043 Tishara Quailfeather
Back to work, so the words will come later. I have a lot to complain about today! But for now, have you seen this top ten list that David Cross did for Pitchfork? The Top Ten CD's I Just Made Up to listen to while skimming through some of the overwrought reviews on Pitchfork.
Here's a highlight:
[Instead of reading the review for Animal Collective's Sung Tongs,] Why not listen to As I Became We by Tishara Quailfeather? The virulent and hermetically sealed pinings of the world's only triple gold selling Native American artist living in an iron lung. It's as if newly dead, and thus still pure angels, reached down into The Virgin Mothers throat and gently lifted out the sweetest and most plaintive sounds man will ever hope to hear in this life. RATING: 7.17
I thought that the David Cross article was pretty funny, since he's obviously making fun of, as he says, Pitchfork's overwrought reviews. Making up names of bands and giving them fake histories and stuff is right up my alley. Braid once plastered a backstage wall with a bunch of fake band names with fake tour names, all with little notes thanking the club... Anyway, I agree that Pitchfork isn't the best place to read reviews, but for music news, i go there pretty often... Anyone know of a better indie music news site?
Well another hard day at "the office" is over, and it wasn't too rough. I was however, introduced to a new species of insect. Halfway through an oddly furious unboxing, I noticed a lone bright red tiny bug dashing across the lid. I tried to gently brush him off but it didn't work too well. He practically exploded in a bright red burst. Don't feel bad, though. There were hundreds of other ones to take his place, seemingly one on every box. So, when i got home, i went straight on to Google to find out if these curious crimson creatures were out to harm me... Turns out they are harmless little clover mites. Whatever. I still feel like they're crawling all over me. Getting to sleep may be a problem.
In other news, I really really hate this guy...
Here's a highlight:
I thought that the David Cross article was pretty funny, since he's obviously making fun of, as he says, Pitchfork's overwrought reviews. Making up names of bands and giving them fake histories and stuff is right up my alley. Braid once plastered a backstage wall with a bunch of fake band names with fake tour names, all with little notes thanking the club... Anyway, I agree that Pitchfork isn't the best place to read reviews, but for music news, i go there pretty often... Anyone know of a better indie music news site?
Well another hard day at "the office" is over, and it wasn't too rough. I was however, introduced to a new species of insect. Halfway through an oddly furious unboxing, I noticed a lone bright red tiny bug dashing across the lid. I tried to gently brush him off but it didn't work too well. He practically exploded in a bright red burst. Don't feel bad, though. There were hundreds of other ones to take his place, seemingly one on every box. So, when i got home, i went straight on to Google to find out if these curious crimson creatures were out to harm me... Turns out they are harmless little clover mites. Whatever. I still feel like they're crawling all over me. Getting to sleep may be a problem.
In other news, I really really hate this guy...
posted by Robert at 9:15 AM
11 Comments:
Pitchfork is the devil in internet indie I tell thee. David Cross however is a funny guy, so I took a look and after a couple of minutes of reading I really couldn't see much of a point to that article. So I gave up. It just strengthened my opinion in hating the site.
I don't read the site, and I never will now after reading David's article. I wonder why they published it. Maybe they didn't get it. It's not the most pithy satire, but I guess that's the point. Still, it's damn funny.
hi bob.
been listening to "secret santa cruz" a lot this morning on repeat. i guess i feel pretty sad because i can't turn it off.
I once read every single review on Pitchfork.
I had just finished "Our Band Could Be Your Life" and I wanted to know more about musical influences. I had a boring job.
One of the best shows I have ever seen was the Velvet Teen and Life at These Speeds in Cali.
What is one of yours?
Another one was Converge because I didn't want to go in the first place and I ended up breaking my arm in "The PIT!" good times.
i hate that guy too. hes on television here way too much. i dont know if its for other theme parks or just six flags marine world but he needs to retire to florida or something, with all that energy though i dont see that happening anytime soon. whoever thought of putting an old mask on an 18 year old and making him dance to a horrible song, i hope they cashed their check already. - david
the old man is actually a teenage girl dancing. quite a make-up job, eh?
Pitchfork is probably the best place for indie news from what I've seen, but for reviews I recommend www.indieworkshop.com. I haven't read all of them, but from what I've read in the past they're pretty good. I like the fact they don't do the whole 7/10 thing as well because you can never agree with those.
Who is that cartoony looking person at the bottom?
Oh yeah, you're from the UK, right? Consider yourself lucky that you never have to see this guy. He's the mascot for Six Flags, a company that owns and operates a ton of amusement parks here. It's supposed to be this wrinkled old man who is so excited to go to a Six Flags park that he can't stop dancing. I hate it. The music is terrible, too.
xxoo
bob
I have nightmares about the dancing Six Flags Grandpa. He really scares the bejeezus out of me in the same way clowns do. I will not attend a Six Flags park until that particular mascot is kicked to the curb by whomever does SF's advertising, because if I were to see him while waiting in line for the Superman ride, I will lose my poop completely.
who's from the UK? and whereabouts?
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