Put a Fork In It
The Washington Post has an interesting, if somewhat dry piece about the man behind Pitchfork Media, Ryan Schreiber.
The story does include this fantastic tidbit:
“Among the sources of complaints: Pitchfork’s mean-spirited rants, which have been accompanied by more than a few zero-point ratings; the site’s cooler-than-thou indie-elitist tone; blowhard reviewers who don’t really review the music; and pretentious writing that can be, as Rob Harvilla brilliantly put it in the East Bay Express, ‘a dense, hugely overwritten, utterly incomprehensible brick of critical fruitcake.’”
Did you read that? “Incomprehensible brick of critical fruitcake”? That’s golden right there. The Post also reveals (get this) that Schreiber likes Hall & Oates and Justin Timberlake. Anyway, you can get the whole shebang right here.