Media

I just saw Fahrenheit 9/11. It's a bit of a sprawling mess, with flashes of brilliance. It's never less than interesting. The framing device is great, and the way in which the events of 9/11 are presented is amazing. After the barrage of images, the film presents the World Trade Center attacks in a surprisingly new way, forcing you to re-experience it on your own terms. While Michael Moore intrudes on the film a little too much in the first hour, at least he's introducing something new to the public debate. I just hope that his personality doesn't upstage the issues.

I've finished reading A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain. Ostensibly the sequel to Kitchen Confidential, it's a travel book sent home in a doggie bag. Whereas KC deals with his passions close to home, explicating the process of becoming a reknown New York chef, A Cook's Tour merely takes his interest in food on the road. There's less exploration into what drives the kitchen and more explanation of the foods that he eats. The book makes me salivate for something meatier, and for the food that he's sampling. It's like reading the menu without the rewards of ordering and tasting the food.

I'm listening to the Beastie Boys' To the 5 Boroughs. It's a stripped down old skool affair, filtered through the experiments of the Neptunes and the golden age reinventions of Missy Elliott/Timbaland. Their voices are raw and showing their age, but the music moves.

Everyone's talking about the new Wilco, but I don't hear it. I loved Yankee Hotel Foxtrot but the new album leaves me somewhat cold. I'll have to give it another spin perhaps and see what I think then. Posted by eku at June 28, 2004 11:47 PM