pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

Shellac plays Kilroy Was Here in its entirety

seeing kells at united center is lame tbrr

otm. r will rip up the stage at pitchfork generally speaking if you go see him you gotta put up with a very shitty venue you would generally try to avoid

r. kelly could offer to perform his greatest hits at my wedding for free and i still can't imagine a universe where i would suffer through this thing

well.... r. kelly just peed all over you!

Ryan Schreiber ‏@ryanpitchfork
Also just want to thank @rkelly for weeding out the lames this year. <3
And for making my desire to urinate on children seem hip and legal!

Great pitchfork fest indie shit 2013 keep on keepin luv indie

I've seen R. Kelly two, maybe three times, and he's been not so hot every time. One of those cats, sort of like current Prince, who wastes a lot of oxygen boasting that he's going to play all his hits, and then does just that ... in a ten minute medley. And then he sings a song about a majestic eagle bringing the troops home or something. But I know folks who have seen him focused, too, so who knows what the Chicago summer night will bring out of him. I'm trying to think if he's ever played a large, open-air sort of fest locally. Certainly the folks at the Union Park pool will have an awesome nightswim soundtrack.

And then he sings a song about a majestic eagle bringing the troops home or something.

80 percent of his songs are about this

Maybe I'm just slow on the uptake, but when did Pitchfork introduce the ability to look up reviews and articles by staff? Is this relatively new?

Noticed that only recently too so I assume it's somewhat new. Pretty nifty.

80 percent of his songs are about this

Metaphorically, yes.

that's cool it even links to my tumblr and shit

oops sorry that's a response to this post:

Maybe I'm just slow on the uptake, but when did Pitchfork introduce the ability to look up reviews and articles by staff? Is this relatively new?

― MarkoP, Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:25 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

soooo it looks like sam black et al found my human sacrifice deck...

LOL, please tell me pitchfork is trying to win over the hipster mtg crowd

haha - it took me a good three minutes to realize where i'd posted that

the really embarrassing thing is outing myself as someone who reads this thread

true, mtg thread is way more respectable.

I'm sorry, when did it become common practice to switch 'release' with 'share'? It really annoys me. I understand if an artist is 'sharing' a video....cos the video is online and they are sharing a link. But sharing a record or a CD? That doesn't make any sense. It just sounds so stupid, and so much like some weak blog-age marketing lingo.

What did they refer to a record "share date" or something?

No, it's just pretty much every announcement. For instance

Here's one of the biggest Record Store Day announcements we've gotten so far this year: David Bowie is releasing his first two The Next Day singles on a limited edition 7". According to his Facebook page, "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)", which is being shared for the first time next week, will be backed by "Where Are We Now?". Record Store Day is on April 20.

That's not the only RSD-exclusive Bowie release on tap-- he's also sharing a Bowie 1965! EP and a "Drive-In Saturday" picture disc.

feel like this is more common with promo tracks in advance of a record, or free downloads?

xp

ok that's dumb

That quote is saying the record has a release date, but that first track is being digitally "shared" next week. It looks like it in that case is just being used for distinction? Maybe less long-winded than "being digitally released for the first time next week, will be backed on physical release by 'Where Are We Now?'"

i don't think there's anything behind this other than "we need to use a word other than 'released' sometimes"

I meant it sounds like fb speak or something. Like Bowie is your fb friend and on that day he is clicking 'share' and giving you the link to his video. And somehow doing the same thing with tactile vinyl records on RSD.

In the context of FB as the medium it is tough to convey the meaning without those FB terms, to be fair.

WHO CARES ABOUT MORRISSEY AND JIMMY KIMMEL

don't care about morrissey much, actively tired of jimmy kimmel despite limited exposure

you realize he's not taking a survey, right?

WHO CARES ABOUT MORRISSEY AND JIMMY KIMMEL

― ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (Z S), Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:19 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

basically morrissey traffic is out here putting food on the table this week

You mean sharing food.

it's not so much dumb, but considering they gave it a mildly positive score the Parenthetical Girls review did a great job of making me loathe a band I've never heard.

oh man, i forgot about the epic morrissey vs. staples center blood feud that's been gripping the nation all week as well. i think my annoyance at the jimmy kimmel thing was enabled by the staples center coverage. i can take multiple stories about either feud, but put them together in the same week and i'm gonna have to type things in all caps on the internet

• Morrissey talks to close friend about Jimmy

• Staples Center serves meat just days

Yeah and the updates "Staples center NOT actually vegetarian for show" "UPDATE: wait actually is"

Nobody cares.

"Morrissey SLAMS Jimmy Kimmel..." I didn't read that as a slam at all. Just whining about Duck Dynasty with statistics.

Nobody cares.

i mean i agree with you in the general sense but i promise you that PLENTY of people really care about morrissey's bullshit, which is why this shit is being covered everywhere like it's 9/11

Also "Fallon vs .Vegetarians" is good cos any militant vegetarians will drive up outrage-based page traffice.

traffic even

on second thought, it is pretty amazing that morrissey somehow got into a feud with Jimmy Kimmel, the Duck Brothers or whatever, and the Staples Center, all in the same week

2013 really is an amazing year

Nobody cares.

i mean i agree with you in the general sense but i promise you that PLENTY of people really care about morrissey's bullshit, which is why this shit is being covered everywhere like it's 9/11

― J0rdan S., Friday, March 1, 2013 8:57 AM (21 minutes ago)

True but I'm trying to imagine someone saying "Did you hear? The staples center was going to blaaarrgghghh but now zzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." (My imagination doesn't employ good enough acting to fake interest in this.)

"this IS the news." - angry kid from the "peace sells" video

I've never touched the stuff, but I've come to assume that the titular state of "Kush Coma" is far less agitated than the one Danny Brown's actually in here.

fuck them for giving an to 8.3 but no BNM to Joe Meek's I Hear and New World. the kids need to hear that one

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17864-joe-meek-i-hear-a-new-world/

I Hear a New World*

Yeah and the updates "Staples center NOT actually vegetarian for show" "UPDATE: wait actually is"

Nobody cares.

Amy Phillips on FB the other day:

We got nominated for a National Magazine Award!!! I'm sure my groundbreaking editorial work on such masterpieces as "Lil Wayne Is Dying (No He Isn't) (Yes He Is) (No He Isn't)" and "The Staples Center Is Going Vegetarian for Morrissey (No It Isn't) (Yes It Is) (No It Isn't)" contributed to this honor!

you know BNM stands for "best new music" right

But they didn't give it a BNR either.

right, BNR, whatevaerrerw

I can never figure out whether they're reviewing the quality of a reissue or the album itself. Little of both I guess- should be separate scores.