Tuesday, August 10, 2004
So you want to be a rock n roll critic?
Pitchfork.com is currently looking for reviewers. Besides clips or an unpublished review, they're asking for:
A list of your Top 10 favorite albums of 2004 (so far)
A list of your Top 5 favorite bands from each decade (1970s-2000s)
A list of the last 10 CDs you bought
Estimate of the number of CDs and LPs you think you've owned
I like the site a lot—a lot of their writers are music-saavy, insightful, and funny—and I'd probably enjoy writing for it (if they'd have me), but the idea of having to prove yourself with how many CDs you've owned or what your favorite '80s bands were seems fairly precious. I don't know even if I've bought ten albums that came out this year, much less consider them all "top ten" worthy. I know that they want a certain type of reviewer, and I know I'm a bit of a snob myself, but this feels like being a state school grad hanging out with the indie rock version of the Skull and Bones.
Well, at the very least, it's makes for an entertaining, High Fidelity-esque list-making exercise for a nerd like me.
I like the site a lot—a lot of their writers are music-saavy, insightful, and funny—and I'd probably enjoy writing for it (if they'd have me), but the idea of having to prove yourself with how many CDs you've owned or what your favorite '80s bands were seems fairly precious. I don't know even if I've bought ten albums that came out this year, much less consider them all "top ten" worthy. I know that they want a certain type of reviewer, and I know I'm a bit of a snob myself, but this feels like being a state school grad hanging out with the indie rock version of the Skull and Bones.
Well, at the very least, it's makes for an entertaining, High Fidelity-esque list-making exercise for a nerd like me.
