CALLING ROCK STAR SAMMY HAGAR!!!!!!!!!!!
HEY! YOU! Person reading this! Do you -- by some crazy chance -- happen to know rock star Sammy Hagar personally? You know...the Red Rocker...? The "I Can't Drive 55" guy...? Former member of rock group "Van Halen"...? Yeah, that guy. Are you friends with him...or are you at the very least friendly with him on the internet?
Or maybe you happen to know someone who knows Sammy Hagar? Or even someone who knows someone who knows Sammy Hagar...?
The reason I'm asking is because I have a small request for Sammy, and I've got to get it to him ASAP! Pronto! Schnell! ("Schnell" is the German word for "fast.")
Here it is. Feel free to copy, repost, forward, link to, or otherwise disseminate the below letter...as long as it eventually, somehow, makes it to the forefront of rock star Sammy Hagar's eyeballs.
Dear Sammy,
I'm not going to call myself a fan. Let's say I'm a Sammy Hagar "appreciator." But I have most of your albums, and a whole bunch of your songs have bounced around in my head at one time or another.
Beyond that, I've even gone so far as to have written and drawn some comic strips about you. (Well, it's a "you" that's not quite YOU, if you know what I mean.)
You see, for a long time I produced a weekly comic strip called Smell of Steve. By all accounts, Smell of Steve was a somewhat "offbeat" comic strip. Sometimes it even featured imaginary versions of celebrities and rock stars such as yourself in starring roles. Nick Nolte, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton...they all got their time in the Smell of Steve spotlight, having (imaginary) celebrity and rock star-type adventures. But it was my Sammy Hagar comic strips that were particularly popular with readers. Comic strips like this one here:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=54690596&albumID=1206983&imageID=45372368
I should let you know that a book collection of my Smell of Steve comics -- including all those comics in which you star -- is coming out soon. It's called PLANET OF BEER! A SMELL OF STEVE TREASURY, and I'm not gonna lie to ya, Sammy...it's gonna ROCK!
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Beer-Brian-Sendelbach/dp/1595822569/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231014665&sr=8-1
Problem is, the orders for PLANET OF BEER, well...the publisher tells me they weren't so good. The publisher also tells me that "my kind of book" (i.e. idiosyncratic and odd and genre-defying) usually does better in the long run...by good "word of mouth" and positive reviews and such.
So here's the sitch, Sammy ("sitch" is kinda like slang for "situation"): Because of its low initial orders, PLANET OF BEER might not get a chance to get all that good "word of mouth" and positive reviews stuff. As it stands, the book will probably get postponed...and possibly even "postponed indefinitely" (if you, eh, get my meaning).
So here's the part where YOU come in, Sammy. I realize you're probably pretty busy right now. Y'know...touring and partying and all that usual hedonistic rock star-type stuff. But I was wondering whether you had a moment in your busy schedule to do a little something for one of your appreciators...?
Here's my ever-so-humble request:
Use your magic just a little bit, Sammy. For PLANET OF BEER -- and the imaginary Sammy Hagar stories contained within! Snap your fingers, stomp your foot, croon a little Sammy tune. Maybe bust out a hot lick on your Flying V. Sprinkle some tequila dust into the cosmos and wave your magic wand. Make the universe MOVE, Sammy. Make the air VIBRATE. Top-load the probabilities with All Things Hagar -- and jet-pack explode PLANET OF BEER into this time/space continuum of ours! MAKE IT HAPPEN, DUDE!!
I know you of all people can pull this off. You're the Red Rocker, and crazy rock 'n' roll magic hums from your fingertips.
That's it, Sammy. That's all I got. The rest is in your hands.
And now I leave you once again to your hedonistic rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
Your Humble Appreciator,
Brian Sendelbach
www.myspace.com/smellofsteve
smellofsteve@gmail.com
P.S. Even after all these years, you're still right. There really IS only one way to rock!!!
HEY! YOU! Person reading this! Do you -- by some crazy chance -- happen to know rock star Sammy Hagar personally? You know...the Red Rocker...? The "I Can't Drive 55" guy...? Former member of rock group "Van Halen"...? Yeah, that guy. Are you friends with him...or are you at the very least friendly with him on the internet?
Or maybe you happen to know someone who knows Sammy Hagar? Or even someone who knows someone who knows Sammy Hagar...?
The reason I'm asking is because I have a small request for Sammy, and I've got to get it to him ASAP! Pronto! Schnell! ("Schnell" is the German word for "fast.")
Here it is. Feel free to copy, repost, forward, link to, or otherwise disseminate the below letter...as long as it eventually, somehow, makes it to the forefront of rock star Sammy Hagar's eyeballs.
Dear Sammy,
I'm not going to call myself a fan. Let's say I'm a Sammy Hagar "appreciator." But I have most of your albums, and a whole bunch of your songs have bounced around in my head at one time or another.
Beyond that, I've even gone so far as to have written and drawn some comic strips about you. (Well, it's a "you" that's not quite YOU, if you know what I mean.)
You see, for a long time I produced a weekly comic strip called Smell of Steve. By all accounts, Smell of Steve was a somewhat "offbeat" comic strip. Sometimes it even featured imaginary versions of celebrities and rock stars such as yourself in starring roles. Nick Nolte, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton...they all got their time in the Smell of Steve spotlight, having (imaginary) celebrity and rock star-type adventures. But it was my Sammy Hagar comic strips that were particularly popular with readers. Comic strips like this one here:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=54690596&albumID=1206983&imageID=45372368
I should let you know that a book collection of my Smell of Steve comics -- including all those comics in which you star -- is coming out soon. It's called PLANET OF BEER! A SMELL OF STEVE TREASURY, and I'm not gonna lie to ya, Sammy...it's gonna ROCK!
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Beer-Brian-Sendelbach/dp/1595822569/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231014665&sr=8-1
Problem is, the orders for PLANET OF BEER, well...the publisher tells me they weren't so good. The publisher also tells me that "my kind of book" (i.e. idiosyncratic and odd and genre-defying) usually does better in the long run...by good "word of mouth" and positive reviews and such.
So here's the sitch, Sammy ("sitch" is kinda like slang for "situation"): Because of its low initial orders, PLANET OF BEER might not get a chance to get all that good "word of mouth" and positive reviews stuff. As it stands, the book will probably get postponed...and possibly even "postponed indefinitely" (if you, eh, get my meaning).
So here's the part where YOU come in, Sammy. I realize you're probably pretty busy right now. Y'know...touring and partying and all that usual hedonistic rock star-type stuff. But I was wondering whether you had a moment in your busy schedule to do a little something for one of your appreciators...?
Here's my ever-so-humble request:
Use your magic just a little bit, Sammy. For PLANET OF BEER -- and the imaginary Sammy Hagar stories contained within! Snap your fingers, stomp your foot, croon a little Sammy tune. Maybe bust out a hot lick on your Flying V. Sprinkle some tequila dust into the cosmos and wave your magic wand. Make the universe MOVE, Sammy. Make the air VIBRATE. Top-load the probabilities with All Things Hagar -- and jet-pack explode PLANET OF BEER into this time/space continuum of ours! MAKE IT HAPPEN, DUDE!!
I know you of all people can pull this off. You're the Red Rocker, and crazy rock 'n' roll magic hums from your fingertips.
That's it, Sammy. That's all I got. The rest is in your hands.
And now I leave you once again to your hedonistic rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
Your Humble Appreciator,
Brian Sendelbach
www.myspace.com/smellofsteve
smellofsteve@gmail.com
P.S. Even after all these years, you're still right. There really IS only one way to rock!!!
