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

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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.

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.

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^^^ 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!

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