http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/06/my-lonely-days-are-gone Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:27:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/06/my-lonely-days-are-gone#comment-17242 RIP mj Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:23:59 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2588#comment-17242 rip mj!! :( rip mj!!

]]> http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/06/my-lonely-days-are-gone#comment-16416 Matthew Perpetua Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:26:25 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2588#comment-16416 It depends. In the case of Wilco, at least a few people pitched for it, and the editors make a decision on what take they like, etc. There's probably other factors involved, I'm not involved in those sort of decisions at all. For a lot of regular album reviews, the writer may be the only one who expressed an interest in writing about it. I think in a lot of cases, consensus opinion matters, and in some cases, not so much. It depends. In the case of Wilco, at least a few people pitched for it, and the editors make a decision on what take they like, etc. There’s probably other factors involved, I’m not involved in those sort of decisions at all. For a lot of regular album reviews, the writer may be the only one who expressed an interest in writing about it. I think in a lot of cases, consensus opinion matters, and in some cases, not so much.

]]> http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/06/my-lonely-days-are-gone#comment-16415 Jesse Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:30:59 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2588#comment-16415 When they assign these reviews, is it just random, or do they ask for everyone's opinion and find someone in the middle, so it doesn't look weird when a panned album tops the best of the year list. It's something I always wondered because most folks just credit the reviews to the publication, but it's actually just one writer's opinion (is that annoying to you?). When they assign these reviews, is it just random, or do they ask for everyone’s opinion and find someone in the middle, so it doesn’t look weird when a panned album tops the best of the year list. It’s something I always wondered because most folks just credit the reviews to the publication, but it’s actually just one writer’s opinion (is that annoying to you?).

]]> http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/06/my-lonely-days-are-gone#comment-16413 pangea Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:04 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2588#comment-16413 Matthew, Much love and respect to MJ, but I think you have done a fine piece of music criticism in Pitchfork today. You nailed that Wilco Review and i thought you should know (I didn't know where else to place my comment). I really like the album but totally agree that it's not a step forward nor a step backward. It's an exercise in consistency--except i don't really care for "Sonny Feeling." You said it much better than i have here or in my mind or on my blog. To me in comparing it to other really great albums of the year, it's not spellbinding in the way that the last Grizzly Bear album was, but I think i really do like it better than Sky Blue Sky--except to say that no song on (The Album) quite reaches the guitar heroics heard on "Impossible Germany." well done, sir. bravo. Matthew,
Much love and respect to MJ, but I think you have done a fine piece of music criticism in Pitchfork today. You nailed that Wilco Review and i thought you should know (I didn’t know where else to place my comment). I really like the album but totally agree that it’s not a step forward nor a step backward. It’s an exercise in consistency–except i don’t really care for “Sonny Feeling.” You said it much better than i have here or in my mind or on my blog. To me in comparing it to other really great albums of the year, it’s not spellbinding in the way that the last Grizzly Bear album was, but I think i really do like it better than Sky Blue Sky–except to say that no song on (The Album) quite reaches the guitar heroics heard on “Impossible Germany.” well done, sir. bravo.

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