The Bottling Smoke Festival, Los Angeles, Memorial Day Weekend, sponsored by Digitalis Recordings

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As can be detailed here, so I encourage investigation. Here's the lineup:

tarentel
the north sea (first ever live appearance)
starving weirdos
(VxPxC)
heavy winged
ghosting
xela (first ever US appearance)
valet
theo angell
dan brown (from hall of fame)
gregg kowalsky
the alps
sea zombies (new project from john xela & brad rose w/ special guests jefre cantu-ledesma & gregg kowalsky)
robedoor
ilyas ahmed
white rainbow
taiga remains (first ever live appearance)
fathmount (first ever US appearance)
thousands
antique bros
mike tamburo (w/ matt mcdowell)
goliath bird eater
ajilvsga (first ever live appearance)
new fairfield parks & recreation (first ever US appearance)
pocahaunted
the holy see

Even better -- this is all a free event aside from what will be the Saturday evening sets on that weekend, and even that part is cheap at only $8. See you there! Post news, queries, whatever...

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2007 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link

This would be so awesome.
I would torrtally go if I were in the northern hemisphere.

― Drooone, Monday, 2 April 2007 04:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Book a spot on a slow boat.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2007 05:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Bump a touch for the US day crowd.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2007 14:04 (seventeen years ago) link

excited to see xela!

― chaki, Monday, 2 April 2007 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, that's definitely high on my hit list. Ilyas Ahmed is the main thing for me.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

been meaning to check out ilyas. what should i start with?

― Fetchboy, Monday, 2 April 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Hmm, well it depends on what you can find, his stuff goes out of print pretty quickly (I should know, I think I'm helping to single-handedly drive up demand in some corners). Try Century of Moonlight if you can snag it.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 03:25 (seventeen years ago) link

not to toot my horn too much, but we're reissuing his first two cd-rs (that were limited to something insane like 50 copies), "towards the night" and "between two skies" as a double CD on digitalis this summer (or sooner if the art gets finished).

― brad rose, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

This is a good thing indeed. And hiya Brad!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Sounds fun but I've never heard of any of these bands. Should I have? WHat sound like they?

― walterkranz, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 04:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Follow the link in the first post and there's links to all the bands from there, myspace sites and the like -- use Them Modern Technologies and sample their wares so you can see what you might enjoy most!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link

"dan brown (from hall of fame)"

i think i met him at that show my brother put together at the knit fact with samara and devendra and roger adultery and bb's. i think it was him. he's a nice guy if it was him. and i think he knows my brother-in-law andy. i mostly spent that nite blushing like a schoolgirl in the presence of hamish kilgour. OMG, it's hamish kilgour!!!!

― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 05:01 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

Kicking this up again, since it's under two weeks away! Anyone else making the jaunt?

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Anyone anyone...Bueller...

Anyway, here's the schedule:

FRIDAY GALLERY

Deejay from 8-9pm
9pm - fathmount
9:30 pm - antique bros
10:00 pm - ilyas ahmed
11:00 pm - sea zombies
12 midnight - pocahaunted

SATURDAY GALLERY

Noon - metal rouge
1pm - mike tamburo (w/ matt mcdowell)
2pm - new fairfield parks & recreation
3pm - the alps
4pm - the north sea
5pm - xela
close gallery at 6:30pm

SATURDAY MR T's

8:30pm - robedoor
9pm - thousands
10pm - ghosting
11pm - starving weirdos
midnight - tarentel
1 am - heavy winged

SUNDAY GALLERY

Noon - the holy see
12:45pm - white rainbow
1:30pm - valet
2:15pm - greg kowalsky
3pm - theo angell
3:45pm - dan brown
4:30pm - (VxPxC)
5:30pm â€“ ajilvsga
6:30pm â€“ nick castro
close gallery at 8:00pm

This actually looks reasonably paced!

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 19 May 2007 02:53 (sixteen years ago) link

So one last revive (well maybe tomorrow too) -- Chaki is going to be here for at least part of this, hope others can make it as well. A reminder that the Mr. T's part will cost $8 but everything else is free, though donations obv. encouraged. Should be fun!

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 May 2007 01:56 (sixteen years ago) link

Well y'all missed out is all I'm saying. But JBR caught a couple of acts, that was cool. And Chaki where was ya? John aka Xela is a total dude, you would have been his best friend!

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 May 2007 04:32 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh yeah, photos galore.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 May 2007 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link

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