May 19th, 2010 by Neal

Two songs profoundly informed the new novel. “No Surprises” by Radiohead, and “The Genius Next Door” by Regina Spektor. This in turn was informed by Ben Folds’ “Hiroshima” song, which inspired the title for the book (among other things), and through Folds I found Spektor.

Today, fishing around the net, I found this, recorded the week I finished the book.

Creepy, man. I love extraordinary coincidence (or dare I say with an air of presumption, great minds thinking alike?):

God damn, is it beautiful.