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Category Archives: Influence Stew
The character of Oneida Jones, much to what would be her perpetual chagrin, was—by me—named after a lake. A lake where I’ve spent many many happy years with family, with friends, and with books (and, let’s be honest, with food). I’d like to think that she would take this as the high compliment it’s intended...
It’s time to wrap up my seventh straight day of blogging with two songs that represent This Must Be the Place as a whole! The character of Amy, a movie special effects nerd—literally, a maker of monsters—dies within the first ten pages, and her death (and life, in that order) propels the action of the...
And now, two songs inspired by the (ostensible) kids: high school classmates Oneida Jones and Eugene “Wendy” Wendell, who dance around each other in an awkward teenage mating ritual throughout This Must Be the Place. When it came to Oneida—who’s super smart and crazy weird—I didn’t turn to music for inspirado. Eugene/Wendy, on the other...
Today’s book soundtrack cuts represent two of my main characters who are (ostensibly) grown-ups, Arthur Rook and Mona Jones. And in the interest of perfect symmetry, both songs presented are by the same artist: the Stephin Merrit-fronted Magnetic Fields. Arthur’s a gentle soul who works as a photographer, and the death of his wife, Amy,...
