2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968):
"It’s a bad, bad sign when a movie director begins to think of himself as a myth-maker, and this limp myth of a grand plan that justifies slaughter and ends with resurrection has been around before." - Pauline Kael
https://t.co/GZFdHKFwG8
Bob Dylan, who turns 85 today, is a fine lyricist, put out a few very decent records, and is one of the worst singers ever to hit the top 5.
The Byrds got to number 1 with Mr. Tambourine Man (a good song!) because he couldn't sing and they could.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2026): "The movie is just another sign that Hollywood has once again driven itself to total moral, artistic, and creative ruin."
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - TIGERMILK (1999): "I tried, I really did try to listen to this record...makes me feel ever so slightly queasy...Can't fault it, but won't listen to it." Evening Standard (UK), 7/9/1999
JEFF PROBST (SURVIVOR HOST, 2000): "With a personality that's more TV studio than base camp, Probst was like sand in suntan oil, the group's Where's Waldo figure who kept popping up when you least wanted to see him."
Probst is about to start his 50th season as host.
JACK KEROUAC - ON THE ROAD (1957): "Kerouac is supposed to be the spokesman for the 'beat' generation. Who beat them and why is not clear.
His writing...is full of a provocative sound and fury but with about as much philosophical meaning as a Sears-Roebuck catalogue." 10/6/1957
THE PRODIGY - FAT OF THE LAND (1997): "It's great partying music, but shallow casual listening....awfully thin on substance and overly thick on hype, which could spell trouble for the Prodigy's attempt in bringing electronica to the masses." Waterloo (CA) Region Record, 7/3/1997
THE WHITE STRIPES (2001): "Critics are largely unimpressed...White Blood Cells has shipped 12,000 copies...But, bearing in mind that, earlier this year...Creed shipped more than 20 million copies...it hardly suggests a major shift in rock and roll." National Post (CA) 8/31/01
THE WHITE STRIPES (2001): "Critics are largely unimpressed...White Blood Cells has shipped 12,000 copies...But, bearing in mind that, earlier this year...Creed shipped more than 20 million copies...it hardly suggests a major shift in rock and roll." National Post (CA) 8/31/01
Stephen A. Smith: "Did Indiana make the right move with Cignetti?"
Paul Finebaum: " They did not...I'm still not convinced that Curt Cignetti is one of the top coaches in America."