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 “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel

A song on how death inspires beauty and a life well lived
Posted on May 6, 2014 by Christopher Hewitt (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

In my post on Wallace Stevens’s poem “Sunday Morning”, I explored how death fuels the imagination and drives us to live for the world. Mortality underpins the phrase Carpe Diem. Liz Matsushita touches on this briefly in her review of … Continue reading →

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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)

As frontman Jeff Mangum makes his return, we take a look back at Neutral Milk Hotel's musical masterpiece about death
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Liz Matsushita (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Jeff Mangum – singer, songwriter, auteur, recluse, and enigmatic frontman of late ‘90s indie outfit Neutral Milk Hotel – was inspired to write his magnum opus because of Anne Frank. At least, that’s the theory espoused by the (many) fans … Continue reading →

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