Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Joey and Mark open the show discussing the legendary film composer and one of the godfathers of electronic music, Ryuichi Sakamoto who recently passed away a few weeks ago. One of Sakamoto's most impressive feats was acting opposite David Bowie in the film, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, a film about a British Prisoner of War navigating the challenges of imprisonment in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Sakamoto also wrote the music to the film, his first score of many. RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto If you're interested in seeing Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and are located in the NYC area, check out a 35mm showing on May 12th & 13th at Metrograph: https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999003237 Listen LIVE every Wednesday at 8:30am on 91.3 WVUD, or online at: ⁠http://www.wvud.org/