Wednesday, 21 March 2007

The Off-Topic Post

I haven't done an off-topic post in a while so here's a couple of my ruminations on recent popular culture...

- Firstly, I've just recently heard the new song by Avril Lavigne. You can check it out here; I don't even want to post it here. It's terrible. Truly awful kiddy-punk. Lavigne gets a lot of stick for making this kind of music but her reputation is somewhat unfair and, I suspect, based on early songs such as Sk8er Boi. Her second album was actually very good, filled with better, more mature, rock songs. If this new song is anything to go by it's a conversion back to almost manufactured pop standards. I checked out the writing credits for the song and noted that it is co-written by Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, who has written and produced for such magnificos as Missy Elliot, the Backstreet Boys and Paris Hilton, among others. And it shows. Very disappointing.

- Book-wise, I've just finished reading the Deathstalker saga by Simon Green. Consisting of five books (Deathstalker, Deathstalker Rebellion, Deathstalker War, Deathstalker Honour and Deathstalker Destiny), it's an epic sci-fi space opera in the vein of Star Wars, only ramped up times ten, with futuristic technologies, sword fighting, aliens and battles. It's also very funny, at times. While it has many flaws, such as its often bad and repetitive writing, it is designed to entertain and it surely does. I guarantee you will not find a series more downright fun to read in the sci-fi genre, and it comes recommended to Star Wars fans, in particular.

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