Bothering the Coffee Drinkers.Bothering the Coffee Drinkers Doug Hoekstra Canopic Publishing 1843 Hidden Hills Rd., Gatlinburg, TN 37738 0972860444 $14.95 176 pages 865-274-9434 www.canopicpublishing.com "Bothering the Coffee Drinkers: Musical Fiction and Essays" is a delicious collection of story essays by Nashville- based singer and songwriter Doug Hoekstra that could be set to music as songs, or perhaps vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. . Hoekstra is a talented independent performer and gifted songwriter, so it comes as no surprise that he can also write creative fiction. What makes "Bothering the Coffee Drinkers" so easy to absorb must be the 'blarney' effect. Each detail segue se·gue intr.v. se·gued, se·gue·ing, se·gues 1. Music To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another. 2. compactly into the next and before you know it, the book has hooked you in a distinctly quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. and entertaining way. Like all great music, it sounds easy to do. As all great musicians know, this is a deceptive de·cep·tive adj. Deceptive or tending to deceive. de·cep  tive·ness n. effect that is only maintained through constant work and practice. Hoekstra's writes in a style that could safely be called eclectic e·clec·tic adj. 1. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music; an eclectic approach to managing the economy. 2. , but that doesn't do his either his music or his literary genius true justice. He is like a quirky art collector, putting together odd bits and ends, and then making them into something with an effect so much more than the mere sum of their collective oddities The Oddities were a professional wrestling stable in the WWF. History The Jackyl formed the group in 1998 and called them "The Parade of Human Oddities." The group consisted of "freakish" wrestlers, including the masked Golga (formerly Earthquake, whose mask had . Hoekstra sandwiches his story essays with a biographical beginning and end piece that is also very effective. It grounds the reading with an even more pronounced flavor of the author's presence and outlook. "Bothering the Coffee Drinkers" is very readable, very enjoyable, and very highly recommended to consumers of good music and well crafted literature. |
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