...there is a review with a rating that does not fall between 5 and 8 (Ada gets an 8.6)
Despite this, though, the average rating today is 7.2
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-02 18:47:00 +0000
Today the LCD soundsystem gets the 'best new music' tag and a rating of 8.2 (even though the end of the review says that 'Ultimately, LCD Soundsystem suffers a similar fate: plenty of good-not-great stuff, and a tad unfocused.') The Frames get the 4.7.
Still, though, the avergae rating today is 7.1.
Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-02-02 20:26:46 +0000
How about this: change our rating area to 4.5 to 8.5
Maybe one review a week would fall out of that?
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-02-02 21:41:29 +0000
Men talk about music:
Number number number number. Fugazi. Number number. Aberration. Number number number. (all laugh ironically)
Men talk about cars:
Number number number number. Fuel injection. Number number. Aberration. Number number number. (all laugh ironically)
Hee hee.
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-03 04:11:45 +0000
Number number number number. On base plus slugging. Number number. Aberration. Number number number. Etc.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-02-03 08:46:22 +0000
I could listen to it for hours and never understand a word. :-)
Ed(ward) actually had to explain his new car-part purchase by describing it as a "push-up bra for the car".
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-03 09:10:03 +0000
I'll remember that for the next time I start to talk about baseball.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-02-03 13:33:53 +0000
Don't get me wrong - I [u]love[/u] all that Man-Talk.
I dont know if you've read Chuck Klosterman's 'Fargo Rock City', but in it he puts forward the theory that male music fans are inherently different from female music fans because male music fans are more willing to be analytical about the music they listen to (and why they listen to it) than female music fans, and as a result male music fans tend to be more band-loyal than female music fans. Hence heavy metal bands who relied heavily on a female fan base tended to crash & burn, whereas bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica are still selling a respectable number of albums. Erm, CDs. Ah, MP3s. (Sorry, Lars). Now, ol' Chuck seems to think that this makes men [i]better[/i] music fans. Which I have to say is pretty funny, since that in itself is an [i]analysis[/i] of the presented "facts". But I do like the theory. It has a good beat and I can dance to it.
Posted by bizquig3000 on 2005-02-03 15:58:54 +0000
I don't remember any of these conversations.
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-03 17:41:34 +0000
Chuck Klosterman rules. 'Sex, drugs and cocoa puffs' is a worthy follow-up to 'Fargo Rock City'- there's this essay about media bias that I seriously still wanna photocopy and pass out to everyone.
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-03 18:10:00 +0000
Today's:
5.5/7.7/7.6/7.2/6.7
Average: 6.9
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-04 18:06:09 +0000
Whoah! Athlete gets the 3.6!
So: 7.0/7.2/7.5/6.7/3.6
Average: 6.4
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-07 18:55:37 +0000
Postal Service EP: 4.3
7.4/7.2/7.2/7.0
Average: 6.6
Posted by bizquig3000 on 2005-02-08 18:22:50 +0000
For whatever it's worth, this loser has 29 of Pitchfork's 100 best records of the first half of the 00's: Franz Ferdinand "Franz Ferdinand," Bjork "Medula," Les Savy Fav "Rome," Annie "Anniemal," Shins "Oh, Inverted World," Sonic Youth "Murray Street," Books "Thought for Food," Kanye West "College Dropout," Lightning Bolt "Beautiful Rainbow," And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead "Source Codes and Tags," Shins "Chutes Too Narrow," TV on the Radio "Young Liars," Radiohead "Hail to the Thief," Streets "A Grand Don't Come for Free," Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots," Fugazi "Argument," Brian Wilson "Smile," Microphones "Glow Pt. 2," Radiohead "Amnesiac," Books "Lemon of Pink," Ghostface Killah "Supreme Clientelle," Strokes "Is This It?" Dizzee Rascal "Boy in Da Corner," Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," Streets "Original Pirate Material," Modest Mouse "Moon and Antarctica," Avalanches "Since I Left You," Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights," and Radiohead "Kid A."
Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-02-08 18:24:48 +0000
Frame, keeping it real...
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-09 21:28:29 +0000
Six Organs of Admittance will be the next record I buy.
Anyway: 8.3/7.1/5.4/6.3/5.0/4.0
Avg: 6.0 (a new low.)
Posted by tgl on 2005-02-10 14:25:51 +0000
I'd like to know Pitchfork's "BQ Rating" for it's yearly "Best Of" lists for the past ten years.
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-10 18:11:55 +0000
Today: 8.6/7.9/7.7/6.9/6.4
Avg: 7.5
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-11 18:35:19 +0000
The grime comp gets a 9.1!
9.1/8.0/7.7/5.1/5.1
Avg: 7.0
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-14 18:02:28 +0000
8.9/8.2/8.0/7.6/7.1
Avg: 7.96
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-15 19:01:16 +0000
Last week: 7.5/6.0/7.5/7.0/7.9 =7.1
Today: 6.9/8.3/7.8/7.7/7.4/6.0 = 7.3
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-16 18:21:21 +0000
Today: 7.7/8.0/7.5/7.4/6.1/7.0 = 7.2
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-17 18:11:04 +0000
Today: 8.3/7.8/7.2/7.1/7.0 = 7.5
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-18 17:56:53 +0000
Today: 8.2/7.8/7.3/7.2/6.0 = 7.3
Posted by tgl on 2005-02-18 18:08:21 +0000
This should be automated.
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-18 18:30:34 +0000
The code can't be too hard.
Posted by rladew on 2005-02-19 14:14:36 +0000
What about the Master Musicians of Bukkake (Someone in our circle of friends needs to buy it for the title alone - maybe it'll be me as long as someone else volunteers to explain what bukkake is on the day Maddie asks me)
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Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-21 19:15:12 +0000
Monday: 8.5/8.4/8.0/6.9/6.8 = 7.7
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-22 18:36:09 +0000
Last week: 7.3/7.2/7.5/7.3/7.7 = 7.4
Today: 6.5/7.7/7.1/6.6/6.5/5.5 = 6.6
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-23 19:41:18 +0000
Today: 7.9/7.9/6.6/5.0/7.2 = 6.9
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-24 18:42:39 +0000
Today: 7.7/9.3/7.8/7.6/6.6 = 7.8
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-25 17:51:06 +0000
Today: 8.0/7.9/7.3/6.7/5.1 = 7.0
Posted by frame609 on 2005-02-28 18:56:40 +0000
Today = 2.0(!)/8.6/7.8/7.5/6.4= 6.66
Posted by frame609 on 2005-03-01 17:41:45 +0000
So, for the month of February, the average rating was 7.0.
Sure are a lot of good records coming out.