There aren't that many good and cheap writers out there (ignoring whether anyone thinks the 'Fork staff is "good," it looks a hell of a lot better if you read other webzines). And where we've faced serious competition, it's only been, in my mind, a good thing. Popmatters, Stylus and PSF were kicking our butt on features for the past few months, but that's spurring us to respond, which is good for everyone.
Sure, someone could surpass and even destroy the 'Fork. But someone could also unseat the Onion - how hard is that, you just tell jokes and post 'em on a website - anyone could do that, right? And anyway, few publications stay vital for more than a few years regardless. I guess I just don't worry about it. Of course, I'm also just a staffer.
― Chris Dahlen (Chris Dahlen), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Dustedhttp://www.dustedmagazine.com/
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Signal to Noisehttp://www.signaltonoisemagazine.org/
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
rateyourmusichttp://rateyourmusic.com/
it will become more important/ useful.
Also rateyourmusic website design/ usability destroys AMG.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― blount, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I also think there are a LOT of music writers on the web who are better than the most of the ones at Pitchfork, too, and they're not that hard to find - but most of them aren't interested in doing what Pitchfork does. Dahlen is right, I think, in that most of the other websites aren't trying to compete with Pitchfork.
― charlie va (charlie va), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Q, January 2005: "THE STONE ROSES: They could have ruled the world."
MOJO, May 2002: "THE STONE ROSES: 'We could have ruled the world.'"
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― blount, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 23:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Actually, reviews of older albums like those are the only pieces of music writing I find really compelling these days. It's due partly to my own focus, which has been more on re-evaluation and re-appreciation than discovering brand-new music, and the joy of reading people writing about records that they know really, really well, instead of music they've just run into. A sober second thought is always more interesting than a first impression, for my money.
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link
http://evermusica.com/ever/music/ehm_2004_end.html
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Er? Oh, you mean the 136 list? That would take a lot of revising to actually bring anywhere to print, and I honestly can't imagine who'd be interested!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 00:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 03:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 18:02 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 22:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 6 January 2005 10:53 (nineteen years ago) link