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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
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
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
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
