Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010885, Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:04:32 -0800

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Fwd: Music: a band called "Waxwings"
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I stumbled across a record by a band called "The Waxwings" in a second-hand
shop today, and as it was titled "Shadows of the Waxwings" I figured there
might be a connection. Sure enough, an interview here:

http://www.soulshine.ca/features/featuresarticle.php?fid=61
Reveals one:

"So what's your name a reference to?

It's from a book called Pale Fire, by Nabokov. It's a reference to a bird
called Waxwing – there's a poem about the bird at the beginning of the
book. We were recording our first record and reading the book and making
lists of names when we came across it…we decided it was the name least
likely to be taken but it was – we worked it out but there's a another band
called Waxwing out there… "

Details of their record are here:

http://www.thewaxwings.com/red_orange/music.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000069DQ4/104-5458209-2408746

although that shouldn't be taken as a recommendation - I haven't heard them.

Nick.

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