tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post1461682757182157749..comments2023-10-06T06:54:22.647-05:00Comments on there's NOTHING QUITE LIKE the blinding light...: Online Video Killed the Indie StarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-24169099012163404232008-03-07T00:06:00.000-06:002008-03-07T00:06:00.000-06:00I think for most people interested in music there ...I think for most people interested in music there is a love/hate relationship with Pitchfork. Hopefully their videos stray from their reviewing philosophy. What cynical hipster doesn't hate Ghostland Observatory, yet curiously love Vampire Weekend?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-88741070707348201422008-03-06T11:22:00.000-06:002008-03-06T11:22:00.000-06:00i don't have a satellite dish or digital cable? W...i don't have a satellite dish or digital cable? Will I get to watch this television next year when my antenna becomes obsolete?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788886013913315140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-88416428088618378462008-03-06T10:48:00.000-06:002008-03-06T10:48:00.000-06:00I agree with that. I think we'll have to give it ...I agree with that. I think we'll have to give it a few years and see what happens with all of this.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186159659192498547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-47656654818913760732008-03-06T09:11:00.000-06:002008-03-06T09:11:00.000-06:00I don't really buy that. I'm no historian, but I ...I don't really buy that. I'm no historian, but I bet Rolling Stone and MTV began with similar intentions to Pitchfork.Jim P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701868662513464680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-78470535242116512322008-03-06T08:53:00.000-06:002008-03-06T08:53:00.000-06:00For more on PTV there is a pretty good interview i...For more on PTV there is a pretty good interview in today's Suntimes by DeRogatis with Pfork founder Ryan Schreiber. Here's an Screiber sent to DeRo after the interview was over that I think answers a lot of questions:<BR/><BR/>"Hey Jim --<BR/><BR/>Was just thinking about the conversation and wanted to clarify:<BR/><BR/>I respect your concern about Pitchfork becoming some massive multinational conglomerate in the way that Rolling Stone and MTV did, that there are potential risks of over-extending Pitchfork as a company. But what happened to Rolling Stone and MTV was that at some point, the focus shifted from attempting to create a good and valuable resource to becoming as profitable as possible, or appealing to as many people as possible. What we do with Pitchfork and with the Pitchfork Music Festival, and now with Pitchfork.tv, all come from a sincere place of being really dedicated music fans who want to create these things that don’t exist for other people like ourselves. So in anything we do, the focus is always on how we want to see it done from our perspective as music fans. If we were interested in broadening our readership or viewership or trying to be all things to all people, the logical step would be to start trying to get interested in records with a little more widespread appeal. But then we wouldn’t be covering what we liked, or what our readers like; our lives would be a living hell listening to all that garbage and our readers would understandably turn their backs. Staying true to our vision of Pitchfork and what it represents is the easiest thing in the world for us because we aren’t tempted by the alternatives.<BR/><BR/>Ryan"<BR/><BR/>Here's the link for the entire interview:<BR/>http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2008/03/pitchfork_founder_and_indieroc_1.htmlAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622585337986072758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-40768281464751997352008-03-05T20:59:00.000-06:002008-03-05T20:59:00.000-06:00flavor flav's clock can't fit in a house, but vh1 ...flavor flav's clock can't fit in a house, but vh1 made it happenAudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516775184275781073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-23516718422110451242008-03-05T16:17:00.000-06:002008-03-05T16:17:00.000-06:00What else can't fit in a house? Churches. Very sma...What else can't fit in a house? Churches. Very small rocks.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928148614540665905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-77776167415104726492008-03-05T14:41:00.000-06:002008-03-05T14:41:00.000-06:00Broken Social Scene can't fit in a house.Broken Social Scene can't fit in a house.Jim P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701868662513464680noreply@blogger.com