what next for Chris ott?

that's Brent D.

-- Dom Passantino (lifetimepilingu...), November 25th, 2003.

This is still the funniest thing I've ever posted on ILM.

-- 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...

this dude's fueds with ilx were lol.

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.

that was pretty great tho

Yeah, I could finally cheer Ott on for the first time in my life during that ordeal.

no denying

theres a wry ott goin on
― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, March 1, 2006

http://vimeo.com/56603963

i hardly ever watch online videos for more than a couple minutes, and I watched that entire thing.

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.

Really liked that video, and hope it goes on to more parts. The playlist associated with it is nice to have as well...

hope it goes on to more parts

It's continued in part 25. But yeah, I hope there are more parts beyond these two.

"I can say without a doubt that Ride were the best live band of the early 90s..."

*closes browser window*

He was gonna write for that web publication Uncool, but it failed to get enough kickstarter funding.

I've really enjoyed the videos. Seems like he found his format. More power to him.

Yeah, Im hooked on these videos.

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.com

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.

blog/twitter gone

well, at their usual places at least

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkrbrzDtNc#t=24

(h/t markers)

He seems so happy now

Peace, Ott.

love the new direction

keep it positive bro

That was a great night. How is everyone.

hey 90k whats up

ott, waterface here, wondering what u think of mac de marco

is it true that you take no prisoners

i don't know if i want to know how Ott's "one time....at band camp" story ends

ott you're wrong about the Lilys! Eccsame was unique.

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.

he makes so much money that he needed to crowdfund a podcast, because podcasts are so expensive to produce

just the pod will run you 25k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bLkcCZFKvA

thought it was 94K plus bennies...also that was probably quoting 2 years ago, so assuming even a 4% type cost of living bump for 2 years

he could be at over 98K plus bennies, however it's possible that that's been offset by rising health care premiums post ACA

i don't know, lots to think about

4% damn son

this is the ott we're talking about man c'mon gotta pay to play

my daughter has a little friend named Benny and I think about Ott's bennies every time he comes over. which is nice.

i always think of benzedrine

I named my son 94K because you have to dream

Maybe Ott has two little friends both named Benny?

I named my son 94K because you have to dream

― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:33 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can just imagine little 94K Bennie Keyes running around the playground, talking shit about Best Coast for doing a Scion sponsored club show

somewhere, right now, chris is nodding

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/radioheads-ok-computer-is-20-but-lets-talk-about-hail-to-the-thief-instead

I don't know about Chris but I am nodding

9.3

what is he actually up to nowadays?

enjoying those bennies

looks like he has an infrequently updated podcast about the cure and that's about it

the less online presence he has the better obv

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

ott's analysis of the industry sucks though & regularly would delve into conspiratorial nonsense

oh and also the two rules of the server were 1: NO FANTANO and 2: NO CARETAKER whoch i think is super fair

he bought a CD off me via discogs last year.

which one?

Caretaker

disintegration loops