NO FUN FEST - (NYC March 19-21)

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At NorthSix.

A whole fucking mess of awesome bands!

My Expected Highlights:

Burning Star Core
Sonic Youth Side Projects
Wolf Eyes
Sightings
Nautical Alamanac
Pengo
Japanese Karaoke Afterlife Experiment
Unicorn Hard On
Knifestorm
Hair Police
To Live and Shave in LA

(I hope this the first thread about this.)

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Unicorn Hard On is a great band name. Is there a band called "Sonic Youth Side Projects," or do they mean side projects of the band Sonic Youth? Because if it's the former, that's almost as good as "Unicorn Hard On."

Either way, I wish I was in NY!

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, i heard about this for a month now...hair police are supposed to be great live. this is basically the same fest that they had in minneapolis last year...which i heard was excellent.

either way, $12 per show is really decent.

― jp, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Everyone in NYC, buy me beer and get me sex.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

just set up your game of risk at the shows. you'll be fighting off the two or three women in attendance.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Generally speaking, I don't go to Brooklyn. But I might, for Arthur Doyle.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"I don't go to Brooklyn"

― aleksandr supertramp (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

there be monsters!

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon: are you going to crash at my place? We have COUCHES.

No Fun Fest is going to be balls out rock and roll fun. Hair Police ought to be amazing--I will suggest smoking lots of dank herbs that weekend. Val/Breathmint Rekkids booked the downstairs room on Sunday, so that's why it's all "those kids." Looking forward to see BSC, Sightings & Wolf Eyes, as always.

The o'Rourke/Flaherty/Corsano/some dude lineup was awesome when they played with laserbeast. the 'acktion unit' or whatever ought to be similarly fucked.

Jon: Nate has a radio show on WKCR on Mondays from 1-4am. I didn't listen last night because I was a sleepy boy. But I imagine it's lots of great noises noises.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian, I will bring you tasty drugs.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm a sad panda because it looks like i'll be out of town on sunday, which is the night i'd most like to see. also sad panda because the whole thing is at north 6, one of my least favorite venues.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

all venues here suck equally, it seems. for different reasons, but none of them are all that great. :(

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

agreed. it's unfortunate.
n6 has a high school gym vibe that i hate, poor acoustics, pricey drinks, and a very narrow stage that makes things quite difficult.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm considering it... hrrm.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

dude, if i miss out on sunday's show it's because i'm en route to sf.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, what's going on out here?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

eh, stuff. you know.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe it's time for EMAIL!

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

MAYBE SO!

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Bring me drugs

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

how about deluxe travel scrabble instead?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

TLASILA? Who? What? A tribute band? The real thing?

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

march 20th is my birfday

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

TO AND SHAVE IN LA WHAT'RE THEY DOING!!!!!!!!!

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

This looks like fun, but only in spurts.

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Lauren's just putting on an act. She's going to San Francisco to get AWAY from the crazy noise bands. She's going to a renaissance fair.

Scott, you know what they say....Fun comes in spurts.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

dan... SHHHHHHHH!

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooooh...count me in, too.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

(p.s. - like someone who went to horror movie makeup seminars should even talk.)

xpost

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i'll be there for sure -- i have to write about it!

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I'll go for at least some of it anyhow.

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

special effects are cool! Excuse me, FX. Did you learn anything from that movie, what's it called? Oh yeah, FX.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope I can be there for most of it. The reformed TLASILA will supposedly be Tom Smith, Rat Bastard, Weasel Walter, maybe Misty Martinez.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The only TLASILA I have is helen butte vs. masonna pussy badsmell. i rarely listen to it because my roommate's a tool and i only get scant chance to listen to noise when he's around.

― ian johonsssnn, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

and DOUBLE LEOPARDS!! and DEAD MACHINES!! those will also rule.

and why are the wold eyes side projects in the basement? won't they draw lots of people? do i over-estimate the audience for this shit?

JON: there are so many cute lit majors in my british postcolonialism class. amazing.

― ian johnsosnsn, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Scott, you know what they say....Fun comes in spurts.

Funny, love doesn't but fun does.

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

gonna be there for damn sure. anyone want to put me up?

― brock (brock), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

with an email that appears to say "i heart scabies," I'm guessing no.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 28 January 2004 00:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I will trade drugs for sex.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

brock: e-mail me when it gets closer to the fest; my roommates might be out of town (spring break)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian - The BSC are not playing. I wish. And the Wolf Eyes side projects are playing in the basement because the upstairs was already booked. There are 3 Wolf Eyes side projects playing the basement: Aaron Dilloway, Dead Machines, and Miscarriage. It's going to be nuts down there.

also, TLASILA @ No Fun lineup = Tom Smith, Rat Bastard, Don Flemming

― Russ, Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian - also, FYI, The BSC are playing the "Improvised & Otherwise" festival in Brooklyn in early May, and possibly in Brooklyn again in late June.

― Russ, Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

what about The SB?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

re: The SB - we're not playing because the upstairs was full, and it's hard to do anything quiet in the basement because of the sound bleed from the mainstage.
That's why I didn't try to book The BSC either, altho I wanted to.
I stuck to booking bands that are relatively loud so it won't be an issue.

I will be playing with some people tho, 1st in the basement on Saturday night: Dave Gross, Don Rettman, Mike Przytarski, Mike Bernstein, Kris Abplanalp, and Greh.

― Russ, Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

sweet! esp. that Kris is coming to play it.

― hstencil, Thursday, 29 January 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Wooooah, dudes.

This is the beginning of my spring break. I am definitely going to stay here for this, though. DEAD MACHINES should fucking rule.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 30 January 2004 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

soon

― Russ, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Is there a theme to this show, or is just a mess of different bands together for no real reason?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

No Fun Fest Theme: Bands Whose Name Start With The Letter ()(&*(&XKJHKJH(*7897JAKA(*

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

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Ian, do they sing? If so who is singing?

― GET TO THA' (PRICE) CHOPPA!!!!!!!! ROFFLE!!!!!!!! (ex machina), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

they don't sing; they use vocal samples from the song.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

you should order some shit from DaveQuone; the page is linked to from the JKAE site. also out is a unicorn hard-on/newton split. and when i ordered he sent me BONUS TAPES & CDS. real nice guy.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

NEWS:

No Fun Fest 2004-DVD
No Fun Fest Records- To be releasing a series of live sets from the fest.

ARCHIVE:

http://www.monotract.com/nofun/2004.html

lots of links to reviews and pics [ATTN: JON WILLIAMS] INCLUDING NUUJ FROM PENGO'S EXTENSIVE PHOTO GALLERY]

i tried looking for this:
http://www.thewire.co.uk/current/images/cover.jpg
but these west coast mag stores only have last month's Ghost issue, what's up!

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.carbonrecords.com/admin/uploads/photos/03_21_2004_NoFunFest_Joe/IMG_0986.jpg http://www.carbonrecords.com/admin/uploads/photos/03_21_2004_NoFunFest_Joe/IMG_0986.jpg

I AM SO CUTE

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Monday, 17 May 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

not as cute as spencer though!!!

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 17 May 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

who/when is that picture from?

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 17 May 2004 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

i know two people in the front row.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

looks like basement of north 6

― brock (brock), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)

mego no fun fest pics:

gjp (w/ omnipresent pengo dude lurking)
http://mego.at/events/getdownusa/image/gjp_no_fun.jpg

massimo
http://mego.at/events/getdownusa/image/massimo_no_fun.jpg

laundry room squelchers
http://mego.at/events/getdownusa/image/laundry_room_squechlers_no_.jpg

ikue mori + jim o'rourke
http://mego.at/events/getdownusa/image/ikue___jim_no_fun.jpg

williamsburg chick
http://mego.at/events/getdownusa/image/brooklyn_chicken.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

gygax!, every who in rochester = pengo dudes taking pictures + drinking white russians

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

show even

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

who/when is that picture from?
-- hstencil (hstenci...), May 17th, 2004.

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i know two people in the front row.
-- el sabor de gene (yn...), May 18th, 2004.

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looks like basement of north 6
-- brock (iheartscabie...), May 18th, 2004.

I meant whose set was it from, doughhead!

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

hstencil, i think it was pengo

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

okay, thanks dude!

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

seriously, who is catching pasture fest in wisconsin??? i want ilx heads there that went to no fun who i didn't meet damnit!!

― brock (brock), Sunday, 30 May 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

BROCK. i can't afford to go, otherwise i'd be all about it.

biking to wisconsin would take TOO LONG.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 30 May 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

get a ride with rog!!! the vanishing voice is gettin sick of that SWEATY MEXICAN.

― brock (brock), Sunday, 30 May 2004 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

yo brock, if you have a cell phone, e-mail me the number. i might be getting a ride (to pasture fest) with Black Forest/Black Sea!

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 31 May 2004 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

2005?
http://www.monotract.com/nofun/2005.html

new thread or keep it real on the original?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 23:23 (twenty years ago)

when will the dead c play no fun fest? also, masonna/aube/merzbow??

why are half the bands the same as last year? (not that this is a bad thing; i want to see dead machines and pengo again, particularly. but i do wish there were more new acts and fewer repeats.)

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 01:43 (twenty years ago)

I really only wanna see R&G maybe I'll head over there after Slint ends or something.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 06:35 (twenty years ago)

carlos has a "no acoustic instruments" rule.

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 08:19 (twenty years ago)

You jammy buggers. Looks like an excellent line up to me and you should be in for a sticky treat with the Polly Shang Kuan Band.

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:00 (twenty years ago)

i predict the highlight will be nate young & twig's DJ set.

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:26 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

brandon stosuy on no fun fest and new york's noise scenario:

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0511,stosuy,62088,22.html

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

alan licht is younger than tom smith and william bennett.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

"Big Apple Svengali Russ Waterhouse"

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

Huh.

― Big Apple Svengali (deangulberry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

You know, you're not banned on the noise board anymore, dork.

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I'm aware. Thanks, pal!

― Darius Rucker Lookalike (deangulberry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

You're welcome, sweetie. Any time!

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

"no fun"

― Darius Rucker Lookalike (deangulberry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exhibitions/stern/archive/20june/svengali.jpg

― Russell (Russell), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)

I know I said this upthread, but to reiterate, Polly Shang Kuan Band are fucking great at the moment. Last gig was some heavenly sweet din. Show a little love for the Brighton contingent okay?

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

there's music in new york now?

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

Okay, who went to this thing then?!? Reports on my desk by 5 please!

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 21 March 2005 12:45 (twenty years ago)

I went on Friday and Saturday nights. Off the top of my head, my faves were Mouthus, Heathen Shame, Dead Machines, Metalux. Giffoni's Death Unit (Carlos, Corsano, guitarist from Mouthus, drummer from Hair Police) totally destroyed. I'll see if any decent pics/vids came through when my camera battery is done recharging.

R&G didn't make it due to visa issues. A too-long video of japanese girls puking their guts up while Rudolph made noise was shown instead. lame.

Totally dead right now, having taken the redeye bus from NY to MTL to be at work. A bunch of bands from No Fun (Dead Machines, Pengo, Magik Markers) are playing here tonight for the CD launch of locals Et Sans, so maybe I'll have something to say about that.

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Monday, 21 March 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I didn't go the first two nights.. First night saw Slint and second night fell asleep/pussied out. Last night was decent, what I saw of it. Double Leopards ruled. Missed Pengo cuz of getting in late, sadly. Magik Markers weren't as good as last time I saw 'em. I am sad I missed the downstairs the second night, cuz my friends played. I'm also sad I missed Dead Machines the first night. They were my favorite part of last year's fest.

― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 21 March 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

ah fuck, i wanted to see r&g. oh well.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

Big report in Dusted.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

This dude has some nice photos up.

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

eight months pass...

yeah, kinda sucked.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Saturday, 24 December 2005 04:58 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

ok... Incapacitants!!!! I might go.

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Monday, 19 March 2007 15:56 (eighteen years ago)

can anyone tell me anything about the DVD? should i buy this?

― modestmickey, Monday, 2 April 2007 10:35 (eighteen years ago)

you should download it

― Edward III, Monday, 2 April 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

clever. thanks for bringing this back up the top, anyways.

― modestmickey, Monday, 2 April 2007 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

disc one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUSr8pgYEcg

disc two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUSr8pgYEcg

― funny farm, Monday, 2 April 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.nofunfest.com/2009sweden.html

Awesome, I am definitely going btw

― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Sunday, 21 June 2009 13:47 (sixteen years ago)

yay!

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 June 2009 14:01 (sixteen years ago)

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