This Week in Music
Pitchfork Media launched Pitchfork.tv and the MTV comparisons are abound and plentiful. The media notorious for thrashing everything thrown on it’s plate with verbosity and grace has opted for a medium with some volume. It is the next in the evolutionary process. But where MTV’s birth was rooted in promoting the most popular bands and artists, allowing every fucking diva to pass through its stages unscathed, Pitchfork is deeply rooted in dissecting the essence of every piece of work handed them. In the close relationship music holds to fashion and other worthless accessories, MTV opted to snatch onto that bond and bear hug every ounce of creativity out of it until everything just looks and sounds like shit.
(Seriously, Do all those guys have Down’s Syndrome or are they inbred to have unusually large foreheads? I bet they have webbed feet.)
Pitchfork’s meager beginnings begs better guerdon than it’s predecessor, but the outlook is a bit hazy. It’s no doubt that, due to the specific nature of subscribers to Pitchfork, the outlet will surely be dead in moments when public gets wind of any perceived “mainstream” bands graces it’s airwaves(?). If there is any hint of corporate advertisement or big name…ANYTHING, god help them. Even the subdued, despondent Xxemo-corexX tween who is physically one entity with his internet will scream bloody murder. Hell, even if down the line there is some mutual agreement with Threadless, there could be some fallout. But it won’t come to that. There are some smart people there. Or they just have thesaurus’s like ALLLLLLL over the place.
Typically late on the bus, I just got wind of Record Store Day, April 19th, at basically every record store in the nation. Several bands are showing up at independently owned record stores all over to celebrate, but clearly none are playing in any of the shops in D.C. And despite this being a grand gesture in self-validation and realistically just a nationwide circle-jerk for no clear purpose, GOOD FOR THEM! It may be a bit pointless, but who cares? These shops HAVE been the backbone of music for decades. If they can collaborate and band together as one entity to better their sales for the day (interestingly enough, the day before every hippie’s bona fide “Earth Day”), good good stuff. For those whose closest encounters with a record store was High Fidelity, take some time out of your Saturday and swing by. It’ll change your life. (*degree of life changing variable. No life changing guarenteed).
Least but certainly not last, Lollapolooza announced it’s line-up. Clearly this happened after I bought my Bonnaroo ticket, as this line-up is DEFINITIVELY the best of the summer festivals(those who want to call me a hypocrite, yeah…well fuck you). They even have awesome headliners! Whereas most festivals rely heavily on their smaller acts since a lot of the headliners suck (still waiting on the VirginMobile Festival support line-up), Lolla actually is gonna rock the whole way through. If anyone wants to buy me a ticket to Lollapolooza, please feel free.
One final thought.
American Association of Retired Persons is funding a Foreigner tour. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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