The Mixtape of the Late Gregor Samsa

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.

Some days earlier he had been in Valmez on business where he had stopped in at a music store. The wiry-haired and bug-eyed clerk, in spite of his disquieting appearance, had been helpful, and had even given Gregor a complementary custom-made mixtape with his purchase. Gregor had listened to it. At the time it sounded to him like music.

As his transformed life began to unfold in tragic fashion, he caught a glimpse of the track list on the mixtape.

Not music, then. Predestination.

01. Philip Glass - “Metamorphosis One”
02. Low - “Death of a Salesman”
03. Fishbone - “Ugly”
04. A Tribe Called Quest - “Buggin’ Out”
05. Modest Mouse - “Doin’ the Cockroach”
06. Idlewild - “Live in a Hiding Place”
07. Radiohead - “Climbing Up the Walls”
08. Alice in Chains - “Rotten Apple”
09. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “Do You Love Me?”
10. Lambchop - “If Not I’ll Just Die”
11. of Montreal - “It’s Easy to Sleep When You’re Dead”

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