pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

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I would wager most of the people who posted in this thread in 2002 and 2003 have gone on to write for the site.

I think the only one who has "gone on to" write for the site is Jess. Raposa, Dare, and Leone were already on staff at the time. I mean, unless mr. sparkle is a pseudonym for Tom Breihan or something.

who was dare

Christopher "Double" Dare

mr. sparkle = Ray Suzuki

mad lolz @ ljag

xpost: mr. sparkle = http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/mrsparkleorig.jpg

i posted to ilx before i wrote for pfork, pplz

lord forgive me, the hennesey got me not knowin how to act / i'm fallin and i can't turn back

lmaaaaaaao

the mobb deep quote fits like a high-top fade, but will it make up any of the cred i'll lose forthis??? let's fucking hope so!

-- ethan, Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:00 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Link

trifnan delong

there practically isn't any Pitchfork writer on ILX who didn't post here before writing for them, except for a couple PF lifers like Rich@rdson and, well, me.

and i don't really count cause i was there for all of 3 months.

yeah i mean i started in 01 but i was posting here in 2000

xp nice try, lifer

do we count ramosi here too?

Oh hey you guys, it's Jeff again. I figured since you all collectively have such a vested interest in my, uh... COMEDY I would let you know that I'm working on a new cartoon series called Starving Muppet Babies.

Oh and here's a direct link to the most recent episode.

More to the topic, what's w/ the grade inflation lately??? So much BNM, not enough monkey urine.

FFS, Cohen, get over yourself: The Cinematic Orchestra Live at the Royal Albert Hall "review"

why do you guys bother reviewing albums by your own writers if every single one gets b/w 7.5-7.7

it's kinda played out but i still fuck with every day.

What is song Ma Fleur?

pitchforks say oneida in north carolina the 21st

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50720-oneida-turn-iweddingi-lp-into-live-spectacle-tour

terrastock says oneida's at the fest the 21st

http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Terrastock7/Terrastock7_performers.htm

what is wrong, pitchforks?

today's two main reviews:

Bun B - II Trill - Rating: 7.7 -------------------- Recommended

Steinski - What Does It All Mean? - Rating: 8.7 ----- Not Recommended

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????????????!??!?!?!?!!

If the Recommended or Best New Music tags were STRICTLY a function of the ratings, there wouldn't be any reason to have them.

It does say Terrastock on the 21st...of June. Winston-Salem, N.C. is the 21st of August.

Nabisco's right, but in addition to that compilations/archive releases/reissues of older material, etc., don't get those tags. (The other one being "Best New Music" and all.) There have been a few exceptions for collections of recent-ish 7"/12"-type material that most readers wouldn't have been previously familiar with (this was really stretched for the Braxe comp) but that Steinski is a collection of material from the past three decades, so...

good point Scott (i realized it was a comp. after i actually read the review, duhhh)

why does pitchfork writers never want to bob their heads to trip hop?

i would like to see a 5.8 rated album get a "Recommended"

why do you guys bother reviewing albums by your own writers if every single one gets b/w 7.5-7.7

Ta-da.

why do you guys bother reviewing albums by your own writers if every single one gets b/w 7.5-7.7

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/50523-supreme-balloon

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/50868-dominique-leone

Close but not quite:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43468-arms-down
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18319-geography-cones

what did rollie pemberton get

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16509-cadence-weapon-is-the-black-hand?artist_title=16509-cadence-weapon-is-the-black-hand

I like Festival.

Not sure if it belongs in this thread (could be classic or dud)... it's known that music journalists often don't listen to records enough to make a true judgment, if at all (see: Black Crowes/Maxim)... but I rather like this admission from Scottpl. in his Pfork review of the new Radiohead best of:

The packaging is merely a few promo photos and a long essay I didn't read (sorry).

C/D?

nonfamous local chicago bands almost always ratings between like 6 and 8 also, guessing they don't want to offend

from the Notwist review today:

Acher provides a candid glimpse into a troubled marriage by describing it in terms of the material goods used to prop it up-- "I remember good lies/ When we carried them home with us/ To our bedside tables and the coffee sets"-- thereby keenly drawing parallels between dysfunctional relationships and the IKEA-furnished apartments that house them: the cool surface appearances barely concealing the soul-deadening sterility.

Yeah, the SQUARES are all, like, ROBOTS, man!1!!

METRIC, Grow Up and Blow Away
In fact, Metric's songs are often characterized by a commercial sheen-- they're smart little packets that, even as anti-consumerism screeds, have a compact luster that makes you feel like getting online to price experimental shelving units from Ikea or browsing all-over print hoodies at H&M.

THE RADIO DEPT., Pet Grief
Their second album, Pet Grief, is stacked with syrupy pop songs, as Johan Duncanson's effortless vocals ride the crest of soft-focus synths and programmed drums. But too often, the songs come off like the sonic equivalent of IKEA furniture: highly functional, sleekly designed, and sterile.

TORTOISE, It's All Around You
More frustrating, however, is that, after the scrappy Standards, where Parker spiked the mix with sparks and grime, Tortoise have pressed their music back into Scandinavian furniture. Cold Ikea percussion frames hold downy white duvets of keyboards, the music sterile and functional.

MORCHEEBA, Charango
The Sire execs saw to it that all elements of darkness, ethereality and-- gasp in shock here-- black soul were quickly and efficiently excised from the mix, to be replaced by the most predictable, glossy surface settings this side of IKEA.

use other stores, please

lol

by 5 different writers?!

Did you guys know that IKEA is a furniture store that is popular in urban and developing urban areas that has some hip appeal due to its distinct european charm and a low price that leads to its use in the homes of those who are young and aspiring to that aesthetic?

The frequent usage makes sense, though: "IKEA" is a single word that carries a whole host of connotations, many of which are relevant and appropriate when also describing music.

Cold Ikea percussion frames hold downy white duvets of keyboards, the music sterile and functional

this sucks, though^

this sucks less

Cold percussion frames the keyboards, the music sterile and functional

That Tortoise one is very strained, I agree.

gah i hate lofty-minded writers. everyone should write like a mix between hemingway and a 40s beat reporter.

Haha that Tortoise one is BRENT D who I haven't thought about in years. What a goof that dude was.

He writes for Time Out Chicago now, so I still see his byline almost every week.

deja vu