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
the entire thread would read differently if the subject line was just changed to "pitchfork wisdom (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)"
― some dude, Friday, 22 November 2013 06:01 (ten years ago) link
yes, and I would probably live about four months longer
― Mark, Friday, 22 November 2013 06:05 (ten years ago) link
It begins with Push the Sky Away’s hazy-headed pocket history of modern civilization, “Higgs Boson Blues”, whose Miley Cyrus name-drops elicit audible giggles from the studio attendees. Its appearance here underscores just how perfectly Cave predicted her year, with the line “Hannah Montana/ Does the African Savannah” standing as an almost biblical prophecy of twerk-gate.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nah
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
almost biblical, you say
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
the twerking is like the twerking of Miley the daughter of Billy; for she twerketh furiously
― i have sounded the very dub step of humility (anonanon), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
People who miss the point on this cover by designer Jonathan Barnbrook are likely reading into it too much. If slapping a boring square on the iconic Heroes cover seems lazy, think about our age of appropriation on Tumblr as well as where every image came from first. Then think about how many cultural icons are left that have been able to make meaningful art in both of those eras.
― flopson, Friday, 6 December 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
our age of appropriation : where every image came from = 2013 : the 70s
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Friday, 6 December 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link
So Pitchfork is having their Reader's Choice Poll, and once again they have it that when you start typing in letters it'll give you suggestions for albums/tracks that were covered by Pitchfork within the past year.
Except for the "Best New Artist" category which seems to list every single band reviewed by the site in its history, regardless of the artist being new to 2013.
So of course I voted for Paul McCartney on that one.
― MarkoP, Friday, 6 December 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
i mean...it's just an autocomplete suggestion thing, it's not like they actually put Paul McCartney in the "best new artist" category. but hey, WHAT A GAFFE!
― deez the season (some dude), Friday, 6 December 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
That should show them for not optimizing your experience when voting in the PITCHFORK READERS POLL
― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 6 December 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
I just found the auto complete for that section amusing. Plus I was actually hoping that it would only have 2013 artists, then it would make choosing less difficult. And it also annoyed me a bit that there was no auto complete for best music video cause my mind was drawing blanks for that.
― MarkoP, Friday, 6 December 2013 03:52 (ten years ago) link
Also I like terrible puns.