Nearfest Countdown : 3 weeks ! Who's going ?

[Pierre]

No italian band ?

[Jerjo]

Pierre, read the Sunday lineup. Right before Tull.

[Pierre]

"I was blind but now I see." - Simple Visions, The Strawbs

[Garyhead]

A little Quiet on the top floor of the parking lot tonight.

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[Pierre]

A little Quiet on the top floor of the parking lot tonight.

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Half of the NF people are waiting in the queue at the indian restaurant, the other half
are waiting in the queue at the italian restaurant (don't remember the name of the one
we were going to -it was very good- just before the bridge to the other
part of Bethlehem). A few lost souls are at Campus Pizza...

[Bigpicturekeys]

Who, Me????????

In an unexpected turn of events I'll be at the scene of the crime part of that weekend. I'll be driving from the Midwest to Connecticut for a show on Saturday the 29th. Bethlehem seems the perfect place to stay Friday night. I plan to hang out at the beloved Brewworks, have a few beverages and reminisce. A gathering of proggers? Just a thought. Before I leave town I'll have to get one of the famous Meat-Stick Bloody Marys that caused a small and exclusive cult to be born at the last NF. You all know who you are!

[tony2toes]

Never got a chance to see Nearfest. Maybe it will return one day? Sorry, I'm out of the loop and need to catch up on prog ears reading

[JKL2000]

sniff

[philsunset]

Who, Me????????

hahaha, Bigpicturekeys. I'll have one for ya and Mr. Jim.

[Mr. Toad]

yes indeed those were some good times. I miss you maggots and NF.

[Yanks2014]

Chad, originally I had it at 5 but then I remembered Nektar was touring and I had to take a jab at the great Lino/Yanks debate.

Very funny!

With that lineup, you think I'd complain about Hawkwind? No way. Of course that would be my dinner & cigar break.

[JKL2000]

Geezer, it's nearly midnight - have you donned your Speedo and begun ingesting Absinthe in memory of NEARfest?

[philsunset]

yes indeed those were some good times. I miss you maggots and NF.

I'll raise a glass and toast da mags

[nosebone]

salute!

[philsunset]

salute!

Right on NB! It's too frekkin hot here to do any thing but take some cans to the basement and watch some gritty 70's fare.

[Garyhead]

DAMN....Sitting home this weekend is really bumming me out!

If I knew how to set up a festival.......but then again, if I knew....I would probably bow out......But.....I got plenty of time......retired & no family......except for the virtual friends here......I think I'd give it a shot.....

[nearfest]

it is not "hard". but it takes balls, an appetite for stress and financial risk, and willingness to do a lot of detailed grunt work and *constantly* publicizing it in some way shape or form... along with picking a diverse slate of well-known bands, up and coming 'buzz' bands, and some out of left field winners... it is an absolute shit-ton of work so you better love doing it. having top shelf production professionals willing to play an important role is essential also.

[Nearfest2]

Geezer, it's nearly midnight - have you donned your Speedo and begun ingesting Absinthe in memory of NEARfest?

That was an FMPM memory.

[Nearfest2]

it is not "hard". but it takes balls, an appetite for stress and financial risk, and willingness to do a lot of detailed grunt work and *constantly* publicizing it in some way shape or form... along with picking a diverse slate of well-known bands, up and coming 'buzz' bands, and some out of left field winners... it is an absolute shit-ton of work so you better love doing it. having top shelf production professionals willing to play an important role is essential also.

What he said.

[Garyhead]

Thanks for responding Rob & Chad. . When I worked (25 years) I had an amazing stress load....now retired, I miss that adrenalin rush occasionally...it was a kinda...."if you screw this up, you could die" stress. The only unknown for me is lining up the talent. You two were AMAZING at that! Also, you guys had mucho professionalism in keeping any negative aspects to yourselves.....or, eventually turned it into humor.......think. 3 Mellotrons? Even so, this has been on my mind ever since I posted the above remarks. I remember something said about an "unsustainable business model".....That sounded to me like a challenge.....

[Supersonic Scientist]

In salute to NF this past weekend, I cued-up several of my favorite NF bands CDs and gave a good listen as I was tiling the backsplash of my kitchen. Not my number one way to salute NF but it was the best I could do citing my lengthy "honey-do" list.

[arabicadabra]

I looked at my "eager to go" coffee machine and sighed....

[Fracktured]

it is not "hard". but it takes balls, an appetite for stress and financial risk, and willingness to do a lot of detailed grunt work and *constantly* publicizing it in some way shape or form... along with picking a diverse slate of well-known bands, up and coming 'buzz' bands, and some out of left field winners... it is an absolute shit-ton of work so you better love doing it. having top shelf production professionals willing to play an important role is essential also.

You make it sound like a peace of cake!!!!!! Everyone should put on a festival. I deal with this in one hour at work.

Rick

[Yanks2014]

I looked at my "eager to go" coffee machine and sighed....

Each day of the weekend I sighed when looking into my t-shirt drawer -seems half my shirts are NF ones. Still wore my Nearfest Apocalypse shirt on Saturday anyway. Hard to believe that was a year ago already.

[Luis Nasser]

Tell you what, on Saturday, June 29th at 5:00pm, raise a glass and we'll all do a NF toast. Thanks for this thread and thanks again for all the support over those 14 amazing years.

I'll have to do it from the stage at the gig. But I'll be wearing my 2001 NF t-shirt!