Subpop Sends up Pitchfork

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― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 22 January 2004 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

pretty much the onion schtick....but man I wish there really was a website that had those reviews as it's recent reviews....Cockney Rebel, Ram Jam, and Pablo Cruise!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

yup, they sure do.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

a mild chuckle or two. not worth the html time, imo.

― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i have to say, i'm impressed by their thoroughness.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

if they went to the trouble of doing the news page why didn't they do fake reviews???

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Eh, they make up for it with the MS Paint wizard ad

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

And I was really looking forward to reading the "The Rapture: 'Echoes' Dance Music is the new ska" review! Fuckers

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, that caught my eye first as well...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually the Dean's List and the Ratings Key are pretty damn funny... funnier than the rest of the above.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The worst thing about the parody page is the page title itself.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stylus parody can be but mere seconds away from publication.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

boy will it be as lame as this one?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

It'll just be a blank page with "Nick Southall is a gay" written on it, so no, it won't be.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Jeez! Harsh! I thought it was pretty damned clever.

I remember once stumbling across this 'zine in the East Village called "Bitchfactor" that was making fun of all kinds of indie scene stuff. They had a fake Matador ad that was making fun of then-Matador's sudden interest in putting out hip-hop.

The ad had a picture of Gerard Cosley all bling-blinged out, with a speech bubble saying "Railroad what? Bettie Ser-who? Nigga please!"

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

haha rap is funny!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

haha dance music--who likes that stuff?!?!

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

seriously, hands up who even knew sub pop was still putting out records? what is the point of this aside from biting the hand that feeds?

worst mid-size record label of the 90s?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

haha i had to put "mid-size" so matos wouldn't immediately pop in with "grand royal"

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

between the Postal Service, the Shins, and Hot Hot Heat, a lot of people know they still exist

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Namely Colin Murray and Zane Lowe.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

you're going to have to provide your own rimshot for that one, I'm afraid

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Sub Pop is bling

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it's just having fun with what is obviously a major touchstone for music geeks like ourselves right now -- there's no evidence of any real vitriol in there. "Biting the hand that feeds" is a bit dramatic, really. I mean, there are jokes at the expense of Touch and Go, Matador, their own artists -- and all of them come off as jovial scene-y ribbing.

Besides, when did everyone get so touchy and defensive about Pitchfork? Jesus.

And Jess, the point of the Matador parody I cited earlier had nothing to do with "rap" being "funny." It was a (dumb, sure) joke about Matador's sudden switch in output.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

and that's all it was, right?

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:13 (twenty-two years ago)

well the problem with this parody isn't that pitchfork is the target, it's that it's terribly written (and crucially fails to even remotely sound like what it's supposed to be mocking)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

there is even a shot at Subpop itself in the rating system chart....like one of the really low ratings reads "Sub Pop record from the mid to late 90s"

Matador can't win....either they don't put out any rap/techno/nonindie whatever and they are "irrevelant" and "out of touch" or they put out ILM's beloved Dizzee Rascal and they are "trend hopping"....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

who's accusing them of trend-hopping, I wonder, though?

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

implied? or implode?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought that's what Ben meant that the controversial Matador fake ad thingy was doing....(I haven't actually seen this so wtf do I know)

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:17 (twenty-two years ago)

xpost to matos

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I was referring more to the Dizzee signing

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

It's obviously an affectionate jibe & I'm sure it was tossed together quickly.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I still have an old C/Z Records "Bruce Pavitt gave me head" T-shirt.

― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

gotch...I dunno...maybe I just assumed people had....maybe I'm secretly bitter and I'm projecting my feelings w/r/t Matador onto an imagined "other"....

actually, on the subject of Matador I think they've been pretty smart in their signings lately, have picked up some acts with some buzz and commercial potential like Dizzee, Pretty GIrls Make Graves, and Interpol....also the Mission of Burma reunion rec will prob. be a solid seller....I imagine that Malkmus and Cat Power are pretty dependable as well.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

xpost once again, sorry I'll get the hang of this soon.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:23 (twenty-two years ago)

sup pop is putting out some good stuff these days (big points from me just for the constantines). probably some bad stuff too, but i really can't be bothered to worry about that. i'd never seen the matador apology they link and that's really much funnier.

― andrew s, Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

i thought the matador apology was really stupid.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

haha matos i think yr "a lot of people" is overstated

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"sub pop: more than masonna, less than lil jon"

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

but i did forget about the postal service

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I know for a fact the Shins have sold more than 200,000 albums (combination of both albums), and the Postal Service are probably in that range too. it's not gold or platinum, but for a label and music as circumscribed as Sub Pop and indie rock are, it's pretty big.

xpost

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd say 100,000 people is a lot, anyway.

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:31 (twenty-two years ago)

also mr. 500-copies-dance-twelve-inch here isn't putting down obscurity, necessarily.

xpost. obv

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

(haha I only know those figures because I just edited a Shins piece by Laura Cassidy that cites them)

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:33 (twenty-two years ago)

also, i'm somewhat amazed by those numbers...indie rock is back!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

no one thought you were putting down obscurity. I'm just backing up my statement. (c'mon, back that azz up! azz up!)

xpost: me too!

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

The Shins outsell Memphis Bleek!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

sup pop signed wolf eyes and will be putting out their new record this year.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

'sup pop?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

seriously, hands up who even knew sub pop was still putting out records?

everybody who doesn't have an axe to grind, strongo - jeez subpop over the last two years has been a "Look, We Are Exceeding Our Wildest Hopes" story! Iron & Wine and Rosie Thomas have both done real good, and the Ugly Casanova record didn't exactly lay down & die

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm still pissed that they shelved the release of the retrospective compilation

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

The Shins outsell Loon.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

i heard Kinski for the first time the other day and it was phenomenal

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

saw Kinski open for Acid Mothers Temple and they were on hit legit. they gave good swoosh.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)

(psst I didnt know sub pop were still going either)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, half of my twentysomething liberal-arts-grad friends have both the Shins and Postal Service CDs.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

And if ya don't know, now ya know!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

do laugh at them behind their backs, jaymc?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)

It will take a lot from Sub Pop to let me forgive them for excluding "455 SD" from The Essential Radio Birdman

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a shame that I can't access the Subpop site right now to look at something stored in a directory named "pdork", because, damn, I sure could use a laff. But, hey, the new Shins & Thermals record make me happy, and it's not like I would seek out the Subpop site (or any Subpop releases) if my funny bone needed some ticklin'.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

what about David Cross?

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

He tickles my angrybone.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The Michael Yonkers reissue was a big deal for myself and others...

― Russ, Friday, 23 January 2004 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a newfound liking of Cross (or at least tolerance for him), thanks to "Arrested Development" and "Celebrity Poker Showdown."

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Yonkers was a real big 60s garage collector deal..I remember when the vinyl reissue a guy in mpls did on de stijl records sold out like in a week or something.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Matos - there are a few different threads now on Cross... he inspires real fury in some folk -- if I'm not mistaken, Chuck Eddy is his #1 detractor.

Is John Mayer really funnier than David Cross?
Is John Mayer really funnier than David Cross?
and
Ahh...David Cross
Ahh...David Cross

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I know he does.

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)

You know - just to emphasize the point - "Celebrity Poker Showdown" was really a great little show. I hope they do another "season."

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

that kinski/AMT split was the first thing i'd bought on Sub Pop in a long time.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

You know, I finally saw that Spin and read the Mayer/Cross thing...Chuck was 100% right on that (I'm a fan of his standup and Mr.Show too)....he was dire....Mayer actually has some funny things....esp. comparing Eat Me Alive to Limp Bizkit to Monkey Business by Skid Row....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(I'm definitely pro-Cross. Haven't seen the tour DVD yet, though. Anyone?)

Sam - Celeb Poker Showdown has been renewed. Did you see the Jack Black one? (to bring up another comic who divides people violently...)

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The DVD is alright. If you think he's an asshole before seeing it...

― dean! (deangulberry), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

No, there was one with Jack Black? This past "season"? I thought I saw them all. (Except the "West Wing" one - he's not on the cast of the "West Wing," is he?)

Glad to hear it's renewed.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Celeb. Poker Showdown was awful. If they had celebrities who could actually play poker, instead of randomly betting and bluffing and going all-in, yay. Or some interesting banter, even.

And they need to can Kevin Pollak and the 'pro' - they were worse than the normal poker announcers. World Poker Tour 4Ever.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

i was gonna say the kinski/amt was the first thing on sub pop i've bought since trembling blue stars, but i didn't. i don't know why. i'll say it now. before that, hmmm nebula or sunny day real estate. that pitchfork thing is kinda cute. i'd be flattered if i were pitchfork.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

do they still make that show where the dude who directed swingers has dinner with his boring friends?

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I love that show!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i only saw one of them. it must have been the bad one.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the album, dislike the DVD, don't know Mr. Show too well (saw one episode ever, liked it), and was underwhelmed by the Spin piece.

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Killdozer is the best band ever!

The Thermals record kills.

― scott m (mcd), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

you should rent the mr.show dvd's, Matos. They are a hoot.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Rent shment, buy them. The Season 3 "America Blows Up the Moon" sketch pretty much sums up everything ridiculous about the Bush era about 8 years early replete with Odenkirk as a Toby Keith-esque boot-scootin' flag-waver.

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Re: Poker Showdown. The only one with really good banter was (consults website) Game 3. But I even liked the other ones, just for the extreme casualness of the "celebrities" drinking and hanging out, being bored; the audience making catcalls; etc.

(I know nothing about poker.)

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Kevin Pollak is terrible. I liked how the "pro" was all awkward and not a TV-trained guy (the way he would stare at the camera with a frozen, awkward grin when it was on him; his obvious, clumsy desire for Nicole Sullivan.)

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i actually taped all the mr.shows on v.h.s. when they were first on cuz i thought it would be one of those things that i would never ever see again. dvd's really are a blessed godsend. who knew?

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

They are a hoot.

I must quietly disagree.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

haha "an axe to grind". sorry if i didn't have time to check for a middling indie rock label that i had no interest in when it was "hot"!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

oh ned, don't get me started. you are on my last nerve. grrrrrrr!!!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been well aware of Sub Pop's existence -- but for very obvious reasons.

Sub Pop have always been slightly above low-key at the worst. They did release Steve Fisk's "999 Levels Of Undo", one of the most overlooked electronic records of recent history...(I just wished the bastards had released it on vinyl)

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Can somebody recommend a Kinski song that's less shit than Semaphore?

― Ferrrrrrg (Ferg), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey you're mean, Ferrrrg. :-(

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't know kinksi from a hole in the ground. that split with amt didn't exactly make me want to run out and buy their records. but i would listen to more if someone said it was great. i always need more fuzz and noise and such.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

They've got three albums total out plus a slew of singles and one-offs and things, and good god are they loud live. As "Semaphore" is one of my favorite songs by them it's sorta hard for me to say what Ferrrrrg would like more.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)

is semaphore the one with the huge speed tremelo guitar intro?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes'm.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)

*drool*

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

*wipes the surface noise's chin*

Oh, we're hungry for some Kinski now, are we? poor old dear....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Been lucky enough to catch them three times now. At full volume.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Obviously nobody would do such a lame thing as to put a 5" x 5" piece of "art work" in a 12" x 12" package.

People do this?

― JoB (JoB), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Sub Pop's office is right next to my morning coffee stop = I am well aware of their continued existence. I should get a picture of the goofy gollum grabbing a Shins cd random cardboard sign they have up in their window before it comes down...

― lyra (lyra), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"Obviously nobody would do such a lame thing as to put a 5" x 5" piece of "art work" in a 12" x 12" package.

People do this? "

I've seen a few vinyl editions of indie label releases that merely include a copy of the CD booklet instead of reproducing it in a format-approprate size, and it is indeed incredibly lame.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)

do laugh at them behind their backs, jaymc?

No, I like the Shins and the Postal Service, too.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:37 (twenty-two years ago)

their mailorder department can suck my balls though, i had two singles club subs and STILL didn't get any copies of the last three singles.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)

devil in the woods are doing something similar to me as we speak

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Semaphore has a fucking great tremolo'd intro yeah, then it becomes boring powerdchordy wank for a few minutes then goes alright again for a bit. I felt wounded by how dull it was after the intro.

― Ferrrrrrg (Ferg), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)

devil in the woods are doing something similar to me as we speak

Sucking your balls?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"Obviously nobody would do such a lame thing as to put a 5" x 5" piece of "art work" in a 12" x 12" package.
People do this? "

I've seen a few vinyl editions of indie label releases that merely include a copy of the CD booklet instead of reproducing it in a format-approprate size, and it is indeed incredibly lame.

Cornelius Fantasma did this -- just threw the CD booklet in the LP sleeve.

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Sucking your balls?

hahaha indeed!

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Your humor has gotten so raunchy since you became a stripper, Ned...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 23 January 2004 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll only talk with you when you pony up for the lap dance.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

*plays Poison's "Fallen Angel", dedicates it to Ned*

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 23 January 2004 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

C'mon, man, the CRUE.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

All you strippers like the Crue.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 23 January 2004 02:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, I'm guessing they're all damned tired of that song.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Obviously nobody would do such a lame thing as to put a 5" x 5" piece of "art work" in a 12" x 12" package.

People do this?

Sub Pop did it with the Julie Doiron LP they put out in 1997. That was the first time I'd ever seen it done (Must be a Matador thing: the second Helium full-length and the second Lynnfield Pioneers album on the label, in addition to the aforementioned Cornelius record, are the only other two albums I have that's done this).

― Vic Funk, Friday, 23 January 2004 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Ur, I think the Mr. Dean's list was meant to be self-parodying all 'round.

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 23 January 2004 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Lonliest in the Morning?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry if i didn't have time to check for a middling indie rock label that i had no interest in when it was "hot"!

strongo you sound like one of those ppl who love to talk about how they don't even have a tv

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

haha!

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

i am always amazed at why regular posters troll under assumed names when they do

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:33 (twenty-two years ago)

embrace your assholisms, you fucking pussies!!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

that's hard on the arms and legs though

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:53 (twenty-two years ago)

is it anything like platonic blowjobs?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

― Embrace Nothing, Friday, 23 January 2004 04:55 (twenty-two years ago)

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scott.murphy/IMAGES/misc/jlppcolour.jpg

...what goes up must come down, a new fameeliah playing ground...

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

what goes up must come down

His hair?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

TECTONIC blowjobs on the other hand... yeeeeeow!!

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 23 January 2004 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha, I think a DNA molecule has more twists and x-posting than this thread

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 23 January 2004 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Obviously nobody would do such a lame thing as to put a 5" x 5" piece of "art work" in a 12" x 12" package.

Sub Pop themselves did this with my vinyl copy of How it Feels To Be Something On

― Kevin Erickson, Friday, 23 January 2004 06:18 (twenty-two years ago)

ahem..

"Ur, I think the Mr. Dean's list was meant to be self-parodying all 'round."

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 23 January 2004 06:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, i get it. Ha.

Sub Pop = weirdly consistent lately. Baptist Generals! Thermals! Kinski!

That Ugly Casanova record sounds worse every time I try to listen to it though

― Kevin Erickson, Friday, 23 January 2004 06:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i dunno... twas funny to me... some of you folks have the humor of a pile of rocks. the ms paint wizard ad RULES.

"All content meant to be taken with at least the tiniest grain of salt. Sub Pop Records, 2004"
m.

ps relevant and indie labels... i'm not sure where to start on that.
pps are the same people complaining about packaging p2p addicts? just curious.

― msp, Friday, 23 January 2004 06:35 (twenty-two years ago)

A little too in-jokey, but I still like.

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 23 January 2004 06:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with whoever up there said they should have done some "funny" reviews as well, I mean someone obviously has a lot of free time on my hands.

The Thermals were excellent when I saw them last month, it made me nostalgic for an era of early 90s indie rock I didn't actually live through.

The !!! LP has a CD booklet in it, it looks stupid.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 23 January 2004 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

seriously, hands up who even knew sub pop was still putting out records? what is the point of this aside from biting the hand that feeds?

1) how is PPitchfork the hand that feeds???

2) for the all-night radio album alone, Sub Pop's current existence is justified.

― stevie (stevie), Friday, 23 January 2004 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

5.) Any record that runs over the 45 minute mark is now considered a double record and must be judged by double record criteria. You are making a statement by doing this. Does your record slip neatly between Tommy, Exile On Main Street, The White Album, etc.? No, I didn't think so. Edit it. You too boring.

This one is good.

― Jake B (elvissinatra), Friday, 23 January 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

What does All Night Radio sound like, Stevie?

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 23 January 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

hey ILM! remember us?

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 23 January 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

like the second beachwood sparks album, expunged of the country influence and with the wispy psychedelic effervescence amped to the stars,..;.

― stevie (stevie), Friday, 23 January 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

No! Don't make fun of Pitchfork!! And there is nothing FUNNY about hip-hop conventions at all! Everything except indie rock should be taken with complete seriousness.

Sub Pop = rockists.

― ILM, Friday, 23 January 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"The !!! LP has a CD booklet in it, it looks stupid. "
it's out?!? how is it?

― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 23 January 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

When Sony did the vinyl for Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion, they just packaged the record in a plain black jacket with a sticker on the cover listing artist/title, and stuck a CD booklet inside. Incredibly lame.

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 23 January 2004 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

i just wanted to update a comment of mine upthread - as a result i was contacted by both the editor and publisher of Devil in the Woods and they're sorting me out. i'm hell of impressed by this and just wanted to (a) thank whoever gave them the heads up about my comment and (b) apologise for publically whinging about something that could easily have been sorted privately.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

This thing cracked me up actually. I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to rockcrit mockery, I suppose.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I meant the !!! LP on GSL with 'Feel Good Hit of the Fall' etc on it. It has seven tracks but plays at 33 I think, ergo an LP. Apols for any confusion

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

http://somethingawful.com/

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

er, yeah, and?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a Jon post. Don't expect to care, Jim. Or for it to make sense.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:11 (twenty-two years ago)

fag

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I suppose that's one of your patented "I'm not really homophobic homophobic insults", right? Classy.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)

You started it.

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

What are you six?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:17 (twenty-two years ago)

(Also point out where I started calling you--or anyone else--a "fag".)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)

You're being a jerk!

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, you're right. I'll stop if you will, kay.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

i just don't understand what somethingawful has to do with the thread

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:23 (twenty-two years ago)

SOMETHING AWFUL'S FRONTPAGE LOOKS LIKE PITCHFORK NOW

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:25 (twenty-two years ago)

nice.

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)

permanent link: http://somethingawful.com/fake/richdork/

― alan r. banana (alanbanana), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:31 (twenty-two years ago)

this is one of the many reasons why SomethingAwful is the only site i've ever paid money to join.

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Can't you go basically anywhere and read people make fun of Pitchfork for free? Why pay money for this?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

It wasn't even very witty either! I'm sure it appeals to SA's readership which still finds Army of Darkness highly amusing.

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

actually, i ponied up for a forum account there...

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

My roomie reads the forum and there's a lot of funny stuff but it is populated by the biggest assholes. For example, they flip out at you if you repost an already posted link.

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

the humanity!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

also, good for kitten images.

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't insult Army of Darkness plz k thnx

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

SO OVERRATED.

I love Photoshop Phridays though.

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)

SA let me find this, so they're endlessly classic.

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

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