Comments on: An Interview With Nick Thorburn of Islands http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/12/an-interview-with-nick-thorburn-of-islands/ I'm a Bartender, I Do Great Things. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Nate P. http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/12/an-interview-with-nick-thorburn-of-islands/#comment-22058 Nate P. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:30:36 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/12/an-interview-with-nick-thorburn-of-islands/#comment-22058 <i>The Internet is a great leveler and it’s supposed to be a place where everyone can weigh in but what I don’t like about Pitchfork is that it’s this hegemonic, monolithic take on music criticism. But whatever, half those guys are like Harvard business school graduates. They’re not musicians, they have no real understanding of what we’re doing.</i> Try getting me to geek out over No Age at gunpoint, or convincing everyone on the staff to go as berserk over the new Portishead as I did. The Pitchfork Hivemind is the stupidest music-nerd myth going. The Internet is a great leveler and it’s supposed to be a place where everyone can weigh in but what I don’t like about Pitchfork is that it’s this hegemonic, monolithic take on music criticism. But whatever, half those guys are like Harvard business school graduates. They’re not musicians, they have no real understanding of what we’re doing.

Try getting me to geek out over No Age at gunpoint, or convincing everyone on the staff to go as berserk over the new Portishead as I did. The Pitchfork Hivemind is the stupidest music-nerd myth going.

]]> By: douglas martin http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/12/an-interview-with-nick-thorburn-of-islands/#comment-21799 douglas martin Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:21:07 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/12/an-interview-with-nick-thorburn-of-islands/#comment-21799 <i>People think I’m an asshole because I’m trying. They might conflate pretension with effort.</i> this is probably one of the best things i've ever read a musician say. what a great interview! People think I’m an asshole because I’m trying. They might conflate pretension with effort.

this is probably one of the best things i’ve ever read a musician say. what a great interview!

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