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Re: Pitchfork

chuckyslavidriva — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:08:22 -0000

Ass-kisser.

Seriously, very nicely articulated. You highlight many important truths about the positive influence music blogs, and more particularly, pitchfork have made. Don't forget, too, the few bands whose very success can be tied to pf's support - Clap Your Hands..., the Knife, etc. Vampire Weekend, to a degree, but really i think Other Music trumpeted them first; no matter. What a beautiful thing to see the music back in the hands of the listeners and lovers. Indeed, the previous paradigm was a nightmare: i still remember the awful feeling of having the industry in the hands of these dorks who knew/know so little. It's shocking to me how challenging and experimental some of our leading bands are now - for f's sake - Animal Collective is a festival headliner? Grizzly Bear? Deerhoof? Some messed up stuff being championed by the masses - 15 years ago, this would have seemed absolutely impossible. Power to the people...

Re: “The Real World: Cancun” Features TFC

chuckyslavidriva — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:01:31 -0000

I'm in that episode! I'm the topless chick on the beach. The one with the penis noir.

Re: Something New, Something Different

chuckyslavidriva — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:29:06 -0000

Praise, Allah. A warning: it's lonely out there on the edge. People want what they want; you alter the formula, they push back, or, even worse, shrug their shoulders and move on. Wouldn't want it any other way...

Re: The Living Room 9/3/09

chuckyslavidriva — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:34:28 -0000

To wit: I was blessed with the gift of a golden cock.

Re: It Might Get Loud

chuckyslavidriva — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:55:35 -0000

There seems to be no shortage of young, aspiring bands getting together in garages and basements, even in these crazy times. The only difference is that each has the very real opportunity to be heard by millions should they happen upon an exciting and unique sound. In the past, a band would be at the whim of some guy who got an A+R job at a megalabel from his uncle, who had attended dentistry school with the label head's brother. Even some band ambiguously named The Flying Change might have a global platform and be heard and celebrated around the world.

Re: It Might Get Loud

chuckyslavidriva — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:51:14 -0000

Maybe no more castles to record in, but there's a Yellow House and the tools for any group of creative thinkers to create something beautiful without being under the crushing weight of a machine that might turn them into the very people who will die at 30 of excess, or at least become fat and bloated and bored.

Re: “Brutally Honest and Haunting”

chuckyslavidriva — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:16:20 -0000

i would agree with that sentiment, but in an entirely different context. ie. you scare the s**t out of me.

Re: “Brutally Honest and Haunting”

chuckyslavidriva — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:09:43 -0000

there's that word again...