It took me a few days to dig out and digest, but here's my take on this years Big Ears Festival from Drones to jazz to minimalism to noise and beyond including Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, John Luther Adams Sunn O))), The Gloaming, Sun Ra, Lou Reed Angel Olsen, Kiasmos, Hieroglyphic Being, Yo La Tengo, Anthony Braxton http://wp.me/p4ZE0X-6lS
Hi John - I think I actually saw you several times at the fest (amusingly enough, you were my friend Walt's doppelganger). Good times!
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Nice review, I enjoyed the festival a lot.
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Nice review.
I agree about the Yo La Tengo improv, got soaked all around.
Should have stayed for the end of Beiser's and Sunn O))) for Kashmir and Laser fingers. Oh well.
It was a weekend of rambling around.
I have read a bunch of reviews, funny how there are some core acts ( Vespers, Braxton, Sunn O))), that almost all commented on but diverged from my experience in most cases.
It was a big show. Something for almost anyone
We shall see about next year.
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Biggest regret......missing The Necks.I was looking forward to seeing them.Damn arthritic hip.
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Thanks. Yes, I think there could have been multiple experiences and perceptions of the festival depending on how you worked the schedule. And I don't know how anybody would've had time to see the films. I was really surprised at how full The Tennessee Theater was for Sunn O))). I didn't realize they were that popular.Originally Posted by markwoll
Film wise I caught a few.
Anderson's Heart Of A Dog was worth every minute.
I caught a bit of other films Conrad's Flicker ( headache inducing )
Flicker & Wow 'The Dockworkers Dream' interesting hodgepodge
Ikue Mori ( not just film )
Many reviews have not mentioned eighth blackbird, which I really enjoyed.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
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Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
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