EMP 2008 Pop Conference

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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?

"2009". This probably means 11:59pm Dec 31st, 2009. But it might be sooner.

I guess I should tell my boss that I need two days off this week.

Might not hurt.

hey boss i has bad snifflez

I'm happy because I was in Seattle a few days back and saw the SLUT for the first time!

maybe that should have went on the Seattle thread

Too late now.

SLUT sightings are going to be much higher this year, it must be said.

I thought we'd get away with a quiet weekend for shows, but I was wrong.

Just around the corner, literally, from the EMP, this is happening at the Vera Project Friday night (http://www.theveraproject.org):

7:30 PM
Iron Lung
Yellow Swans (last Seattle show ever!)
Sissy Spacek
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
$8 ($7 w/ club card)

Tickets through Ticketweb or day of, unless it sells out.

And yes, the Yellow Swans set will be the very last show ever in the city of Seattle.

Iron Lung will be playing, but only Texas Hold'Em with select members of the audiences. No instruments.

RAWK

Meantime, something that night for the comix folks among us -- and the musical types too:

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Please join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Saturday, April 12, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for an extraordinary event featuring Fantagraphics Books’ resident genius Martin Bland. Bonus! This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we’re hosting a huge Spring Cleaning Sale with hundreds of lovely Fantagraphics Books offered at 50% off cover price.

Martin Bland’s Randomized Control Trials represents a radical departure from this veteran musician’s previous work. His experimental sound installation features contributions from Fantagraphics alums Mark Arm and Tom price, joined by accomplished musicians from various musical genres. The concept defies simple description – you sort of have to experience this piece to fully appreciate it. Learn more here:

http://martinblandsrct.blogspot.com/2008/03/cds-for-sale.html

This event coincides the colorful Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack featuring art exhibitions, musical performances and more at 30 locations throughout the neighborhood.

We’ll also have pallets of popular titles by artists like Peter Bagge, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, R. Crumb, Ellen Forney, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Tony Millionaire, Charles M. Schulz, Joe Sacco, Chris Ware, Jim Woodring and dozens more – at half price! All day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 11 - 13. You’ll also get a chance to view our current display of exquisite illustrations and comics by the incomparable Drew Friedman.

Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at the corner of Airport Way S.), only minutes south of downtown Seattle. We’re open every day 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110. Hope to see you all soon.