Sparks Creates New Bookworm Theme!
Bookworm host Michael Silverblatt is very open about the fact that Sparks is his favorite rock band. Last year, he had Ron and Russell Mael, the brothers who make up Sparks, on Bookworm to talk about the art of writing pop songs. A friendship was forged after that interview and the band offered to write new themes to replace the playful track (“Who can talk, Who can reason, Who can read!) they’ve been using for the 21 years the show has been on the air here at KCRW. The new opening theme is titled “Where Would We Be Without Books?” and the closing theme is “I Am a Bookworm.” Check it out below.
Michael debuted the new theme on today’s show, which also features an interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, who discusses the difference between writing rock lyrics and poetry.
New intro theme: “Where Would We Be Without Books”
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New Closing theme: “We Are All Bookworms”
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not sure how I feel about this !! innovation yay, but I'm the kind of native Angeleno who misses the old library book truck, Bullock's Wilshire and the lunch counter at the Carnation Building. But I will try !! xx Linda
you didn't post my comment at first, so i tried to remember what i wrote and resubmitted, then you put up both my comments which look eerily, but not quite similar, so basically with these two bizarro comments I appear weirder than The Mael Bros., if that's possible ! No wonder I'm a listener. Thanks for keeping me on my toes. And thanks for keeping me up at night with the scary new themesongs …. yikes ! We are all bookworms and we're coming to get you ! Crikey !
I would love a copy of the bookworm full theme for my Ipod. . . .just love sparks
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