Word of the Day
Calumny (n., CAL-um-knee)
The making of false statements to injure another person's reputation. Slander, but purposeful slander. For the evils. And for achievement.
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Link of the Day
Pitchfork gives music 6.8 - The Onion
An oldie but a goodie:
Schreiber’s semi-favorable review, which begins in earnest after a six-paragraph preamble comprising a long list of baroquely rendered, seemingly unrelated anecdotes peppered with obscure references, summarizes music as a “solid but uninspired effort.”
“Coming in at an exhausting 7,000 years long, music is weighed down by a few too many mid-tempo tunes, most notably ‘Liebesträume No. 3 In A-Flat’ by Franz Liszt and ‘Closing Time’ by ’90s alt-rock group Semisonic,” Schreiber wrote. “In the end, though music can be brilliant at times, the whole medium comes off as derivative of Pavement.”
Music criticism is a hard gig. It's tough to capture music well, let alone do it in a non-pretensious way. Pitchfork is absolutely an elitist site, although they've toned down in recent years. And they write good reviews. But it doesn't mean that this isn't hilarious. It is, and that's because Pitchfork would rate music a 6.8.
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