Jesus Was Way Cool (book)

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Jesus Was Way Cool
Author	John S. Hall
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Poetry collection
Publisher	Soft Skull Press
Publication date	1997
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	86 pp
ISBN	ISBN 1-887-12815-8
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 1 Contents 2 Appearances on record 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Contents

1. "Sensitive Artist"
2. "Take Stuff from Work"
3. "The Sandbox"
4. "Fish"
5. "Wuss"
6. "I'm Open"
7. "The Love Song"
8. "They"
9. "How to Remember Your Dreams"
10. "He Needed"
11. "Jesus Was Way Cool"
12. "The Neither World"
13. "Fourthly"
14. "Dinosaurs"
15. "The Way to Salvation"
16. "Life"
17. "The Indians"
18. "Scotland"
19. "To Walk Among the Pigs"
20. "My Life"
21. "How Much Longer?"
22. "Wind-up Toys"
23. "Hide the Knives"
24. "Everybody Screams Inside"
25. "Francis Bacon"
26. "Sink"
27. "Martin Scorsese"
28. "It's Saturday"
29. "The Evil Children"
30. "I'm Sorry"
31. "Happy Hour"
32. "Love Is..."
33. "What If?"
34. "Let's Have Sex"
35. "Delores"
36. "Socks"
37. "The Commercial"
38. "A Good Hard Look"
39. "Hope"
40. "The Prophecy"
41. "Happy Note"^[1]

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Soft Skull Press page for Jesus Was Way Cool

v • d • e King Missile Sasha Forte · John S. Hall · Bradford Reed Dogbowl · Alex DeLaszlo · R.B. Korbet · George O'Malley · Charles Curtis · Steve Dansiger · Dave Rick · Chris Xefos · David Ramirez · Roger Murdock · Jane Scarpantoni Studio albums Fluting on the Hump · They · Mystical Shit · The Way to Salvation · Happy Hour · King Missile · Failure · The Psychopathology of Everyday Life · Royal Lunch EPs Happy 14½ Compilations and live albums The Green Album · Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump Singles "Take Stuff from Work" · "The Box" · "No Point" · "Jesus Was Way Cool" · "My Heart Is a Flower" · "Detachable Penis" · "(Why Are We) Trapped?" · "Martin Scorsese" · "Love Is..." · "America Kicks Ass" John S. Hall solo albums Real Men (with Kramer) · The Body Has a Head Related articles Spoken word · Anti-folk · Shimmy Disc · Kramer · Bongwater · Jesus Was Way Cool · Daily Negations