Indie Cred Flawlessly Maintained.
Personal Credit History: Not So Much.
[Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2004 06:00:00 Popdork Pacific Time]
Andy Kotowicz reports:
Now, I like to think I'm pretty forward thinking when it comes to my
taste in tuneage. My early-days discovery of the Animal Collective,
Broken Social Scene, Sufjan Stevens and Devendra Banhart this year alone
has to be worth something tangible. You can certainly understand my
confidence as I strode into Byram Honda this weekend to apply for
financing on a '97 Prelude. I apologized to Mr. Burlison, Regional
Customer whateverthefuck for my disheveled appearance and sweatiness,
but explained that I'd been spinning krautrock until real late the night
before. I then casually mentioned that I'd been spinning the Dizzee
Rascal record since July, lest he think my taste one-dimensional. It was
at this point that I sensed trouble. Dudelar did not give a FUUUUUUCK.
It was as if he had no idea what I was talking about. I was pretty
embarassed for the guy. Long story short: cred denied. I mean, come
on! It's hard to keep up on bills n shit when you work in a record
store, run your own label, do your own zine, DJ nights AND fill in on
tabla in your buddy's psych band! I'm performing a community service
here! Whatever...It was clear that this dude did not know his Sun City
Girls from his Nurse With Wound. I remain undeterred. I'm gonna blow
dude's mind with a killer mix CD and soon enough I'll be zoomin' around
campus in a six year old Prelude. 'Till then, see you on the bus!
Sub Pop Records confused for sandwich shop for the last goddamned time.
[Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2004 06:00:00 Popdork Pacific Time]
Chris Jacobs reports:
Lacey Swain, Front Desk Receptionist, Administrative Assistant, Traffic
Coordinator, etc., etc. for Seattle's Sub Pop Records, has no idea what
a "BMT" even is. Still, time after time, and day after day, people
wander into the lobby, look around ("And, I swear to god, how can they
not notice the boxes of CDs, the copy machine, and just the complete and
utter lack of sandwich shit??!") and ask about the meal deal. "At first,
I thought it was a joke. Like, 'ha, ha,' Sub Pop/Sub Shop. But then,
when it happened over and over again, I started to think: 'What kind of
asshole gives his record label such a misleading name?' Some of these
people look super hungry!" Demonstrating the sort of initiative and
penmanship that landed her in the functional driver's seat of a media
empire such as Sub Pop, Ms. Swain took matters into her own hands. A
sign on the front door now reads: "We don't sell food here, I don't know
who that Jared fat-ass even is, and I WILL PUNCH YOU RIGHT IN THE NECK
if you come in and ask me for a sandwich. Thank you very goddamned
much." It's only been two hours since the sign went up, and tomorrow's
lunch rush is still a long ways off, but Swain seems confident. "That's
the fuckin' end of that, I'd say."
Pitchfork Staff Member says “Hi” to real life woman
Other staffers admonish one of their own for “selling out”
[Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2004 06:00:00 Popdork Pacific Time]
Jed Maheu reports:
Last Friday at a Pretty Girls Make Graves show, Pitchfork staff member Andy
Ward said “Hi” to an actual woman. This marks the first time a member of the
Pitchfork staff has made direct verbal contact with someone of the opposite sex.
Normally content with sitting in his mother’s basement eating Cheetos and
watching bootlegged Jawbreaker videos, Andy somehow got the courage to speak
openly to a girl at last Friday’s show.
The “Hi” in question came in direct response to ticket girl Mollie Neuman’s
“that’ll be twelve dollars please.” Although “here ya go” or “thanks” would
have been a more appropriate response this does show progress in Andy’s attempt
to mix within his peer group. When asked what he thought of Andy’s attempt at
conversation with a female, fellow staffer Jon Slade was quick to point out that
“although it would be nice to have a female friend someday, I think that Andy has
lost all sense of his indie cred.” Jon then quickly scurried away into a nearby
Japanese toy shop and emerged hours later with what looked to be smeared chocolate
on his face and “Pocky” sticks hanging out of his back pocket. Andy’s previous
verbal encounters with women have included crying when his 6 year old cousin
Sandy broke his Clikitat Ikatowi tape and his trip to the nurse’s office in 4th
grade after some older kids hit him in the head with a kick-ball.
Matador Records finally apologizes.
Still no word from Beggars Banquet.
[Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2004 06:00:00 Popdork Pacific Time]
We're Sorry Too.
Popdork staff belatedly posts "Top Ten" lists for 2003
Everyone does it.
[Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2004 06:00:00 Popdork Pacific Time]
Tony Kiewel A & R (no particular order and excluding reissues,
all sub pop records, about a dozen other worthy albums, and I'm sure a bunch
of great shit I simply haven't listened to):
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
The Books - The Lemon of Pink
Cat Power - You Are Free
Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow
Jolie Holland - Catalpa
A Frames - 2
The Concretes - s/t
Cass McCombs - A
Nobody - Pacific Drift
The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
Chris Jacobs Marketing (not ranked and excludes anything released on Sub Pop):
The Concretes - The Concretes
The Hidden Cameras - The Smell of Our Own
Centro-Matic - Love You Just the Same
Crooked Fingers - Red Devil Dawn
Bonnie Prince Billy - Master and Everyone
Cat Power - You Are Free
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
PW Long - Remembered
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
AFrames - 2
Andy Kotowicz Retail (not ranked, top X, where X is larger than 10):
Trad Gras Och Stenar - Djunglens Lag
A-Frames - 2
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Fanny Pack - So Stylistic
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Stark Reality - Now
Rhythm & Sound - With the Artists
Pharoah Overlord - 2
Keith Hudson - Playing It Cool
Kevin Ayers - Reissues
Gene Clark - No Other
James Luther Dickinson - Dixie Fried
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Rev. Charlie Jackson - God's Got It
Dylan - Super audio reissues
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Spiritualized - Amazing Grace
DVD:
Led Zeppelin
Can
Dean Whitmore Indie Retail (no particular order):
Can - DVD
Cat Power - You Are Free - Matador
A Frames - 2 - SS Records
Dead Meadow - Shivering King and Others - Matador
US Maple Purple On Time - Drag City
Deerhoof - Apple O - Kill Rock Stars
The Concretes - S/T - Licking Fingers
Six Organs Of Admittance - Compathia - Holy Mountain
The Pulses - Little Brothers ep. - Dirtnap
Popular Shapes - Bikini Style - On On Switch
Lacey Swain Office Ruler (again no order. sub pop indecisive much?)
Outkast
Popular Shapes
A Frames
Cat Power
Shins
Exploding Hearts
Michael Yonkers
The Lights
Beehive and the Barracudas
Chromatics
Susan Busch Radio:
1. The Concretes - S/T
2. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
3. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
4. Lost in Translation
5. My Morning Jacket @ Sasquatch Festival
6. Cat Power - You Are Free
7. TV on the Radio - Young Liars EP
8. Beyonce - Crazy in Love
9. The Shins @ Antones in Austin.
10. The Rapture - Echoes
Carly Starr International (no order):
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Postal Service - Give Up
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Stephin Merritt - Pieces of April
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Cat Power - You Are Free
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Stars - Heart
Enon - Hocus-Pocus
Zach Cowie Internet Sales, Dirty Wizardship (top fifteenish, no order):
Meic Stevens - Outlander (reissue)
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Goodbye Babylon - Boxset
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run The Game (deluxe edition reissue)
Six Organs of Admittance - compathia
Weed
Stark reality - Now (reissue)
Neil Young - On The Beach (reissue)
Richard Youngs - Airs of the Ear
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots (reissue)
Ed Askew - Little Eyes (reissue)
Animal collective - here comes the indian
Eddie Gale - Ghetto Music (reissue)
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
Gene Clark - No Other (reissue)
Best music thing of 2003: Seeing Trad Gras Och Stenar, TWICE!
Steve Manning National Publicity (no order):
Libertines - Up the Bracket
Drive By Truckers - Decoration Day
Strokes - Room on Fire
Paul Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Damien Rice - O
TurboNegro - Scandinavian Leather
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Popular Shapes - Bikini Style
Stuart Meyer Production / A & R (no order):
IPod
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Postal Service - Give Up
Outkast - The Love Below
Kelis - "Milkshake"
Finding Nemo
Dido - "White Flag"
Beyonce - "Crazy in Love"
Simple Life
Six Feet Under
Strangers With Candy DVDs
Jed Meheu Regional / Tour Press:
1. Ass fucking to blowjob
2. Ass fucking
3. Interracial sex
4. Double penetration
5. Rim jobs
6. Finger in the ass
7. Eating pussy
8. Blowjob
9. Finger fucking
10. Hand jobs
Shawn Rogers International / Licensing (no order):
Grandaddy - Sumday
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (Released in Canada
2002/US 2003)
A-Frames - 2
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
The Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side
Erase Errata - At Crystal Palace
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
Dean Hudson New Media / Dirty Internet Wizard (too many in no order):
Ice Cold Andre - "Hey Ya"
Lyrics Born - "Callin' Out"
Watching Mr. Manimal (aka "The Juice") loose his mind in foreign cities
The Bumjob photo
Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Getting my van towed
Kelis - "Milkshake"
Zeppelin DVD
Strip-its
50 Cent - "In Da Club"
Lil Kim - "Magic Stick" (bonus: her swallowing large containers of soda whole)
Magic: The Gathering
Missy + Tim on anything
The theft of my personal belongings
A-Frames - 2
Thoughtforms
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
The forest
The Legendary Maneuver
SUTN
ROTK
My friends
Still the worst for 2003:
"Indie" referring to a genre
10.0: A reissue from the late '70s / early '80s that no one could get away with dissing you for owning
(even if they WERE sick of it 4 years ago)
