Entertainment I Could Do Without

Social net­work­ing sites like the Face­book often ask you to list your favorite books, movies, and music. I under­stand the rea­son­ing they’re using, but some­times I won­der about what peo­ple real­ly dis­like.

Lest ye won­der the same about me, here’s my list of enter­tain­ment I could do with­out:

• In radio, I could do with­out Fresh Air with Ter­ry Gross. I just don’t like her inter­views. She’s got a won­der­ful rep­u­ta­tion and so I’m sure she’s great at what she does, but I just don’t con­nect with her. And I LOVE talk radio.
• On tele­vi­sion, I could do with­out Project Run­way. Paula loves this real­i­ty show, but I just don’t get it. Most fash­ion is ugly any­way — nobody real­ly likes it except for those in the fash­ion indus­try. Even the super­mod­els who demo the out­fits don’t wear that stuff when they don’t have to.
• In the world of let­ters, I could do with­out the books by Bri­an Her­bert. Frank Her­bert’s son has been writ­ing sci­ence fic­tion nov­els just like his dad did. One prob­lem: he’s not his dad.
• And in the world of music, I could do with­out hip hop. I know it’s hip (by def­i­n­i­tion — see name) and all the kids are dig­gin’ it, but it just does­n’t do it for me. I can appre­ci­ate the bizarre genius that goes into craft­ing the rhymes and that are rockin’ our times, but Dr. Seuss retired that genre years ago. Every­thing else is pure­ly deriv­a­tive.

So that’s my anti-pro­file. You may now judge me by the things I don’t like.