Comments on: Readers Write: Pitchfork Editor Promotes Hoax Theory, Gloats About Stats, Still Thinks Dr. Dog Kinda Sucks

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:20:43 +0000

I was lying before I really hadn’t seen cloverfield yet… Now I did- It was filled with great moments

By: Tayyib

Tayyib — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:24:20 +0000

I think the editor makes a good point.. Philly is well represented on Pitch Fork and throughout the music media as a whole.. It’s just doesn’t happen to be the go no where bar rock suburban transplants are so touchy about.. let’s face the music Philly -The biggest Rock band associated with this town is the Hooter’s!!!!! for gods sake.. ( Hall and Oats are an R/B group)

3rd string State Property artist (who is that? my point- Exactly) garner more sales and interest than many of the rock groups who gripe.

By: saul

saul — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:26:41 +0000

Often lame and yes, unintelligible, at least Pitchfork takes the time to listen to the music before they bash it. In their own way, they will actually back up their opinions.

Last year Philebrity slung a bunch of hate at some local bands with their “10 Worst Of” list without offering the slightest bit of reasoning behind their selections. The whole thing reaked of the same hipster popularity contest gutless bullshit Philebrity is so quick to accuse Pitchfork of. I think both publications are bunch of jerks. But yeah, I do read them from time to time.

I also think the A-Sides are a good band.

By: Philthy

Philthy — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:01:35 +0000

oh, and grace it’s my understanding that the bc camplight guy doesn’t live in a mental hospital. i heard he was there for about a week. once. personally, it’s hard for me to sympathize with his “i’m so crazy” stance on life when i see the dude all the time at the local hipster hangout trying to look just as cool as the rest of us. “crazy” people don’t go out of their way to be recognized.

By: Philthy

Philthy — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:46:12 +0000

I spot a fatal flaw in your final argument, Mr. Philebrity: “but the tip was eminently trustable.”
Tell me sir, do the words “couldn’t you tell that I’m a liar…” ring a bell??

By: BillyW

BillyW — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:10:19 +0000

The only thing more boring than Pitchfork bashing is trying to figure out who the “right” Pitchfork readership is. Kudos to Pitchfork for having the uncanny ability to attract more detailed analysis from their detractors than from their “readership”. Actually, wait. They’re the same, arent’t they? Nevermind then.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:43:34 +0000

I think that Pitchfork is a great site for music news, because they cover alot of bands that would fall short of more mainstream online musical publications. And instead of reading like 6 or 7 different music blogs to get a summary of what is going on with the bands that you like/care about.

In recent years, I’ve stopped reading/relying on their reviews as good critiques because the people that write them typically have conflicting tastes with each other and also with myself. This is a perfect example, one writer thought BC’s record was mediocre, where 2 others thought it was in the top 12 of the year. It really does depend on who writes the review. People that say, “Pitchfork loves this band” are wrong because Pitchfork doesn’t know how to love. It is the writers that ulitmately love/hate something. It is just sad how many people take the word of something so inconsistant as gospel with out really even listening to the music for themselves.

By: Alphabet Jordan

Alphabet Jordan — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:45:48 +0000

The Pitchfork fears The Philebrity!

By: jonsolomon

jonsolomon — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:57:05 +0000

I think I enjoyed how well-crafted the idea of Cloverfield was more than the film itself.

By: katy p

katy p — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:11:08 +0000

I looked at the writers’ lists again and only one writer voted for the B.C. Camplight album. I don’t understand why Joey continues to list two people. Is he fudging his quotes to incite more drama and pageviews?

Also, if Pitchfork didn’t matter, blogs such as Philebrity wouldn’t pick fights with its editors, nor would people go out of their way to diss the site.