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Posted by MF DU on 2007-01-25 20:20:19 +0000

MLB 2007 - 2K sports

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Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 14:21:36 +0000
<img src="http://assets.pitchforkmedia.com/images/image/26978.nirvanabaseball-small.jpg?">

<a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41345">Hope Cobain was a baseball fan.</a> (If he was - Pitchfork is most certainly incorrect about the choice of teams - that MFY hat and pinstripes - blech)

311: "Down"
Bishop Allen: "Middle Management"
Cities in Dust: "Emergency"
Death From Above 1979: "Little Girl"
Dixie Witch: "Set the Speed"
Editors: "Munich"
Five Horse Johnson: "I Can't Shake It"
Greatdayforup: "Man's Ruin"
The Jealous Sound: "Naïve"
Les Savy Fav: "Hold on to Your Genre"
The M's: "Plan of the Man"
Nerf Herder: "High Five Anxiety"
Nirvana: "Breed"
The Pixies: "Mr. Grieves"
The Specials: "A Message to You Rudy"
The Stooges: "I Feel Alright"
Sublime: "Summertime"
Tapes 'n Tapes: "Insistor"
The Thermals: "A Passing Feeling"
The Walkmen: "The Rat"
Wolfmother: "Woman"

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-02-23 14:29:48 +0000
It's definitely refreshing to see that at least one of us reads Pitchfork.

FWIW I wouldn't have chosen "Insistor" as the Tapes N' Tapes song.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 14:33:55 +0000
doesn't everyone read Pitchfork?
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 14:41:42 +0000
Shit man - look at the cover. Ortiz last year was much more palatable

<img src="http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/take2store_1933_885306">

Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 14:57:53 +0000
The other weird / cool thing is that on the Tapes N' Tapes tour, if you are lucky enough to see them in Minnesota, there is anspecial guest appearance od Chuck Klosterman. (Not to mention being able to play MLB 2K7 head to head w/ other underground music fans. Bitchin!)

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-02-23 15:12:29 +0000
Please. Even the casual baseball fan's gotta give it up for this guy.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 15:22:41 +0000
I know - Im just kidding. It cant always be all Red Sox all the time.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-23 16:16:00 +0000
Not any more, no. But I still give it a solid 7.0.
Posted by tgl on 2007-02-23 16:21:29 +0000
7.0! What a farce! LOL LOL LOL LOL


It's a 6.8 and you know it.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-23 16:24:17 +0000
C'mon, man. It sounds like mid-period Bailter Space crossed with The Knife. You're being SO harsh.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 16:25:31 +0000
why not?
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-23 16:33:29 +0000
The writing's fallen off, the records always get similar ratings, the stuff they cover doesn't strike me as terribly exciting, etc. Basically I'm old and bitter.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 16:36:10 +0000
I just like the speed and frequency of the news updates. (I spose it slow sometimes, but there's usually at least one interesting kernel per day that I was not yet aware of)

I must admit to not usually fully reading the record reviews...
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