Pitchfork's Chris Ott takes No Prisoners

Pitchfork.tv should remake "A Woman Under The Influence" recasting Ott as Mabel.

"the largest fashion corporation....in england"

Like, boomers have been telling millennials since before the crash of 2008 to "follow your bliss" and find a job that you love to do. Okay, that'd be good if you can get it. And some people do get it. Some people love to write about music and they found jobs that paid them money to write about music. But Gen X Chris Ott comes along and says no, that's selling out maaaaaan, you need to do it out of the pureness of your heart. Follow my lead and make 94k with bennies from unchecked corporate capitalism; in your spare time, vlog about music for free. I'm selling out during my day job to capitalism but at least my music writing is pure and untouched. That way you know my opinions about deep album cuts from Moose have not been influenced by InBev.

so i think his point is that it was ok for pitchfork to write about radiohead and leverage that into becoming the most influential music website (and make some money in the process) but it's not ok to write about speedy ortiz in nme because speedy ortiz is not a notable enough band to transcend predatory capitalism, and therefore you should be alone on friday night?

also women amirite

call all destroyer plus katherine otm

does chris ott have aspergers syndrome? he's like that guy from the vines but he's got a real sad pompadour

94k and bennies and my lil rascal to get around safe

cool high road bro

idk, it's not really a put down. i like people that stir the pot. he just seems off

trying to diagnose anybody is def nagl

Hope he applies for this position: http://www.jobscore.com/jobs/buzzfeed/music-editor/cCmHaIw6ar45SiiGakhP3Q

I'm going to say he's bonkers and that's not a medical diagnosis and leave it at that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci40ae8BlcE

How the fuck do you get benefits when you are on 94K?

its true ive seen em on the bbc

That prick must have watched it !

in the us 'benefits' means health insurance and stuff

Fuck 's sake Maura I was just about to report this tedious cunt to the fucking sooosh!

hahaha that would have been classic

wait what does it mean in the not-US

welfare, I think?

People don't boast about benefits in the current climate over here, it has a different meaning.

so it means being close to sea level? (current climate)

It means the atmospheric hatred that is allowed to exist and always has existed.

yeah, we have no real government assistance so "benefits" means health insurance, dental if you're lucky, retirement plan, and your own vlog

I've been sticking $30 in bennies up my ass for the past 11 years

$30 copay per visit and free vlog xp XD

whenever i hear bennies i always think of benzedrine because i am time traveler from the 1950s

not just an isolated tweet -- that is his standard response to criticism

This fucking bell-end is sat, swilling his brandy. Contemplating how many doughnuts follow him on twitter, how many fucking people on this thread are discussing him right now and he is a complete bell end with a stupid fucking punchable face, who talks lame student shite about an era of music that nobody gives a fuck about.

fooking students innit

I've been sticking $30 in bennies up my ass for the past 11 years
--Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt)

dying

<i> does chris ott have aspergers syndrome? he's like that guy from the vines but he's got a real sad pompadour </i>

@SadPompadour isn't taken if anybody wants to create a Shallow Rewards parody account

man the courage it must've taken them to stand up to rolling stone, look fuckin wenner in the eye and say "YOU SHOULD PUT RADIOHEAD ON THE COVER OF YOUR MAGAZINE"

yup, they held the hopes of a generation. they were looking history in the eye.

go for credit in the spin world
look a wenner in the eye

Why does he take himself so seriously?

^this

hey i mean i'm just glad they did it...bands like radiohead have had to fight tooth and nail for respect from the rock crit establishment

96g, bennies, and 1000s of comments? just call him ot-win

It's kind of sad to see Ott flailing around in the dark like this, just looking for a target to hit without enough thought going into what he's saying. Still, I miss the days when an Ott or a True or a Wells would be given room at a major pub.

did that actually happen? i don't really have a good handle of where he's written, all i know is he was at PF before it was really a major pub

I initially read "pub" as a literal pub and was imagining bars with "RESERVED FOR MUSIC CRITICS" signs set up on certain tables, which would be kind of awesome/hilarious

Give it time.

critics shouting their opinions of new music releases, in a drunken stupor in a pub area "RESERVED FOR MUSIC CRITICS," is the only really true, pure music journalism. anyone who does it another way -- i hold you in contempt.

丂んﾑﾚﾚӨω ЯΣЩΛг๔ร ‏@shallowrewards 5h

Earn a living through socially-valuable effort, not helping point corporations at target market. /end @EthanM_Long

丂んﾑﾚﾚӨω ЯΣЩΛг๔ร ‏@shallowrewards 5h

.@EthanM_Long modifier: feed people to corporations all you want, work for one, just keep music the fuck out of it.

I thought this was a cute save. "one should work to help others...oh wait, i mean KEEP MUSIC PURE"

guess he forgot the limits of his piety for a sec

an Ott or a True or a Wells

barf that you'd compare this guy to those guys

2nded