Some bitter, old music critic from a newspaper blog called "The Chicago Sun Times" named Jim DeRogatis went to Pitchfork Music Festival, and seemed to have an agenda against the festival + the 'boring ass' indie bands that played there. Think his newspaper gig 'folded' and now he is trying to get hits for some new blog. He is apparently a 'respected pre-internet music critic' or something like that, but I'm not sure if he is still 'relevant' since people can just stream music instead of reading about how music sounds. It seems like he was eager to call the festival a 'shitfest', referring to it as "YAWNFORK" cuz it was s0000 b000ring.

Anyways, he said a bunch of crap about how the bands 'sucked live', but were 'hyped hard' by p4k, and p4k let every1 down. Seems like some sort of 'old media' vs 'new media' battle. Perhaps he is mad jealous of the 'sick hits' that Pitchfork gets.

Here is the part where he said the Panda Bear set sucked:

Sadly, things slowed down again during the penultimate set as dusk and a slight breeze finally replaced the day’s oppressive heat while Animal Collective’s Panda Bear, a.k.a. Noah Lennox, played a way-too-long set of drony trance grooves punctuated by atonal yelps, yodels, and the occasional wounded whale noise. If this sort of thing had been delivered by a third-tier Grateful Dead offshoot band on one of the smaller stages at Bonnaroo, the Pitchfork crowd would have scoffed in derision. But since it was Pitchfork-endorsed, most stood politely and soaked it in, though there was a steady stream of refugees fleeing for the other stages, the food lines, or the Porta-Potties.

Without the aid of mind-altering substances, Panda Bear’s performance was an indulgent, unlistenable mess. With them, it may well have prompted the sort of bad trip that would lead someone to believe that they could fly off the steeple of First Baptist Congregational Church across Ashland Avenue from Union Park.

Damn. Unlistenable mess. Wish he'd just write chill words that 'the masses' can get behind, instead of trying to kill harsh vibes. Wonder if Panda Bear will turn into the new M.I.A. [via mudslinging/'prophetic' pieces that claim 'the album isn't that good yall--it's all just internet hype']

Then he went on to say that LCD Soundsystem was 'pretty good', but then used some sort of tricky journalistic tool where he did a flippyroo to say that Pitchfork Music Festival 'sucked':

Still, as great as the band was [LCD Soundsystem], the mediocrity of much of what preceded it on the first two days prompted one to wonder if Pitchfork ultimately means as much in 2010 as it did earlier in the decade.

Damn. Seems like he's really harshing on Pitchfork's vibes. Maybe since he is losing hits, he is going to start one of those new blogs where you are just 'anti-pitchfork' and sorta ride that wave to get a couple of hits.

Sometimes it seems like Pitchfork is an unchill bro, but then old media bros try to ruin Pitchfork's vibes/voice, and ur like 'damn, maybe p4k is kinda chill 2 have around after all.' Getting defensive.

Is Pitchfork 'losing power' or is it 'more powerful than ever'?
Are hits + ad dollars the only things that matter in the fight for the blogosphere?
Do 80%-90% of buzzbands 'suck live'? Is this a real 'revelation', or is that just something that people need 2 accept in the internet indie era?
Has Pitchfork's 'voice' been 'compromised by their Music Festival'? Is this 'a bad thing' or a 'who cares' thing?
Should Jim DeRogatis have his ass 'banned' from Pitchfork Music Festival next year if he is just gonna pull this 'anti-p4k' bullshit [via biting the hand that feeds]?
Should all music critics have a limit on the length of their careers, or do u wanna 'grow old and bitter' with a music critic bro as 'the kids' get into 'lame, empty, hollow shitty music'?

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