EMP 2008 Pop Conference

hopefully ned r's great take on disco inferno (but i really want it to accompany music from the band on the cd and i've not heard back from those people yet, unfortunately, damn)

Ack! Well hopefully they'll come through. (Also, it's great to see someone else in this time zone being as sleepless as I!)

i don't have to get up in the AM though -- you a'ight and stuff?

i was just about to write you ned, as this seems a lame way to tell you this. ohh well, it's done -- worst scenario it makes it into a later YETI -- we're gonna do two a year instead of one every two years now.

also with the help of the genius behind the wfmu website we're about to launch an *actual* website and it could go there as well, if you're down with that???

ctrl-f mondeo

Matt and Rodney wuz robbed! Again.

I was rejected but will be there anyway.

Mike McG, I'm glad you'll be there, I don't think I've seen you more than once since your Terrastock I birthday. My parents were active in the civil rights movement in Chicago. Do you want to talk with them for research?

dan -- ohh, it's you! awesomess. it will be great to see you as well / catch up. we'll need to play another round of Rock Scrabble, no?

please please please email me with your and your brother's email/ contact info. i sent gene a copy of my 'loveless' book but never heard back -- am afraid i had the wrong address? anyway, and yeah it would be good to talk to your folks -- they're major, as i'm sure you know...

Email coming up. Rock Scrabble, definitely! I'll bring my board. Open invitation to all parties - it's like Scrabble but with double points for music terms.

This I will consider.

I'm out; oh well.

KARAOKE FOR EVERYONE

We need someone to rep for ILX!

ILX </rep>

My proposal, "Surfing in Babylon: Troping the Heck out of an Ancient Civilization", was roundly turned down. I'll keep working on it, though, it'd probably kill at church. Especially if I rock some Celtic Frost!

Anyone else here get the nod or was it just Phil, Mike and Dan?

Will be great to see you again Joseph! Your Monkees piece was great.

Thanks! I really appreciate that. (I don't recognize your handle, though!)

(Mackro = Br1an M.)

Ahhh - thank you.

I'm gonna be there talking about "The Ballad of the Green Berets" and various responses to it from the Left and Right, in the U.S. and overseas.

That sounds really cool.

I'll check that out! Especially if you work in a tangent on "Open Letter to My Teenage Son."

Very cool indeed!

Douglas, please show clips of the movie.

Spacca Napoli / Chicago IL

This place is way overrated.

So a month to go and all.

Yoberry FAP

Thurs. afternoon. 3rd and Maroon, two blocks from the Central Library.

Marion, not Maroon.

I'm buying my ticket this week.

I spent 42 seconds trying to figure out where the hell Maroon was before I looked down.

Will be glad to see you again, Alfred, Ned.

I'll be there for all four days (but bailing early on Sunday to see the Mariners). Have bought plane tickets but not booked hotel. I actually started looking through the panel lists the other day to plot out my must-sees.

Just over two weeks to go! I'm getting started for real on my presentation today. (I can't be writing my paper the morning of the thing anymore; I swear for my ELO paper I was working on it as I was still presenting it...)

Um, Mavis Staples rebuffed my interview request, but she's on tour and busy and it's not like this is "for publication." My feelings aren't wounded but they might be singed a bit.

For people staying through until Monday, there'll be a YETI 5 release party at Anne Bonny on Sunday evening and I'm serious, the Rock Lottery at Neumo's looks to be fabulous this year.

I noticed last night that Ned Sublette is appearing at the PSU Library here in Portland the night before EMP starts. I'll be getting my geek engines revved up a little early, then...

I only got my ticket last Friday. Excited!

Hmmm, realized I have to go be a delegate for my county's convention sunday afternoon.

Rev, fight the good fight!

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If you guys visiting need to see shows...

Neumo's:
http://www.neumos.com/apr08.html

Chop Suey:
http://www.chopsuey.com/apr08.shtml

The Triple Door (click next to April if need be):
http://www.thetripledoor.net/calendar.aspx

The Vera Project (click on Calendar):
http://www.theveraproject.org/

The Funhouse:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2386026&blogID=15687222&Mytoken=20050218114111

Sunset Tavern:
http://www.sunsettavern.com/

Tractor Tavern:
http://tractortavern.ypguides.net/page/ntqa/CALENDAR.html

Comet Tavern (turn down volume):
http://www.myspace.com/thecomettavern

El Corazon:
http://www.elcorazonseattle.com/cgi-bin/showinfo.cgi

King Cobra:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/GetOut?search=music&musicLocation=519960

Probably many other venues I'm forgetting

Rev, fight the good fight!

What he said. Meet us for dinner afterwards, though. (Even though we'll all be zombies at that point.)

are rock crits playing at those venues, Mackro?

Ned Raggett and The Particularly Fine Tendentiousness

Lord Soto and the Victorians.

Mackroniack

I'll be there again, presenting with my partner, and it should be pretty great. Totally excited to be on a panel with J.D. Considine, to whom I think I addressed a dumb question last year. My main goal is to actually see the library this time.

It's worth it.

In fact, looking upthread, Mackro had suggested:

Yoberry FAP

Thurs. afternoon. 3rd and Marion, two blocks from the Central Library.

Google Maps

Yelp page for Yoberry

See folks there, then. (Whenever then is, need to check my flight.)

is there alcohol?

Yes, there's Original, Dragonfruit, and Alcohol Yoberry.

We should mark EMP panels as Useful, Funny, or Cool.

One week to go!

Regrettably, I will not be attending this year...real life intrudes.

well, it's just days before the inaugural, so here's my list of How-to-get-here-from-the-airport-and-back type stuff for those who are or choose to be car-less:

Light rail's almost done but not there unfortunately.. so until '09 or '10, the cheapest option is the bus via King County Metro.

Here's KCMetro's Trip Planner page. Proceed.
* Enter "SEATAC" as the starting point.
* Enter your hotel or the EMP address "325 5th Ave N" as the destination. (You might be asked to clarify which "5th Ave". Choose "5th Ave N in Seattle". The "N" i.e. North is important.)

You should get the proper list of itineraries as a result. The fare should be $1.50 (*always take the transfer*).. $1.75 if it's rush hour.

If you forget about the Trip Planner:
* you want to go out to the bus bays to the right of 1st level baggage claim, and wait at the one which specifies 194 Seattle Bound. (Don't take the 194 in the opposite direction.) It runs every 15-30 minutes between 6am and 9pm weekdays. Outside that time, there's the all-night 174 Seattle Bound which takes a little longer, and will likely provide you with many interesting bus stories. Just don't be impatient and hop on a 174 before 9pm on a weeknight.

(* Mnemonic idea if you are a Wire fan: 154... 174... 194!)

The bus tunnel is back, by the way. Both Sea-tac departing buses use the tunnel until 7pm.

Both buses run on Sunday but not as often and not in the bus tunnel, so make sure you note this if you're heading out on Sunday. In downtown, you can catch a 194 (or 174) from Seattle to Sea-Tac on 2nd Ave.

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Or you could take a cab. Or maybe you're staying in a Downtowner-friendly hotel, whose shuttle bus is around $10 or so. (I've never used it.) This all depends on how much in a hurry you are.

Hope this helps! If KCMetro's site doesn't answer your questions, send them here. I've used KC Metro for many years at this point.

The bus tunnel is back, by the way.

A massive frickin' relief right there. When's the light rail from downtown to airport due for completion again?