Pitchfork's Chris Ott takes No Prisoners

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while i agree, i think it would be fair to call ott a "frustrated musician" as he's a musician and clearly frustrated

da croupier, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link

I'm not talking about commercial prospects. I listened to his music, and it fails. As music.

誤訳侮辱, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link

EPIC OTT FAIL

scott seward, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link

though i think it's kinda dumb that everyone who does music as a hobby is automatically called a "failed musician" this just seems like a guy making some weird beats for fun

putting it up on spotify implies that you want it to be more than a hobby though.

wk, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link

we are all failed musician

ship who you wanna ship (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link

that's not really true. lots of people puts lots of stuff up everywhere. still hate the ott though.

scott seward, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link

quality of ott's music or grizzly bear's music or size of island's owned by either or number of courses at the meal you ate last week should have no bearing on what is fucked up twitter harassment in the name of "criticism"

ship who you wanna ship (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link

oh yeah he seems like a total fucking dick no question

usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link

the problem isn't that he's a failed musician or whatever, it's that he's being a psycho. None of his zings at grizzly dude are more than neo-redneck gibberish

Makes no difference if his band sucks. I think it's good when music writers try to play some music or at least dick around with instruments - if only to realize that making really good music is hard, and give em a bit of humility. One would hope. Doesn't seem to have worked that way for Ott but whatevs

brio, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link

I think it's good when music writers try to play some music or at least dick around with instruments

I'd go so far as to insist on it

ship who you wanna ship (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link

i didn't know or had forgotten was this dude was like before this incident, so i read the beginning of this here thread, and...

R'LIAH (goole), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link

7.4
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3537-dynasty/

wk, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link

This is what Ott wants. Ott knows this is how to market a twitter handle.

Evan, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link

haw

some dude, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link

plz don't insist that film critics make movies, I don't get up that early.

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link

vines are acceptable

wk, Monday, 19 August 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link

;)

ship who you wanna ship (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link

丂んムレレԾЩ 尺乇Щム尺Ð丂 ‏@shallowrewards 1m
@earlxsweat thanks for helping me pay for my million-dollar condo -- love, @ryanpitchfork #hiphopin2013

丂んムレレԾЩ 尺乇Щム尺Ð丂 ‏@shallowrewards 4m
Who else can I fuck with, this shit is so fucking boring.

some dude, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link

@shallowrewards 3m
Man I gotta say Prince William is owning his pattern-baldness better than anyone in world history. Sexy as hell, respect a fucking killer.

some dude, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link

wait, Ott plays drums?? okay, its all coming together now. The Whiney Otters double drum attack will not be denied.

scott seward, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link

fuck are you dragging me into this for

i'm walter white btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 19 August 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link

I don't even understand this:

Me: RT @shallowrewards Who else can I fuck with, this shit is so fucking boring. [An entire life, summed up in 57 characters.]

Ott: @burn_amb boring...and looks like a guitar tech.

Is he saying I look like a guitar tech? Or that he does?

誤訳侮辱, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link

lmfao

J0rdan S., Monday, 19 August 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link

That photo of me is at least 10 years old.

誤訳侮辱, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/karmacorn/sleazy.jpg

誤訳侮辱, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link

That photo of me is at least 10 years old.

― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, August 19, 2013 2:40 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is a hilarious retort considering it's your chosen twitter avatar

J0rdan S., Monday, 19 August 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link

I'm not disavowing it or anything; I'm just saying, twitter avatar may not accurately reflect reality of person tweeting.

誤訳侮辱, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link

"fuck are you dragging me into this for"

eh it was just the cranky indie rock writer drummer thing. no offense. i LIKE you. hate the ott.

scott seward, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link

I don't really want to engage with this because it's the epitome of NAGL but did he spend last night proclaiming his heterosexuality as a setup for today's swooning over Prince William?

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Monday, 19 August 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link

Re-reading your 33 1/3 book on Unknown Pleasures and it's taken on a whole new slant as I now have your voice in my head

markers, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link

there are pills u can take for that

so what is going on here

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 19 August 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link

omg that video. hahahaha

wk, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link

nice find ums

R'LIAH (goole), Monday, 19 August 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link

'telling' as they say

R'LIAH (goole), Monday, 19 August 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link

http://vimeo.com/50499530

― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, August 19, 2013 2:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a lot more entertaining if you imagine that there's a loaded handgun on the table in front of him

call all destroyer, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link

pointed which way

up to you, my friend

call all destroyer, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link

"i just think people are tired of, um, people are tired of reading the same thing in 20 different places. i think they're tired of top ten lists. i feel like we've kinda failed... to do anything with the internet. we're not doing anything that's helping anyone."

"i know. but nobody has to die today, chris. we can all walk out of here, ok?"

R'LIAH (goole), Monday, 19 August 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link

"There's more levels of passes at the Pitchfork festival than there are levels of security in the US government! Think about it!"

brio, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link

I couldn't get past the part where he claimed that print mags knew more about their readers than internet advertisers. Is it worth watching more?

wk, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link

Depends how much you like listening to weird angry muttering. I dug it.

brio, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link

this is a lot more entertaining if you imagine that there's a loaded handgun on the table in front of him

so good

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 August 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link

would he feel comfortable saying this stuff if his real name was attached to it? (the twitter stuff)

markers, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link

Depends how much you like listening to weird angry muttering. I dug it.

do black helicopters show up at the end?

wk, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:42 (ten years ago) link

so sad that ott failed the children of the internet. he only wants to raise them the way he was raised.??????????????????????

scott seward, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link


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