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Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:52:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/22/2012 22:52

Won't be swallowed by their words 😲 Pitchfork cares not for us.

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

gussteivi — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:40:31 GMT

Author: gussteivi

Posted: 01/21/2012 23:40

As someone who's only visited Pitchfork a handful of times out of morbid curiosity, but finds Pitchfork as a phenomenon interesting, this was a good read!

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

40footwolf — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:33:58 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 01/21/2012 23:33

Fantastic essay, thanks so much for bringing it to my attention.

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:37:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/21/2012 22:37

monosyllables wrote:

I find it strange that they didn't mention anything about the recent move Pitchfork has made to swallow up more "authentic" rap music as a way to absolve themselves of the accusations only being into rock and rock derivatives, with the occasional exception of "white-people" rap.
All in all, though, it was a pretty fascinating read!

yeah, I find it strange that the 10.0 they awarded to MBDTF wasn't mentioned at all, as the article was written after Pfork reviewed that album.

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

monosyllables — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:35:57 GMT

Author: monosyllables

Posted: 01/21/2012 22:35

I find it strange that they didn't mention anything about the recent move Pitchfork has made to swallow up more "authentic" rap music as a way to absolve themselves of the accusations only being into rock and rock derivatives, with the occasional exception of "white-people" rap.
All in all, though, it was a pretty fascinating read!

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

Xavygravy — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:20:17 GMT

Author: Xavygravy

Posted: 01/21/2012 20:20

It's actually a really good read. 😎

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

Xavygravy — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:03:57 GMT

Author: Xavygravy

Posted: 01/21/2012 20:03

"Back when people still had to pay for music, money served to limit and define consumption. You could only afford so many records, so you bought what you could, listened to the radio or watched MTV, and ignored everything else. Those select few who did manage to hear everything—record store clerks, DJs, nerds with personal warehouses—could use this rare knowledge to terrorize their social or sexual betters, as in the pre-internet-era film High Fidelity. Napster made all of that obsolete. Today, almost every person I know has more music on his computer than he could ever know what to do with. You don’t need to care about music to end up like this—the accumulation occurs naturally and unconsciously. My iTunes library, for example, contains forty-seven days of music. According to the column that counts the number of times I’ve played each song, roughly a sixth of that music has never been listened to at all. In the 21st century, we are all record store clerks. "

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

19loveless91 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:45:32 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 01/21/2012 17:45

tl;dr

Re: SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

Jackwc — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:06:40 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 01/21/2012 17:06

lol @ name of post

SLEEPING GIANTS/FRIENDS ARE NOW AWAKE. PITCHFORK

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:00:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/21/2012 17:00

an interesting article on how pitchfork has shaped 'indie' music of the past decade or so

http://nplusonemag.com/54