Slights: the soundtrack

This reposted from Kaaron Warren’s blog, cos we thought it was well worth repeating. Obviously we couldn’t do anything like offer a copy of KW’s next novel, Walking the Tree, to the first person to post a link to this as a mix-tape in our Comments…

When Hollywood calls, I already have the soundtrack to “Slights”, as devised by our High Commissioner to Fiji, Mr James Batley, who hosted the Fiji launch on Wednesday night. Here is his list. Wonderful stuff!

“Stephanie Says” – The Velvet Underground
“Devil in Disguise” – Elvis Presley
“Devil in her Heart” – The Beatles
“Double Life” – The Cars
“Bones” – The Killers
“Beauty and the Beast” – David Bowie
“Crippled Inside” – John Lennon
“Psycho Killer” – Talking Heads
“Into the Night” – Julee Cruise
“Twilight” – Antony and the Johnsons
“Blackbird” – Sarah McLachlan
“Bird on a Wire” – Leonard Cohen
“Happiness is a Warm Gun” – The Beatles
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” – Bob Dylan
“I Float Alone” – Julee Cruise
“Breathe Me” – Sia