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Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 8:40 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:A week's worth of anticipation, and we're here....

OK COMPUTER WEEK
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Radiohead's classic album

First article headline of celebration:

"Explore Radiohead's OK Computer in 5 minutes"
Ugh. That's like "Read the Canterbury Tales in ten minutes flat!"
Cliffs Notes on OK Computer

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:22 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I don't know it doesn't seem like that big of a deal

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 12:28 am
by Jorge
You know what that means right? It's how they label their trivia videos. It's a five-minute video with some background information about the album.

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 12:55 am
by Norah
Can you believe a media company did some forward promotion of their own content? Let's all laugh at pitchfork indeed.

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 1:05 am
by Jorge
cutuphalfdead wrote:Can you believe a media company did some forward promotion of their own content? Let's all laugh at pitchfork indeed.
Well, I dunno how common that is, but writing news articles about future articles they're gonna write is a little weird. No? Isn't that what social media is for?

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 1:06 am
by Norah
theplatypus wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Can you believe a media company did some forward promotion of their own content? Let's all laugh at pitchfork indeed.
Well, I dunno how common that is, but writing news articles about future articles they're gonna write is a little weird. No? Isn't that what social media is for?
Yeah you're probably right. I didn't actually see what they did.

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 1:48 am
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 1:03 pm
by tragabigzanda

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 1:15 pm
by Jorge
Haha, the second sentence sounds like a mad lib

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 1:19 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 1:25 pm
by Jorge
Go fuck yourself

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 1:26 pm
by tragabigzanda

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Mon March 27, 2017 2:55 am
by washing machine
How did everyone's OK Computer week go?

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Wed April 05, 2017 2:17 pm
by tragabigzanda

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Wed April 05, 2017 2:27 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I mean...that one seems fine to me...

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Wed April 05, 2017 2:28 pm
by tragabigzanda

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Wed April 05, 2017 2:29 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Is that the whole review?

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Wed April 05, 2017 2:30 pm
by Jorge
I believe these are blurbs that precede the full review. There are some where I see Trag's point, where bad writing can be easily identified. But then there are others that I'm fine with, and some that I actually like. Like the very first one in the thread.

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Wed April 05, 2017 2:46 pm
by epilogue
theplatypus wrote:I believe these are blurbs that precede the full review. There are some where I see Trag's point, where bad writing can be easily identified. But then there are others that I'm fine with, and some that I actually like. Like the very first one in the thread.
Same.

Also, I think the posting of the blurbs rather than the whole review is part of why I take issue with the premise of this thread sometimes. Anything can be stupid out of context. Doesn't mean we can't all have a good laugh. Just saying. It's a weird mental block for me for some dumb reason.

Re: Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

Posted: Mon April 10, 2017 11:51 am
by Kevin Davis
Stumbled across this and found it interesting -- a former Pitchfork contributor giving some insight into how ratings are determined on the site:
http://no-trivia.tumblr.com/post/646605 ... s-at-p4k-i

Who knows how true any of it is, but if it's accurate it goes a long way toward undermining the editorial integrity of the publication in my eyes, at least in terms of their reviews.