Moogfest 2016

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@jonesjupiter is hitting that up as well. Is it a temporary relocation or permanent relocation? Either way the electronic music events in Germany are gonna shit on the American events. 

A little over two months now. Can't come soon enough.

This looks awesome.

Go see the Song Exploder podcast. I wish they'd gotten anyone but Odesza for that but it'll be interesting nonetheless. That's definitely one of the better podcasts going these days.

No Effects podcast is great too. And considering they got Empress Of... yea, go.

Other than that I would hit Time Traveling With Hip Hop, Tim Hecker and Ben Frost Masterclass, Afrofuturism, IBM Watson and How Close Can We Get To The Holodeck.

Not that I fully understand it but the technology behind Watson is fascinating and, frankly, astounding. I'd imagine at this point they've done a good job of translating it to layman's terms. That'll probably be super interesting.

This is a pretty cool response to that new NC law from Moogfest. 
   
"We are stunned by the news this week, and we invite you to join us in opposing regressive, unjust discrimination of all kinds.

House Bill 2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, passed on Wednesday by North Carolina's legislature and signed into law by the governor, eliminates anti-discrimination protections for all lesbians, gays and bisexuals and bars transgender people from using bathrooms that do not match the gender they were born with.

Moogfest is proud of its home in Durham, its heritage in Asheville, and our friends throughout the state of North Carolina. But we adamantly oppose this law, and any laws that enable or encourage exclusion and bigotry.

Moogfest is dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog, an engineer who partnered with artists to create new technological tools for creative expression. It was Bob's lifelong belief that true innovation comes through collaboration, not exclusion. Moogfest offers an inclusive environment where all people come together to explore big ideas for the future. We value diversity, self-expression and experimentation above all else. This discriminatory law not only runs counter to the basic principles of equality, fairness, and justice – it is a direct affront to our principled mission.

We will have spaces dedicated to education and dialogue around these issues and we will take every step possible to ensure that Moogfest remains a safe and welcoming space for all festival-goers, especially the many LGBTQ artists and speakers joining us this year.

We invite all fans of Moogfest to join us. We are standing our ground in North Carolina, and will use every opportunity to protest this law – on the stage, in the streets, and on social media."

Giving away some tickets! Don't forget, nipple snapchats get additional entries, and most important of all Dave Maynar is always permanently disqualified from my contests.

It's not just you.

FWIW, it IS coming out today......eventually.

Thankfully, I cleared my schedule today.

Schedule is up: moogfest.sched.org/

You can change it to Grid View.

If you guys don't think I'm doing an 8 hour concert where you're encouraged to bring a sleeping bag AND then 3 straight hours of Yo Gabba Gabba, you're crazy.

That Robert Rich show is stupid rare. I'm surprised I didn't see that listed before.

Imo,  Actress - The Orb - DJ Harvey sounds like a really (x10) good fu**ing night.  Just saying.   

EitS I'll see at SK. I know what Sunn O)))) is all about from this board and your posts in Big Ears haha, depending on my mood I'll check them out.  Need to listen to the body.

Quintron and Oneohtrix are both awesome, so I really need to see what Time Hecker is about.

I don't think Saturday is weak really, there was just a bit less that caught my eye at first glance.  The good news is I'm actually pretty likely to do the whole fest now.  Just need to figure out my lodging situation.  Looks like there's still some relatively cheap hotel rooms available, but not downtown. No idea how close the Southwest / Southeast / West Central areas are, so I'll need to look into that