The Powell’s Playlist: Jenni Fagan
Posted by Jenni Fagan, July 23, 2013 2:00 pm
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I selected this playlist because the songs remind me of the main character in The Panopticon. Anais Hendricks has a contradictory nature: she's cool, streetwise, caustic, but also empathic and vulnerable. She is too worldly for her age but she still has hope, innocence, and a childlike way of wholly embracing the world of her imagination. She likes to look at the stars and believes life is too short to waste it all on sadness — she loves music and counterculture.
1. "Like a Hurricane" by Neil Young
I picked this song because it is one of my favorite songs of all time and it makes me think of Anais. She is a force of nature.
2. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" by Nirvana
I could have picked numerous songs by Nirvana, and Anais does mention that they're on her iPod. This song is laid back and clever — if it were a café, it would be the kind of place where outsiders belong.
3. "O-o-h Child" by The Five Stairsteps
This song makes me think of what I would want to ...
