"Tens of millions of people around the world love Céline Dion. Many millions more can't stand her. Why? Carl Wilson, by no means a Céline fan at the start of his quest, searches for the answer on a year-long 'Dionyssee.' As Wilson strives to understand Céline's global popularity, he faces the question of what drives personal taste - and whether it's possible to change it" Listen to a discussion about the book
npr.org: "In then end, Wilson says, he at least learned to respect the phenomenon of Dion, even if he still doesn't love her sound. Wilson stops in to talk about the experience of overdosing on Celine Dion, and about his new book, Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste." Listen here
wnyc: "Carl Wilson of Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper did what other music critics might find unfathomable: He listened to Celine Dion. A lot. In the book Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, Wilson explores the idea of a "guilty displeasure": something we're quick to dismiss because, well, "it's just not me." We find out what Wilson learned from his ordeal -- and if he changed his mind about Dion." Listen here
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Actually, this kind of adventure is probably very worthwhile and likely grows spirit, ability, and self. But to squander the luxury of time for such attention on Celine Dion? I guess that's the point, in a way, but ...
Better you than me, bub. I've got a different garden to water.
Or an unbearable luxury