I'm excited. This week, Pitchfork Media Inc., the seminal bastion of all-things-indie, has introduced the world to Pitchfork TV. There's no doubt this new web tv experiment is aimed directly at fuddy's like myself who long ago abandoned the reality shows and teeny-bopper trash that took over MTV like poison ivy. And, to top it off, we no longer have to wade through crappy videos by "artists" who shouldn't be calling themselves such...we can pick what we want to watch. I love it. They even have an old Ugly Casanova video (which was a side project of Isaac Brock's for all you Modest Mouse fans.) It's indie-nerd heaven for sure and I'm playing a lute and wearing some kind of feathery toga.
Here's a clip from the introductory PFTV special "Don't Look Down", featuring none other than that rockin' Portland trio, those portents of Portland punk, The Thermals...playing atop a building in NYC. Kind of like a latter day "Where the Streets Have No Name" without all of the Bono-drama. Enjoy.
May the streaming feed be always at your back,
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