I know the movie doesn’t come out until September, but I saw the trailer for The Perks of Being a Wallflower (starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, based on the book by Stephen Chbosky) in theaters for the first time the other day and it has been on my mind ever since. Music and playlists are a huge part of the story so I figured it would be a great book to make a reading playlist for. And now, since the movie has yet to be released, I can see how my playlist holds up to the movie soundtrack.
As always, you can listen to the mix right here on 8tracks.
Reading Playlist: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Road To Joy Bright Eyes
Little Black Submarines The Black Keys
Hiding Tonight Alex Turner
Shadow People Dr. Dog
We Used To Wait Arcade Fire
Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes
PDA Interpol
Living In Paradise Elvis Costello
What’s New Is Old Again Cotton Keys
Title and Registration Death Cab for Cutie
No More Running Away Air Traffic
Contact High Architecture in Helsinki
Train In Vain (Stand By Me) The Clash
These Roads Don’t Move Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar
True Love 1980 Ash
Hounds of Love The Futureheads
This is Nowhere The Airborne Toxic Event
Asleep The Smiths
About Erin Browne
Erin Browne is a senior journalism major and a DJ/former promotions director at 90.5 KCSU. Her blog, now called 'What the Buzz?' used to be just about books, but for the spring semester it has been revamped to cover all types of media and entertainment. Music Mondays, Whatever Wednesdays, Film Fridays. Doesn't that sound great? She finds it incredibly hard to create an accurate reflection of herself in the third person so will now be using quotes from actual conversations with others. "What even is that?" -Molly Ringwald, "Someday I think you could be bigger than Ashton Kutcher." -Mike Humphrey, "Nice to meet you." -Kevin Bacon, "Could you take off your sunglasses?" -Pete Yorn, "Large iced vanilla latte."- Every barista ever.
