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After roughly 13 years of playing various games in the Arcade and late night drunken banter, I finally met my soulmate and biggest Inforoo crush, NothingButFlowers . What a wonder babe!
I said we needed to take a photo of the two of us, easymorningrebel , tronik , and garageland and then I stooged out and forgot. Ooof.
Staples jr Singers>>Calexico>>Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily:Love In Exile Trio>>Iron Ana Wine>>Pino Palladino and Blake Mills>>Andrew Bird>>Son Lux(?)>>billy woods.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Apr 1, 2023 0:10:45 GMT -5
Made a stop to see Irreversible Entanglement and not only was the show great, it is the best name for a band ever.
Even better than the band that NBF, tronik and I are starting. Dead Presbyterians. First album “Holy Con Job”. First song on the album “The Birds, They Sing For You(Main Character Syndrome)”.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by Mensch Maschine on Apr 1, 2023 7:38:41 GMT -5
Wish I hadn't run out of steam last night... Definitely regretting missing Son Lux and Caterina Barbieri. But those delayed start times were too much for my exhaustion (12:45 AM start time for Barbieri!)
Here are my Best Intentions for the day:
-> (10:00 AM) VIP Secret Show -> (12:00 PM; Tennessee) John Zorn: Nove Cantici per Francesco d'Assisi -> (1:30 PM; KMA) Lee Ranaldo [of Sonic Youth] -> (3:00 PM; Jackson Terminal) Bill Orcutt & Chris Corsano Duo -> (5:00 PM; Bijou) Devandra Banhart -> (7:00 PM; Mill & Mine) Sun Ra Arkestra -> (8:45 PM; St John's) Brandee Younger ~> (10:00 PM; Jackson Terminal) Meridian Brothers -> (11:00 PM; Jig & Reel) SUSS -> (11:59 PM; Tennessee) Secret Show (MAYBE)
They haven't posted on the socials yet but the aforementioned Pretentious is doing the following for Big Ears
Thursday 6p-10p Vinyl Takeover with DJ Captain Ed, DJ Good God Claude, and DJ Cassanova Friday 3p-10p Experimental Vinyl with DJ Crispyboi Saturday 12p-10p Experimental Vinyl with DJ Crispyboi Sunday 12p-4p Hong's Brunch and Vinyl with Captain Ed
Captain Ed is very fun. Where y'all at? I'd like to meet the folks who contributed to the guide. Hope you all have been able to pick one up. I'll be at sun ra then meridian brothers. If you missed them yesterday, don't miss meridian brothers I'd you wanna get down. Crazy dance party.
They haven't posted on the socials yet but the aforementioned Pretentious is doing the following for Big Ears
Thursday 6p-10p Vinyl Takeover with DJ Captain Ed, DJ Good God Claude, and DJ Cassanova Friday 3p-10p Experimental Vinyl with DJ Crispyboi Saturday 12p-10p Experimental Vinyl with DJ Crispyboi Sunday 12p-4p Hong's Brunch and Vinyl with Captain Ed
Captain Ed is very fun. Where y'all at? I'd like to meet the folks who contributed to the guide. Hope you all have been able to pick one up. I'll be at sun ra then meridian brothers. If you missed them yesterday, don't miss meridian brothers I'd you wanna get down. Crazy dance party.
Splitting Kali and Carl Stone during SRA. I'll stick around for Meridian pending on the secret set at the point.
Post by Mensch Maschine on Apr 2, 2023 6:50:38 GMT -5
Today’s picks…
-> (10:00 AM; Visit Knoxville) Essential Tremors Live w/ Stephen O'Malley -> (12:30 PM; Old City PAC) Morton Subotnick -> (2:15 PM; St. John's ) Music of Éliane Radigue -> (5:15 PM; Jackson Terminal) caroline -> (7:00 PM; Tennessee) John Zorn w/ Christian McBride & Dave Lombardo -> (9:00 PM; Mill & Mine) Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos -> (10:00 PM; Tennessee) John Zorn: Cobra (final 30 minutes)
Welp. Gonna be a heavy heavy emotional day in Big Earsland.
Who is gonna get you good today?
You shoulda seen me at Iron and Wine and The Weather Station. An inch from full sob. Iron and Wine was right after I had put some of Whoreshack’s ashes at The Tennessee Theatre. He did a super emotional, stripped down Flightless Bird(American Mouth) that got me good. But then he did Naked As We Came directly followed by a cover of Waitin’ For Superman and I swear to god we weren’t alone.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by Mensch Maschine on Apr 2, 2023 21:18:05 GMT -5
Year #7… DONE!
Another amazing fest… nearly everything I saw was brilliant. Some of the delayed starts got in the way of my Perfectly Reasonable Schedule™️
… but I’ve got nothing to complain about:
Annea Lockwood: Bayou-Borne, for Pauline (Oliveros) | Bill Frisell + Julian Lage + Gyan Riley plays the music of John Zorn | Bill Orcutt & Chris Corsano Duo | Brandee Younger | caroline | Essential Tremors Live w/ Stephen O'Malley | Exploding Star Orchestra | Ichiko Aoba | John Zorn + Ned Rothenberg | John Zorn + Trevor Dunn + Dave Lombardo | Kali Malone | Lee Ranaldo | Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis | Matt Nelson’s Out Series | Mivos Quartet plays the music of Steve Reich | Morton Subotnick | Nate Wooley plays the music of Éliane Radigue | Pino Palladino & Blake Mills | Stephen O'Malley | Verispeed Collective performing Robert Ashley’s Perfect Lives: The Park | William Parker | Yarn/Wire plays the music of Alvin Lucier, Andrew McIntosh, & Misato Mochizuki
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Apr 3, 2023 1:06:29 GMT -5
What a great weekend! Today was Tupelo Honey mimosas>Bill Frisell Four>Oneohtrix Point Never>John Zorn with Trevor Dunn and Dave Lombardo(Zorn’s sexophone unbuttoned the top buttons of my blouse in this mashup panic attack/orgasm)>Algiers>Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos>(the great wine accident of 2023)John Zorn Cobra
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
garageland
Bleary-Eyed Bonnawook Oldest living hipster
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by steveternal on Apr 4, 2023 20:51:04 GMT -5
Would love to hear your answers to something I've been musing on...
Scene: Alternate-reality Big Ears 2023 John Zorn's 'Cobra' will feature 13 musicians, and a contest is held for a lucky attendee to choose who, of ALL the performers over the WHOLE weekend, will be included. You win. Who do you choose??
Would love to hear your answers to something I've been musing on...
Scene: Alternate-reality Big Ears 2023 John Zorn's 'Cobra' will feature 13 musicians, and a contest is held for a lucky attendee to choose who, of ALL the performers over the WHOLE weekend, will be included. You win. Who do you choose??
Post by Mensch Maschine on Apr 5, 2023 16:09:30 GMT -5
My BEF 2023 Top 5:
5) Annea Lockwood: Bayou-Borne, for Pauline (Oliveros) 4) Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis 3) Stephen O'Malley 2) Yarn/Wire plays the music of Alvin Lucier, Andrew McIntosh, & Misato Mochizuki 1) Morton Subotnick
So did anyone else not get notices on capacity or did they just not do them? I know Jackson hit for a lot of shows I was at but never received word it was full.
Also wondering if anyone else thought the Civic Auditorium wasn't worth it? I never made it there but I heard stories about people going. I met a couple who asked me if i wanted to split an Uber just to head that way.
It felt like longer queueing just to get into venues just because of increased festival capacity for one venue that wasn't used by a lot of people.
Maybe that's just me though.
Anyhoo, 2024 wishlist:
Richard Dawson Ezra Collective Tim Hecker Gilla Band Cian Nugent FACS Model/Actriz Scree
So did anyone else not get notices on capacity or did they just not do them? I know Jackson hit for a lot of shows I was at but never received word it was full.
Also wondering if anyone else thought the Civic Auditorium wasn't worth it? I never made it there but I heard stories about people going. I met a couple who asked me if i wanted to split an Uber just to head that way.
It felt like longer queueing just to get into venues just because of increased festival capacity for one venue that wasn't used by a lot of people.
Maybe that's just me though.
I was not getting all of the notifications until I deleted the app and reinstalled it. But even then it seemed like only a subset of the venues that hit capacity or had a late start were announced.
As for the Civic, my friends (who weren’t on GroupMe) and I thought it was an awful space (in sound, location, and in vibe)… but I know others who were in the chat thought it was fine. We disliked it so much that we altered our schedules to avoid it for the rest of the event.
And the queues, in general, definitely felt longer. The Standard, in particular, was ridiculous. If that’s your main venue, VIP is a waste of money (the combined lines meant the venue was half full by the time I got in, and my seat on the floor VIP only had a sight line to the backs of the audience).
Anecdotally, the delayed starts also felt more frequent. I’m not really sure if it was any worse than previous years, or if I was just more sensitive to the schedule conflicts they were creating this year. I decided to do “Dry January” this year, and ended up continuing it indefinitely; maybe I just needed a beer
The weirdest thing, imo, is that the only schedule that announced David Byrne was doing live Q&A after the films related to him, was on the Google Sheets version. I don’t recall them announcing that anywhere else (unless I missed it?). While I was standing in line at the J&R, someone mentioned there were only around a dozen people when he was speaking after “True Stories.”
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Apr 7, 2023 5:55:09 GMT -5
I have little to compare to because I have only attended 2014 and this one. But I was perfectly satisfied with the festival. GL gave everyone the most up to dates. I ended up at every single show I wanted to be at. I missed a part of some shows, but I was okay with that and expected it. I remember having to wait in lines in 2014 for the room to open up.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
I have little to compare to because I have only attended the second NE and this one. But I was perfectly satisfied with the festival. GL gave everyone the most up to dates. I ended up at every single show I wanted to be at. I missed a part of some shows, but I was okay with that and expected it. I remember having to wait in lines in 2014 for the room to open up.
Loved it all. Will def do it next year.
I’m jealous that you were at the 2014 fest. Such an amazing lineup. I missed the first three (2009, 2010, 2014), but haven’t skipped a year since I started in 2015. Hope to meet you and others I missed in 2024!
So did anyone else not get notices on capacity or did they just not do them? I know Jackson hit for a lot of shows I was at but never received word it was full.
Also wondering if anyone else thought the Civic Auditorium wasn't worth it? I never made it there but I heard stories about people going. I met a couple who asked me if i wanted to split an Uber just to head that way.
It felt like longer queueing just to get into venues just because of increased festival capacity for one venue that wasn't used by a lot of people.
Maybe that's just me though.
I was getting a small number of notifications until I deleted the app and reinstalled it. But even then it seemed like only a subset of the venues that hit capacity or had a late start were announced.
As for the Civic, my friends (who weren’t on GroupMe) and I thought it was an awful space (in sound, location, and in vibe)… but I know others who were in the chat thought it was fine. We disliked it so much that we altered our schedules to avoid it for the rest of the event.
And the queues, in general, definitely felt longer. The Standard, in particular, was ridiculous. If that’s your main venue, VIP is a waste of money (the combined lines meant the venue was half full by the time I got in, and my seat on the floor VIP only had a sight line to the backs of the audience).
Anecdotally, the delayed starts also felt more frequent. I’m not really sure if it was any worse than previous years, or if I was just more sensitive to the schedule conflicts they were creating this year. I decided to do “Dry January” this year, and ended up continuing it indefinitely; maybe I just needed a beer
The weirdest thing, imo, is that the only schedule that announced David Byrne was doing live Q&A after the films related to him, was on the Google Sheets version. I don’t recall them announcing that anywhere else (unless I missed it?). While I was standing in line at the J&R, someone mentioned there were only around a dozen people when he was speaking after “True Stories.”
If I was VIP, I would have not been happy. The money spent isn't something you just spend on haphazardly. The combination of VIP/Premier lines could have been better handled.
As far as the Standard goes though, I can't figure out where they'd put a VIP section that would make everyone happy. There's the balcony but then you run into ADA problems. I wouldn't be surprised to see them just make that venue that doesn't have that in the future.
As someone who had Premier, it was more my speed. I never stressed about getting in somewhere. I'd seriously think about downgrading next year and doing that.
Save you enough money to go to Oblivion Access with me next year, too.
Last time I was there was 2015, looks like things have evolved quite a bit. I almost pulled the trigger this year but vacation time evaporated before I had a chance. Looks like everyone had a good time and came out relatively unscathed...besides Garageland's ankle.
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