I read a couple pieces over there. It's pretty much what you'd expect if you read The AV Club for any length of time, i.e. Rabin being Rabin, Robinson being Robinson, etc. Rabin's new thing is "Forgotbusters," movies that were among the top grossers the year they came out but nobody talks about or watches anymore.
― Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
they aren't doing anything that's helping anyone
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
i'm rooting for the dissolve but i find it hard to navigate and not much of interest yet
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
lol m@tt
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
I like The Dissolve. They seem to write about more interesting movies (or at least movies I'm more interested in reading about) than those same writers did when they were at The AV Club.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
I like their 'writings of the day' stuff. Often there is an interesting article. Other than that, it's not so interesting, mainly American movies. But that's to be expected.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
"Hands on the Controls was never issued on vinyl-- ironically, one of the greatest nil-fi recordings of the 00s only came out on CD"
"As a document of a chaos system in motion, Hands on the Controls is breathtaking; as a showcase for Dwyer’s emerging slop-psyche magnificence, it couldn’t sound more frighteningly vital."
7.9
Just seems like a discrepancy to me.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
iirc the reviewer doesn't assign the numerical score
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
Oh... I think I remember hearing about that now. How silly.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
If true.
Definitely true.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:37 (ten years ago) link
unassailably
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b7bce693bef5199b121ec8d30a019ff/tumblr_mh3sftBI0x1qbn6jwo1_400.gifWhy don't the scores maaaatch
― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
yeah I remember Underworld's Barking getting like 5.9 even though the reviewer didn't really say anything negative about it. Dan Deacon's new album scoring worse than his other ones despite the reviewer basically saying it was his best also scanned as odd. who determines what the scores actually are?
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
https://vesselanaw.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/masonicstructure.jpg
― waterface, Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/milhouse_chalkboard.jpg
http://joehistorian.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/umbrella-man.png
― waterface, Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
Hmmm
― My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
iirc there's a bit of chat/negotiation between reviewer, general staff & editorial and they tabulate the best score for the p4k brand or whatever
― zvookster, Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
each of my pictures above represents one of those groups
― waterface, Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
How curious
― My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
i can't imagine how embarrassing it would be to actually engage in this conversation in 2013
― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
can't imagine how embarrassing it is to have engaged in it several times & still give a fuck abt how it is discussed
― zvookster, Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Well, I only thought it was odd. Nobody is losing sleep over here.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
This happened to someone I know (actually, we also played in a band together for a while). Won't name bands or names, but I had very mixed feelings about it when I found out. It's been a long time and after that I started reading Pitchfork very differently. I sometimes read it to find out about bands or see bands mentioned in the say breath as other ones as recommendations.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Though I'm kind of tired of the hypersensitivity towards any discussion that isn't entirely original. There clearly isn't any other reason to comment unless you want to prove to everyone how much less of a sheeple you are or something. Anyway...
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
It's the nature of the business. ILXOR users probably see themselves as seeing through P4K's intentions more, but it doesn't mean most of P4K's readers do.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Though I'm kind of tired of the hypersensitivity towards any discussion that isn't entirely original
yeah this is def on the cusp of "not an original conversation" and "something someone gets butthurt over once a year"
― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
see also WHY WONT THEY LET US SEE THE WRITERS INDIVIDUAL BALLOTS WHY
I think they did, last time.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
It's not always such an emotional response.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
Information is allowed to be new to different people, but I agree "butthurt" is not warranted if it truly is the case.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
7.9 is not a bad score
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 5 September 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
No but to me the review seemed clearly to suggest a much higher one is all.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link
they have a hopper in the office that spits up scores at random
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 September 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
they also share coffee cups and spouses
― i bet it's spelled B-O-R-E-D (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 5 September 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
― Evan, Thursday, September 5, 2013 1:58 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well I'm glad someone who's posted on ILX for 11 years finally discovered discussion of pitchfork scores
― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 September 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
You have me confused with someone else.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
That's fine, because I wasn't in a very creative mood at the time I first logged in.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 September 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
pitchfork knows best
While Youth Lagoon’s Wondrous Bughouse upped the ante for bong-rip phaser effects, Trevor Powers uses them to support and accent luminous and legible mediations on cosmic circumstances; closer “An Orphan of Fortune” wilfully sinks into impenetrable goo.
legible mediations on legible meditations
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 16 September 2013 13:51 (ten years ago) link
Is it really phasers? I hate misidentified effects
― lucille baller (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 September 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
could be light sabers
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 16 September 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
Not sure this is so much "pitchfork is dumb", but whats up with the borderline creepy Lolita cover for the Ariana Grande album instead of the actual real cover? Is that the international cover or something?
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 September 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
lol n/mind apparently that one's just on the main page, the review page itself has the cover i was aware of.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 September 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
that was the original cover that made the rounds well before the release date. prob just an error i guess.
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Monday, 23 September 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
not a fan of that review
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 23 September 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
singling out her voice as the sole redeemable quality of that album is total rockist popism right?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 23 September 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
mm, also just generally wrong
― flopson, Monday, 23 September 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
yeah smh
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Monday, 23 September 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
"Mostly written by two of R&B's most mawkish hawkers, Babyface and Harmony Samuels, it’s built on cliché and tradition, and written professionally to a fault."
there is a deep irony in this line, see if you can pick it out!
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 23 September 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link