pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

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

now i'm thinking about the context of the piece and its pretty funny

our knowingly silly, arbitrary decimal scale

should be the title of an official PF book

i always wonder whose gonna be the legs-mcneil-in-a-keffiyeh whose gonna take the bullet and write the oral history

“I predicted the success of a failed art installation.”

“I predicted the success of a failed art installation.”

DAMN XP

i kind of like that story

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

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/features/8989/d00ada75.gif

This isn't dumb, i think it's really awesome.

for real, wish they'd let me make some gifs

although i would probably give people seizures on accident

Fork Fest 2013 headliners are insaaaaane!

R. Kelly, Bjork, and Belle & Sebastian.

R. Kelly!

why is belle and sebastian headlining in 2013 is my immediate reaction

Because it is 2013 and the fest couldn't get them in years past, closer to their popular peak?

I know where I'll be this summer, what a great set of headliners after a crap list in 2012.

i could see belle & sebastian being a big deal for kids that were too young to see them at the height of their career

that is profoundly depressing

Can't wait for the big collab from the headliners, "Like Dylan Trapped In The Closet (It's Oh So Quiet)."

Bjork singing "Trapped in the Closet" may be the only context in which I would be entertained by "Trapped in the Closet"

Bjork singing "Trapped in the Closet" may be the only context in which I would be entertained by "Trapped in the Closet" Bjork

bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bouce

belle & sebastian is a pretty good legacy act

I get that logically, I just super hate them

I thought everyone in Belle & Sebastian died

maybe that was just a dream

you're thinking of their infamous stand-up set

gonna make big bucks by smuggling in no-doz and jolt and selling them right before the B&S set

(because they are a snooze)

boy with the arab strap had some jawns IMO

OTM, but it's weird that you're using the Swedish spelling

well played

damn

wtf jordan defending belle and sebastian

consistently worst taste in music on ILM

i think j0rd was just saying the booking was smart, in terms of the festival

hmmm, one of the more popular indie bands of the last 20 years headlining one of the more popular indie festivals?

yeah obv you'd have to be totally clueless to things like "indie rock" and "the internet" if you think that's a bad booking from a business standpoint

thats some real "Who's Bonny Bear" shit from n/a

it was less "why now" and more "that band sucks"

sinister development

i mean yeah i think belle & sebastian is a solid band too, but they're a much better headliner from an objective standpoint than some of the bands that were on the bill last year

i mean even if you don't think they are straight fire beautiful song you have to admit their place in the bookish fancypants UK indie canon

no one has argued that this is a bad business decision! everyone's just saying they're shitty!

the friday night headliner last year was feist, the worst act out of r. kelly/belle & sebastian/bjork is >>>>>>>>> feist from both a business and quality perspective (imo)

xpost -- Quite true, that.

Feist > Belle and Sebastian; that shit is str8 garbage

you know, i'm a mild feist fan i guess, but my wife loves her, anyway i got good tickets and took her as a surprise...and i have to say, feist was probably the artists that most exceeded my expectations as a live act....it was pretty rocking, and her band and arrangements were great, she played a lot of fingerstyle electric on a les paul jr that was cool.

this was a really nice small amphitheater though, she seems more suited to a venue like that

idk to me they feel like they're from a different era. nothing wrong w/that necessarily but it's like when there's a metalfest and the headliner is Testament I'm like, fuck yeah I rep for Testament but that's past-master stuff not Where It's At Now y'know? at any rate if anybody needs me I will be marshalling all forces to try to persuade or compel R to play U Saved Me from beginning to end as his entire set

has anyone ever done a "major headliners are only allowed to play the other headliners' songs" concert?