Rock Is Lit Ben Arzate On His Novel ‘Music is Over’ & The Gerogerigegege, with David Novak On Japanese Noise Music
Ben Arzate is in the cyber house to talk about his short novel ‘Music Is Over’, published by Malarkey Books in 2022. Malarkey describes ‘Music Is Over’ as “a picaresque surreal horror novel” that “imagines the lost years of musician Juntaro Yamanouchi [of the Japanese Noise band The Gerogerigegege]. It is weird, bizarre, violent, and surprisingly sweet.”
If you’re into Japanese Noise, trains that lead to nowhere, industrial wasteland cities filled with strange doctors, mysterious foreigners, psychotic policemen, and unfriendly residents, this is the book and episode for you.
If you don’t know much about this kind of music, not to worry. In the last segment of the episode, David Novak, author of the award-winning book ‘Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation’, drops by to talk with me about it.
MEDIA AND MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
- Noise—Royalty Free Sample Pack
- “Da Da Da” by Trio
- “Roygbiv” by Boards of Canada
- “Smell the Medicine” by Melt-Banana
- Excerpt from the “Talking About Noise Music” episode of Oliver Kemp’s YouTube show ‘Deep Cuts’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXgI082zbtM
- From the 1989 album by The Gerogerigegege, ‘Showa’
- From the 2001 album by The Gerogerigegege, ‘Saturdaynight Big Cock Salaryman’
- From the 1988 album by The Gerogerigegege, ‘Sexual Behavior in the Human Male’
- From the 1999 album by Boredoms, ‘Vision Creation Newsun’
- From the 1996 album by Merzbow, ‘Pulse Demon’
- From the 1989 album by Boredoms, ‘Soul Discharge’
- From the 1989 album by Boredoms, ‘Soul Discharge’
- Hanatarash—live at Bears, Osaka, Japan
LINKS:
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Trio banned video of “Da Da Da”: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x43dxly
Ben Arzate on Twitter: @BenArz13
Ben Arzate’s blog: https://dripdropdripdropdripdrop.blogspot.com/
Purchase a paperback copy of Ben’s novel ‘Music is Over’: https://malarkeybooks.com/music-is-over
Purchase the ebook of Ben’s novel: https://godless.com/products/music-is-over-by-ben-arzate?_pos=1&_sid=9c00e6f1d&_ss=r
Ben’s work on Substack: https://benarzate.substack.com/
Read David Novak’s book ‘Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation’ for free and find out more about him: https://www.japanoise.com//
Christy Alexander Hallberg’s website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/
Christy Alexander Hallberg on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @ChristyHallberg
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