Big Ears 2019 | March 21 - 24

If you come I'll pick you up a t-shirt at III Points and you could tell everyone you were there. 

It's one of my favorite jazz albums this year. It's also gonna rank up there on my year of end list.

Double Dog Dare Ya.

I had this discussion with Maddog earlier. Didn't go so well!

The cost.

Started the process of scoping out AirBnBs today. I think this may be happening, and I'm very excited because as far as I can tell there are zero (0) bad acts on the lineup

Oh, I also realized today that Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir used to be in Múm. I kept looking at that name and couldn't place it. 

Now I gotta track down albums.

I have my eye on one that's just on the other side of the river that is going for about 30/night! But I'm sure we'll be looking for lots of advice on food and non-festival attractions from repeat attendees, so I'll have questions even if that falls through haha

my biggest dilemma now is to do big ears, or pull the trigger on early bird FORM Arcosanti Tickets.

Also note that her ex-husband is Avey Tare. Looking at a possible collaboration or a possible shanking. Big Ears is all about being innovative and pushing the envelope.



$30/night is dirt cheap. That's jealousy right there.


I'll echo Fred and say it's just too expensive for me. I always love the lineups but the cost doesn't negate what I'd take out of it. I could see most of those bands for cheaper than what the ticket would cost.

It is pretty though.

They also won't book a shit ton of jazz either. It's gonna be a ton of bands that you're gonna have a million opportunities to see again.

Basically you're down to spending three (or four) days with young white dudes or old white dudes. I always go with old white dudes in situations like this. I like the stories more.

A reminder for myself: don't freak out over the first published schedule. It will change.

Good reminder. It's better to get an idea of who is playing when and where but nowhere near finalized till right before the festival. 

Hopeful for a The Comet Is Coming LN set so I can get my groove on. 

Last summer, I drove to Chicago to see Animal Collective perform "Sung Tongs..." and at this show I was absolutely blown away by the opening band. I couldn't find any signage to figure out who the opener was, and eventually forgot about it. Jump to now where I just learned that the opener was Lonnie Holley. When the Big Ears 2019 line up came out, I did a quick scan of his music, thinking I hadn't heard him before, and thought, "not a top tier artist, but I wouldn't mind seeing him." Scratch that. I'm an idiot and he's totally top tier. Highly recommend adding Holley to your schedule, my friends... his set was nothing short of brilliant.

Thurston Moore just finished a two night residency at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis: walkerart.org/calendar/2018/thurston-moore-moore-at-60 -- I only made it to the second night (due to having a "guilty pleasure" ticket on the first night - Alan Parson's Project), but it was absolutely fantastic.... the main "band" was Moore, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth & Deb Googe of My Bloody Valentine. It was as brilliant as you'd think it would it be.