EMP 2008 Pop Conference

They accepted my pitch! The fools -- the mad, mad fools!

And now the great question -- "WHO IS DAD AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa...."

Aw shucks, it's no major mystery! My name's Dan Booth. I did the Tower Records tour of America in the early 90s, working a year apiece in Chicago, New Orleans, and Boston, which is where I wound up. I'm an unreformed music junkie. I did a little writing for the Phoenix about ten years ago, and I guess hanging out here over the last year or so gave me the bug again. This EMP thing is something I never would have done if not for this site, and I guess this is as good a place as any to say thanks.

My proposal wasn't accepted, but I will be there.

My proposal wasn't submitted because it wasn't written.

But

...I will be there for all of you.

That's a big nope for me too. Fuckers.

Not in! Oh well, always a pity, but on the flip side, I get to wander and enjoy everything without having to worry about paper prep! :-D

And you'll finally be able to ride the SLUT to Tutta Bella

AW YEAH etc.

I haven't ridden the SLUT yet. : /

Neither have I. In time.

Karaoke on the SLUT?

That's just rude.

Hooray oh wait.

List of Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana certified Neapolitan pizza places in the U.S.

2 Amys / Washington DC
A16 Restaurant / San Francisco CA
Antica Pizzeria / Marina del Rey CA
Bricks Neapolitan Pizza / Hudson WI
Cafè Porta Alba / Madison WI
Flatbread Community Oven / Boise ID
Fritti Restaurant / Atlanta GA
Il Pizzaiolo / Pittsburgh PA
Il Ritrovo / Sheboygan WI
La Pizza Fresca Ristorante / New York NY
Naples 45 / New York NY
Punch Neapolitan Pizza / St Paul MN
Settebello / Las Vegas NV
Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana / Salt Lake City UT
Spacca Napoli / Chicago IL
The Prospector / Twain Harte CA
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, Columbia City / Seattle WA
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, Stone Way / Seattle WA
Vero Amore / Tucson AZ
Via Tribunali / Seattle WA

No mention of the Westlake Tutta Bella, so probably not a complete list but dayam, Seattle is all over my naples.

anyway, music.

Hey Mr. DJ

My proposal on the Jefferson Airplane wasn't accepted, to the betterment of the EMP.

But I will be there for the conference. Eager to see a bunch of youse.

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

my presentation on the staple singers' lp 'freedom highway'* was accepted, so yayyy! i totally would have been there anyway of course, since it's just a few hours' ride and to be honest i like the conference more and more each year.

i'll have YETI 5s with me: featuring among a few other things scott seward's amazing EMP paper from '06, and my own presentation on blind willie johnson's "dark was the night" from last year, and 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). anyway, those issues'll be out just in time for sxsw, which i'll also be at. all our books for the year are fall titles so i won't have any of those with me, not yet...

i was about to suggest that all those hanging around seattle on sunday afternoon go on a fremont sunday ice cream cruise on this cool old boat that tools around the lake. it's really close to the seattle center and is a fun trip -- but it looks like they've lost their parking spot, bummerrrr!: http://www.seattleferryservice.com/

* for any staples geeks/ whoever cares: my presentation is on the lp, not the cd -- the cd version of 'fredom highway' weirdly only includes two tracks from the album. which is weird 'cause it's this totally riveting record made live in a church on the south side of chicago in the midst of some riots, just a few months after dr. king's march from selma to montgomery. it's the raddest single example of the role that gospel played in the civil rights movement that i have found. (well, nothing comes close to same cooke's "change is gonna come," of course -- but that's what i call secular gospel).

in the interim, i hope to find out more about the staples' role in civil rights aside from their recordings, to find out which rallies they played at and etc. maybe this will happen while i'm doing research at the schomburg center in harlem early next month? i dunno.

it looks like the guy who produced the album is still alive so hopefully i can track him down and maybe do a phoner! his name's billy sherrill and is otherwise known for his super slick nashville country, some of which is awesome. he collaborated with george jones a lot, and i guess he's best known for not only producing artists but also writing/ co-writing songs with them? anyway, i really hope to be able to talk with him about it. since it looks like he didn't do anything else like it, and considering how charged those times were, i'm guessing he has a few clear recollections about the experience despite it being 43 years ago.

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.