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Someoddpilot

Someoddpilot is primarily a visual communication agency and Someoddpilot Records is an independent record label that exists within the larger visual communication agency. They are located in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, and owned by Chris Eichenseer. As an agency, they work with web design, web development, branding, art direction, photography, print design, packaging design, animation, information architecture and video. Many of their clients are involved in the independent music scene, including the Chicago-based online music criticism publication Pitchfork Media and music labels Drag City Records, Jagjaguwar, and Secretly Canadian, though they have also worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, Sony and Caterpillar. As a record label they have signed artists such as The TImeout Drawer and La Makia Soma.

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Someoddpilot is primarily a visual communication agency and Someoddpilot Records is an independent record label that exists within the larger visual communication agency. They are located in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, and owned by Chris Eichenseer. As an agency, they work with web design, web development, branding, art direction, photography, print design, packaging design, animation, information architecture and video. Many of their clients are involved in the independent music scene, including the Chicago-based online music criticism publication Pitchfork Media and music labels Drag City Records, Jagjaguwar, and Secretly Canadian, though they have also worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, Sony and Caterpillar. As a record label they have signed artists such as The TImeout Drawer and La Makia Soma.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1310041116

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.