Kilgore Trout is not just a character in Breakfast of Champions, he is a recurring character in many novels by my favorite author, Kurt Vonnegut. So you can imagine how pleased I was to hear that Appleseed Cast did this song. I really see these lyrics, as few of them as there are, to explain the story of a man who has worked all his life trying to write so that people may appreciate him, and he has gotten no appreciation. His character changes alot from book to book, but that is the one constant: that he is a science fiction writer that nobody gives a crap about. Noone, that is, until the Midland City Arts festival invites him as a guest speaker, but that's another story entitled Breakfast of Champions.
Kilgore Trout is not just a character in Breakfast of Champions, he is a recurring character in many novels by my favorite author, Kurt Vonnegut. So you can imagine how pleased I was to hear that Appleseed Cast did this song. I really see these lyrics, as few of them as there are, to explain the story of a man who has worked all his life trying to write so that people may appreciate him, and he has gotten no appreciation. His character changes alot from book to book, but that is the one constant: that he is a science fiction writer that nobody gives a crap about. Noone, that is, until the Midland City Arts festival invites him as a guest speaker, but that's another story entitled Breakfast of Champions.