In the interest of furthering music site cross-pollination, we'd point you to an interview at Pitchfork featuring The Gutter Twins, né Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan, in which our hero, the former Afghan Whigs frontman and consummate smoker slams what he calls "snarky hipsterism" in music journalism. After accurately savaging what the interviewer's employer is best known for, writer Amy Phillips asks for Mark Lanegan's input, which successfully diverts the course of the conversation to sports and away from what could've been an entirely compelling discussion. Perhaps the guys at Stereogum would've handled it better.
Greg Dulli rips "snarky hipsterism" in interview with snarky hipsters
In the interest of furthering music site cross-pollination, we'd point you to an interview at Pitchfork featuring The Gutter Twins, né Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan, in which our hero, the former Afghan Whigs frontman and consummate smoker slams what he calls "snarky hipsterism" in music journalism. After accurately savaging what the interviewer's employer is best known for, writer Amy Phillips asks for Mark Lanegan's input, which successfully diverts the course of the conversation to sports and away from what could've been an entirely compelling discussion. Perhaps the guys at Stereogum would've handled it better.
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6 Responses
April 9, 2008 at 10:52 a.m.
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I think Pfork's reputation as being snarky and hipster is very overblown. |
April 9, 2008 at 3:45 p.m.
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i think its pretty accurate. |
April 10, 2008 at 12:22 a.m.
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As pretentious as Pfork can be with their reviews, the tone of their news and interviews are pretty straight-laced, and their columns border on academic at times. And they're more or less sincere about what they write these days. i think the term hipster is thrown around too loosely these days. everyone has a different idea of what it is (if its anything at all). |
April 10, 2008 at 1:12 p.m.
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I think Dulli's penchant for sly insinuation is reason enough to believe he's talking about Pitchfork, even if he wasn't aware that he's describing them to some degree. |
April 10, 2008 at 5:39 p.m.
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It's just too fun to poke fun at Pitchfork. I mean, do they have a quota for Radiohead posts they must meet? And let's not forget the curved-graded reviews for bands from Chicago: 1.0 extra point. But even if you don't agree with their reviews(gasp!), at least they make relevant points and valid arguments. |
i just read the part of the interview this was talking about. he specifically says he is not talking about pitchfork. i really don't think he was trying to call them out.