commonly used and easily understood words should not be used in reviews. gotcha.
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Thursday, 21 April 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
they're so commonly used that they provoke little in terms of mental stimulii. thesauruses are a click away... this album was: enthralling, staggering, electrifying, flooring. each one of these words goes to far greater extents in the imagination than a tell-all word like "amazing" ever will.
― kelpolaris, Thursday, 21 April 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
"electrifying!" says rolling stone.
hmm....you're right.
― omar little, Thursday, 21 April 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
amazing is sort of the Internet's word of the year, isn't it?
― Hippie! Crack! Nitrous! Mafia! Boston! (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 21 April 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
it's more like this weird cultural phenomenon where seemingly nothing is short of amazing, and amazing describes all and is sufficient for most anything. guess i'm one of the younginz here on ilx, but for the crowd in their 20's this is all i ever hear girlfriends describe anything as. but yeah, it's really prominent on the internet where a girl-to-girl compliment sesh will consist of at least 43 utterances of "you are the most amazing person"
― kelpolaris, Thursday, 21 April 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
waht
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 April 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
ur 2 old
― kelpolaris, Friday, 22 April 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
expecting good writing/insight from Tom B is like expecting good writing/insight from Pitchfork
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Friday, 22 April 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
xp i am 27
― call all destroyer, Friday, 22 April 2011 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
― kelpolaris, Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
i kept thinking of this while reading your post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rYT0YvQ3hs
― some dude, Friday, 22 April 2011 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I have to backpedal; I search-functioned the word 'amazing' & then 'awesome' just to see how many times they've been used on this board in the last week; came out roughly the same.
― Hippie! Crack! Nitrous! Mafia! Boston! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 22 April 2011 01:31 (thirteen years ago) link
"my friend's band is playing tonight, you should come .... they're AMAZING"
― teflon dawn (uptown churl), Friday, 22 April 2011 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link
"my friend just got done playing bass in this AWESOME metal show..."
― Hippie! Crack! Nitrous! Mafia! Boston! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 22 April 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― i put that on my sub (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 22 April 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"pretty good" and "amazing" should just not exist in professional reviews
"professional reviews" shouldn't exist
― wk, Friday, 22 April 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
that statement unto itself is against everything this site stands foreverything we believe ineverything we fight for
― kelpolaris, Friday, 22 April 2011 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qUFDMUpk9jE/TJkZsJELyhI/AAAAAAAAl4s/j2AdfxmEmek/s400/statue+of+liberty+crying.jpg
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15391-gunz-n-butta/
why Tom B is published anywhere outside of his personal blog is beyond me
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Friday, 6 May 2011 05:18 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a one-dimensional affair, but that one dimension is pretty awesome.
... i dont get what is wrong w/ that, but it seems like i say that abt most of the pitchfork complaints
― just sayin, Friday, 6 May 2011 06:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"pretty awesome" gah use better words
― lex pretend, Friday, 6 May 2011 07:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i know that p4kian purple prose is unbearable but make some effort at least
― lex pretend, Friday, 6 May 2011 07:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i cannot imagine ever filing copy with the words "pretty awesome" in it
tom's style is conversational
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Friday, 6 May 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a decent piece, nothing great, but hardly embarrassing. don't mind the casual language.
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Friday, 6 May 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
fwiw, i can't imagine you ever filing copy with the words "pretty awesome" in it either, lex
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Friday, 6 May 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
he would probably write "pretty swag"
― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 6 May 2011 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
p4k should hire realniggatumblr dude
― flopson, Friday, 6 May 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
pfork needs a mobile site
― n/as (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 May 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
markers posts very much in character
― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 6 May 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i54.tinypic.com/scb0wi.gif
― markers, Friday, 6 May 2011 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
my only real disagreements with tom is that i think he overrated that record somewhat, really more of taste than style
nitsuh summed this lp up nicely i thought here: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/dj_quik.html
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Friday, 6 May 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I get the conversational thing, but not understanding why Tom was hired in the first place. Dude reads like so many other blogs.
― kelpolaris, Friday, 6 May 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i left a comment on status aint hood when it closed down ;_;
― markers, Friday, 6 May 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
yup, good piece
but hey, nitsuh sums up everything nicely, sooo ¯\(°_o)/¯
― ilxor, I know you sometimes feel like ilx revolves around you (ilxor), Sunday, 8 May 2011 02:18 (thirteen years ago) link
^ yeah, just love to read the words...
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Sunday, 8 May 2011 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
why is the video content so juvenile
― tamari teenage riot (schlump), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
What's with this musicless "Twin Shadow frontman makes out for 60 seconds" thing?
http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/60-seconds-left/1722-twin-shadow/2767-60-seconds-left/
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 04:58 (twelve years ago) link
dude
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 04:59 (twelve years ago) link
i don't see anyone questioning YR art
I'll ponder it deeper next run-through.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
Crank it, fullscreen, etc.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
hold onhttp://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15587-me-doing-standup/what
― kelpolaris, Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
they've been reviewing comedy records for at least 9 years fyi
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1675-shut-up-you-fucking-baby/
― markers, Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
wow, and on sub pop. weird.
― kelpolaris, Saturday, 2 July 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
i think what you meant to say, kelpolaris, is: what the H!?
― some dude, Saturday, 2 July 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised that I was the only one who thought the Twin Shadow kissing thing was out there.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Saturday, 2 July 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
it's not out there, just odd and boring. warhol trubite?
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Saturday, 2 July 2011 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
regarding the comedy review - it raised an eyebrow (just putting it out there: this is something i have never, and will never, physically do in real life) as to why pitchfork writers thought themselves qualified to grade comedy. but then it made me realize how weird it is to assign numerical ratings to music in the first place, so i kinda gave them a pass thusly...still it reads more like a term paper than a review. i really how this doesn't imply a desire by pitchfork to start assigning 6.8's to all mediums.. especially considering that whole videogame thing they've been experimenting with.
― kelpolaris, Saturday, 2 July 2011 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
*i really hope