Aaaaaand now for something completely different...

Public Service Announcement: Any readers still left should be aware that RP will cease its "All Murakami, All the Time" programming here soon to provide an account of last Friday's Yann Martel reading at the Tattered Cover (which was about 10 times more interesting than YPTR'd figured).

Quick preview: Martel can yell "Helsinkiiiiiiiiiii!" really, really fucking loud.  (Trust me: It makes more sense if you've read at least the first third of this.)