-- hiphopster8 (hiphopster...), February 15th, 2005.
they're also one of the few teams to have beaten chelsea this year, a true indie-dork would cheer for like gateshead, or something...
― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link
this dude's fueds with ilx were lol.
― velko, Friday, 13 February 2009 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
he seems like one of those guys who when he was younger kinda wanted to be "in" and never got there, so he got a little misanthropic, and that caused people to push him aside more, which caused him to be more misanthropic, and on and on, and now his existence boils down to picking fights with the girlfriends of indie rockers.
― memo from norv turner (omar little), Friday, 13 February 2009 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
that was pretty great tho
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 February 2009 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I could finally cheer Ott on for the first time in my life during that ordeal.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
no denying
― memo from norv turner (omar little), Friday, 13 February 2009 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
theres a wry ott goin on― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, March 1, 2006
― velko, Friday, 13 February 2009 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/56603963
― van smack, Thursday, 3 January 2013 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
i hardly ever watch online videos for more than a couple minutes, and I watched that entire thing.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 3 January 2013 03:38 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I don't like his writing, but his videos are strangely compelling. He doesn't come across like the person I imagined him to be.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Really liked that video, and hope it goes on to more parts. The playlist associated with it is nice to have as well...
― dlp9001, Friday, 4 January 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
hope it goes on to more parts
It's continued in part 25. But yeah, I hope there are more parts beyond these two.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 January 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
"I can say without a doubt that Ride were the best live band of the early 90s..."
*closes browser window*
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 4 January 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
He was gonna write for that web publication Uncool, but it failed to get enough kickstarter funding.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 January 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
I've really enjoyed the videos. Seems like he found his format. More power to him.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 4 January 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, Im hooked on these videos.
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Friday, 4 January 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/215323358/deep-sea-shallow-rewards
A former writer for Pitchfork and the Village Voice, and the author of both a self-published eBook and a 33 1/3 title on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures, Chris Ott now produces an online video series called Shallow Rewards, viewable at shallowrewards.comWith airfare to Miami, hotel stays on either side of the cruise, and an onboard junior suite to double as an artist interview room, $10,000 should cover all associated expenses.This cruise is an opportunity to engage with a number of very successful artists from the last generation of musicians to profit from physical media and the pre-digital music industry. With personal and academic commentary from the author, as well as indeterminate contributions from the artists and organizers, the ensuing book should be a rich summary of the myriad sea changes (yessssss) brought about by the Internet.
With airfare to Miami, hotel stays on either side of the cruise, and an onboard junior suite to double as an artist interview room, $10,000 should cover all associated expenses.
This cruise is an opportunity to engage with a number of very successful artists from the last generation of musicians to profit from physical media and the pre-digital music industry. With personal and academic commentary from the author, as well as indeterminate contributions from the artists and organizers, the ensuing book should be a rich summary of the myriad sea changes (yessssss) brought about by the Internet.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 17 January 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
blog/twitter gone
― markers, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
well, at their usual places at least
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkrbrzDtNc#t=24
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Thursday, 15 May 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
(h/t markers)
He seems so happy now
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 May 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
Peace, Ott.
― Twenty Flyte Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 May 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
love the new direction
keep it positive bro
― the tune was space, Thursday, 15 May 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
That was a great night. How is everyone.
― $90k plus bennies (CJ IN THE CUT), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
hey 90k whats up
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
ott, waterface here, wondering what u think of mac de marco
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
is it true that you take no prisoners
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
i don't know if i want to know how Ott's "one time....at band camp" story ends
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
ott you're wrong about the Lilys! Eccsame was unique.
― Evan, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:30 (nine years ago) link
it is true that i take no prisoners. mac de marco is a doofus and his music is terrible, 2013/14 = pitchperfect PR and life or death clients and then rest-of-world as far as indie ce-web-rity coverage.
it was unique and is not horrible but is also more post-rock than gaze should have sued mercury rev over deserter's songs.
it is good to be back i can feel the distant pangs of my ilxor persona returning.
― $90k plus bennies (CJ IN THE CUT), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
i can hear you getting stronger
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
which ilx thread dedicated to you is better, this one or the other one?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
ce-web-rity coverage
nice. i'm gonna steal this at a later date fyi
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
i am saddened to see the words "bruh" "brah" and "breh" used on ilxor.
― $90k plus bennies (CJ IN THE CUT), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
Yes it wasn't shoegaze at all, but neither were any of the records after the first (save for some songs here and there). xp
― Evan, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
how do u feel about "bro" though?
also is it OK for people from hawaii to say "brah"?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
nah
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
didnt ask u breh
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
this is probably the one i'll stick with because it doesn't say pitchfork in the title although i have no idea what i've posted in either it's all terrible and funny.
― $90k plus bennies (CJ IN THE CUT), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
glad we can agree on that
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
so... what's next?
― Evan, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:46 (nine years ago) link
ilx occupied such a weird place for me it was like the place i was most annoyed by but also wanted to be respected by. now i am too rich and famous to care.
who can say what's next when something worth writing about comes up i'll write something on medium when something worth ranting about comes up i'll do a video i just don't know. but i can say the day to day churn of bullshit on twitter / all of the music websites is reaching a critical butt mass where like i don't even know if i can bother.
― $90k plus bennies (CJ IN THE CUT), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
like i see whiney in the cut and i'm like son how.
he spits out whines out of his butt
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
mass
ily ilx
― $90k plus bennies (CJ IN THE CUT), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
looks like he has an infrequently updated podcast about the cure and that's about it
― ufo, Saturday, 20 November 2021 03:58 (two years ago) link
the less online presence he has the better obv
― ufo, Saturday, 20 November 2021 03:59 (two years ago) link
i actually managed to join his semi unofficial discord server once i caught a livestream. there were a fair deal of people considering how elusive the whole thing was, they weren't that friendly to newcomers like myself though. i actually had to send my rym account to an admin in order to "prove i was a real person" but come on that was obv to judge if my music taste was good enough lol.
i like some of the shallow rewards videos, mostly because i'm more interested in critics talking about the music industry as a whole rather than trying to sell me why an album is good/bad. if anyone knows any other critic that does this i'd be glad to hear
― marblesurf, Saturday, 20 November 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
ott's analysis of the industry sucks though & regularly would delve into conspiratorial nonsense
― ufo, Saturday, 20 November 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
oh and also the two rules of the server were 1: NO FANTANO and 2: NO CARETAKER whoch i think is super fair
― marblesurf, Saturday, 20 November 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
he bought a CD off me via discogs last year.
― akm, Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
which one?
― marblesurf, Saturday, 20 November 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
Caretaker
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 20 November 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
disintegration loops
― marblesurf, Sunday, 21 November 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link