The litter in littérateur. Ricky Opaterny on Books, Music, Art, and Sports

10/24/2010

Songs from childhood

Filed under: Books,General,Music — Ricky @ 11:18 am

I’ve been listening a lot to Arcade Fire’s record The Suburbs this weekend, and I’m reminded of Flannery O’Connor’s line that seems entirely applicable to the Canadian band: “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” Whoever picked one of their songs for the Where the Wild Things Are trailer could not have done better.

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