Okay, yes, I know. I was rather harsh in my post about the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. I'm a cynic; what can I say? And I'm extremely picky and fussy about musical performances and music in general. And the ceremonies gave me a lot to moan about. So I moaned. Maybe even griped.
I went into this whole Winter Olympics thing with a distinctly jaded outlook. I'd been hearing about the lack of snow in Whistler and the possibility of the Blackcomb resort filing for bankruptcy protection, and I started thinking that the whole thing was going to be a major train wreck. To make matters worse, I then read this article by Vancouver's poet laureate Brad Cran stating his reasons for not participating in the Olympic celebrations, and I my blood started to boil a bit. When large corporations start telling people what they can and can't do, I get angry. Real angry.
But the whole corporate thing is fodder for a post of its own. And believe me, I will return to it.
So I wasn't really planning to watch much Olympic coverage. I knew I'd end up seeing at least some of it, because CTV was basically suspending all regular programming except for the news and broadcasting non-stop Olympic coverage for the entire seventeen days of the games. Read the rest of this entry »
