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I would suggest, dear reader, that when considering Consider the Lobster, that you consider it in the same light as David Foster Wallace’s collection A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again. Use that book as your frame of reference for style and content and you can place this collection firmly into the category of “typical” DFW. That being said, if you thoroughly enjoyed A Supposedly Fun Thing… then you’ll likely thoroughly enjoy this one as well; by that same coin, if you’re on the fence, you’re unlikely to be won over; and if you dislike DFW¹ then this collection will probably do you no favors.

So in this reviewer’s opinion: Consider the Lobster is more of the same. But that’s a good thing. Read the rest of this entry »

1. If you truly and I mean honestly and passionately dislike DFW, well then I suggest some rigorous therapeutic interventions.[↩]

More than slightly b’gocked by the following:

While exploring Amazon.com’s MP3 offerings today, I came across something rather unexpected.  When I found In Rainbows, the sidebar suggested that I might also enjoy this collection of lullaby renditions of familiar Radiohead songs.

???

A. & I checked out a few samples.  And I was surprised that these were actually…  pretty… good?  Though perhaps not as cognitively dissonant as Metallica lullabies.  Meanwhile lullaby versions of The Cure could have passed as simply dub versions of those particular songs.