Today's New York Observer has an article about the PFM phenomenon.

This should stir up some conversation.

sorry, but i believe this was already posted. its around somewhere, im not up to finding it right now. im pretty sure it was over the weekend.

The author must have posted it herself, because it ran in today's Observer.

you should be sorry.

Huh?

here you go: http://www.obner.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1102

it was a joke directed at northern soul. but i'm sure you should be sorry... for... something.

im sorry i got up this morning.

Interesting. I think that, while PFM might have helped promote Arcade Fire (I first heard of them through Jeph at Questionable Content, well before PFM's review), it's not clear how much you can attribute to their review. A 9.7 makes people want to go hear it, but does it make them like it? Similarly, a 0.0 rating for Travis Morrison (who doesn't wash his hands after peeing, by the way, ) may be confirming people's independent opinions, not creating them.

i think that's the whole point.

can't remember when i first heard of pfm's site. i think sometime in 2001, but not sure. was (am) highly interested in fresh forms of music and liked reading the reviews. (don't make fun!)