lol
I *think* they might still be a bit upset that I called them out for their toxic masculinity. đ https://t.co/jlnvVF7z0hâ James Blake (@jamesblake) January 23, 2019â resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, January 24, 2019 9:51 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what is this referring to?
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
Yeah, the 7.4 alone doesn't explain it.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
5.8 rather.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
this review of one of his singles:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/james-blake-dont-miss-it/
followed by this:
Please read. I've wanted to say this for a long time, and now seemed as good a time as any. pic.twitter.com/1fSPt7SJnx— James Blake (@jamesblake) May 26, 2018
― omar little, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
I don't know if I ever posted about this on the board or whatever, but when James Blake emerged I was kind of struck by how much we looked alike, and I was resentful that he was younger and more successful than me (based off the back of two singles that were both covers), and, later, resentful of his obvious talent and the fact that he is a good four inches taller than me, and, later, resentful of the fact that my current boyfriend clearly has a crush on him
Anyway back in 2011, around when he first emerged, we were both scheduled to play the Donau Festival in Austria. I was watching Ben Frost play his set and I noticed that James Blake was standing right next to me. I sized him up and was like "wow he really does look like a dreamier, taller version of me" but I was too shy to just go up and be like "HI!" so I just stood there and kept watching the Ben Frost set.
I don't remember if it was the same day or the next day, but James and I had both played our sets at that point, and I was crossing the festival grounds. These two young people came up to me and were like "omg! your set was so amazing" thank you thank you "you're my musical hero!" thank you thank you "could you sign records for us?!" of course of course, and then they hand me two James Blake records for me to sign. These kids thought I was James Blake.
So I signed them. I don't remember anymore what I signed on one of them, but I do remember what I signed on the other: "Hello -- keep on not knowing about your dreams! <3 JB"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
that's so awesome
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
lmao
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
Amazing, but I kinda wish you'd signed "love, James Blunt. PS your beautiful :)"
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
goon, you've got the start of a Soderbergh picture right there
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
ty ty
The other one was something like "To Gert - there's NO limit to my love, for you, yours truly, James" but I can't remember exactly
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
this is off topic fgti but i keep meaning to mention that you have a piece that my partner's Youth Choir (she's the choir manager) is gonna perform that i'm looking forward to hearingyou gonna be at that gig?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
I think so, gonna fly down for it. Have you looked at the piece? It's really fun. I can't wait to see the look on all the parents' faces when their children are screaming:
We care not for social justice.It is a sissy-mead.We care not for reparations.The poor insult us with their greed.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
haven't seen/heard it yet. i have never heard the term "sissy-mead", where's that from?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link
Poetic license, I assume. It works!
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
anyways, will try to look you up! Maybe get you better pottery than i gave ya prior.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
I wrote the libretto with a friend/poet and that phrase was his suggestion! I love it! Sissy-mead! Kind of some Ancient Grecian version of snowflake-water or something
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
i love that story fgti
― maura, Friday, 25 January 2019 03:36 (five years ago) link
Great story.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 25 January 2019 09:51 (five years ago) link
The Fork is into toxic masculinity these days?
â pomenitul, Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:53 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they gave it 7.4
â We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes)
i'll admit to never having fully understood their rating scale but this seems to me to be absolutely inappropriately high
if they don't want to make a statement and give it 0.0, you know, that's fine, but toxic masculinity should get a 2.4 at most
unless we're talking about the cressida ep "toxic masculinity", and even then man that record just isn't that great, i'd give it a 5.2 at most, cressida were definitely better in their '60s prog-rock phase and haven't adapted well to techno
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Friday, 25 January 2019 14:56 (five years ago) link
I think it gets that score due to its "historical significance" rather than whether it was ever actually good.
― Evan, Friday, 25 January 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
I think we're talking about the Airborne Toxic Masculinity.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 January 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
It's one of those things where you had to be there.
― jmm, Friday, 25 January 2019 15:04 (five years ago) link
Toxic Masculinity didn't sell many records, but everyone who bought one went out and started a Reddit thread
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 25 January 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
hahaha
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Friday, 25 January 2019 15:38 (five years ago) link
i've read/checked the site every day for over a decade and will have no problem stopping once it goes behind a paywall. i haven't really minded the degradation/homogenization of the site, it's been a long time since I discovered a band I loved via p4k, doesn't feel like a loss.
â flappy bird, Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I donât tend to discover bands via Pitchforkâhonestly canât remember the last time that happened, though it didnât happen in the past. These days I tend to discover things through other channelsârecommendations here or on Twitter or going down Spotify rabbit holes. But I still routinely check Pitchfork to see what they said about anything I do find. So I guess they ceased being my trainspotter a long time ago but they still are a kind of... validator? I hesitate to use that word but there it is.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 25 January 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
yeah I can't remember the last time I learned of a new act from them, it's been a long time. tbf I have read a lot of their reviews about things I was previously unaware of but they all sucked/were not my thing lol
― Îá˝ĎΚĎ, Friday, 25 January 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
yeah
last band I got really into that was p4k-endorsed was Girlpool, but I didn't discover them via the site.
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 January 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
Grateful to Pitchfork since I am no longer able to rely solely on mainstream media to inform me of such singular and spellbinding talents as Ariana Grande and Greta Van Fleet
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 25 January 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
Last artist I got into that was endorsed by Pitchfork was probably that Floating Points album.
― MarkoP, Friday, 25 January 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
i am thankful to pitchfork for giving some hype to the beths. i absolutely loved that album
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 26 January 2019 00:28 (five years ago) link
The combination of humor and gloom helped set the sceneâs mood as much as any Big Muffed guitar sound. There is an earworm catchiness to even the most nihilistic romps, like âSmilinâ and Dyinââ (âMisery loves company, baby/Thatâs why I love youâ) and, most indelibly, Armâs defiant refrain during Rehab Dollâs âSwallow My Pride.â âThis ainât the summer of love!â he wails, presaging the wagon-circling to come as bands and labels and media outlets would very soon saturate the city, thinking it some sort of countercultural utopia.
I guess nobody told this guy that the chorus to "Swallow My Pride" is stolen from Blue Ăyster Cult.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 28 January 2019 12:49 (five years ago) link
They just gave my little self released Bandcamp album much love - and I'm a nobody compared to most folks they write about. I'm stoked.
― So, This Leaked (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 28 January 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link
nice! link?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 January 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
Sure! Here it is. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jorge-velez-roman-birds/
― So, This Leaked (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 28 January 2019 13:47 (five years ago) link
Ha! I've been enjoying that this weekend after reading Sherburne's review (he's p much the only reviewer of whom I read all reviews). Great work man!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 28 January 2019 13:52 (five years ago) link
Thank you! Yeah, it was an honor and surprise when that review went up.
― So, This Leaked (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 28 January 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
(also, great cover!) xp
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 28 January 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
This is great - thanks for the heads-up and congratulations on the review.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 28 January 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
Congratulations CJV!!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 28 January 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link
Thanks, fellow ILM peoples :)
― So, This Leaked (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 28 January 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
lol this got amended
― Îá˝ĎΚĎ, Monday, 28 January 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
they probably stole it from BĂC but "this ain't the summer of love" is actually a cover https://dangerousminds.net/comments/this_aint_the_summer_of_love_the_proto_punk_screamer_covered_by_boec_and_cu
― tylerw, Monday, 28 January 2019 21:18 (five years ago) link
â So, This Leaked (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, January 28, 2019 7:47 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hey this is really cool, enjoying it!
pitchfork is smart! (#000000000000000000000001 in a series.)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 31 January 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
JV, that is outstanding. Well done!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 31 January 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
xp
When I read that low-number James Blake review I thought
1) It's entirely farcical to label his fourth full length album as "suffocating(ly) serious" and bogged down with too many ballads as if it's now a *bad* thing when all his records completely like that (and I like James Blake)2) The low number would ultimately more beneficial at this point in his career than a 7 point something; talk about rallying the troops/existing fanbase
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Friday, 1 February 2019 09:14 (five years ago) link
good on Blake for sniping p4k on their own terms with that note
― flappy bird, Friday, 1 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
While very well written, this review leaves the impression that the reviewer only listened to the album once (which probably isnât true, and the conceit seems to âwork,â but itâs definitely an unusual approach): https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/alice-coltrane-journey-in-satchidananda/
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Monday, 4 February 2019 05:03 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/best-and-worst-songs-nominated-grammys-2019/Iâm gonna skip the âThis Is Americaâ drag thatâll probably set off a few angry tweets among whatever percentage of Pforkâs readership still looks at The Pitch and weirdly come to the defense of Above & Beyond, who at least deserve to not get mixed up with the song theyâre nominated for
― You can't see it but I had an epiphany (Champiness), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
And obviously this is a piece with multiple writers, most of itâs fine etc. etc.
― You can't see it but I had an epiphany (Champiness), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
Above & Beyond, who at least deserve to not get mixed up with the song theyâre nominated for
lol, who are The Suburbs?
― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link