pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

My brother-in-law's fiancee asked me to play a Jack Johnson song at their wedding, it was all good until the minister introduced me as Jack Johnson.

and he clearly knows it, as evidenced by his curious george soundtrack album

I really do enjoy singing along to the de John song in the craziest voice possible

I really do enjoy singing along to the de John song in the craziest voice possible

My brother-in-law's fiancee asked me to play a Jack Johnson song at their wedding, it was all good until the minister introduced me as Jack Johnson.

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, July 1, 2022 11:40 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol

I bought Brushfire Fairytales back when it came out and played the hell out of it. I guess I lost interest because he didn't really grow much after that.

It means literally "singing while very cold."

LOL

Jack Johnson is like really authentic folk music, I first encountered him covering sublime’s “garden grove” at Coachella and he seemed like the ultimate “guy who brings his acoustic guitar to parks and parties”

https://pitchfork.com/news/r-kelly-sues-metropolitan-detention-center-brooklyn-over-suicide-watch-conditions/

Weird piece… not sure why it deserves a big story at the top of the page.

(or, more precisely, why I need to see a giant picture of R. Kelly’s face when I visit the site, just because he’s suing the jail)

well at least somebody is facing some sort of consequences.

cool to see the groove theory album get some love in yesterday's archive review. they underrated it and were kind of shitty about amel's role in the group, but if it gets more people to revisit the album, i say good. it's a really unique record for 90s r+b; kind of street smart MOR.

it's funny to me that pitchfork reviews on mobile always have an ad running that pauses the music on my phone lol

Oh so that's why that happens! Very annoying. Every time I click into a new review, Spotify pauses.

Only happens when I'm listening on my phone through headphones. When I use my phone to control my Yamaha music streamer, there's no issue.

the redesign has taken over the mobile site too

personally, not a fan

The redesign finally reached my mobile view, and, not a a fan.

jinx

Yeah, saw it this morning on my laptop and it suuuuucks.

I mostly check it out of habit, part of my morning routine, but this is probably where I stop. The redesign is a headache.

yeah, putting a huge ad in-between the news and the reviews is a killer

on mobile

You can always just bookmark the Reviews page: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/

Here is a handy link to the 8.0+ rated reviews, too: https://pitchfork.com/best/high-scoring-albums/?page=1

yeah but what if I miss some Stranger Things news?

You shall be relegated to knowing about more normal things

Lol

The songs that Sorey has selected for Mesmerism range in style and time period. “For a long time, I felt an intense desire to record some of my favorite songs from the Great American Songbook as well as those by composers whose work I feel should also exist in this canon,” he has stated, and the selections range from standards like “Autumn Leaves” to modern compositions like Muhal Richard Abrams’ “Two Over One” and Paul Motian’s “From Time to Time.” Like Sorey, Abrams was a renowned composer who also taught composition, while Paul Motian was the drummer of the Bill Evans Trio. Sorey makes it clear they belong alongside older classics.

Come the fuck on. Do five minutes' worth of research. Especially given that that piece wasn't written during the Evans era; it was first recorded by Motian's trio with Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell in 1991. (Also, side issue, but...using the verb "range" twice in one paragraph, the first time so clumsily? Ugh.)

ahh yes, pfork finally wising up to the fact that time doesn't exist. well played, indeed.

"We reached out to Franz Mesmer for comment but have not heard back."

To balance this somewhat, I will say I thought the Alice In Chains piece was terrific

As long as we're griping about accuracy, it is interesting to read a news item about Cat Power recreating the iconic (and famously not performed/recorded at Royal Albert Hall) "Royal Albert Hall" concert at Royal Albert Hall

She's bringing it all back home.

Haven’t heard that Jack Johnson album but that is a good review.

I know it was a joke upthread but “sangfroid” actually translates as cold-blooded.

lmfao that joke made me lose it

The Cousin of Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio Is Now on the New York Yankees

https://i.imgur.com/kYtZecH_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

weird headline yes but i had no idea that harrison bader and chris baio were cousins and that’s kinda interesting!

weird headline yes but i had no idea that harrison bader and chris baio were cousins and that’s kinda interesting!

Baio first saw Bader play in the majors in September 2018, at a home game for St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bader has posted 1.5 fWAR playing center field in 72 games for the Cardinals this year, good enough for a 93 WRC+. He won his first Gold Glove—awarded to the best fielder at each position—in 2021. The player for whom he was traded, Jordan Montgomery, accumulated 1.4 fWAR in 114 innings across 21 starts this season for the Yankees, posting a 3.69 ERA.

dear pitchfork baseball news team,

i am writing to highlight an error in your recent piece celebrating the return of outfielder Harrison Bader to the New York Yankees, who is excited to move back to NYC because he grew up in the Bronx and is the cousin of Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio, who is a musician and not a baseball player, but who is family nonetheless and also grew up in the Bronx.

you write "Bader has posted 1.5 fWAR playing center field in 72 games for the Cardinals this year, good enough for a 93 WRC+ [sic]". The stats are correct, but the words "good enough for a 93 WRC+ [sic]" are misleading and go beyond a mere typo, stetching into the range of a misunderstanding of the meaning and utility of both the wRC+ and fWAR metrics. In short, the sentence implies that Bader's 1.5 fWAR (a measure of overall player value) contributed positively toward his wRC+ (weighted Runs Created, which measures hitting production) of 93. In fact, Bader's 93 wRC+ is below average (which is set to an index of 100), and wRC+ is just one of several different components that make up fWAR.

An easy correction would be to say that "Bader has posted 1.5 fWAR playing center field in 72 games for the Cardinals this year, despite hitting 93 WRC+"

I look forward to watching and listening and reading to more baseball and music and baseball/music baseball and music news

what's going on with Scott Baio and Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Baio posted a note from MLB about the trade to his Instagram story, captioned with a series of italicized exclamation marks.

Italicized, even!

He won his first Gold Glove—awarded to the best fielder at each position—in 2021

i'm interested in the pitchfork baseball news team's decision to explain what a gold glove is but not what fwar, wrc+ and era are, and what that says about the pitchfork baseball news team's understanding of the pitchfork baseball news readership and the pitchfork sports news readership in general.

they care when harrison bader is traded to the yankees, but not when he spends five years playing for the cardinals

Yeah, where were the “Vampire Weekend plays St Louis, home of baseball player Harrison Bader, Cousin of Scott Baio” stories! I would have liked to have known about that as they were happening, to appreciate them both for not only existing and being related and being talented in different ways, but also for being in the same place

guys pitchfork has been on the baseball beat for some time now:

https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-japanese-breakfasts-michelle-zauner-throw-the-first-pitch-at-a-mets-game/

https://pitchfork.com/news/48292-watch-lil-wayne-sing-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame-at-the-nlcs-baseball-playoff-game-last-night/

https://pitchfork.com/news/jack-white-is-now-in-the-baseball-hall-of-fame/

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/727-pitchfork-at-the-plate/

https://pitchfork.com/news/38475-video-death-cab-for-cutie-perform-at-seattle-mariners-opening-day-game/

https://pitchfork.com/news/julian-casablancas-throws-first-pitch-at-new-york-mets-game-watch/

https://pitchfork.com/news/69327-chance-the-rapper-diehard-white-sox-fan-endorses-cubs-no-problem-mashup/

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1155-modern-baseball-and-how-emo-grew-up/

Alfred Soto – I think there may be an editing issue in the 2nd graf of your Amanda Shires review: the 2nd sentence is apparently talking about a male guitar player ("His rhythm licks and twangy embellishments..."), but it's not clear who it refers to(?)

[Jason] Isbell is mentioned immediately before that sentence

No he's not(?)

oh I see it – "an Isbell solo". Sorry

thanks, though!

lots of interesting looking stuff here: https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/great-records-you-may-have-missed-spring-summer-2022/