Pitchfork's Chris Ott takes No Prisoners

not even tiny montgomery makes 94k base

forget bennies

suggest bennies

Maybe he meant 49K and bennies.

18 and life

http://rlv.zcache.com/bennies_go_home_jersey_shore_t_shirt-r1d55f887c2d54363bf90059701b32ba8_804gs_512.jpg

that video was so weird and meandering and pointless.

"When we keep doing this and participating in this way, it confuses the kids."

"You can't just say this is the best album ever recorded ... that album is going to say it for itself."

"Over in that direction, Over the Top of those mountains,“ Nobodaddy shouted back, “is the unusual land of Oh-tee-tee, Ott, a land ringed by bright waters, whose denizens, the Otters, are devoted to all forms of excess. They talk too much, eat too much, drink too much, sleep too much, swim too much, chew too much betel nut, and they are without any question the rudest creatures in the world. But it's an equal-opportunity impoliteness, the Otters all lay into one another without discrimination, and as a result they have all grown so thick-skinned that nobody minds what anyone else says. It's a funny place, everyone laughs all the time while they call one another the worst things in the world. That lady up there is their Sultana, their Queen, but because she's the most brilliant and sharp-tongued abuse of them all, everyone calls her the 'Insult-ana.' It was her idea to take the battle to the Respectorate, because she respects nobody and nothing. You could almost call Ott the 'Disrespectorate,' and dissing is unquestionably what they do best-- Look at her!” he broke off, admiring the Queen. “Isn't she gorgeous when she's angry?”

:D

FULL BENNIES, BITCHEZZZ

has anyone named their band Full Bennies yet? Cuz I'm thinking I should take it.

I am considering naming my bleeding haemorrhoids Poliopolice bands.

Apparently he spent Thanksgiving weekend not giving thanks?

hmm?

Like he became the crabby bullshit uncle at Thanksgiving we've all heard about.

and this surprised folks?

Wish people would stop taking the bait.

Also: http://laurasnapes.tumblr.com/post/68689072745/who-are-you-to-say-whats-significant

He does Chris Ott better than anybody, he might as well get in on it.

Ok what's going on?

let me guess: a person on this earth did something condemnable that we can now condemn if we so choose

I need deets bruh

i don't; i condemn the person/thing. smh wtf etc go broncos

Apparently this is the cause of the kerfuffle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHo9XHm3tWY

Try watching this Vikings/Bears game & you'll be begging for some choice nuggs of Ott drama

Haha... Damn..

so his alternative to writers who are getting paid, however little, is to do it themselves and not get paid and also provide free content for twitter and tumblr?

Does he have scoliosis?

Why does he light the room that way, ugh

"All you people living in Bushwick excited about seeing new bands...why are you giving this exuberance to this company?"

http://i.imgur.com/lHoc33e.jpg

Do you think he consciously goes for this look. I bet he does

Chris Ott: 'True Blue' was a big ass hit for Madonna. I don't even follow this Tops In Pops shit, and I've at least heard of "True Blue".

Kidnapping Bushwicker for non-hip Deniece Williams dancing.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUxMDU1Mjk5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjI1MTkxNA@@._V1._SX640_SY956_.jpg

it's just a matter of time until we have to change this thread title because he's actually begun taking prisoners

drawing attention to the DIY scene-journalism-advertising-venture capital foodchain seems worthwhile to me

at least, I'll take this over slinging homophobic taunts at Grizzlybros

it's not an either/or thing, he can do both! he's a renaissance man!

He's replaced his homophobia with a barely-veiled creepy targeting of female music writers

renaissance. man.

With bennies

Ugh this guy sucks

there ott-a be a law

There oughta be a windscreen on that mic.

drawing attention to the DIY scene-journalism-advertising-venture capital foodchain seems worthwhile to me

otm generally, but he actually spends like 3/4 of the video exhibiting funny ways to call pro journalists stupid rather than drawing out a helpful analysis. also, like sleepingbag said, his proposed alternative seems to be that writers give away the same content for free, easy to say when you've already got long bennies

there's an interesting (sort of) move going on in which he pre-empts the accusation that he's just old and stuck in nostalgia for his own DIY scene glory days by delegitimizing and pooh-pooh-ing his own regional scenester past- I don't mean to be Capt. Save-a-Ott but that shows at least some self-awareness about the problem of the older/wiser platform from which he's castigating millenials for being sheeple / naive about the corporate entanglements of web media (tho it also makes you wonder about whether that's just another form of navel-gazing self-importance too)

(said the 42 year old just before running away)

I prefer this stuff when it's coming from dash snowden

He poo-poos his old scene because it included people who weren't him. It took him awhile to realize that he's the only person who mattered.

Like he became the crabby bullshit uncle at Thanksgiving we've all heard about.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=1Q-fkC4aRwUigM&tbnid=hVR8S7V843KuEM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fguyspeed.com%2Fdrunk-uncle-snl%2F&ei=urCbUqnFLI_xoASQr4E4&bvm=bv.57155469,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNH7-lVg9QOZLARXp1E6iXybeJ0DJw&ust=1386021420457481

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/guyspeed.com/files/2013/07/Uncle-4.gif

by delegitimizing and pooh-pooh-ing his own regional scenester past

Is he really delegitimizing and pooh-pooh-ing his scenester past though. Isn't he saying that he was part of a purer and cleaner scene because they weren't playing for viewcounts and retweets but were only "doing it to have fun" or whatever.

Must ...not ... link to that one Onion article again.

His presentation in that video is just hilarious. Like I have no idea exactly what effect he's going for but the tired concerned sad look plus thinly veiled contempt in his voice plus full frame pompadour just makes for near constant giggles on my part.