Apoplectic rock site Buddyhead has enlisted its writer Chip Norman to craft its official response, if you want to call it that, to Pitchfork’s rundown of the top 500 singles of the decade. Surprise: He hates it! A few choice terms from the piece: “a sycophantic hegemony”; “a time where every shitty animal band was not merely popular, but each its own little zoo-themed, techno Elvis”; “Vampire Weekend is not better than Pulp.” (OK, he’s right on that last point. But he’s wrong on pretty much everything else, especially his constant denigration of Kelly Clarkson. Dude, c’mon. Fight the real enemy.) And the first comment, instead of going with the old-school exclamation “FIRST111111!!” exhorts the killing of all hipsters, which, sigh. More »