It's a sad day for me. While I am always somewhat loathe to admit it, I've been an inveterate Pitchfork reader for years. But, following the recent news that the loved (and hated!) music website will be swallowed up by GQ, I sense the end of an era. It's impossible to understate the influence that … Continue reading On the death of Pitchfork
Tag: musical taste
Ebook announcement! On twenty-six CDs I found cleaning out my 2009 Subaru Outlook after a car accident
Woo! After months of fussing, I have finally completed a brief book of essays inspired by an old CD case I found after my car was totaled last May. Here's the introduction: A few days after the accident, we drove to the auto body shop to say goodbye. The adjuster had totaled the car—the repairs … Continue reading Ebook announcement! On twenty-six CDs I found cleaning out my 2009 Subaru Outlook after a car accident
On feeling ownership of a song
"Yoooooo! Play the song!" "Oh, hell yeah!" "Play the song! Play the song! Play the song!" My high school varsity locker room: the baseball team captain and co-captain. Both of whom I recall intensely disliking. I can also recall my own unsettled sense of self in this era, and have no doubt that this was … Continue reading On feeling ownership of a song
Taylor Coe 