Aaron Naparstek

» Monday, May 10, 2004

Honku Anthologized

Two anthologies have recently been published that include Honku along with a number of other excellent writers and artists.

As Smart as We Are is an album by the talented, Brooklyn-based accordian and theremin-playing duo, One Ring Zero. To make this album, the band marshaled some serious literary firepower to contribute lyrics -- people like Jonathan Ames, Paul Auster, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody and Aaron Naparstek... OK, they must have made a mistake on that last one. Still, it's a great record, sort of a cross between a hip Manhattan book party and a spooky Weimar circus. Get yourself a copy and see how they turned my first honku into freaky 5/7 rhythmic anthem.

Traffic Life: Passionate Tales and Exit Strategies is a wide-ranging and entertaining anthology of short stories, poems, cartoons and lots of other art, all about the problems of automobiles, traffic and a world that has been built to accomodate automobiles and traffic. Stephan Wehner, the editor, collected and solicited works by Ray Bradbury, Andy Singer, Attila the Stockbroker and, yep, some honku as well. Self-published by a committed idealist, this book is a good one.

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