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Huh
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
Tbh a magazine about Glenn Danzig and Van Morrison sounds pretty awesome
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
I like P4k's logic which is "Man lots of people are buying vinyl these days let's publish something that isn't vinyl and cash in on those vinyl sales"
― 乒乓, Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
sounds like mojo tbh
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah was going to say, they've obviously noticed that the only magazines still selling are Mojo/Classic Rock/etc
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
You can let silly facts get in the way of seeing Direct Hits as one of the most hotly anticipated records of the past 10 years.
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
maybe they should put out a vinyl record of their writers reading an article and include a free download of a magazine
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
Even more damning is that most of the songs on Direct Hits stopped becoming hits.
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
I think it could work, as long as they have reasonable expectations for circulation.
The price is a bit weird...
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
They can probably do a lot of "added value" bundling of site and mag ads too
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
Taking a look at the webpage for Monocle I don't see much content overlap
But I could see somebody who buys wallpaper or n+1 buying a p4k magazine
Tbf they'd probably take the $19.96 and buy the Arcade Fire on vinyl instead
― 乒乓, Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
wondering if this might be similar in execution to that longform 'journal' thing Loops from a few years back, which cost roughly the same (£13 in the UK iirc), also had SR writing stuff for it, and sold about five copies
― screaming lord, such opinion (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
Man that jukebox article that I could read on the preview is weak
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
Loops was wicked! Admittedly I only ever bought the issues when they were slashed to £3 in HMV etc but loads of great writing in 'em
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
this has to be someone's labor of love
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
probably Converse's sales team
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
j/k it looks very pretty!
lol u so catty
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
i don't really see this magazine thing working out in the long run
― marcos, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
I see this magazine lasting as long as Altered Zones.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah, like isn't the thing with pitchfork that everybody reads it but nobody cops to reading it? how's that gonna square up with like, having it on your coffee table or reading it on the subway?
― flopson, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
i like nice, printed magazines like the new arthur and yeti and the los angeles review of books ... i'm sure this will have some cool things in it. still, $20 is pretty pricey.
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
too pricey to take on the subway that's for sure
― Papa Roachford (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
20$/y or 20$ per ish?
― flopson, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
Single copies will be available for $19.96, in a nod to Pitchfork’s founding year
― Papa Roachford (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
yea that's steep
― flopson, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
but it's special paper!
― Papa Roachford (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
You'll have to store it like you would a porn mag, essentially.
― Position Position, Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
This seems more about "brand management" than about making money. Plus $1.996 would be too cheap.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
Solidifying Pitchfork as "serious music journalism" basically.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
so let's cut to the chase here, is it cool to pay 45/yr for a subscription to pfmag, like does it make you cool to do that.
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link
If you want to be cool, I recommend constantly referring to "brand management" in scare quotes.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
i do want to be cool particularly because it's important to my personal brand, which is why i have to carefully negotiate the value of brands before deciding to affix my brand to their brand
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
Can't wait to masturbate using this
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
would totally read this tbh
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link
went to the pitchfork review site and also saw they have an except from a new book about the birth of delicious vinyl and LA hip hop! i'm kinda excited about this actually
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
never forgethttp://www.abebooks.com/Thesaurus-Musicarum-Pitchfork-Year-Music-2003/4054820856/bd
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
i did, in fact, forget about that, but someone just reminded me of it
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
I've got one on my shelf... is it collectible yet???
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
"5 Used from US $ 9.00"sooooo.... yes it is collectible
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
I tried to find my copy but gave up after 30 seconds. It's around somewhere, evidence of my lost innocence.
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
I read they are asking everyone who buys it to wear costumes or formal dress.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
Wax your handlebar mustaches boys! We're gonna buy a pitchfork magazine.
― Statham. Versus. Franco. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
Please wear your best old western saloon keeper's outfit to checkout
― Statham. Versus. Franco. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
"the pitchfork review" sounds like what it would be called in a new yorker cartoon or something
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 November 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
They should publish a print version of Pitchfork Reviews Reviews called the Pitchfork Reviews Reviews Review.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 November 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
hey dawg we heard you liked
― some dude, Thursday, 21 November 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
pretty sure that was the zine
― katherine, Friday, 22 November 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link
otm
― intheblanks, Friday, 22 November 2013 02:07 (ten years ago) link
Maybe 3 years ago I looked at ILM every day when I woke up and I used to say to myself that any day when this thread was not bumped + I did not have blood in my urine was a good day.
― Mark, Friday, 22 November 2013 05:54 (ten years ago) link