Listener comments!

Mon. 3/16/09 3:05am marcus:

hi, i know that tune right now (ennio morricone) - but from the silver apples "the lady and the clown" :) - cheers from germany.

Mon. 3/16/09 3:11am jj.:

Ooh, the Silver Apples cover that? Will have to check it out...

Mon. 3/16/09 3:31am Joshua K:

Ahh thats a good book.

Mon. 3/16/09 3:33am jj.:

Yeah, Murakami's one of my faves. He's got a new, huge one coming out this year. I'm way psyched: http://tinyurl.com/cv6zgv

Mon. 3/16/09 3:39am Joshua K:

Ahh thanks, I have read The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Sputnik Sweetheart, and Kafka on the Shore and liked all 3. Guess it might be a while till that one gets translated.

Mon. 3/16/09 3:41am bryan:

Hard-Boiled Wonderland & The End of the World was really good at wintertime

Mon. 3/16/09 3:42am Evan:

this is trippy. I'm very much digging it.

Mon. 3/16/09 3:42am bryan:

though what worthwhile book isn't good at wintertime?

Mon. 3/16/09 3:45am jj.:

He's got a big enough audience in the US that I bet it'll get translated pretty quickly. Sometimes his novels get a little samey (similar characters/themes/references), but they're all really enjoyable. I'd suggest "Wild Sheep Chase" next.

Mon. 3/16/09 3:48am Joshua K:

Theres a BBC documentary about him that he doesn't appear in because he doesn't do interviews but its still pretty good: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1376275/

Mon. 3/16/09 3:49am bryan:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/books/review/Murakami-t.html?fta=y

I really liked this article about him

Mon. 3/16/09 3:49am bryan:

by him*

talks about seeing art blakey and stuff. neat guy.

Mon. 3/16/09 3:51am jj.:

He does do interviews occasionally. I interviewed him by email a few years ago (when "After Dark" came out; not online, alas). He does do face-to-face interviews, too. But, yeah, never seen a filmed interview with him. Still, sounds worth seeing.

Mon. 3/16/09 3:55am Joshua K:

I should have posted the bbc page, imdb doesn't say much:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/episode/haruki_murakami.shtml
They interviewed him but off camera. They visit some of the places that inspired his books and interview other people on camera about his work.

Mon. 3/16/09 4:01am bryan:

that was really engrossing. you just prevented me from studying for the whole length of that reading.

Mon. 3/16/09 4:02am Evan:

emeralds. so great. solar bridge was one of last year's best.

Mon. 3/16/09 4:03am jj.:

Glad it worked, at least like that. Rest of the show should be more studyable.

Mon. 3/16/09 4:03am jj.:

Just heard Emeralds for the first time last night (great, great show at Glasslands). Pretty taken. I'm in.

Mon. 3/16/09 4:05am Evan:

have you ever played bob l. sturm on your show? i think it would fit perfectly alongside some of these pieces.

Mon. 3/16/09 4:11am jj.:

No, I haven't. Thx for the suggestion. Will check out.

Mon. 3/16/09 5:20am bryan:

ooh, glad to hear this. haven't heard this cassette yet.

Mon. 3/16/09 5:24am bryan:

oh, seems to be a split LP from what i can find. love sun araw's album art aesthetic. even the layout of the news update on their label's site is sick.

Mon. 3/16/09 5:26am jj.:

So it is. ;).

Mon. 3/16/09 5:58am bryan:

it was fun.

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