Pitchfork's P2k: The Decade in Music

He's suing PFM if they don't make Kid A album of the decade.

I have a broad list of potential grievances, this among them.

yeah, they're not going to name a 2009 album the album of the decade. person pitch doesn't seem like a grand-statement kind of album, so it's hard to imagine that, too

Agreed. I'm more interested in Nos. 200 -- 50 anyway. More opportunity to broaden my horizons.

I like Kala as, if not for sure #1, top 10 material. If it wasn't decade defining necessarily, it's pretty decade-encapsulating

Yeah, KALA's in contention for No. 1, I think. I'd rank it above the Animal Collective albums (most of which I like a lot).

Daniel, ESq.
The HR deparment of Pitchfork wanted me to inform you that Kid A will not receive the #1 spot. You've failed to realize that some of the pitchfork writers are also writers of the popular nickelodeon show iCarly and they were quite livid over your comment about "bad scriptwriting" (throwing banannas and shit). Needless to say 'Kid A' has been removed from the drawing hat and you have been quietly asked to not partake in the Pitchfork scene anymore.

Yeah, KALA's in contention for No. 1, I think. I'd rank it above the Animal Collective albums (most of which I like a lot).

― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:12 PM (1 hour ago)

i could not be more certain than i am right now that at least one AC project will beat kala, probably 2

You've failed to realize that some of the pitchfork writers are also writers of the popular nickelodeon show iCarly and they were quite livid over your comment about "bad scriptwriting" (throwing banannas and shit). Needless to say 'Kid A' has been removed from the drawing hat and you have been quietly asked to not partake in the Pitchfork scene anymore.

Okay, but I stand by my iCarly comment. That writing is for s---t.

I am intrigued, however, about how this whole Carly/Freddie/Sam romantic triangle will work out.

lol it is bad writing, almost everything is implausible, but it is my guilty pleasure (like lots of implausible things) and I too kinda care about the love triangle since they had a follow episode to Freddie and Sam's kiss and now they have Sam walking in on Freddie and Carly slow dancing at smoothie place.

That is the new episode I am watching at this very second.

It's a very special moment in the Esq. household.

(We only saw the last 30 seconds of the new episode when it debuted earlier this evening.)

i think we've found a worse conversation than any possible conversation abt p4k.

lol O RLY?

not to be harshin on u guys i mean feel free to make an icarly thread that i will not open

lol. No worries, CAD. Was kidding in mentioning the show at all.

We'll be back to regularly scheduled programming now.

:)

so it begins...

does it? i can't see any list yet

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7706-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-200-151/

i respect marc hogan, i honestly do, he's written great shit about a ton of records i love and at the very worst i'll forever feel connected to him because of los campesinos stannery, but seriously what in all possible gods' name is this

On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. All 228 people aboard died. It's difficult to ignore that tragic fact now when reflecting on-- or, honestly, Googling-- an Air France record called No Way Down, and I know I can't possibly begin to feel the pain of those victims' families.

after so many swimmers have been swept away by rough tides at beaches, how can i ever get into the new EP by Washed Out?

not to mention wavves

after so many mountain disasters, how can i ever again listen to that Avalanches album?

it's difficult to reflect on— or even Google— the record by Taken by Trees with the death of Sonny Bono so fresh in my mind

Jordan you have made my day.

i think he's right to point out that it's actually a pretty wistful/sad album, but seriously i laughed so hard when i read that blurb. what a fucking mess

lmaooooooooo

That time it took me 2 minutes and 55 seconds to locate Will2K in order to hit the "pause" button.

tbh i keep looking @ various artists in this list & wondering on what planet it makes sense that "hmm, andrew bird released a better album than anything scarface has made in a decade..."

its a funny metric but i dont know, girl talk is better than the carter ii?

etc etc etc

wanted to get it out of the way before everyone's doing it i guess

nice of deej to discover the concept of a "list"

When they asked you to submit your top whatever list to compile this thing, did you just write "The Fix" and a smiley face?

no i gave them a precise & perfectly sequenced selection of incredible albums

what was your #1?

monster magnet - god says no

Is anyone else having problems with PFM pages not fully loading? I don't look at it regularly but several times over the last few weeks, most notably just now, trying to look at the 00s albums list, pages will only partially load. I'm on a Mac and have tried both Safari and Firefox.

Any way someone can put Will2K on repeat? Will -- of course the beat will also stop if ALL THE ELECTRICTY GOES OUT BECAUSE THERE IS CHAOS. Think this one through.

Jesus Christ, don't some of you SLEEP?

Wait, there are thousands of people who don't know what Grindin is about? Really?

Is anyone else having problems with PFM pages not fully loading?

this happens to my gf i think

can't someone do something about fucking will smith on this thread?

I thought "Grindin'" was about hoagies and grinders until Sean Fennessey's stunning revelation.

I am a lil disappointed by Carter 2's placement only because it probably means one of his overrated mixtapes will be way higher.

i don't think i know what grindin is about specifically but i mean i could take a wild guess

i guess also what the fuck does it really matter?

yeah i mean...he says it like there's some deceptive metaphor going on, not just a euphemism used in 800 rap songs for "selling drugs" and in 800 other rap songs for "working hard at whatever you do, which may or may not be selling drugs"

so 200-151 on the list have kind of a "really, this was it?" vibe to me

I am a lil disappointed by Carter 2's placement only because it probably means one of his overrated mixtapes will be way higher.

But at most, only two of them: "Please note that, in the interest of keeping the list broad, we capped the number of albums for any given artist at three." I see this glass as half-full. Regis Philbin has released two of the best discs of this decade; now I know both can place on P2k's list.