wut Devi said about ILF

[Gozu]

i always think the best thing said was by grrgryx on bassfuzz

"I’ve been fooling around with Devi’s pedals since I first started doing this site, and I’ve found the marketing and transitions a little too complicated for my linear mind. I’m making pedals, no… I’m selling my designs to a third party, no I’m making new pedals, no they are the same pedals with new names except for the ones I bought back and am making again, ok my pal Aen is now making half of my pedals… but only the really crazy ones, oh if you look close some of the pedals are just other versions of my pedals combined in unique enclosures. It’s physical art, music, and engineering all tied up in a frenetic tattoo’d little bundle. It has left me a little stunned. I love the sense of adventure and possibility that she represents, but it’s hard to keep up and I’ve basically avoided the pedal line for awhile wondering what would stick around and what would change, always hopeful that the next step will be something amazing."

[ifeellikeatourist]

My short response:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3MWf_Hv-5I[/youtube]

[Bassus Sanguinis]

And just what the fuck is this talk about a year off? Huh, really grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I'd like to know where people got that she's not building pedals for a year. That's not what she said. She said that she was gonna put her aspirations to have a band and make her own music on hold until she'd paid off her personal debt. That's why she's been selling off all of her musical equipment lately. She wants to get the debts she's built up paid off.

I know that people don't really want to watch 12 minute videos, but, at least don't spread shit that's patently untrue.

fear + knowing a person with a habit of running headfirst into BAD ideas (though she can't keep to them - which can sometimes be just as harrowing).

Yeah. I've been around long enough to see how these forums turned into separate forums and shit. I've been around to love her stuff and dedication to the forum as long as it lasted... and I've loved Devi long enough to have started to get frustrated in the last two years. That's the reason why I simply can't deal with listening to the monologues through. I opted to read this thread instead. Sorry SO MUCH if You felt bad for ME let myself get misinformed.

I've got no grudge with You, rather it's a jealous grudge with her fuzzes I love, that are associated with her person.

[ifeellikeatourist]

My longer response:

How does she not realize that all of this broadcasting of personal drama on youtube/blog/forums is THE CAUSE of any/all shit talking that happens. And then she acts surprised that her personal issues are completely overshadowing her pedal biz.

I don't know if she does it on purpose to get the attention and stir shit up or if she really is that oblivious to how much of an instigator she is, but I like to think she has good intentions and just has trouble not sharing every single thought or idea (good or bad) that enters her mind. Either way,she always seems so confused about what she wants/how she feels about things.

This forum used to worship devi, she is the one that brought most of us here in the beginning (for those unaware, this was the original de forum before it turned into ilf, after which she stayed here as a subforum, but then decided she wanted an external forum with just a link here, then she deleted her ilf link, username and all her posts, then she signed back up. Her own forum changed names a couple times, changed formats about once a week, and was finally shut down because she was "so totally over it". Anyway I digress...). I came here because of devi, her pedals were my gateway into fuzz, and I still love them as I think most of us here do, the only thing that turned anyone here off to devi ever (the person) was herself.

I dig her work, but I'm really done keeping up with all her fucking drama, as it seems most are. I hope she realizes how much her personal drama is really starting to negatively affect her business. Like in the beginning of the video when shes so surprised nobody was talking about her pedal, then gets pissed they were talking about her personal life (which she makes very public), she needs to realize how much all her bullshit overshadows her pedals.

[D.o.S.]

My short response:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3MWf_Hv-5I[/youtube]

[dubkitty]

there's still a couple of Devi's pedals that i'd use in the appropriate application, but it's gotten to the point now where when i think "Devi Ever" it evokes the same kind of emotion as when one thinks of the drunk guy that always used to fuck stuff up at parties and bum people out..."i don't wanna be pissed off at you, but you just don't know when to fucking quit, do you?"

[ifeellikeatourist]

there's still a couple of Devi's pedals that i'd use in the appropriate application, but it's gotten to the point now where when i think "Devi Ever" it evokes the same kind of emotion as when one thinks of the drunk guy that always used to fuck stuff up at parties and bum people out..."i don't wanna be pissed off at you, but you just don't know when to fucking quit, do you?"

Exactly.

[Chankgeez]

schizo?

[ifeellikeatourist]

I won't be surprised if this Charlotte dude dumps her in a few months and the business implodes, though I hope that isn't what happens, I think anyone who is around devi for very long either gets fed up with her drama and leaves, or devi herself finds a reason to push them away.

[snipelfritz]

Just thought this was funny and somewhat relevant:

[Holy Schnikes]

I won't be surprised if this Charlotte dude dumps her in a few months and the business implodes, though I hope that isn't what happens, I think anyone who is around devi for very long either gets fed up with her drama and leaves, or devi herself finds a reason to push them away.

That scenario is very likely. Devi being "involved" with her receptionist and lone employee is just another example of a terrible business decision. She'll sink the ship soon enough....

[RR Bigman]

[O Drones]

Maybe someone is so annoyed at this that they wanna give me a Shoegazer for nothing? Yay

[snipelfritz]

Maybe someone is so annoyed at this that they wanna give me a Shoegazer for nothing? Yay

Sign me up for this too. Except I'm not picky.

[Gearmond]

i like how no one gives a single fuck about all the despicable cuntwipes using the wrong pronoun out of ignorant spite.

yeah, this is totally dumb, but shit like that just kinda proves her point and makes you guys look like congealed masses of santorum rotting in the bedsheets, but that doesn't give you an excuse to be an utter twat.