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29 Jun 2009 02:04

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Music: Wilco (The Album). Pitchfork (The Review). Positive (The Rating).

  • 7.3 Pitchfork’s rating of Wilco’s self-aware new album source
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24 Jun 2009 09:14

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Culture: Evidence “Transformers 2” is gonna be an ironic classic

  • one The latest film has an unbeatable score – a whopping 22% – on Rotten Tomatoes.
  • two It’s directed by joke of a man Michael Bay, so you know it’s gotta be … uh … good.
  • three Roger Ebert describes it as “a horrible experience of unbearable length.”
  • four His one-star review goes on further to say, “This isn’t a film so much as a toy tie-in.”
  • five Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf might make out on Bumblebee’s hood again. source
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09 Jun 2009 09:43

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Music: Pitchfork gives Dirty Projectors a “make these guys famous” rating

  • 9.2 rating for the indie rock up-and-comers’ “Bitte Orca” source
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26 May 2009 01:17

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Music, Politics: Pitchfork sez Grizzly Bear’s new album is the bees’ knees

  • 9.0 rating for the indie band’s ultra-hyped “Veckatimest” source
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22 May 2009 12:09

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Music: Pitchfork goes against the critical tide on Green Day

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21 May 2009 08:27

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Politics, U.S.: Fewer people think Dick Cheney’s a neckless hobbit than before

  • 37% of people have a favorable opinion of the former vice president, who’s been courting controversy lately
  • +8% his favorability rating is still low, but it’s up significantly; the pollsters say it’s because he’s not in office source
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19 May 2009 09:02

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Music: Eminem gets a backhanded compliment from Pitchfork on “Relapse”

  • 4.8 At least it’s not as bad as “Encore” was, they say source
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17 May 2009 23:53

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U.S.: If you’re in SoCal, you didn’t imagine that earthquake

  • 5.0 the Richter scale rating of the just-happened quake source
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06 May 2009 21:40

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Culture: Why you should be excited about the new “Star Trek” movie

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04 May 2009 03:00

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Music: Conor Oberst ain’t feeling the critics’ love from Pitchfork

  • 4.9 their rating of the Bright Eyes dude’s latest, “Outer South” source
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