RIP journalism
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 11:40 (ten years ago) link
"this album is an epic of of montreal proportions"
― 龜, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 11:42 (ten years ago) link
that wasn't the only minor copywriting error today, either, just the most adorable
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 12:03 (ten years ago) link
"an epic of modest proportions"
less like the Siege of Troy than the Assault on Precinct 13
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
this album is an epic of modest mouse proportions
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
this daily spot-the-typo game is a nice warm-up to the ny times crossword puzzle. thanks pitchfork!
"and an example [of] what makes Elbow, at its least potent, so subtly unsubtle."
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:14 (ten years ago) link
That's a horribly written review from start to finish
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:18 (ten years ago) link
"an effortlessly leaden exhibition of glum triumphalism"
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:37 (ten years ago) link
Why are you up so early
― 龜, Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:38 (ten years ago) link
got excellent news yesterday afternoon and was too wired to sleep
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:43 (ten years ago) link
Congratulations on being appointed as P4k's new copy editor :)
― 龜, Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:44 (ten years ago) link
you missed the best one: "a discrete if uninentional reimagining of Blur’s 'Tender'"
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:46 (ten years ago) link
that's a beauty!
if i copy-edited for them 龜 there'd never ever ever be a single mistake ever, i'm sure
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:52 (ten years ago) link
I have no idea how this Jas0n HeIIer guy gets work. He is consistently terrible.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 13 March 2014 10:32 (ten years ago) link
read other things by heller that seem okay. help your bros edit, pfork. you can do it
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/54930-pitchfork-launches-nightcap-series/
This June, Pitchfork is launching Nightcap, a series of late night shows across the United States.
It starts at 10 PM. Get it? It's a show, but it starts kinda late!! Isn't that really interesting??
― funny and lolexander (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
don't they know about noise ordinances!
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
that's not even that late for a show
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
oohhh things are gonna get a little blue at that hour i bet
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
More like night crap.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
I am seriously confused by this entire thing since a) as CAD said that is really not that late for a show b) what is the appeal of having a show start kind of late?
― funny and lolexander (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
"starts at 10pm" means the headliner goes on at 1 am in my experience so that's pretty lateappeal to the venue would be they can rent out the space and make moneyjim beam gets a ton of exposureall the shows are in major cities where 1 am start is not ridicseems pretty straightforward
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
does everyone that goes to these shows get commemorative caps?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
everyone gets commemorative mustaches
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
So they'll film some shows? I don't see any reason to mock this. Yeah so it's not very late, what idiots gawd!
Though honestly they didn't really explain this very well. Is there a concept/gimmick to it beyond recording live performances?
― Evan, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Pitchfork presents: Youtube.
― Evan, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
Oh wait they're throwing shows. So they're just booking bands?
― Evan, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
we can mock it for its "water is wet" marketing approach
― sarahell, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
it's almost like Jim Beam came to them and said "we have X amount of dollars what could we do" and then they came up with this idea and now people in New York can see a Majical Cloudz show
― whatchutola khomeini (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Assuming it's not JUST them booking bands for random venues, I don't even know what it is at all before I can mock it.
― Evan, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
its an advertising partnership. they're just booking shows, but jim beam pays for it
― whatchutola khomeini (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like it's just them booking bands at random venues
― sarahell, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
and it's called "nightcap" because it's sponsored by an alcoholic beverage company
― sarahell, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
it's not very interesting or imaginative but it could be worse -- there could be dumb fake mustaches or they could have spelled it "nightc@p" or started an aggressive hashtag branding campaign
― sarahell, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
why are we discussing this
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
i'm not trying to be snide, i'm just curiousis the presumption that the pitchfork name means it deserves scrutiny/ridicule?
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
Adam Bruneau otm
― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
how are there 20+ posts on this
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
how is anybody surprised that ilm is discussing this
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
I was gonna come on here earlier to make fun of their constant mining of every little thing that happens between Drake vs. Jay-Z for front page news but forgot to.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
the thread title is pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.) and was started 12 years ago
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
Last week one of the headline news stories was "Drake uses lint roller on his pants at basketball game".
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
ISn't this just what Red Bull have been doing for a while now? Only with booze and a Pitchfork imprimatur?
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
Except the Red Bull shows are cheap.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
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― whatchutola khomeini (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
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this is a hilarious story, what is wrong with you people
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
heaven forbid a music news section tries to have fun
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
what ever will happen to serious news stories such as "here is another arcade fire song"
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
people gotta know if arcade fire suddenly covers king crimson or Louis Jordan
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
Yeah i'm tired of the "Arcade Fire Covers ______" too. Basically i would just eliminate their entire news section.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link