this whole post is really a fictionalized version of his meeting schreiber imo
― markers, Friday, 30 July 2010 06:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Why does that story end with "It was his first time driving a fan." WORST FUCKING END TO AN ARTICLE EVER.
― altered boners (rennavate), Friday, 30 July 2010 07:11 (fourteen years ago) link
...err, "first time driving a VAN."
you know after me and HRO did such a bang-up job being the music-internet meta-commentary famewhore crew in 2009, it's pretty depressing realizing we're really only footnotes to this guy's NYTimes profile
― Gee, Officer Gukbe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 30 July 2010 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm basically trying to get myself into the mindset of thinking that was a worthwhile thing to a) pitch b) commission and idk, never in a million years would it have occurred to me to do that. is that what being good at pitching entails? i don't think i have that.
in short the existence of that profile appalls me so much that i am genuinely rethinking my life.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
and the existence of this thread appalls me even more
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Yet you can't resist posting in it, amirite?
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
And definitely have no beef with the the guy or his site at all, but its really funny to me how "I'm gonna start a blog that REVIEWS PITCHFORK REVIEWS" has been like a hacky running joke among indie people for like a solid ten years. But one dude actually does it and a whirlwind of activity promptly ensues.
― Gee, Officer Gukbe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
It helps that his stream-of-consciousness, not-edited-to-death style is really engaging and interesting to read. More so than a good number of actual Pfork reviewers' stuff, in fact.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link
"I'm gonna tweet record reviews" sounds like a hacky running joke among indie people too, tbf
― da croupier, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
cool, but one actually was so thanks for playing
― Gee, Officer Gukbe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
rowr! just sayin
― da croupier, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
It helps that his stream-of-consciousness, not-edited-to-death style is really engaging and interesting to read.
no just... no
― rip MAD MEN on AMC S4 26/07 never forget (history mayne), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
It helps that his stream-of-consciousness, not-edited-to-death style is really engaging and interesting to read
what
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, if i could pick one thing to complain about a 2,000-word pitchfork review, it would probably not be "edited-to-death"
― Gee, Officer Gukbe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
More so than a good number of actual Pfork reviewers' stuff, in fact.
ok this maybe
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd rather read some guy with oatmeal in his undies ranting about NCIS: LA than watch NCIS: LA but I can't say I'd tip my hat to the guy.
― da croupier, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not saying dude's an *incredible* writer, just that he has an engaging, identifiable style. Much like a lot of ILX posters, and better music writers on Pfork and elsewhere. He has his own "voice" -- as painful as it must be to admit.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
well, if you put it that way, of course he deserves to be blog famous
― rip MAD MEN on AMC S4 26/07 never forget (history mayne), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
As long as this means no one ever talks about Pitchfork on any other thread ever again I'm kind of okay with this thread frankly.
― Matt DC, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, July 30, 2010 9:30 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark
he writes like his age.
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
his 'voice' is '22 yr old' & i mean that in a 'affected blogger influenced by beat writers' way not a 'carson mccullers' way
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Agreed. But, doesn't mean he's not a somewhat engaging writer.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
downgraded to 'somewhat engaging' ill take it i guess
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
the problem i have w it is him putting himself at the center of this run-on-y things
like i keep getting the vibe that were supposed to appreciate his coming of age story or something its v offputting
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
right now i am in the handicapped bathroom stall at my office because [it is the most luxurious bathroom stall and] this is the only place where i can write this blog today because a) i have been repeatedly remanded for excessive blackberry use and b) i have so much work to do today and i am trying my best to not lose my job. whenever someone walks into the bathroom i have to stop typing because i don’t want people to go around the office saying that i was feverishly using my phone while on the toilet. i also feel silly sitting here because i don’t even have to use the bathroom
― markers, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
imo "writes like his age" shouldn't be an excuse or explanation applied to anyone over, like, 20 -- if you're an adult you should write like an adult, after a certain point precocious naif shit is either an act or just plain sad.
― some dude, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
although if you meant it like "writes like he was born in 1988 or later" that's probably fair and accurate on a whole other level
― some dude, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
kind of sad but mostly sad
― unchill english bro (history mayne), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
in this case, I don't think this guy's tone is an affectation. it really does seem like he's just hurriedly typing all of this out on his blackberry somewhere
― markers, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
if he was writing this stuff for a publication you ran, and you were his editor, what specifically would you tell him to change about his writing?
― markers, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're an adult you should write like an adult
sadly i don't think he's grasped "if you're an adult you should behave an adult" yet, judging from that
i am trying my best to not lose my job
lol, it shows
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
― markers, Friday, August 6, 2010 2:21 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
oh cmon
― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"stop reviewing reviews and review a record" would be a start
― some dude, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
if he was writing this stuff for a publication you ran, and you were his editor...
i'd be like WHO'S THIS GUY'S FATHER? amirite
― unchill english bro (history mayne), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
like i know it's fun to pretend we're all in a state of perma-adolescence into our 30s and beyond and i know it's a truism that no one really feels like a proper adult but seriously GROW THE EFF UP and stop being so...pathetic.
i would tell him nothing. i would not hire him. if i inherited him from a previous editor i would drop him.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd be like "if he were" u mean
― unchill english bro (history mayne), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
the subjunctive & I are not speaking to each other currently
― markers, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
"if he was writing this stuff for a publication you ran, and you were his editor, what specifically would you tell him to change about his writing?"
come back when you've edited it at least once yourself.
for starters.
and that's if i was saddled with the prr "column" idea by higher management.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
also there's no really polite or acceptable way to write "seek professional help" using your work email.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
it's kind of amazing that he hasn't gotten burnt out doing this yet
― markers, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
self-regard disguised as self-effacing humility is a hell of a drug
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I always thought this thread was a hoax. Wow.
― seandalai, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
you know I even read some of this thread and the other Pitchfork threads and I still was hoping this was a hoax
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
mo "writes like his age" shouldn't be an excuse or explanation applied to anyone over, like, 20 -- if you're an adult you should write like an adult, after a certain point precocious naif shit is either an act or just plain sad.
plz post this on the Arcade Fire thread thnkx
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― markers, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know wtf this is all about but anyone who's been reprimanded about excessive blackberry use but is still scurrying into the bathroom to secretly use it is living on borrowed time at his job and could probably use an intervention.
― ('_') (omar little), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually like some of this dude's writing, but I really can't imagine why someone would want to think about the mechanics of P4k reviews so much. I know I post about P4k here pretty often, but I pretty much never read the reviews anymore and never think about it when I'm away from ILM. I think a kid with this much energy and passion for music could find a lot of better things to do with his time
― markers, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
kid just needs to man up and developing a drinking problem if he's gonna shit his job down the tubes
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 6 August 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link