48: The Music of Erich Zann (Discussion)

Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club

In which Claire and Tod talk about HP Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann," first published in the March, 1922 issue of The National Amateur, and available at hplovecraft.com. As this is a horror podcast, please know that this episode may not be for everyone. This story, in particular, features some poorly pronounced French, a number of awkward social encounters, some disturbing and dangerous architecture, descriptions of fantastic otherworldly musical elements and the implied posthumous playing of the same.
The video for Sparks's Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) looks like the Rue d'Auseil, to me.
Read up on Pittsburgh's crazy city steps situation. 15 miles of steps!
One drop in the episode comes from this amazing compilation of every time the word "cook" is spoken in Breaking Bad.
Tod and Claire totally forgot to talk about, at length, the whole spectral music movement in contemporary classical. Go listen to to some, and then read up on Kaija Saariaho. She was a genius.
Also, the abyss, in this story, is really just the horror of neighborhood gentrification.

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