Red Mosquito

Kevin Davis wrote:Despite Pitchfork's reputation I think they've had a really solid stable of writers for the last few years, writers who crank out not only consistently well-written reviews but also consistently stimulating think pieces. The snark doesn't overpower the substance nearly as often as it used to, and that kind of generalized, judgmental "elitism" they're so often blamed for is more or less absent in the actual writing. I wonder how often it ever was there, honestly--I mean, I definitely have read some nasty, very tactlessly construed reviews there (no more than elsewhere, mind you), but more often than not I think the prevailing impression of Pitchfork has a lot more to do with how Pitchfork functions as a cultural phenomenon than it does with how it functions as a music magazine. This from someone who has historically had no shortage of nasty criticisms of the magazine.

Tuolumne wrote:

harmless wrote:

Tuolumne wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Positive or negative, pitchfork reviews are usually pretty well written and have at least some thoughtful take on the subject. I look forward to them.

There's no way I could ever agree with this. Pitchfork's writing is just awful. I can barely get through half of any of them. So much is just nonsensical gibberish that can't hold my attention at all. On top of that, there's so much fluff in the form of like 3 intro paragraph's of "context" before they even go into the album.

It just sounds like you have a short attention span. Three paragraphs is not many paragraphs.

Not when it's three paragraphs of crap-ola. It is alot of paragraphs when it's bias dressed up as "context". I want to know what images and feelings the music evokes from the listener. I don't like to read "context" injected snarkily into the actual analysis of the songs themselves, much less in such an uneloquent and sloppy way. The hate Pitchfork gets is well deserved.

harmless wrote:

Tuolumne wrote:

harmless wrote:

Tuolumne wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Positive or negative, pitchfork reviews are usually pretty well written and have at least some thoughtful take on the subject. I look forward to them.

There's no way I could ever agree with this. Pitchfork's writing is just awful. I can barely get through half of any of them. So much is just nonsensical gibberish that can't hold my attention at all. On top of that, there's so much fluff in the form of like 3 intro paragraph's of "context" before they even go into the album.

It just sounds like you have a short attention span. Three paragraphs is not many paragraphs.

Not when it's three paragraphs of crap-ola. It is alot of paragraphs when it's bias dressed up as "context". I want to know what images and feelings the music evokes from the listener. I don't like to read "context" injected snarkily into the actual analysis of the songs themselves, much less in such an uneloquent and sloppy way. The hate Pitchfork gets is well deserved.

Images and feelings again? We've already done that. Name me a single writer of any review who doesn't write with a bias. Everything has a bias. You'd be OK with a writer who has the same biases as you, I'm guessing. In the context of Pearl Jam, they don't. But it's your own bias preventing you from being OK with that.

Fuzzcharger wrote:I really enjoyed getting in my car this morning and cranking Getaway first thing as I left for work.

Heathen wrote:For what it's worth I really enjoyed getting in my car this morning too.

BurtReynolds wrote:CAn you believe I still haven't given this album the ole car test!?

Fuzzcharger wrote:

Heathen wrote:For what it's worth I really enjoyed getting in my car this morning too.

Sometimes it's the little things in life isn't it.

BurtReynolds wrote:CAn you believe I still haven't given this album the ole car test!?

stupidmop wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:CAn you believe I still haven't given this album the ole car test!?

The sound is greatly improved when you listen to the shattered remains if the cd shoved into your cd player after reversing over it in your car a couple of times.

All these little nuances you miss out otherwise.