ILM is kinda sucking these days (boring and meta ignore not safe for work)

would it be fun?

yes

not enough yes

Scott you are a good and decent person and I really admire that. It also must be hard to know more than everyone else and also be nice. It's enough reason to stick around, to know that the people I keep company with are kind/good people.

i can't think of anywhere else to ask this but

mbv flashpoll #2: let's predict the Pitchfork score!

- what the fuck is that thread, have you no fucking dignity
- please tell me the only reason it's still going and has so many answers is because the thread starter is getting mercilessly clowned

pitchfork review is up now

We'll get em back when the D'angelo record finally drops, lex.

i would hope no one gives a shit about what p4k gives the d'angelo album

(it's not the MBV excitement that annoys, obviously, carry on with your enthusiasm)

lex you think about pitchfork 100x more than people who actively read pitchfork

I don't get the impression anyone on that thread actually gives a shit about the pitchfork score, if that makes you feel better

lex you think about pitchfork 100x more than people who actively read pitchfork

― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:19 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o really do tell me more about what i think

it's been bobbing around the top of ilm new answers for days, it's impossible to overlook the thing

- please tell me the only reason it's still going and has so many answers is because the thread starter is getting mercilessly clowned

how are you even so vexed at this?

it has 45 answers in four days

I don't get the impression anyone on that thread actually gives a shit about the pitchfork score, if that makes you feel better

― ☯ t (wins), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:21 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

^ ding ding ding

why did you start the thread

Lex, for your edification (not that you deserve it, but whatev): the poll was a lark, an afterthought. The album had just been dropped that night, out of the blue w/ no advanced word (to say nothing of copies for review) & given how intrinsic MBV is to the typical p4k mythos, I thought it would be good sport to predict how they were going to react, given the short lack of any notice. that is all.

let he who is without polls cast the first stone

o really do tell me more about what i think

I really wish this was accurate because lol:

http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=site:www.ilxor.com+AND+%22lex+pretend%22+AND+pitchfork

About 141,000 results (0.17 seconds)

in retrospect, I should have realized that combining the terms 'mbv' and 'pitchfork' in a thread title would result in some kind of volatile combustibility on ilm.

if it's any consolation lex, I came in there to complain about it, but people round these parts increasingly rally around anything that's 40% statistics, 40% polling, and 10% about music

and 10% something else, i did the math wrong

polls predicting pitchfork scores are hilarious imo

people round these parts increasingly rally around anything that's 87% statistics, 34% polling, 25% complaining

have we done that before?

think it was pre-polls era but there used to be tonnes of speculation, destroyer's rubies

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8451221268_1685764680_z.jpg

Just a little indie insider baseball nbd

pro tip: if there's a thread you're not interested in, just ignore it!

if it's any consolation lex, I came in there to complain about it, but people round these parts increasingly rally around anything that's 40% statistics, 40% polling, and 10% about music

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:37 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait do you even post about music here?

It's kinda nice seeing people enthusiastic over album releases rather than the usual snark that goes on.

http://www.joncouture.com/Wamblnce.jpg

if it's any consolation lex, I came in there to complain about it, but people round these parts increasingly rally around anything that's 40% statistics, 40% polling, and 10% about music

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:37 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and 10% something else, i did the math wrong

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:38 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

9.0

lol

To be fair to Lex, I believe this gripe comes from a place of love. I feel like his main premise is why should ILX reg posters be concerned w what P4k thinks since ILX is clearly the superior site. Hence: "wheres your dignity?"

I think that might be what he's saying anyways, I could be way off...

pro tip: if there's a thread you're not interested in, just ignore it!

― Neil S, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:48 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^

This is pretty much how I use the board.

o really do tell me more about what i think

ok - you think about Pitchfork more than people who read Pitchfork - the search results bear this out - maybe you should think about Pitchfork less and be happier in life - enjoy the music you enjoy instead of obsessing about Those Horrible People Who Like The Music We Don't Like and all - just a thought - I know there's no point - you will continue thinking lots about Pitchfork - that's cool - just pointing out - it's not them - it's you

well, you're wrong! you do not seem like the kind of person who would admit that though. maybe spend less time trying to divine what other people think based on tossed-off msgboard annoyance and more time working on yourself? god it's like those people who think they know the ~real me~ because they follow me on twitter

indie insider baseball

― Drugs A. Money, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:47 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fwiw this phrase pretty much sums up my annoyance, makes my skin crawl etc

insider cricket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5z0MuKxfZc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQvteoFiMlg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GlrjWDvn_CI/Th8GHjnYOVI/AAAAAAAABGw/ldtNAyUKjZs/s1600/tumblr_lkxc3xXkoq1qivgtho1_500.jpg

Really? I just meant that its as innocuous as goons talking about record sales or mixtape downliads (which I can now guess is probably not what is being referred to when they bitch about 'insider basebakl' in the goon thread)

Xp to lex

'downliads'? Gah!

Even Patroclus downloaded, a far, far better man than you.

well, you're wrong! you do not seem like the kind of person who would admit that though. maybe spend less time trying to divine what other people think based on tossed-off msgboard annoyance and more time working on yourself? god it's like those people who think they know the ~real me~ because they follow me on twitter

lol this is like the nth time you've attempted this failed zing. please continue with the "no-one actually knows what I think from the pieces I write about music unless they've read absolutely every word twice" routine, it's a riot - it's like you're saying "my writing is unclear enough that no-one could actually divine my thoughts from it," which is a weird thing to brag about

there are good reasons for someone critical of the site to "think about pitchfork" ie, about its outsize role in discourse... that said, look at the ilm eoy poll results, lex not exactly in the minority, you are basically a "tastemaker" on this site. that aero post is characteristically embarrassing but i think ppl are fed because it seems like ur being zero tolerance about it so they make self-regarding patronizing posts in expasperation(??)

flopson on his scorched earth shit.

pitchfork review is up now

lol a+ bump

pitchfork thread is a joke

lex hates humor