The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations with Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders
by Stephen Thompson, The Onion
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Read in June, 2003
The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations With Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders was a Christmas present that took me just about 6 months to get to.
It's quite the eclectic mix of interviews - I at least recognized the names of most of the subjects. Some of the interviews (Henry Rollins & Mr.T) gave me new insights; while other interviews (Gene Simmons & Russ Meyer) just reinforced the attitude I had towards the person. I would have liked to have seen more women interviewed,...more
It's quite the eclectic mix of interviews - I at least recognized the names of most of the subjects. Some of the interviews (Henry Rollins & Mr.T) gave me new insights; while other interviews (Gene Simmons & Russ Meyer) just reinforced the attitude I had towards the person. I would have liked to have seen more women interviewed,...more
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Read in January, 2008
I received this book in an office gift swap a few years back, I chuckled as is the custom with parties of that nature. I read the interview with David Cross and then laid the book on a coffee table- it was then moved to a shelf- then to a box, and finally over 3 years later I sat down to read it cover to cover. The interviews are wonderfully done, they avoid the boring and vapid questions. Tom Waits, Joss Whedon, and George Carlin lead the pack as the most memorable words. A question comes up th...more
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The best thing about The Onion is that it's really two great publications in one: there's The Onion proper, which is one of the best sources for news satire ever, and The Onion A/V Club, which fills about a hundred different pop culture niches at once, and does them all well. The best part of any A/V Club edition is generally the interview, and this collects a bunch of the best, featuring people from all walks of artistic life. Not that I remember any of the actual names now, but trust me, the...more
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Read in January, 2006
This book was pretty good. It's a collection from The AV Club, the Onion's entertainment section. I liked the variety of people interviewed and most were a nice light read. A few of them seemed a bit too pretentious for their own good though.
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