Posts by jb7889
a pitchfork book??
i read online a few todays ago, and according to The Observer, the music savants over at Pitchfork Media are releasing their first book. This sure to be hipster bible will list the 500 best songs from 1977 or 500 songs from 1977 that you've probably never heard. still, it'll be interesting to see what they choose i suppose...or maybe i'm just a huge sucker for lists. in the end though, all the kn
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hi...
So, it may have been a little better if i had used my first post as a form of some kind of intro, but I decided to go for broke and just throw something up. Anyway, my name is Jon, I just turned 19, I live in a suburb outside Philadelphia, and I'm finally leaving to go to NYU next year. As far as favorite artists go, my top three would probably be Radiohead, the Beastie Boys, and the Clash, but
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iPod Apologist
I think I'm in love with Top 40 radio. Not the cool, hipster stuff like Vampire Weekend that the people at Pitchfork go ape-shit for. But rather the music that everyone else likes; the songs that I can't afford to listen to if I ever want to be taken seriously. I've always liked to think of myself as a music snob, and I would happily say so myself in an attempt to come off as a post-mod
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Locating MOG account...