Jesus Was Way Cool (book)

Infobox Book
name = Jesus Was Way Cool
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author = John S. Hall
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Poetry collection
publisher = Soft Skull Press
release_date = 1997
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media_type = Print (paperback)
pages = 86 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-887-12815-8
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followed_by = Daily Negations

"Jesus Was Way Cool" is a collection of poems by King Missile frontman John S. Hall. It was released by Soft Skull Press in 1997.

Contents

# "Sensitive Artist"
# "Take Stuff from Work"
# "The Sandbox"
# "Fish"
# "Wuss"
# "I'm Open"
# "The Love Song"
# "They"
# "How to Remember Your Dreams"
# "He Needed"
# "Jesus Was Way Cool"
# "The Neither World"
# "Fourthly"
# "Dinosaurs"
# "The Way to Salvation"
# "Life"
# "The Indians"
# "Scotland"
# "To Walk Among the Pigs"
# "My Life"
# "How Much Longer?"
# "Wind-up Toys"
# "Hide the Knives"
# "Everybody Screams Inside"
# "Francis Bacon"
# "Sink"
# "Martin Scorsese"
# "It's Saturday"
# "The Evil Children"
# "I'm Sorry"
# "Happy Hour"
# "Love Is..."
# "What If?"
# "Let's Have Sex"
# "Delores"
# "Socks"
# "The Commercial"
# "A Good Hard Look"
# "Hope"
# "The Prophecy"
# "Happy Note"cite web
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Appearances on record

With the exception of "Hope," each of the poems in the book appears on a King Missile album and/or Hall side project (occasionally with a slightly different title):
*"Sensitive Artist," "Take Stuff from Work," and "Wuss" appear on 1987's "Fluting on the Hump."
*"Fish," "I'm Open," "The Love Song," "They," and "He Needed" appear on 1988's "They."
*"The Sandbox," "How to Remember Your Dreams," "Jesus Was Way Cool," "The Neither World," and "Fourthly" appear on 1990's "Mystical Shit."
*"Dinosaurs," "The Way to Salvation," "Life," "The Indians," "Scotland," and "To Walk Among the Pigs" appear on 1991's "The Way to Salvation."
*"My Life," "How Much Longer?," "Hide the Knives," "Everybody Screams Inside," and "Francis Bacon" appear on 1991's "Real Men."
*"Wind-up Toys" appears on both "Real Men" and 1994's "King Missile."
*"Sink," "Martin Scorsese," "It's Saturday," "The Evil Children," "I'm Sorry," and "Happy Hour" appear on 1992's "Happy Hour."
*"Love Is...," "What If?," "Let's Have Sex," "Delores," "Socks," "The Commercial," and "Happy Note" appear on "King Missile."
*"A Good Hard Look" appears on both 1996's "The Body Has a Head" and 1998's "Failure."
*"The Prophecy" appears on "The Body Has a Head."

References

External links

* [http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-15-8 Soft Skull Press page for "Jesus Was Way Cool"]