Broken Social Scene, Andrew Bird and The Time Traveler’s Wife
Books, Music March 15th, 2009
In other Arts and Crafts news, The Playlist reports on Broken Social Scene’s involvement in the film adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife:
…a friend of ours just saw an early-bird test screening of the film and told us four members of the expanding and ever-evolving line-up, including Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning and Justin Peroff are featured in a wedding scene playing undisclosed BSS track which eventually morphs into a quick snippet medley of Joy Division’s classic, “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” [The Playlist]
As you may have also heard, the author Audrey Niffenegger, who penned the bestselling book, just sold the rights to her second novel, “Her Fearful Symmetry,” to Scribner for nearly 5 million dollars. How does this all relate to Andrew Bird, you may ask? Well, I recently read this interview with Mr. Bird in New York magazine, where he made the following quip:
Were your parents musical?
My mom’s an artist. She does copperplate etchings. Audrey Niffenegger, who’s a fairly famous novelist now, was my mother’s teacher, and she did my first couple of record covers… [NYMag.com]
Wonder if the final soundtrack will have any Andrew Bird tunes on it? I guess we’ll have to wait until Feb 2010 to find out.
• Broken Social Scene Announce Tour Dates in AU, NZ & JP• Broken Social Scene Played Siren and The Mercury Lounge, New BSS Record Out Tomorrow
• Broken Social Scene Announce Asia/Europe Tour, Score Bruce McDonald Film
• New Music: Andrew Bird
• Andrew Bird to Join Keren Ann
