Below, you'll find some quotes and links from The Week That Was:
1. "I hate that
Radiohead didn’t break up after
OK Computer. Had that happened, I guarantee that OK would have shot up the totem pole of legendary records. I consider it to be one of the many travesties in rock history, alongside the death of John
Bonham and the existence of Hall and Oats [sic]. And
Kid A, the album to follow
OK Computer, is also on that list of travesties. Look, I’m not going to bash
Radiohead in the same snobby manner as others; they once were and still have the capacity to be an amazing band. But
Kid A is where the buck stops." - K.A.
Coldwell, writing in
this piece, on the blog entitled Tipping the Lion, on March 6, 2010. Really?
Coldwell would do away with not just
Kid A, but also
Amnesiac,
Hail to the Thief, and
In Rainbows? This seems rather extreme, don't you think?
Coldwell must have really hated
Kid A. Really hated it. It's not for everyone, but I wouldn't erase it from existence, either.
2. Picky Girl, author of the blog,
Picky Girl: Discussions of food, film, and fiction (and everything in between),
finally gets around to reading
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael
Chabon. Says she: "I loved the characters. I wanted them to be happy. I hurt when they hurt. That being said, I was very conscious that I was reading this book. I
wasn’t wrapped up in it. There were times when
Chabon lost me. There were moments when I swore if I read another sentence as long and convoluted as the last that I would put down the book and mark it off my list as “I sure gave it my best…”
Chabon likes his sentences. They’re pretty, and he knows it. I wish he
weren’t so darn conscious of that fact."
3. Chris over at
The Invincible Super Blog has a post entitled, "
Wake Up and Smell the '90s." How could I not link to that? A caveat: It's about Wolverine.
4. Ryan V. at
Distorted Veracity is a self described "voracious reader," and this week, he
walks us through the latest tomes he's read and enjoyed. He appears to dig non-fiction.
One year ago tonight, on March 20, 2009, Sci-Fi's "Battlestar Galactica" ended its run. The reimagining of the old 1970s sci-fi show began as a television miniseries in 2004 and then became a regular weekly series shortly thereafter. It received much acclaim, but had some level of difficulty in convincing the general public that it was not a schlocky genre show. Pictured above and below, of course, is one reason to lament the loss the show. (That's Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck, which you should know.). Actually, come to think of it, the series finale of Battlestar was a bit controversial, as a number of viewers did not seem to appreciate the fashion in which all of the loose plot threads were ultimately tied together. You may recall The space farers ultimately find Earth - their long sought destination - but they arrive well in our planet's past. Thus, it is suggested that the series protagonists become our forebears. Some people didn't dig it, as can be noted in the comments to television critic Alan Sepinwall's review of the finale. (I foresee a similar reaction to this year's upcoming series finale of "Lost," if only because some people will never be satisfied with anything.). Although the series finale had its flaws, it wasn't too bad, actually, and I suppose there's no way to truly satisfy a die hard fan of anything.
