A Week With Radiohead
Did I ever tell you about the summer I tried to learn to like beer? I was in college, beer was cheap and I was poor. The only problem was that I absolutely hated the taste of beer. I decided to attack the problem head on. I would try and try and try dozens of different beers until I eventually found one I liked. Then drinking wouldn’t be so expensive and I could participate in that whole “going out for a beer” social thing. So for one summer I drank beer and drank beer and drank beer. Light beer, dark beer, American beer, imported beer, micro brewed craft beer, commercially brewed beer. At the end of that summer I hated beer just as much as I always did and swore I would never drink beer again and I haven’t.
This week Amazon mp3 had Radiohead’s Kid A on sale for $2.99. I bought The Bends when it was on sale for $2.99 and I had $3 in free credit on the Amazon mp3 store. I bought OK Computer a year or so ago. So now that’s three (and if I’m not mistaken 3 of the most critically acclaimed) Radiohead albums I own. I don’t love any of them. In fact I’m pretty sure I don’t even like most of them. However since, like beer, Radiohead is kind of universally loved I’m going to give liking them the old college try. I’m going to immerse myself in Radiohead this week. If at the end of the week I’m still only feeling a track here or there I’m going to give up on trying to be a Radiohead fan. That’s fair right?
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