yeah, just since the conde nast buyout
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
Are there any old staff left to jump off the proverbial ship? Seems like most are gone at this point.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:57 (eight years ago) link
ha maybe you're right ... mark richardson? jayson greene? amy phillips? they've all been around a while right?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
has mark richardson written much lately? feel like he just shows up to write marquee reviews every now and then
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
richardson seems in it for good, he's still editor-in-chief right?
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
oh wait not anymore, executive editor
dombal, sherburne, hogan, and pelly have all been around for a long time iirc
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
What does one do at the kickstarter offices?
― Evan, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
lol i was just thinking that, what is he going to do
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Suspect they might be doing something along the lines of Bandcamp -- editorial/writing work tied in with projects.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
You have hired several music journalists, notably former New York magazine columnist Nitsuh Abebe. What do they do at Kickstarter?I met Nitsuh 14 years ago on a message board, and he has always been one of my favorite writers. A year-and-a-half ago, I saw him on the street and I told him I was looking for a copywriter. He has done some great longform pieces here, too -- a recent one analyzes why slim wallets are such a big thing on Kickstarter. We also have Nick Sylvester and Sam Hockley-Smith. They’re highlighting things that are happening here. As far as bigger editorial ambitions, I can say they’re working on a variety of projects.
I met Nitsuh 14 years ago on a message board, and he has always been one of my favorite writers. A year-and-a-half ago, I saw him on the street and I told him I was looking for a copywriter. He has done some great longform pieces here, too -- a recent one analyzes why slim wallets are such a big thing on Kickstarter. We also have Nick Sylvester and Sam Hockley-Smith. They’re highlighting things that are happening here. As far as bigger editorial ambitions, I can say they’re working on a variety of projects.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6274107/kickstarter-ceo-yancey-strickler-success--south-park
Slim wallets are the new black metal.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
what is 'Slim Wallets'
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link
why is "a year and a half ago" hyphenated?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link
About this here message board.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
does kickstarter do live music stuff? suprised they don't do the branded musicfest thing or something. brandon is good at the festival thing.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
"says the unmarried Strickler,..."
and, ladies, he's single...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:40 (eight years ago) link
"The sound of 300 pounds of lard banging against the wall..." thread doesn't go over well on first dates
― ejemplo (crüt), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:42 (eight years ago) link
he's married with a kid now (that piece is from 2014)
― maura, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
quick turnaround
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
that project really delivered after it reached its funding
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
sooner or later all music writers will end up at kickstarter
― 龜, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmXWkMlKFkI
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
it would be fucked that nabisco works at kickstarter if he weren't hired by another ilxor
― de l'asshole (flopson), Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:30 (eight years ago) link
this reminds me of Vote or Die. which didnt work
http://pitchfork.com/news/65898-introducing-the-pitchfork-music-festival-voter-engagement-and-mobilization-project/
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 June 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
Not a criticism of either, it just scares me.
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 June 2016 17:01 (eight years ago) link
nabisco left kickstarter and now is a story editor for the ny times magazine i think
― germane geir hongro (s.clover), Friday, 3 June 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
has he been to any strip clubs lately?
― salthigh, Friday, 3 June 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
I meant to share in this thread not Worst Music Writing.
Death Grips just tweeted a link to this art video http://ruinsmag.com/altered-states/the-caged-pillows/ which has snippets of old songs from Daft Punk, Death Grips, etc.
Pitchfork is F1RST with the news of nonexistent new track
http://i67.tinypic.com/24euirc.jpg
http://pitchfork.com/news/65915-death-grips-share-the-caged-pillows-video-watch/
― Frozen CD, Saturday, 4 June 2016 01:22 (eight years ago) link
first! peoples
― the world over the crotch. (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 June 2016 03:12 (eight years ago) link
hmm
http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1188-what-the-hell-is-simpsonwave/
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
I saved the frontpage with it on the Wayback Machine in case you ever want to gaze longingly back at the moment:http://web.archive.org/web/20160614174547/http://pitchfork.com
― Champiness, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
Ugh, I just watched the two "explanation" videos contained within the Simpsonwave piece and I'm on irony overload. Do people actually live their lives like that? In that constant state of hyper-awareness and super smug jokiness?
― Austin, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
i am pro simpsonwave btw. bought the blank banshee album after seeing this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfa-9aCTYg
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
Site is desperately short on ideas at this point IMO.
http://pitchfork.com/news/66111-watch-pitchforktvs-brief-history-of-dad-rock/
― Position Position, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
idk if it is the redesign, quite possibly it is, but it seems like there has been a dramatic drop-off in quality across the site, it seems worthless to me now and i used to visit it everyday
― marcos, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
I would say the Conde Nast acquisition has more to do with the direction of content on the site.
― BrianEmo, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
yea
― marcos, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
is pitchfork changing? or ... are you?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:33 (eight years ago) link
good q
― marcos, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
there's been a dramatic drop-off in quality in the stuff I've written but that is largely due to pulling my life in 500 different directions, 200 of which are outside the solar system and 250 of which are in hell
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 23:16 (eight years ago) link
^^^^
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 June 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
also I think, for one thing, the pitch is much better than it used to be
FWIW, I haven't noticed a drop-off in the quality of the work of writers I already admire. The main qualm for me is probably less prominence on the homepage for track reviews. Tracks now only seem to appear as news items which I think makes it a little harder to keep up with newer stuff.
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 16 June 2016 00:17 (eight years ago) link
when will this place that just sold for millions of dollars learn how to run a company!
― queen elseq of ærendelle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 16 June 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link
How much you can get someone to pay for something = always a mark of its quality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 16 June 2016 02:37 (eight years ago) link
That dad rock cartoon is the single most smug and terrible thing they've ever done. It has nothing redeeming about it
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 16 June 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
I keep thinking the redesign is optimized for some specific platform or medium that I just don't use. Like, Oculus Rift or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 June 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
i don't know how it works at pitchfork but if you see a video on a website that you don't like it's safe to assume that it was made by an entirely separate staff of people from the one that makes the website you enjoy reading
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 June 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:59 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
do you use your cell phone?
Not for perusing websites, no. But I do use it to text, email and make phone calls!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 June 2016 16:37 (eight years ago) link