Aug. 19, 2011 at 6:41pm with 42 notes
pitchforkn+1
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Pitchfork and indie rock are currently run by people who behave as though the endless effort to perfect the habits of cultural consumption is the whole experience of life. We should leave these things behind, and instead pursue and invent a musical culture more worth our time.
— The latest n+1 is worth the price just for the Pitchfork essay. (Which also includes this cringe-inducing excerpt from an old review of John Coltrane by Ryan Schreiber: “‘Trane takes it to heaven and back with some style, man. Some richness, daddy. It’s a sad thing his life was cut short by them jaws o’ death”).
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  5. anastasiafriscia reblogged this from youngmanhattanite and added:
    What’s Gong? Is that a band?
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  7. therichgirlsareweeping reblogged this from anastasiafriscia and added:
    both terribly reductive, but also terribly true, I’m afraid. But I don’t think...anyone...
  8. youngmanhattanite reblogged this from anastasiafriscia and added:
    rather simple. DO DRUGS AND LISTEN TO GONG.
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