Just checked out the Bullseye web site and am drooling at the thought of the
new Klaatu Sun Set release.  A "Howl at the Moon" demo?  "Older" live?  It
will soon be mine!  Jaimie, is "The Complete Orchestral Hope" instrumental
only?

    On to another pet project of mine - The Pen.  This is a movie I shot
with my class of Fifth Graders.  We debuted it in front of 450 kids in our
auditorium.  Where's the pop content here?  The lead in for the opening
credits was "Get Funky" by Teenage Fanclub.  It was an unbelievable rush to
hear those kids explode with applause and handclaps to this tune as the
movie opened.  I closed the movie (short synopsis - a magic pen allows what
is written to come true and is almost used by the evil principal but runs
out of ink) with "Every Day I Write The Book" and The Gladhands version of
"it's Magic" for the closing credits.  (Pilot's version is in the montage
during the movie).

    I thought I'd run the next idea through the list.  I am adding more
credits to the copies the kids will get.  What other popular song is out
there with a pen, magic, or looking back on school as themes?

Already used:  "School Days" - Chuck Berry
                        "School" - Supertramp (a snippet)

    I have kind of eliminated "The Letter" - Boxtops an "Paperback Writer"
as the Elvis Costello tune was already a stretch.  I'll look forward to
hearing your suggestions.

Mike Hodges