Tuning Fork
Now, I've been reading TF off and on for the last 4-5 months, and I just love the hate and the birthing of a subcounter-culture. The writing isn't excellent, but there are weathered old people here, spinning yarns and bitching about record reviews, and trying to cull bands and albums that Pitchfork hasn't absorbed into its omniprescence.
At this point, I think I'd see Sharron giving slight accolades to TF, if that weighs in at all. Also, at this point, the only thing I read on PF is the news and the number reviews. The text may have become insipid, but spit a lil fuzzy math on the numbers and you have a diving rod to some stuff you like (Sam, Clap Yr Hands may have to get back in line, but they have cuts.)
Anyway, its TF first birthday and they reposted their first, spiteful lampoon, and it's almost enough to make me go out and buy some zines.
Weathered old people spinning yarn? You damn kids with no respect for your elders. Hmph.
I would put that better but why bother when my writing already sucks.
If you have been reading the site for 4 or 5 months as you say you would know we don't hate.
Play nice.
Eek.
I tend to wax profane from time to time. Not to pussy out on my entry, but I do appreciate yr site and find it vital, but it does give the sorta vibe (at least from my experiences) of disatisfaction. And, yes, I've seen the agreements with pitchfork, and the writing isn't poor, but a bit turgid but still very palatable. So, I guess I am pussying out several fractions, but now I pose a question: how do you see your site's relationship with PF in the following vague biological terms: symbiotic, parasitic, mutualistic, commensalistic or amensalistic? Explain your answer.