EW: It was fun

Stephen King's 7 year commitment to his EW column The Pop Of King has come to an end. He's been an energetic, insightful writer for EW -- and it's been a lot of fun. King brought things to an end by giving a nod to Microwave Dave & the Nuke's, a Huntsville blues band.

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Kyle Buchanan at nymag.com has a neat article titled, "What We Learned About Stephen King During His Seven-Year Entertainment Weekly Stint."

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Buchanan's insights include the fact that King isn't always the most contemporary reader and that he would be an interesting person to sit next to in the theater. Also, he notes that King is not afraid to love "junky" movies. That's great! And I totally agree. I really like this line, "He uses many turns of phrase that would feel just as convincing if they came from a 13-year-old Corey Feldman."

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LINKS:

Buchanan's artcile is here: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/12/stephen_king_ew.html

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Microwave Dave & The Nukes on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiQMOOc9Zo

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King's article archives: http://www.ew.com/ew/package/0,,20397912,00.html

What Master Of Horror Things Of BP

In his EW column The Pop Of King, the master of horror shared what he really thinks of BP. The article was titled, "How 'Armageddon' anticipated the BP crisis."

Here's the paragraph that got my attention, "I read a blog post about this situation where the writer called BP ''half-assed.'' That's simply not true. BP has a whole ass; it's just that one cheek is smart and the other one is stupid. The smart cheek knew how to drill nearly a mile deep to get the oil, but the dumb cheek can't seem to fix what went wrong. Jekyll-and-Hyde buttocks, if you see what I mean."

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20395194,00.html