stealing a secret snack, college kids smelling of weed grabbing hash browns, construction workers needing a half-dozen sugars for their coffees.

The novel King Cal takes place in a single day: June 14 >3:00 pm< The phone is ringing when he steps out of the bathroom. “I should warn you, I’m just wearing a towel,” he says. “Well, my day just got a lot better,” Melli says. “I love the sound of your naked voice.”

The novel King Cal takes place in a single day: June 14 >3:45 pm< Calvin wakes up to subhuman whistling, the terrifying intro to “Moves Like Jagger.” He has finally found a song so horrific it always wakes him, a sonic slap in the face. “Alexa, off.” hopp.bio/kingcal

The novel King Cal takes place in a single day: June 14 >5:15 pm< Calvin is at the edge of the parking lot, trying to decide what to do. He texted Grady from the Uber, but Grady hasn’t even read the message yet; he’s probably in the middle of soundcheck. hopp.bio/kingcal

The novel King Cal takes place in a single day: June 14 >> 9:45 pm One Four Three is onstage. The band kicks into a generic bit of midtempo Americana that somehow makes the whole place explode in delight. The end times, Calvin thinks. We are living in the end fucking times.

The new novel "King Cal" takes place in a single day. 12:05 a.m. “I’m afraid if we get in this car, I’m gonna say stuff I shouldn’t. So, call an Uber, and we’ll . . . We’ll talk later.” He’s still trying to think of what to say as she pulls away. hopp.bio/kingcal

A clever idea — paralleling Clash and Frank Sinatra recordings that came out the same year (1979) — deftly executed...filled with the kind of original insights that leave you thinking about both songs and acts like you never had before. —Gary Graff, Oakland Press

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A wonderful deep dive into Pete Silverton's "London Calling New York New York" open.substack.com/pub/tonyfletch…

Bohemian Rhapsody metropolitanreview.org/p/bohemian-rha…

The End of Bohemia open.substack.com/pub/rossbarkan…

amazon.com/stores/page/1F… Summer reading for rockers