Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On - Idolator Comments

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

marc h. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:43:56 EDT

Yeah, it was originally a fake blog. Then whoever put up the fake blog took it down, and I got the URL. Now it's my blog.

marc h.

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Amry — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:15:12 EST

Yeah, pretty sure that's not a fake blog. The John Mayer link is the dead giveaway.

This comment totally sounds facetious. I swear it's not.

Amry

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Riley — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:28:44 EDT

dude, you are bullshiting like an idiot funkyj

Riley

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

FunkyJ — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:18:35 EDT

errr... excuse me but can someone explain to me who are pitchfork and why does their opinion supposedly matter so much?

The only online music critic I take seriously is Dr David Thorpe.

FunkyJ

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Riley — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:02:19 EDT

i think a lot of shit sucks and it should be rated as either a 1 or a 10. the best bands you'll ever hear get a 10, and all the rest get a 1. why should we have to wade through the middle of the road shit?

Riley

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

coolfer — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:45:35 EDT

So Hogan probably gave Cold War Kids a 6.5 and the Blogosphere a -1.5. Pitchfork printed the sum of the two rather than separate them.

After reading the review, I'm not what to think of the Cold War Kids album. But I'm definitely not going to buy the Blogosphere album.

coolfer

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

gorillavsmarykate — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:02:26 EDT

The CWK review later went on to read:

Hey! You call this slop? Real slop has got chunks in it! This is more like gruel! And this Chateau le Blanc '68 is supposed to be served slightly chilled! This is room temperature! What do you think we are, animals?

gorillavsmarykate

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

the rich girls are weeping — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:34:29 EDT

I want to make a t-shirt that says "Not every band will change your life" and hand them out to bloggers and 'forkers alike.

And, honestly, I think the CWK's record is more in the 6-6.5 range. It's true they're not earthshattering, but they are kind of interesting in that Fleetwood Mac kind of way.

the rich girls are weeping

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Matthew Perpetua — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:33:45 EDT

Oh, bless Marc Hogan!

Matthew Perpetua

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Ascender — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:17:31 EDT

I think the review was actually fair, something that's hard to find these days on the 'Fork. Cold War Kids are good, but they're not earth shattering. Which was the gist of the review. What you hear is the crying of a thousand bruised egos.

Ascender

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Rabi — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:16:50 EDT

Marc Hogan once declared Christ as being overhyped and much better in the bible then at the live resurrection.

Rabi

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

millwhistle — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:02:22 EDT

he might as well have said "people who buy records, raise your standards!"

millwhistle

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Riley — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:53:10 EDT

Change the word "bloggers" to something else

Riley

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

turdly — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:49:14 EDT

but honestly, cold war kids DO suck and so do birdmonster and sound team. the bloggers are just sore losers. that said, IGIF has a point, they shouldn't act like bloggers ONLY write about music they don't like

but i'm pretty happy they shat on CWK, b/c that band is so forgettable and crap

turdly

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

the rich girls are weeping — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:41:27 EDT

Oh, and by the way -- can't we just call a truce, or something, Blog-o-teria and Pitchfork? This is literally becoming the most boring and annoying thing about trying retain one's sanity as a music blogger. Is it too much to ask that everyone grow up?

Oh wait, that's like asking the clerk at the comic book store not to stare at my rack.

the rich girls are weeping

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Kevin7 — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:33:31 EDT

I like seeing the Fork smash down an over-hyped band; it's kind of like putting out your own fire.

Kevin7

Blogsmacked: Pitchfork Vs. Music Bloggers--It Is So On

Steve518 — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:31:24 EDT

This is by far the biggest thing that annoys me about the 'fork nowadays, the whole crapping on bloggers for liking albums they don't, and pretending they don't exist when blog-hearted albums get rave reviews on P-fork. And the list of offenses is long: Mew, Peter Bjorn & John, Tapes n Tapes, Asobi Seksu, on and on. Can't have it both ways. I say let it go, 'forkers, we can all live in peace.

Sorry for the ramble...liquid lunch at work today.

Steve518