THE BOSS WAXES CREATIVE WITH 2 ALBUMS, MARRIAGE, KIDS

Bruce Springsteen has two new albums coming out in the spring and there also will be a new Springsteen biography on the shelves in June. Marc Eliot says his book, "Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen," will show the Boss as "different from his public image. He's not too fast but he's an observer who tends to manipulate situations. He's a smart guy but no great intellect." The book touches on Springsteen's strict Catholic upbringing, which, Eliot says, may explain the confessional nature of Springsteen's songs, and the breakup of his first marriage to model-actress Julianne Phillips. "She broke the deal by not wanting to have children," Eliot told the Los Angeles Times. "He couldn't change her and she couldn't change him. " The author says Springsteen now is content being married to singer Patti Scialfa and raising their two children and he's curious as to how this domestic bliss will affect Springsteen's work. "These new songs represent a burst of creativity and one needs to wonder just where that burst came from," he says.