Jan 14 2007
John Williams over Sushi
The other day I was out at a local sushi restaurant (Pacific East on Coventry) with a good friend of mine. The sushi at this place is consistently outstanding and impossibly fresh.
This occasion was no different, at least with respect to the food. About halfway into the meal, I couldn’t help but notice the music playing in the background — it was a slow and thoroughly depressing violin solo, and it sounded strangely familiar. We quickly realized, almost simultaneously, that the music was actually the soundtrack from Schindler’s List.
And then, of course, I remembered the old adage,
Nothing livens up a fresh sushi dinner like the soundtrack of Jews suffering in Auschwitz gas chambers!
Seriously, though, I don’t know how this soundtrack got into their playlist (a practical joke, perhaps?), but I hope they phase it out of their rotation next time I’m there.