What Does Stephen King Know?Apparently
Entertainment Weekly thinks that he knows
something. I happen to be at a loss for what that might actually be. It's a classic case of I think I know X, so I know something about Y (see Plato's
Apology for more details). Yeah, he can write, sure. Does that mean he's got a beat on pop culture? Why
does he love
Veronica Mars? Should he? And why does he talk about Wilco like they're a band we don't know? Or at least a band that we should agree with him about? In the article, found here,
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1136236_4472578_0_,00.htmlKing offers up commentary on Wilco, why he was a naysayer for so long, and how he thought "
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, [was] both dissonant and self-indulgent to me — a keep-your-distance slap in the face at their fans." Why should this guy tell me
anything about music? Or any other artform for that matter? A statement like that goes a long long way with a gal like me. Maybe Stephen King don't know shit.
