they seriously need to start having the writers pen frontpage blurbs for their own reviews, or have the editor(s) put more thought into the summaries, because the 'randomly cherrypick and recontextualize words from the review' style has gotten so sloppy
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:11 (thirteen years ago)
or you could read the reviews
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:23 (thirteen years ago)
You could, but that wouldn't change how half-assed that blurb is or the negative impression it gives the site by being in a prominent spot on the front page.
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:37 (thirteen years ago)
only one of those artists posted to ilm??
― once & future (Lamp), Tuesday, January 8, 2013
real life lol
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:39 (thirteen years ago)
I was talking about how every blurb manages to give you an idea of what the album is like except for the T.I. blurb, which is just a list of names
You missed the part where they also called it "scattershot".
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:42 (thirteen years ago)
and an "album"
― Vote in the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:58 (thirteen years ago)
ok who the fuck is andy o'connor
next time they need to make a piece of architecture we can all dance around, because considering the elevating demand for shriveling supplies of attention, "ok" is almost worse than "unlistenable."
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:17 (thirteen years ago)
@andy_oconnor
Dude staying with us requested we put on Yes. My roommate opted for Goblin instead. Very smart move.12:27am - 7 Jan 13
What a peach, this guy
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:58 (thirteen years ago)
No Yes for you!
― Moodles, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:22 (thirteen years ago)
Dave Grohl Enlists Members of Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, More for Sound City Band
this headline really could have been written better. "I wonder which member of Stevie Nicks is participating in this?"
― some dude, Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:00 (thirteen years ago)
Members of Nirvana is actually the name of Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear's new band
― da croupier, Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:17 (thirteen years ago)
it's not a band, it's a puppet show starring their dicks iirc
― captain keefaroo (some dude), Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:23 (thirteen years ago)
da croupier enlists members of some dude for shitty jokes
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:17 (thirteen years ago)
we'll be here all week, we've been doing this for 10 years already anyway
― captain keefaroo (some dude), Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:18 (thirteen years ago)
don't hate on me just because you didn't come up with i-i-it
― da croupier, Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:22 (thirteen years ago)
cut em some slack
― gullible lochinski (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 10 January 2013 16:05 (thirteen years ago)
Huh huh, "members" of John Fogerty ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 January 2013 16:09 (thirteen years ago)
Fogerty named his dong ”Stu Cook”
― fart the police (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 January 2013 17:06 (thirteen years ago)
Brent DiCrescenzo with a Humblebrag
https://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15974586/%E2%80%9Ci-gave-sonic-youth-a-0-0-rating-on-pitchfork-%E2%80%9D
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 12 January 2013 09:01 (thirteen years ago)
that's really embarrassing
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:08 (thirteen years ago)
OK, now I'm seeing the context of the piece and its less embarrassing
https://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15975711/toc-staffers%E2%80%99-regrets
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:10 (thirteen years ago)
now i'm thinking about the context of the piece and its pretty funny
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:16 (thirteen years ago)
our knowingly silly, arbitrary decimal scale
― friday goodness thank it's (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:21 (thirteen years ago)
should be the title of an official PF book
― trey songza (some dude), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:30 (thirteen years ago)
i always wonder whose gonna be the legs-mcneil-in-a-keffiyeh whose gonna take the bullet and write the oral history
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:41 (thirteen years ago)
“I predicted the success of a failed art installation.”
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:43 (thirteen years ago)
DAMN XP
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:46 (thirteen years ago)
i kind of like that story
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Saturday, 12 January 2013 19:02 (thirteen years ago)
that felt less like 'critic makes judgment, changes their mind' than 'journalist interviews artist and excitedly promotes their upcoming work, which ends up not fulfilling potential,' which is a bit different than the theme they were going for
― trey songza (some dude), Saturday, 12 January 2013 19:40 (thirteen years ago)
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/features/8989/d00ada75.gif
This isn't dumb, i think it's really awesome.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 17 January 2013 22:43 (thirteen years ago)
for real, wish they'd let me make some gifs
although i would probably give people seizures on accident
― Z S, Thursday, 17 January 2013 22:45 (thirteen years ago)
Fork Fest 2013 headliners are insaaaaane!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 16:49 (thirteen years ago)
R. Kelly, Bjork, and Belle & Sebastian.
R. Kelly!
why is belle and sebastian headlining in 2013 is my immediate reaction
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 16:51 (thirteen years ago)
Because it is 2013 and the fest couldn't get them in years past, closer to their popular peak?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 16:52 (thirteen years ago)
I know where I'll be this summer, what a great set of headliners after a crap list in 2012.
― skip, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:00 (thirteen years ago)
i could see belle & sebastian being a big deal for kids that were too young to see them at the height of their career
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:19 (thirteen years ago)
that is profoundly depressing
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:20 (thirteen years ago)
Can't wait for the big collab from the headliners, "Like Dylan Trapped In The Closet (It's Oh So Quiet)."
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:22 (thirteen years ago)
Bjork singing "Trapped in the Closet" may be the only context in which I would be entertained by "Trapped in the Closet"
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:26 (thirteen years ago)
Bjork singing "Trapped in the Closet" may be the only context in which I would be entertained by "Trapped in the Closet" Bjork
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:32 (thirteen years ago)
bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bouce
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:46 (thirteen years ago)
belle & sebastian is a pretty good legacy act
I get that logically, I just super hate them
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:47 (thirteen years ago)
I thought everyone in Belle & Sebastian died
― :C (crüt), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:48 (thirteen years ago)
maybe that was just a dream
you're thinking of their infamous stand-up set
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:48 (thirteen years ago)
gonna make big bucks by smuggling in no-doz and jolt and selling them right before the B&S set
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:50 (thirteen years ago)
(because they are a snooze)
boy with the arab strap had some jawns IMO
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:59 (thirteen years ago)