![]() ![]() ![]() The original idea for the novel Buzz Aldrin, What Happened To You in All The Confusion? came from listening to ‘How To Disappear Completely’. Instead I just said ‘ Hello.’įew, if any bands have been more important to me since the early nineties, and more or less all my books have a lot to thank them for. When I did a reading together with Hüsker’s Bob Mould in Minneapolis in June last year I wanted to tell him how much I loved the song. This is my favourite track, perfect for almost all occasions, for instance the month of April. Unfortunately I discovered them late and therefore had to change it myself. ![]() I wish I had been 16 in 1985 instead of just 6, as I’m sure the Hüskers would have changed my life. Oh, well.Īpril 1st: ‘New Day Rising’ by Hüsker Dü: But, for what it’s worth, the order of tracks have been thoroughly contemplated, for weeks on end, to ensure the preservation of a logic which may only be obvious to myself. Initially I planned on doing a strictly ‘Music for Springtime’ playlist, but I realized that would mean putting in too much cheesy Lovin’ Spoonful-ish stuff, so instead I opted for a more personal, and possibly also more chaotic and idiosyncratic road, a mixtape of some spring songs, a few songs which probably only I associate with springtime as well as tracks that in different ways, shapes, and forms have been important to me as a writer. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work.Ī mixtape playlist should be consistent. ![]()
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