Big Ears Festival 2014 [Knoxville, TN] -- Reich, Cale, Ribot & more...

Just announced this morning:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/dec/04/cale-reich-among-2014-big-ears-festival-artists/

Fuller lineup to come later today. Pretty psyched for this.

grr, paywall

(y)

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looks prettay good

haven't missed one yet, not gonna start

KEIJI

HAINO

seriously

I just want to hand him my eardrums on a plate and say 'do what you want with em'

wow, would love to go to this.

i'm in

hell yeah

Whoa.

looks ok but i'm uncomfortable going to an event like this unless a hoobastank-level group gets to headline

someone on twitter was like "needs more rock bands; ask Jonny to bring his bandmates"

surprise last minute headliner: Slightly Stoopid

really wonder what Reich will be playing and with who

phish-ICP all-stars

i saw this and i wanted to faint

Between this and Hopscotch probably about every musician I like will be performing in one of two cities.

did Hopscotch really have Boyzone and Merzbow playing the same venue within an hour of each other?

oh never mind, it was a different Boyzone.

lol yeah the other Boyzone is pretty Merzbow friendly

really wonder what Reich will be playing and with who

According to the article:

Legendary modern classical composer Steve Reich will be the centerpiece of the 2014 Big Ears Festival, which will be presented in downtown Knoxville March 28-30. Reich will be joined by a number of musicians, including Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, to perform original Reich pieces. Greenwood is expected to perform Reich’s “Electric Counterpoint,” marking the first time the guitarist has play the piece in the United States.

...Ensemble Signal will perform Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians,” which is probably Reich’s most renowned work. And Reich’s “Radio Rewrite,” a work inspired by two Radiohead songs will also be presented. So Percussion, a quartet based in New York, will present Reich’s “Drumming,” augmented by members of the University of Tennessee Percussion Ensemble.

oh man i'm gonna cry now, there is no way I can make this.

cryin w/ u. just hopeful that a few of these acts will be touring around the festival dates

really wanna go, between ticket cost and airfare and hotel, most likely can't afford this.

This looks good. Of course I never go to anything, and I don't travel to humid places (mold allergy) unless absolutely necessary.

also cryin bc this does not coincide with my sprang braaake at all
waaah!

Hotel booked. Can't wait.

Pass acquired.

holy shit. are they out of passes yet? i need to see if that's around my spring braaake.

Nah, passes just went on sale 2.5 hrs ago

bought my pass

ok i have done some math and it's only 8 hrs in the car

Got my tix. Hope to see some of you. Maybe a FAP.

crüt, our mutual pal Scott W. will be there -- just talked to him a few minutes ago

a ton of people that i know from separate circles are going to this. worlds colliding, etc. i'm stoked.

man, it turns out I can't go to this. do you think the festival is worth losing a job?

marc and vladislav imo

I started a Spotify playlist for this so I can investigate some of the artists I don't know anything about. Didn't include everything by all the listed artists -- Cale, Reich, Hecker et al would make it pretty unwieldy -- but it'll be a jumping off point for more digging.

http://open.spotify.com/user/wmcrump/playlist/6BIrEIZVJ2SEVGMeP3bA3k

Getting pretty stoked -- friends from London and Amsterdam are making "I might come to this" noises.

Dang, the London pal already booked flight and hotel, he's not kidding around.

i am within inches of making a decision about this, but i have a question that may determine whether or not this is worthwhile for me --

are they going to save john cale for sunday night? do they put big headliners in the middle or at the end (like most festivals ime) of the weekend? if it's at the end, i would have to miss JC and that would be terrible.
if there is evidence that they may put him in the middle, i could live with missing jonny greenwood or w/e.

Wish I had any wisdom, but the festival is so new I can't see many trends in past scheduling.

Johnny Greenwood is playing a Steve Reich piece. I mean, I'm def in the LOL RADOIHEAD ATEASE camp too, but he's not gonna be bloppin out "fake plastic trees" or somethin

I figured as much, I just have a solo 8 hour drive to budget for and I'm wondering if I can live with missing Sunday night.

take monday off work

as tempting as reich-bloppin is, my job doesn't really let me take a day off whenever i want, plus i would have to be gone on friday as well. anyway, i'll figure it out. just wanted to see if someone had insight about the schedule.

when terry reilly was a headliner he played on more than one day iirc? vastly different sets tho, one was an organ concert

but yeah little consistency from year to year

also come to this and lets hang out!

i really want to! maybe if i just buy the ticket, everything else will slowly come together.

Yeah, Riley played 4 different concerts over the 3 days.

ok, ticket has been purchased. when should i start worrying about arranging lodging?

yay!

I still need to book a hotel room too :/

Fwiw we have an upstairs bedroom with its own bathroom that a couple ppl can crash in if you want. There's a bed and air mattress. Email if you want -- jmaysh4rk AT gee mail. (That 4 shd be an a, obv.) We're just outside downtown.

iiiiiinteresting!! is downtown where we want to be staying?
last time i was in knoxville we stayed in a cabin near the park (what a bummer to go all the way there and not go hiking but i doubt there will be time for that, unless there is!)

to clarify -- last time i went there specifically to go hiking; this time, no (or maybe?)

All the Big Ears stuff is downtown. Hiking stuff not so much, though there are some nice trails not far across the river.

dammit I am gonna be ready the next year this thing happens, I had a different vacation scheduled in VA for the week before and there is just no way I can swing it this time

tm i emailed you

flight booked http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

where downtown? old city?

meet u at the market square subway whiney

dang man, i wish i was in town for this

you guys have to promise me you'll go to toot's and document the consequences

this fest is like one act from getting me to go. Like, if they announce Matana Roberts or Ben Frost or Laurel Halo or something, I'll take it as a sign than I can spare the $150. But that's a lotta money esp when you factor in travel, accommodations, food, etc

i'd have somewhere to stay, but I can't take off work. :(

is it sold out yet?

and jimmywine otm, if i hadn't already seen some of these acts i'd be there in a heartbeat.

plus the money thing, but ya know

Checked the website last night and there are still some $150 passes left before they move up to the $175 passes. Nowhere near selling out completely, unless they're only selling a half dozen $175 passes.

flying in from LA to go to this, pretty fucking stoked

Additions:

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Ridic

jeez louise

aaargh

yeeeeeeah

so jealous

oh my god

Damn, such a heavy lineup.

Kinda dreading the schedule now -- I think there are going to be some hard choices to make.

Just got the emailed version with a few more details: O'Malley/Ambarchi duo will be "performing compositions by Alvin Lucier, Iancu Dumitrescu and more."

HAILU MERGIA!!

Also psyched about Lonnie Holley, Jenny Hval, solo Haino ...

This is going to be fun.

Has there ever been an American festival that has pulled off an avant thing of this scale?

Maybe Sonic Youth ATP in 2002?

http://www.atpfestival.com/events/latpsonicyouth/lineup.php

how quickly you seem to forget thee no vun vest.

not American, but Victoriaville gets 15K every year

wanna go grumble grumble grumble

xp -- yeah, at BE#2 I caught up with Ashley Capps and thanked him for a festival that didn't take a day and a half of travel time each way. He said FIMAV was kind of in his mind when he started conceiving BE.

man, one of my dreams is to get together with SASSAS or dublab or some other hub of socal experimental music and assemble a festival like this for los angeles. an anti-coachella.

Ashley rules, glad he's redoubling his efforts on this festival and I wish I could go.

holy shit!

how quickly you seem to forget thee no vun vest.

― ian, Thursday, January 16, 2014 3:44 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah dude pain jerk rolling through is definitely on par with television and steve reich, come on now

i loved loved loved No Fun fest, but this is a different scale of event

Someone tell me So Percussion weren't named using Shiba-Inu snow-dog speak (even if you have to lie).

man, one of my dreams is to get together with SASSAS or dublab or some other hub of socal experimental music and assemble a festival like this for los angeles. an anti-coachella.

― Esa-Pekka Merkerson (get bent), Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:02 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I often fantasize about helping organize one for New York. I think the two biggest problems are
A) New Yorkers are generally spoiled fucking babies and go "ennngh I can see [band] any time" whenever someone brings an amazing festival to their doorstep (ie, see ATP's troubles in NYC)
B) The cost of putting up, say, Merzbow or Neubauten or Dead C or whoever in a hotel is way more cost prohibitive in NYC than, say, Knoxville or Hopscotch's North Carolina

let's do it in colorado. cheap, centrally located, w33d.

*votes CO*

also hiking

totally. maybe we could do it here:
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-CO-Misc/StanleyHotelPostcard-1917-EParkMuseum.jpg

weed pairings with each band please.

Perhaps the makings of a very interesting festival there ....

obv thrilled about earth

so percussion is pretty dope

yeah they are great

and they're playing all three days!

are you going?

yuh

are you going to eat quail eggs again?

idk

Is that place still there?

yep

What are the must-eat spots these days? I remember enjoying Breakfast at the Bistro.

i had a grandiose daydream that we made an ilx all stars band during this festival and then john cale asked us to perform with him
lol

bistro still has a great brunch. there are so many new good food place. big boom in the last 2 years. i'll compile a list. haw

xp !!

I just got the email about daily tickets -- is that for people who just want to go to one day OR does a person need to secure tickets on top of buying the weekend pass? I'm confused.

its for people who just want to go to one day

ok phew -- i was bracing myself for a mad rush to secure more tickets
i am basically thinking about this festival in every spare moment because i need something to look forward to!

Wish I was going to this, but a bad time for me. Hope to hear some serious reports though.

New daydream -- Church of Anthrax reunion (Terry Riley was at the last festival, right? It's not inconceivable?)

Has there ever been an American festival that has pulled off an avant thing of this scale?

Maybe the old New Music America festivals in the 80s/early 90s (if they lasted that long)? That tended to be more classical avant-garde focused, but not exclusively.

Weirdly underdocumented online. I'm sure most of the shows were videotaped, but there's hardly anything on youtube. Not finding pdfs of programs either. The only one I went to was the Philadelphia festival, in 1987.

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ridic

wait a minute
friday -- what time does stuff start on friday? i'm driving on friday! this weekend is gonna be totally bonkers.

i cannot miss laraaji

The Big Ears twitter told me Friday was a full day of programming

So, I'm guessing as early as noon to as late as 5pm...

alright well i guess i'll just drive straight from home to the show then
i can't leave home any earlier than friday morning, unfortunately

2009 and 2010 both started at 5pm.

i can't be the only one planning, preparing, and counting the days

you're def not!

:D

so excited! i have been totally daydreaming about it in low moments.

<3

i can't wait to have fun

me too tbh

i made some big ears 2014 mixtapes for some pre-gaming!

Part 1: Pulses
https://www.dropbox.com/s/blcozwjhkqlxyxd/Big%20Ears%202014_%20Pulses.zip

Part 2: Spaces
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jm4gjr8ruqlwtl4/Big%20Ears%202014_%20Spaces.zip

awesome! thanks!

daily schedule is up
i guess saturday is a full day and sunday has some built in morning rest time?

Either they don't have everything in the schedule or something's not displaying right in any of my browsers.

the official schedule's not being released until sometime tomorrow. lots of weird gaps on there now—i'm curious about how they get filled.

who's psyched about the laraaji laughter workshop?!

hahaha

me! I'm sad that I won't get to see Marc Ribot score Charlie Chaplin though.

ugh. Laraaji and Mark McGuire scheduled at the same time. sorry Mark.

my "hahaha" was in anticipation, not mockery -- who could turn down a laughter workshop?

does anyone have any idea what recent earth shows have been like? loud earth? soft earth?

tumbleweed earth

Also Helen Money is a GREAT add!

damn i guess vladislav delay isn't gonna make it, his timeslot now says TBD

NOOOOoooooo

yeah, tour has been canceled; just pulled out of unsound too.

aww

on the upside, looks like forecast is 60s-70s?
i'm so excited

http://www.hellocityfestival.com/

^ my doom/black metal band Argentinum Astrum are playing this local companion to Big Ears on Sunday night after Big Ears wraps up iirc. If anyone cares. Also there are other cool things like a gear sale/swap happening in conjunction with it, so stop by the Pilot Light on your downtime from Big Ears if you get any. It's a cool place and lots of cool stuff is going on.

oh and they are showing the slint documentary too

oh if it's on Sunday I should be able to make it!

me too! i already started packing my bag yesterday.

was pleased to find my backpack pre-loaded with band-aids and toothpaste

sick rox

oh yeah, i forgot to say if you have a big ears pass you get into all that stuff free

Any of y'all going to this wanna grab a dranx/food?

I'd be down with that but there are a lot of bands I don't want to miss!

^^

We should all say hellos at shows though. I don't know what anyone looks like tho

What's the official ilxor tally?

1. Whiney
2. Roxymuzak
3. Crut
4. WilliamC
5. tipsy mothra
6. La Lechera

roxy, let me know if any of these people are irl crepes and should be avoided

We're driving up tomorrow, hope to get there by 6. Might get my packet/wristband tomorrow evening, maybe Friday lunch-ish. I will be be meeting up with friends London Dave and Atlanta Scott, but assume ILX and non-ILX groups will cross-pollinate at least a little, esp since Crüt knows Scott.

I'm a little bummed that the Sunday Reich hoedown is going to be reserved seating (I assume everybody got that email). Maybe some seat swapping can happen.

oh shit, i didn't read that e-mail

Yeah, everybody's getting a seat assignment when they pick up their packet/wristband. That's going to go real smooth...

i don't care because i'm flying solo -- unless i sit next to one of you guys i'm sitting next to a stranger.
also if you see me, pls say hi and remember that my name is not la lechera! i'm a nice person. (unless you are a crepe and should be avoided)

i rly rly regret not going to this.
on the plus side i have keiji haino thursday night and unsound next week so that's something... ilxors are encouraged to hit me up if they'd like comps?

I have arrived in Knoxville a day early, it's 1130 pm and there's nowhere within walking distance for me to get either liquor or cigarettes. My hotel is in walking distance of the Sunsphere; I am currently sitting in my room making Wigsphere jokes to myself.

Where do I go to exchange my ticket for a wristband or whatever? I wanna get that taken care of ASAP.

Big Ears Check-In is located on the left hand side of the Tennessee Theatre, down Clinch Avenue, door 224. Locals may know this office as the daytime box office for the Tennessee and Bijou Theatres. Check-In hours are below:

Thursday 3/27: 10AM to 8PM
Friday 3/28: 10AM to Midnight
Saturday 3/29: 10AM to Midnight
Sunday 3/30: 11AM to 8PM

Thank u much; I will go get that sorted out tomorrow.

Does anyone have any recommendations for places I should eat here? Preferably barbecue; I live in Los Angeles and the options for cue out there are just pathetic.

I'm gonna defer on barbecue to people who eat meat, but places in general worth a look for lunch or dinner: Tomato Head, Knox Mason, Shuck, the Bistro (right next to the Bijou, where lots of the shows are), the French Market (speaking of crepes...). Best beer selection is at Suttree's, conveniently located next to the liquor store.

How about an ILX-fast on Saturday morning? Like 10:30 or 11 at the Bistro? They have good brunches and bloody marys.

10:30 would be better for me - I REALLY don't want to miss the Laraaji laughter workshop at noon!

I also do NOT want to miss the Laraaji laughter workshop! I want to make found art sculptures with Lonnie Holley too. I love making things out of trash!

Also would eat bfast with y'all

Lonnie Holley invited some friends of mine into his house recently!! I only just found out that he lives in Atlanta now

1030 works for me, although I'll be going to the Ribot-scored Chaplin movie

vanity question - does anyone dress up (i mean not in a costume but just like regular dress-up) at this thing? i'm having trouble with my shoe choices.

i wish i was there :(

i am dressing up in a t-shirt and jeans

you guys should make an excursion to chandler's
http://www.yelp.com/biz/chandlers-deli-knoxville

it's yuppie central but tupelo honey is pretty good

ALSO MAKE SURE TO GO TO WILD HONEY which is by far the best record shop in town, the guy who runs it is wonderful and last time I picked up a bunch of Alice Coltrane records for not much money.

it's in sleepy seqouyah (sp?) hills and IIRC there's a place to eat next door.

http://www.wildhoneyrecords.com/

also apparently he has a copy of scott walker's climate of hunter for sale.

in fact, just check this out: http://www.wildhoneyrecords.com/2014/03/vinyl-for-big-ears-fans-batch-4-of-5/

no, i'm not getting any kickbacks, i just genuinely love the shit out of that little store

seriously, does anyone want to buy that toshiro mayuzumi LP for me and ship it?

yesssss

http://www.wildhoneyrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20_NED_ROREM_water_music.jpg

10:30 Saturday Bistro it is. ILX table. Look for the weirdos.

We can even make it 10 if anyone's worried about being late for noon things -- tho even the museum is only like 10-15 minutes' walk from there.

is there a lot of bag checking at this festival? asking on account of my backpack, which may be unwieldy to bring if it's going to be searched every time i go into a venue. at pitchfork they made everyone relinquish their umbrellas, of all things, and it rained every single night. i realize it probably won't be like that, but i don't want to lose my nail clippers because someone thinks i'm gonna go apeshit on laraaji.

Totally going to that record store

Hello Knoxville, I am IN you. I will make the breakfast scene Saturday at 10 or 10:30, whichever y'all decide.

I totally went to Wild Honey; the guy and his wife were like the nicest people on the planet. Kept the store open late to chat about records & let me browse, gave me a thousand awesome recommendations, even gave me a lift back to my hotel. To be fair I did spend more than I've ever spent in one record store before (including both the Mayuzumi & Walker records mentioned upthread) but I got the feeling that they would have offered anyway; they were solid folks.

They were also totally flattered to learn that people are talking about their shop on the internet; they were both like aww

Also I suggested the owner put on the copy of Harold Budd's The Pavilion of Dreams and he liked it so much he decided not to sell it to anyone (thankfully I already have a copy)

Also also I am totally sending them a link to this thread

I like this town.

When Dave and I picked up our stuff at the ticket office we pretty much had our choice of seats for sunday's Reich finale , and we could pick a seat for The friend who's not getting in until late this afternoon. I thought about grabbing seats for ILXors but didn't want to presume to be picking out anybody's seating for them.

I just saw Whiney on gay street I think?? I'm at the pilot light gear show thing spending wedding money on pedals

"i just saw whiney on gay street" is my fave daniel johnston song

the mountain goats cover is pretty good

even gave me a lift back to my hotel.

that is just beyond, as they say. seriously, write them a nice review on yelp or something, they could probably use it.

so you're sending that mayuzumi LP to me, right?

It's really cool how everyone gets into the big ears spirit. I just saw that the First Christian Church downtown is having a John Cage piece for prepared piano as their service music on Sunday!?

Xpost I definitely left them a glowing yelp review; they earned it big time. The mayuzumi stays with me, though, sorry. To anyone else reading this thread, you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't go; I bought a stupid amount of records (my receipt is two pages long) but there were dozens of albums I had to force myself to put back on the shelf.

Last night I went to some pub down on Market Street and saw a series of bar bands cover the greatest hits of the mid-90s. Then I got so drunk that it took me three hours to walk back to my hotel (a 15-minute walk away).

That was prob the preservation pub, they are literally Satan

the other places to go for vinyl:

1) hot horse in old city: pretty decent collection of vinyl, some surprises, hard to predict what they'll have at any given day. downsides are that much of the vinyl that's not in one of the "new arrivals" bins is beat up pretty bad. but it's worth a trek. it's also a second-hand store, they got clothes in back and some instruments, guitar pedals, etc. up front. folks working there are pretty cool. i've found some weird electronic and new age LPs here, and once they were selling someone's impressive collection of sublime frequencies CDs which I gobbled up.

2) raven records: maybe the best all-around place in Knoxville. tons of LPs, wide variety of genres, maybe not much of the sort of "out there" stuff wild honey always has, and doesn't have that personally-curated-by-awesome-people feel. but tons of stuff, and good prices. also has the best vintage poster collection in... probably in the state, maybe in all Appalachia, not that I've been everywhere. raven also has some stuff for sale at a nearby antique mall but I forget the name. fun place to shop, honestly. i usually end up buying a few LPs and far too many posters.

3) lost and found: lots of people like this place. the couple who run it are very nice and they have a great store dog. they also have tons of fairly inexpensive bluegrass vinyl. the rest of it though is way too much familiar dad-rock for my tastes.

4) basement records. under new management, now much better organized and more new-used stuff coming in. but it's still (mostly) 70s/80s dadrock, and almost ALL of the jazz is lite/smooth jazz. i would only go here if you're starving for something to do or driving out that way.

5) disc exchange. vinyl section horrifyingly overpriced for new vinyl, used vinyl is almost all in horrible shape and overpriced. don't bother.

6) mckay's. giant 2nd-hand book shop, with music upstairs. DO. NOT. BOTHER. seriously.

Yep, preservation pub. Like three different people urged me to go there too. Plus the hand stamp they gave me on entry looks like some white power group's symbol.

Eating at Tomato Head right now and holy crap is it great.

Never go to preservation pub

If you want nice drinks go to the bar in the Oliver hotel, it's in market square, if you want beers go to the public house or the pilot light. Or the downtown brewery on gay street for gods sake

Duly noted, thanks for the recs! I'll probably hit up one of those tonight.

What's the address for the Bistro for the ilx brunch tomorrow?

good grief his sounds like fun. have a blast all y'all

Just came from the opening reception thing, fun. Reich is a laid-back dude.

So in the absence of objection, ILX breakfast 10:30 at Bistro. See you if yr there.

I am definitely down for brunch tomorrow.

The main thing I learned from the opening reception is that I've been mispronouncing Steve Reich's name for years - I've been saying 'Ryke' rather than 'Ryshe.'

Just got back from So Percussion w/ Glen Kotchke & some other act I've never heard of before. Glen & So did an AWESOME version of a Reich drum piece. Now I'm at Scruffy City Hall to see Colin Stetson; this place is super tiny. Mega stoked for this.

Apologies if my liveblogging is getting annoying; I'm just having an absurd amount of fun.

Missing Colin Stetson to eat dinner tbh. Stephen OMalley was great!!

Also holy shit I forgot how much cheaper it is to get drunk in the South than in Los Angeles

Colin Stetson was AMAZING. On my way to John Cale now. What a great sentence to write.

Also there are a lot of disarmingly pretty ladies at this experimental music festival.

Yo James are you at body head? I'm in the back row on the left wearing a shirt that says CURSE

I'm over at the Tennessee Theater for Cale. I'm wearing a blue shirt that says HI! that I bogarted from work. Going to Tim Hecker after Cale's set (!!!!!)

I'm really having a hard time expressing how much fun I'm having

Holy crap, this festival sounds amazing.

Just caught the end of Body/Head's set; I walked in during their incredibly pretty cover of Jolene. Gonna have to catch their set tomorrow because what I heard was GREAT

Just met up w Crut! Now I have a better idea of where the ILX brunchtacular is happening tomorrow

sund4r this festival is so goddamned good. I went to Lollapalooza once back in the 90s and then a couple of Coachellae, but one day in this one beats the shit out of both of them. W those festivals there's always a few bands you're always psyched for and then a bunch of other ones where you're just like okay whatever I guess I could see them but it's not like I can't see them some other time. This one, every other act is someone where it's like holy shit, I actually get to see this happen live!!!! And then they close the whole thing out on Sunday with like seven solid hours of Steve Reich ffs. I can't imagine how much the ones where Glass and Riley were the artists in residence; I probably would have passed out from the sheer owningness of it all.

I am drunker than a shitting bitch and dead center five rows back from the stage for John fucking Cale. I can't believe how much I don't hate my life right now.

i need to get down there for this next year.

Sadly they don't happen every year; I think the last one was in like 2010 or 2011 or something. I will never miss another one as long as I live, so help me god.

John Cale was kinda underwhelming, but now I'm at Tim Hecker and OMG YALL. The bass is flat-out physical.

It's like I'm in a bathysphere of all-encompassing bass

it was every year from 09-10, then took a break for four years

;)

Seriously do we have an address for the Bistro tomorrow or should I just tell a cab driver "take me to the bistro"?

Tim Hecker was fucking awesome btw, more than good enough to make up for the comparative disappointment of John Cale

The bistro is literally right next to the bijou where Tim Hecker played on gay st.

It's name is "bistro at the bijou"

If you can't find it you don't deserve brunch, frankly

The O'Malley-Stetson 1-2 punch felt so good..

We were talking last night about how it seemed disrespectful not to introduce Laraaji at the museum thing yesterday. Weird lapse of basic etiquette or something, or maybe I missed his intro.

Maybe someone thought no intro was needed and it would be disrespectful to say?lol so dumb

I can't meet y'all at the bistro,convey my regards to all

I'm here! I have achieved the bistro. Where y'all at

I hope some of you all saw the great Ethiopian keyboardist Hailu Mergia & his band Friday

What happens if i room off my wristband and tightened it accidentally and stupidly

Took off

Marc ribot's sdtk to the kid was great!!

(Fixed my wristband lol)

Ribot's score was phenomenal, a definite highlight of the festival so far. I sat next to some people who'd never seen a Chaplin movie before - how is that even possible?

Killing time now before the Oneohtrix/Greenwood/Laraaji/Drumming streak, which may be the most exciting stretch of the entire festival IMO

How was the laughing workshop btw?

Yeah I want to hear about that!

Also how was FAP?

Also come see the Slint documentary at 6 at the pilot light!! Free and prominently features ILX's own DD !

FAP was swell! Crut, la lechera, WmC, Whiney. Good to see everybody. James did you ever find ppl? I didn't see your message until I'd left.

So far today Dawn of Midi is my highlight.

Laughter workshop was (IMO) equal parts genuinely pleasant and unsettling. We had to make prolonged eye contact with our neighbor and say mantras. We were encouraged to consider our bodies as 'water bodies'. I also enjoyed some genuine larfs. The guy I was eye contacting turned out to be Crüt's friend.

Glenn Kotche's drum kit was bazonkers. Crazy stuff with keys and roto-tiller blades. Currently chilling at the coffee shop in the sq waiting for Jenny Hval.

Ribot/The Kid was great, Oneohtrix also great (I was unfamiliar w/ prior). Caught about 10 minutes of Helen Money, was not really impressed. Thinking Laraaji, Orcutt, Television, Nazoranai, but dinner first. Great to see everybody at the bistro this morning.

Nope I've just been lone-wolfing it all day. Oneohtrix has the set of the weekend so far - I didn't even think about getting up & going to Jonny Greenwood (who was incredible) until that whole thing wrapped up.

Breaking news: I finally saw Curtis

We didn't speak. Lol

We were encouraged to consider our bodies as 'water bodies'.

Laraaji showing his Zoogz Rift influence, perhaps

Wish I were here

HOLY SHIT DRUMMING

Hours later and I still haven't recovered from Drumming; I may not ever fully recover. Television were a good way to end the night though! Then again I'd probably watch an ass shit for two hours if I got to watch it in the Tennessee Theater; what a magnificent venue.

SERIOUSLY THOUGH DRUMMING.

I feel like this festival is blowing my mind from thousands of miles away. I wish I were there.

Also kinda surprised I didn't know to catch Nils Fram's whole set; I have infinite love for that type of expansive composition, plus I would have put another hour of my day to good use rather than waiting around the Bijou's lobby for Laraaji to get the fuck on with it (assuming he actually did at some point; I was starting to wonder if the whole thing was just some elaborate piece about patience or whatever. Good thing I love so much of his music.)

Yeah So Percussion was straight-up transcendent. I loved the giant standing ovation for them and Reich too. Rock-show level of enthusiasm.

Susanna was good. Tom Verlaine was great. Ribot Cubano show was too packed for me, so now I'm waiting for Nazaronai to go on at 1. Don't know how long I'll last -- long day. But determined to see at least some of it.

Also, had funny experience coming out of the Susanna show. I was exiting with three equally middle-aged friends, and I heard a beardy 20-something say to his friend, "Well, there's the Susanna demographic."

I'm thinking of ordering bowling shirts for all if us with that on it.

I've seen all of these acts but I wish I was seeing all of these acts at one time with y'all

So far I would rank what I've seen as follows:

1. DRUMMING SERIOUSLY.
2. Oneohtrix Point Never (I feel so bad for my neighbors because I am gonna go through the Rifts box set disc by disc as soon as I get back to LA
3. Jonny Greenwood (he played Scelsi! And Xiannakis! And some weird piece where the audience got to play along on their mobile phones which was much less ugh than it sounds like; I am like a major-league black-hole introvert [as evidenced by my failure to meet anyone other than Crut] who recoils in horror at the idea of participating in things but the way this played out was really cute. Really hoping someone recorded this - Big Ears people, if you're listening, put together a vinyl box set of performances from this weekend and just name your price.)
4. Nils Fram (I am basically going to buy ever record he's ever put out as soon as I get home)
5. The Tennessee Theater as a whole; it deserves it's own entry here
6. Colin Stetson at scruffys town hall (dudes a force of nature, plus his crotchety stage banter w the sound guy was v amusing)
7. Hecker at the Bijou (monster set; I loved it all so much)
8. Dawn of MIDI (they were new to me but sure dropped some awesome heavy psyche on everyone; it was a nice palate-cleanser for the Oneohtrix/Jonny/Nils Fram/DRUMMING pandemonium)
9. The Kid with Ribot's accompaniment - such a gentle and quaint way to start the day, although I seem to be way less into Ribot than a lot of folks here; he's nice and all but I'm more in the mood for big sweeping psychedelic statement shows and his stuff just ain't that)
11. This truly amazing Brie sandwich I got at Tomato Head - that place makes some good ass food.
12. Television (they had some sick solos, clearly had a whole ton of fun exploring the studio space and acting like a bunch of anti-try-hards, and they absolutely crushed Marquee Moon which is all you could really hope for given the circumstances)
13. John Cale (meh, although I did get a copy of Paris 1919 from Wild Honey so it wasn't a total letdown)
14. So Percussion w/ Glen Kotchke & Buke and Case (just meh, although one big thing I learned this weekend is that watching So Percussion do anything is totally and unequivalently worth seeing in any context. the Kotchke stuff was WAY more fun than the part with the band though.)
15. All the mortifying buttrock i heard that night i went to the preservation pub

Wish I'd caught:
- Mark McGuire (his solo stuff is hit or miss with me and I'd seen him play with Emeralds when they were opening for someone a few years ago)
- Julia Holter (I love her stuff but as described above I was in the mood for uncompromising rigorous music so I passed. She plays a bunch in LA so hopefully I can finally make it happen)
- Dean Wareham coulda been fun, also another opportunity to bask in the splendor of the Tennessee Theater
- I missed all the Earth & Keiji Haino stuff; i know absolutely fuck-all about that stuff so i figured I'd kick it at the Tennessee and not take up space a super diehard fan deserved more than i did
- Would have loved to have seen the Kotchke set at the Square Room but OPN.

ANYWAY. Stupendous festival all around - i made friends with those nice folks at wild honey and bought a ruinously huge box of records, i saw four consecutive performances each of which resulted in me setting a new record for "fastest i ever jumped out of my seat to give the performers a literal standing o, and i got to see so much of it in a venue as truly splendid as the Tennessee Theater. A+++++++ would definitely go again in a heartbeat.

SORRY FOR POSTING A MILLION POSTS; THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PATIENCE. Also sorry if I was being an antisocial non-joiner to any ilxors; I mean well, I just don't want to be an imposition. Can we go get lunch tomorrow before like 1 or 2? Preferably barbecue since i haven't had any cue since i got into town but i know some of y'all are non-carnivores and I DESPERATELY don't want to be a bother. I haven't had a bad meal in this city yet so I'm all ears (no pun intended). Plus this'll give me a chance to regale y'all with misadventures i got myself into which i shouldn't post about on google-indexable forums. Plus its the least I can do after being such a standoffish twit; if we can talk about T*mb13r in any capacity i think i can expense our whole meal. WHADDYA SAY GANG

NAZORANAI

NAZORANAI

NAZORANAI!!!

Where can I find Japanese music with the ghostly "YOOOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOO" vocals?

James I'm sorry we missed you at brunch!! We were hidden in the back. Wasn't checking ilx & I thought you were a no show

No worries! I was posted up towards the front awkwardly trying to flirt with that really pretty waitress who looked like April from Eastbound & Down.

Totally down for a makeup sesh tomorrow, pref early afternoon (1-3 pm).

I promise I will be a lot more fun once I pound a couple of Bloody Marys and suddenly decide that I can let my guard down and just cut fuckin loose

Wish I was there, but am loving the reports.

Nazoranai last night was fantastic -- I went to a strange not-sleep place and the music followed me in. Very heavy.

Wish we'd gotten a group pic at brunch. Maybe we can convene for a picture in the lobby at the theatre before the finale.

Agreed about Nazoranai. Except I was so tired by then that I was headed straight for sleep. Only managed about a half-hour. Can't wait to see Haino today.

Plan today: Dean & Britta, Haino, Earth, Reich

If you guys are meeting up somewhere lemme know or say hi if you see me! I'm wearing red jeans and a purple sweater.

Still thinking about Drumming, it was increíble.

Wish I were here

― Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, March 29, 2014 8:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wish I was there, but am loving the reports.

What he said. Between this and Austin Psych Fest, a spring of regrets! But unavoidable.

Photographer lady next to me at O'Malley/Ambarchi duo is taking photos of a guy's butt??

Is it doing something spectacular?

Will probably regret missin Shaker Loops but have torest my back & legs before 3 hrs. standing this afternoon.

I like WmC's photo idea. 7:15 in TN lobby? Or before if we all end up at Lonnie or Earth, I guess.

"No worries! I was posted up towards the front awkwardly trying to flirt with that really pretty waitress who looked like April from Eastbound & Down."

Haha this is my friend and I'm telling her this now

Got to catch omalley's thing today at KMA, ran into Whiney and ms Whiney and crut, made crut miss shaker loops because I took him on like a 5 hour mimosa tour of downtown or something, ive been at Big Asses since, now I'm eating a chocolate torte at the bistro in prep for EARRRRTH

I missed Haino becz of bloody marys. Sunday shows and Sunday drinks.

How does jonny greenwood look SO tall in pix/footage, he is literally shorter than keiji haino

Oh whoops I didn't realize we were meeting at 7:15. I'm eating.

Me too! Wait for us, your seats are secure, right?

Or don't, I might be here a while and then I have to cram this sandwich into my head and get to the theater. This afternoon has been spectacular!

Ha forgot about photo even tho I suggested it. Long day! Maybe we will have serendipitous photo op afterward.

"18 Musicians" was pretty godhead.

Got to introduce Lechera and Crut to the mayor. Working on keys to the city.

who's doin shaker loops?

i like the mach I version of that better than the mach II version, but you rarely hear the former these days.

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/local/2014/03/30/big-ears-festival-dates-set-for-2015/7099221/

Got to introduce Lechera and Crut to the mayor. Working on keys to the city.

this is amazing

Loved seeing all y'all this weekend. Always great to see Crut, Whiney, Crump, Tipsy. Great to meet La Lechera! I think i met jamescobo last night y/n? it was loud and i was drunk.

Anyway see you next year?!

the fact that crut and lech got to meet the mayor has seriously made my morning

I think a lot of people got to meet her! By her account, she saw 12 shows.

Nice write-up by Whiney: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/big-ears-2014-celebrates-steve-reich-via-punk-drone-jazz-radiohead-20140331.

The mayor of Knoxville said the words "Captain Beefheart.

awesome

http://twitter.com/MayorRogero/status/450701140498604032

I don't think I've ever been happier for a bunch of strangers. You guys rule.

I'm home! What a time!! I'm too braindead to have much more to say but I have 1zill new memories and new friends and saw a ton of inspiring musical performances so I'm happy.

Absolutely the best weekend. It was so heartwarming to see so much wonderful music and so many wonderful friends. Thanks y'all <3

Got home a little while ago...what a good weekend. Great to see Crüt, LL and Roxy again (Roxy for about 10 whole seconds, but still!) and great to meet Tipsy and Whiney. Also great to see some non-ILX friends for the first time in seven years (Dave) or six whole weeks (Scott).

Tired and happy.

Also, Decatur, Alabama needs to be torn down and paved over.

I think a lot of people got to meet her! By her account, she saw 12 shows.

that's nuts. i wonder if she was at the keiji heino show. "this is really what our city needs."

oh man, i hope i can come next year. depends on if the S.O. is willing.

Scott and I were talking about who AC might shoot for as artist in residence next year. He's gotten the big 3 of minimalism so I figure he may have to go in a different direction. I suggested a John Adams vs. John Luther Adams cage match -- two men enter the city, only one gets to keep the name.

Or maybe Laurie Anderson.

i dunno, i guess they need a "big name." anderson would serve that purpose.

what about pauline oliveros?

i could also see them going in a pop-avant direction with i dunno david byrne or scott walker or something

She was one of the artists at BE#1 – performance and Deep Listening Workshop, both great. Glass wasn't listed as artist-in-residence at that one – the whole thing was still feeling its way into existence in 09-10. xp

People who seem like they might fit the mold: John Adams, Laurie Anderson, John Zorn, Patti Smith, Eno, Robert Wyatt, Robert Fripp ... La Lechera suggested Pharaoh Sanders. I guess Ornette's not really playing these days, right? I would totally go for him just showing up to oversee a performance of "Skies of America."

Bill Frisell, Bill Laswell ...

Herbie Hancock!

OK, I'll stop.

for better or worse john zorn seems likely

david behrman?

Nazoranai was my dream act this year. My dream act for next year would be BLACK MUSIC DISASTER (Matthew Shipp/J Spaceman/John Coxon/Steve Noble): http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=42567#.UzoVNvldVrU

that's nuts. i wonder if she was at the keiji heino show.

this was my immediate thought too!!

Also, Decatur, Alabama needs to be torn down and paved over.

lol

I almost forgot one place I wouldn't pave over! The "Vaping With Vanessa" store -- I almost turned around and went back to take a picture of it. But Facebook backs me up on the existence of this place: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vaping-With-Vanessa/570021586355532

decatur has quite a skyline

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/P4150170.JPG

NYT wrap-up includes mention of Roxy's festival (tho dare not speak its name):

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/arts/music/the-big-ears-festival-returns-in-knoxville.html?_r=0

My dream act is Daniel Fichelscher with some ensemble playing PV (pref Heart of Glass sdtk) + ADII + Gila

Or Pharaoh Sanders + a very loud/heavy band

I can't wait to tell everyone about how I met the mayor!

oh it's not my fest - it's d mcbride's tbh

zorn + yamantanka 2015

zorn + yamantanka 2015
--1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak)

Seconded

Unless you mean the shitty indie rock band

i never do

it would be great to have ribot, frisell and sparks, but ribot might be over it

highlight of my weekend was tlaking to dylan carlson after Earth. lowlight was the dude incessantly air drumming/air guitaring in front of crut and i at Nazoranai

<3 <3 madeline rogero

Unless you mean the shitty indie rock band

― open-y, ob-la-da (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9:19 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was unnecessarily harsh on Y/ST, btw.

zorn + yamanataka otm

That would be fantastic, and would really cement my thinking of B.E. as FIMAV's improved successor. (Better location, leaner/meaner)

i need to clear up my schedule for this in future years.

The only way to get me to buy a ticket faster than having Steve Reich as the artist in residence would be to announce Brian Eno as the artist in residence. Lord, to hear Music for Airports in the Tennessee Theater. Adams, Anderson, and/or Sanders would be amazing too.

Other artists I'd love to see on next year's billing (although idk if they've played before): Harold Budd, Gavin Bryars (JUST DO THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC W/ PHILIP JECK AND ALTER EGO), Emeralds, Rene Hell

Not that it really matters; I'll be back next year regardless of the lineup. I had about as much fun as I think I'm capable of having.

BUT SERIOUSLY DRUMMING

Lord, to hear Music for Airports in the Tennessee Theater

lol, Bang on a Can All-Stars did that at B.E. #2

I wanna hear Eno pop songs and Discreet Music in the TN theater. Showed my students a pic of the Bijou today bc we did a grammar exercise where the sentences were all about vaudeville. It was fun! They were impressed by the mayor too.

Also got some "teacher, you look tired" comments
Haha

Music for Airports in the Tennessee Theater.

or at the McGhee Tyson airport? that would be something.

what grade do you teach, la l.?

"teacher, you look tired" would be a great song title for a freakbeat band ca. 1967.

adult esl/developmental writing -- they always call us "teacher"
some people don't like it, but it's always said with respect so i don't mind

Drumming sounded soooo gooood in the Tennessee Theater

this was literally me on Saturday night

http://i.imgur.com/RzXmVRO.png

adult esl/developmental writing -- they always call us "teacher"
some people don't like it, but it's always said with respect so i don't mind

― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 3:17 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't see the problem! unless you would prefer "sensei"

on top of everything else, I'm going to get to see Music In Twelve Parts performed live in May btw (just found out this was happening or I'd have already gotten tickets), I am like beside myself with amazement for how much hardcore minimalist glory I've gotten to see in the last twelve months

also my giant ass box of records from Wild Honey showed up today!

saw Oren Ambarchi everywhere this weekend, he looked such a sweetheart opening doors for Keiji like "after you, maestro"

anybody see Vatican Shadow on Friday? Scruffy's PA shit the bed part way through, but Dominic just went over to his stack and turned it up louder. amazing set regardless, one of my highlights this weekend.

Yes! One of my few regrets was leaving his set early to get over to the Cale venue.

i was speeding through TN at 85 mph during that set. does anyone know what was up with that morgan spurlock lookalike guy with the tablet soundboard thingie? what was that thing? what did it do?

did you guys take the survey? you get to suggest three artists for next year's festival and you might win passes...(that's why i did it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJus6fxQKqw

where do we take the survey? is it too late???

oh nm! I found the e-mail.

you have til 4/11 i think

It would be cool to win those passes. I suggested Eno, Laurie Anderson and John Adams vs. John Luther Adams cage match. (Also Zorn in the last comment box.)

I suggested Black Music Disaster, Faust, and Circle.

Oooh Circle-- that would be cool, esp if they played Pharoah Overlord stuff too. I suggested Pharaoh Sanders, Daniel Fichelscher, and my drum teacher because I want him to be famous and also because he deserves it.

Pharaoh Sanders/Pharaoh Overlord collab

I suggested Eno, Bryars, and Laurie Anderson

Pharaoh Sanders/Pharaoh Overlord collab
yeeeeeees
cool and groovy late nite for the weirdos

pharaoh sanders: overlord

Televison, Nils Frahm, Greenwood and Dawn Of Midi sets are up on Dimead0zen now

got my pass through work so no survey opportunity here, but anyone that throws one in the hat for Henry Flynt next year is a really good dude that i agree with

Scott Walker, George Crumb, and the brothers Bishop (if I were votin')

I thought about George Crumb over the weekend -- he seems like a good fit imo. Also, super old.

god, Jon Lewis OTM

La Monte Young/Marian Zazeela

Man, if you asked me, "Do you want to go to a festival of avant-garde music in Tennesee?" I would probably be like, "lol no," but that lineup looks really great.

i gave a flyer to keiji haino, it was the scariest and stupidest thing i've ever done in my life

Man, if you asked me, "Do you want to go to a festival of avant-garde music in Tennesee?" I would probably be like, "lol no," but that lineup looks really great.

they could have held a festival with that lineup inside a literal ass and I would have been there with bells on. also as it turns out Knoxville owns quite a lot

i mean do they even wear shoes there

They have a bowl of chicken bones at the Tomato Head register to pick your teeth with. Why pay for toothpicks, right?

I have nothing against Tennessee except for the fact that it's a few hundred miles away. And I don't really think of myself as being into "avant-garde" stuff.

heino just doesn't seem to drop character like ever.

Can't believe I blew it on Brooklyn Haino, totally spaced like an idiot.

another time.
c'mon out to unsound.

Man, if you asked me, "Do you want to go to a festival of avant-garde music in Tennesee?" I would probably be like, "lol no," but that lineup looks really great.

― jaymc, Wednesday, April 2, 2014 3:23 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

chatanooga has played host to many lower-key experimental music events in the past decades.

heino just doesn't seem to drop character like ever.

― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, April 2, 2014 10:11 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm just waiting for the moment he's like

"no, really, i have a lot of respect for thomas kinkade"

and a bunch of beardos' mouths drop open and then he's like

"nah, pysch, i'm gonna act moody again and start screeching."

beardos: nod.

someone did spot Haino drinking an IPA, which disappointed me

chatanooga is a much more bourgie (sp?) town than knoxville. but there's no denying it's downtown is a lot prettier. knoxville kind of fucked up their downtown a long time ago.

maybe he's just ready to cut loose now that he's in his 60s xp

last time i was in chattanooga it seemed kinda desolate???

hmm, that wasn't my experience. but knoxville fucked up their riverfront, built highways and onramps etc. all over their downtown, and knocked down too many old buildings only to replace them with concrete monstrosities. chatanooga did a better job retaining the (archiectural, if nothing else) character of their downtown and walking over the lit-up bridges in the evening is really pleasant. i admit all the shops catering to yuppies (you know, cupcake store, etc.) is pretty deadening and i prefer knoxville to that, but you can't get around the fact that a lot of central knoxville is just ugly. i like it tho.

chatanooga has an unexpected contingent of hipsters and like vegan/green lifestyle folks and a good farmers market etc. knoxville does too but they never seem present all in the same place the way it feels w/ chattanooga sometimes.

i've never been to chattanooga but i looooooooved knoxville

yeah, i like knoxville, it's just that 2/3 of their downtown is a big "what could have been"

chattanooga >>> knoxville w/r/t waterfront

we really intelligently built a highway directly adjacent to it and put a sewage treatment plant there, lol

in case anyone wants more So Percussion -- apparently Man Forever/Kid Millions/drummer from Oneida/John Colpitts invited some of them to play with him on his new album http://adhoc.fm/post/man-forever-video/

i bet it's really good

also did anyone catch bill orcutt? i was thinking of all the other guitar weirdos i'd like to see at next year's festival...

you know who would be great? karl hyde/eno

xp - LL, Orcutt was great! He ran through a short set and said "uh wow, I still have nine minutes in this slot, anybody have any ideas?" Some guy called for "Rocky Top" (twice) and he said "well, that gives me a little idea..." and attacked "Camptown Races" for about a minute and a half, then played one more short piece then out.

He did the same thing when I saw him! Kept looking at the time too.

GAAAAAHHHH -- from the most recent mass email:

During Big Ears, we were fortunate enough to hear master musicians Wordless Music Orchestra perform composer John Adams’ monumental “Shaker Loops.” Now, on the heels of his recent Pulitzer Prize win, the composer himself will be visiting Knoxville for an Earth Day celebration and performance presented by UT Percussion Studies and Nief-Norf. We're thrilled to see this event being hosted in our own fair city, and we'll certainly be in attendance next Tuesday! Read all about the event here.

I'm sure this isn't the first or last time somebody's mixed up JA and JLA, but dog dammit somebody done fucked up. At least the press release itself doesn't repeat the error (URL notwithstanding) -- http://www.bigearsfestival.com/ut-percussion-studies-nief-norf-host-composer-john-adams/

their emails are getting a bit out of control
i did the survey, now they should leave me alone until next year right?

I'm going to unsubscribe from the emails -- the Facebook notifications are plenty.

the emails/FB notifications are def a little much at this point

I think the best artist-in-residence would Jim O'Rourke, if he'd do it. Film installations, popsong concert(s) drawing from his Roeg records, drone works, free improv, you name it.

i got emails from the 2010 big ears until 2014 - they just blended into these current ones

JLA is not JA, but the JLA thing at Ijams last night was awesome.

was it Inuksuit? I think my friend was playing in that.

Yeah. It was cool. My kids loved it -- running through the woods and throwing rocks in the quarry, surrounded by people bang in drums and cymbals and blowing horns.

bangin'

http://i.imgur.com/EkR9Hwz.png

OTM

Crüt, do you still have that picture on your phone that we got after the finale? You, LL, Tipsy and me.

dates announced for 2015!! 3/27-3/29 and guess whose spring break starts 3/30?!!??!

most anticipated event of 2015 afaik

Nice! No need to rush back.

will the mayor be there?

yaaay!

can ILM negotiate a venue for the stars of ILX Compilations to perform?

done

when are they gonna announce the acts?

HYDE/ENO
HYDE/ENO
HYDE/ENO
HYDE/ENO

oh god pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

xxp - it was first week of December '13 for this year's festival.

Maybe I should get my usual room at the Oliver now, y'all are giving me crazy "sold out" vibes.

Ugh you guys i wanna come this time pls let life cooperate

which venue?

will come if i didn't have to go to work that day

and if i don't have to go the next day either

its a lot of venues.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10375924_10152742530511753_1237868170498243435_n.png?oh=0a6db108d19dfe2f560600310ed63b33&oe=54D0341E&__gda__=1421678856_3268aecdd10906abe3a6d3a6cb4fad6a

^^^ The image with a "we're announcing the 2015 Artist in Residence next week" post. Thurston, Lee or somebody else?

Lee.

yeah p sure thurston already has a residence gig at hopscotch this year iirc

This is about the 2015 festival now.

i'd be disappointed if thurston moore is the big draw tbh

otm. Thurston would make for a pretty boring festival compared to Kim/Lee

those look like Lee Ranaldo hands.

or hand. who knows! maybe the artist in residence is someone with only one hand.

The denim overshirt says Lee to me. Pretty sure I'd prefer his curatorial choices to Thurston's.

thurston has bad taste in friends

intermittently bad, at least
i'm sure some of his friends are ok

my bad, I meant he has it locked for next year. hopscotch 2014 was last month xp

I wouldn't be skeptical of Thurston's curatorial choices — I think he's more than capable of putting together a fantastic Big Ears lineup — but I think using him as an anchor would be a little... off-message I guess? Also I'm still mad at him and his recent music has been boring.

yup
off-message otm

nevermind I'm rong. rooting for lee tho

that said, whoever pulls together dead c to play in Tennessee has my undying fealty

I think I want to go to this, because it sounds fun and I really want to have a drink in the Sunsphere.

i want to go to this next year. hate that i had to miss the last one.

the bar in the sunsphere is really yow

what does that mean? the bar in the tower of the americas in san antonio is pretty great, and the space needle was a great spot for a beer as well

like, uncool

its very hair gel and HypnotiQ

The normal rules do not apply to World's Fair structures. They have an inherent and timeless cool factor. If they stuck a Chili's in the Tower of the Americas I would eat there.

I also love that the "Icon Ultra Lounge" has a Kid's Menu

naw its like 1000 times less cool than a chili's because it's a very "cool" place

perhaps if I go on a Tuesday at 4pm

i will join you for that drink, f. hazel. we can laugh at the uncool coolness.

yay! if enough of us come, we can monopolize the quarter-round ivory leather couches.

so otm

you know i'll be there
although last year i think i drank a total of 3 beers all weekend
3 beers and one whiskey, actually

i can also take yall places where there are bartenders who will serve you an actual drink (not a melted cotton candy) for less than $8

very reasonably priced drinks in knoxville iirc

not up the sunsphere

one pop rocks-tini at the sunsphere and then to a real bar

ok, ok. there's also an observation deck you can go out on and avoid the bar entirely

Kronos Quartet!

?

we've got a new thread!

http://ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=100751

woops!