Strange things happen: a life with the Police, polo, and pygmies
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1999 The Amanda Show. Starring Amanda Bynes. Created by Dan Schneider. Nickelodeon.
2000 Brutally Normal. Written by Stephen Chbosky, Michael Goldberg, Will McRobb, Tommy Swerdlow, and Chris Viscardi. Executive producers, Greer Shepard and Mike Robin. Touchstone/The WB Network.
2002 Breaking News. Starring Tim Matheson. Created by Gardner Stern and Rhonda L. Moore. New Line Television, Pilot/Episodes TNT.
2003 Dead Like Me (pilot). Created by Bryan Fuller. Directed by Scott Winant. MGM/Showtime. [Best Score, Emmy nomination, 2004]
2003/4 Dead Like Me (multiples). Created by Bryan Fuller. MGM TV/ Showtime.
2005 Desperate Housewives. Starring Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, and Nicollette Sheridan. Created and executive produced by Marc Cherry. ABC/Touchstone.
2005 Riding the Bus with My Sister. Starring Rosie O’Donnell and Andie MacDowell. Directed by Anjelica Huston. Written by Rachel Simon and Joyce Eliason. Executive producers, Rosie O’Donnell and Larry Sanitsky. Hallmark Hall of Fame.
2005 Fisheye (short). Directed by Jordan Copeland. Producer, Phil Otto.
2005 The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. Created by Judd Winick. The Cartoon Network.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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t was the fans on my Italian Web site who provided the primary impetus for this book. The occasional journals that I posted caused them to howl for more. But when the process started up in earnest, there were a few specific individuals who got me to the finish line. It was my manager (of twenty-seven years!) Derek Power who introduced me to publicist Amy Grey, who introduced me to agent Ed Victor, who introduced me to publisher Bob Miller, who figured out how to fashion these stories into a book. Many thanks to these great people. Then came the actual writing part. I am indebted to my wife, Fiona, Jeff Seitz, and Brad Sands for jogging my memory, and to my chums Pete Griffith, Henry Gradstein, Johnny Moore, Donna Gradstein, and Marcia Dent for reading it and chuckling or yawning in instructive places.
My sister, Lennie, was the most exhaustive critic. She devoured every page and tore up my callow prose. She made me amend or defend every line but also gave me the most specific praise and encouragement. She really read my book.
My assistant Melisa Berger was the last level of filtration before letting the book leave the building and I’m grateful for her diligence. Many thanks also to Katie Salisbury for helping Melisa chase down the rights to the photographs.
Which brings me to the photographers, who were all very generous about letting me reprint their shots. The largest numbers were from Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Danny Clinch, to whom I am particularly grateful, as well as to Charlie Hernandez and Kevin Williams from The Police crew. Their generosity allowed me to make this a picture book.
But really, the biggest hug must be for good old Derek Power, who put me into so many of these adventures in the first place.
About the Author
Reunited after twenty-three years with his bandmates in The Police when they opened the Grammy Awards on February 11, 2007, STEWART COPELAND counts himself fortunate to have been a founder of the most played and successful trio of the 1980s. The Police’s reunion tour, which began in Vancouver in May 2007 and ended in New York’s Madison Square Garden in August 2008, went on to be the third biggest tour of all time—grossing some 387 million dollars. Recipient of the Hollywood Film Festival’s first Outstanding Music in Film Visionary Award, and a 2003 inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Copeland has been responsible for some of the film world’s most innovative and groundbreaking scores. His career includes the sale of more than sixty million records, which have won him five Grammys and numerous other awards. His ongoing travels in search of exotic rhythms and musical celebrations have taken him all the way around the world—from the polo fields of Cirencester to the dives of Havana, from the steaming Congo to the remotest regions of the Hollywood jungles. Copeland is the father of seven children. He lives with his wife and three daughters. Visit him online at www.stewartcopeland.net.
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