In the past, the exercise has been an arduous process, fraught with nagging, teeth-gnashing and no shortage of reluctant participants, some of whom actually changed labels or places of employment to avoid the task. out of the label's artist roster and our show business colleagues. Our Annual Orgy of Self-Aggrandizement, Grandstanding & Overconsumption : Matador Artists & Staff Select Their 2014 Favoritesĭecember 15th, 2014 at 9:00 am by Gerard (above : coaches from 'The Voice Of Italy' offer their congratulations to all of 2014's top contenders) Around this time every year, your long-suffering dedicated editor attempts to coax a list of favorite recordings, books, television programs, life events, etc. No one wants to read about that shit, trust me. We'll do our best to cover a range of cultural issues, but hopefully not sports. But we're not above composing something and putting Ricky Luanda's name on it, especially if things are slow. In the days and weeks ahead, you'll be graced with intense, personal observations, screeds and propositions from a star-studded cavalcade of innovative artists and music business veterans. As you know, the management of Matador Records cannot resist any scheme that might either a) make us money or b) result in our selling half of the company again, so voila, it's THE MATABLOG. Here's to another 9 years - at the very least - of being scooped by Pitchfork on our own news stories! - GC) According to New York Magazine (our personal style bible), this blog thing is really taking off. Since the blog medium was almost entirely played out by that time, this was sort of akin to trumpeting the invention of the CB Radio in 1995, but just the same, we've persevered and thoroughly enjoyed spreading misinformation and hastily correcting broken links. (Editor's note : roughly 9 years ago this weekend, internet history was made with the introduction of the Matablog. FROM THE ARCHIVES : MARKING THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MATABLOG

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