tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post2080553047472744920..comments2023-11-22T09:17:05.368-08:00Comments on TAD's Back-Up Plan: It is what it is (Or: It's just bizness III)TADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-63147267698025639712010-07-04T10:26:53.450-07:002010-07-04T10:26:53.450-07:00Ha ha, calling you out! No, actually, I'd rath...Ha ha, calling you out! No, actually, I'd rather you have a conistently held contrary opinion than one that changes based on what other people are saying . . . .<br /><br />Didn't it piss you off when you found out that Christgau changed his ratings as his Consumer Guides were reprinted? If you dislike <i>Espedair Street</i>, if you dislike Black Sabbath, it's cool, just don't be telling the Banksonian or Kerrang! how you were all over these things from the getgo in ten years' time.<br /><br />Right?<br /><br />Anyway, thought it interesting that we each call the book out for different reasons. I liked the book very much but still disliked the easy right-bashing at the end (y'know, Christine). This appeared not to bother you, but you had issues with the absence of any insight into Daniel's creative process.<br /><br />Which bothered me not a whit. In <i>Dreams with Sharp Teeth</i>, Harlan Ellison rants about the idiots who ask him where he gets his ideas. He tells them that an idea factory in Poughkeepsie sends him a package of ideas every month.<br /><br />Which, of course, is just a snide and Harlanesque way of saying that it doesn't pay to delve too deeply into the wherewithall of creation. They <i>might as well</i> show up in the post, because it's this simple: you either have the ideas or you don't.<br /><br />But that's just my opinion: I don't suppose there's anything wrong in wanting your rock 'n' roll novel--even if it's already got good Scotch and pyrotechnics and the Greek Isles and a way cool automated mansion and a totally hot singer-babe sharing her bed with the guitarist AND the bassist--to serve a larger and more mystical purpose.rastronomicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475251545087211066noreply@blogger.com