can I point out that if you gave a bunch of young people a "name one music critic" survey, you'd probably get Gene Shallit as top answer?
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Shalit's rap reviews are hot
"There's only one word for Gucci Mane: burriliant! When life gave him lemons, he made 'Lemonade!' No matter what 'state' you live in, I 'appeal' to you to buy this album!"
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
just wait until the inevitable book deal
― markers, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
when I sang with the BSO, we would periodically see Shalit out around town in the Berkshires wearing a child's sailor hat
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I apologize for making a Custosy Shalit/rap joke that neglected to work in BIG PUN
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
shalit's earned the right to wear whatever piece of childrens apparel he wishes
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
not according to megan's law
― da croupier, Friday, 24 September 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, look, on some level I would have really preferred not to think he's a good writer, you know?
^^
Really, he's my favorite music writer working today. And his shit absolutely needs to get into next year's Da Capo Best Music Writing series. Nabisco's right, his essays use a really great personal narrative structure that runs through his work, and it's fantastic. I find that a lot of music crit runs together into one big formless uninteresting mass, but this guy has a VOICE. And not many people do. I like writers whose personal style I can recognize, follow, understand, and I like being able to reconcile the crit with the writer, and see the two as a piece. I can do that with (to name Pfork writers in conjunction with PFF talk) Breihan, Tim F, Jess, Mark R, Ewing, Drake, nabisco, Mike McG, Scott P. And much as I'm sure several of them would resent seeing their name next to the PRR fella, I'd put him in the same league at this point. He's as good as any Pfork writer working today. And that's incredible.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Saturday, 25 September 2010 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
(to name Pfork writers in conjunction with PFF PRR talk)
Correction ^
And that's incredible.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, September 24, 2010 9:16 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
putting this in my CV
― if you can put a ceiling fan in your van (deej), Saturday, 25 September 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
dog no offense but i recommend reading more
― if you can put a ceiling fan in your van (deej), Saturday, 25 September 2010 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
how could he possibly take that offensively
― glengarry glen "ross from friends" (s1ocki), Saturday, 25 September 2010 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
well there are a million condescending things going on beneath the surface
― if you can put a ceiling fan in your van (deej), Saturday, 25 September 2010 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean look as the dude who will unapologetically brag abt 'discovering' ringtone cru classics i have no shame bigging up myself but just .... LOL
http://www.eminem.net/stan/images/eminem_stan_06.jpg
― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Saturday, 25 September 2010 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
hahha
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
so this is probably aggressively mean but basically the ilxor stamp of approval means either PRR dude is going to blow up far beyond his talent or he's about to be forgotten by everyone everywhere (placing money on option #2 because at the end of the day dude SUCKS and really there is nothing to be gained by advancing this infantile bullshit beyond sinking the average level of discourse about anything in this country further down the toilet)
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
(of course this means that dude is about to be enshrined as a great American writer because quite honestly most of the US just wants to elevate someone they can feel superior to)
i remain totally baffled by any praise of this guy but there is no point in discussing it afaict
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
ha yeah
at this point all I want to do is drink until I forget PRR exists
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
loooooool
― markers, Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
that's basically what i'm doing right now
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
would be worried if you had written "drink so that I forget PRR exists"
― markers, Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
So wait, if you write on a blackberry it automatically capitalizes the first letter of a paragraph? This makes total sense because even my shitty ancient bottom-of-the-line Nokia does that!
Dude writes a whole lot, so you have to give him credit for that. But i dont think it's really anything great or mindblowing. I would kinda like to see a Pitchfork Reviews Reviews Reviews site.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 25 September 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I would kinda like to see a Pitchfork Reviews Reviews Reviews site.
Pitchfork Reviews Reviews Reviews
― markers, Saturday, 25 September 2010 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
This guy strikes me as someone who would've just stuck to writing pornographic fan fiction had he reached adulthood before the internet gained popularity, but instead he found a particular niche that he could exploit from a sheltered vantage point.
― corey, Saturday, 25 September 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor)
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― ('_') (omar little), Saturday, 25 September 2010 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
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― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Saturday, 25 September 2010 05:47 (thirteen years ago) link
O_O
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Saturday, 25 September 2010 05:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://barthel.tumblr.com/post/1196280642/6-ways-of-looking-at-pitchfork-reviews-reviews-basedhttp://barthel.tumblr.com/post/1196420478/to-be-less-obtuse-about-my-previous-post
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 05:14 (thirteen years ago) link
...and my friend leans over and blows some high school kids' candles out because i think that is the punkest way to handle this. an asian teenager who is standing in front of me and dressed in drag asks me if the plastic birthday cake that is strapped to the top of his head is blocking my view and i say "no you're good" and connect my thumb and pointer finger to make an O and outstretch my other fingers and hold my hand up and smile
i mean come on. that's how you do it.
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Monday, 27 September 2010 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
amazing piece of writing, no lie
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Monday, 27 September 2010 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Really, he's my favorite music writer working today. And his shit absolutely needs to get into next year's Da Capo Best Music Writing series. Nabisco's right, his essays use a really great personal narrative structure that runs through his work, and it's fantastic. I find that a lot of music crit runs together into one big formless uninteresting mass, but this guy has a VOICE. And not many people do. I like writers whose personal style I can recognize, follow, understand, and I like being able to reconcile the crit with the writer, and see the two as a piece. I can do that with (to name Pfork writers in conjunction with PFF talk) Breihan, Tim F, Jess, Mark R, Ewing, Drake, nabisco, Mike McG, Scott P. And much as I'm sure several of them would resent seeing their name next to the PRR fella, I'd put him in the same league at this point. He's as good as any Pfork writer working today. And that's incredible.― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:16 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:16 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark
omg u r an actual idiot
― l'avventura: pet detective (history mayne), Monday, 27 September 2010 09:37 (thirteen years ago) link
And what about, you know, SUBSTANCE? I'll give you that the kid has a personal style, but let's not forget that when he *actually writes about music* he's just spouting bullshit 80% of the time.
― Parenthetical Grillz, Monday, 27 September 2010 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Predictable.
― Parenthetical Grillz, Monday, 27 September 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
That Awl piece is like an 11th grade essay--with a bunch of paragraphs beginning the same way:
so we walk around outside the venue
so we walk around to the back of the venue
a girl who is alone walks up to us
then a woman comes up to us
And of course 3 variations on "Then they played some songs"
― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I believe they call that 'having a voice'
or 'having a diary' can't remember
― da croupier, Monday, 27 September 2010 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
or "didn't take Essay Writing 101."
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
let's give him so much attention that he takes all our work, A+ you guys
― Gaspar NoAgé (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I think you mean 10.0
― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Crankiest New
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Amazing writing? Come on, it's basically livejournal-level 2003 Weezer reunion show memories where every cliche about being in a hipster music scene is imbued with tremendous meaning and affected high school school drop-out grammar rules to give an air of youthful, exhilirating breathlessness. If I were to think this was amazing writing it would also mean livejournal circa 2001 was dominated by literary geniuses the likes of which only appear once a generation. Which, yeah, may be the case...
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 27 September 2010 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
successful troll is successful itt
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 September 2010 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
im interested in why nabisco thinks this is great writing
― just sayin, Monday, 27 September 2010 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
LiveJournal was dope
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
one of my favorite web services ever
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes. But if we call this great writing why not just go to the source? And the source is teenagers w livejournal circa 2001.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 27 September 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah but their journals are now FRIENDS ONLY because of IGNORANT COMMENTS.
― lady gagaku (corey), Monday, 27 September 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
because no one uses LiveJournal anymore!!!!!!!
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link