EMP Pop Conference 2011

Couldn't make it to any of the days but it sounds like a good time was had.

Come out to NYU next year!

will james franco host?

I had a great time today. Chuck D sat behind me in one of the talks and I almost had a heart attack. This is the second time I ever felt lucky living in Los Angeles.

Dude did we meet at all this weekend? I just now remembered you'd be there.

No we didn't. I was reading your twitter feed and you were at the talks that were my second picks.

Haha it does happen. I literally was finally saying a first hi to some people almost just before I left.

how can you miss ned at the emp conference? it's a statistical impossibility.

he's everywhere man!

Yeah I left quickly because I felt embarrassed after asking a question and fumbling a little bit because I realize it was years I was in a setting like that.

he's everywhere man!

Yeah I didn't speak to anybody there. I went by myself because I'm new to Los Angeles anyway. Plus, I don't know what people look like so it would've been hard to spot people.

BTW Scott I passed on yer kind words to Ann and she was very touched and thanks you!

i got such a kick out of my brother's friend who is 21 and who came from hudson, new york by herself and stayed in a crummy hotel in beverly hills and who i'm pretty sure talked to everyone who was there this weekend. she's awesome. i had a fun time hanging with her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dADNBoN7idQ

she was afraid to use the shower. a shared shower? something like that. and she was kinda freaked out by beverly hills in general. but i think she had a good time!

the only thing that bummed me out the whole weekend was: i put the magazine that i had done with cyrus and rufus on the book table and when i went back to get coffee on the first day it was gone. so it was on the table for like an hour. i guess i should have put my name on it or "display copy only" on it or something. i really wanted to show it to the kids when the table was set up on saturday. that kinda bummed me out. we worked hard on that! i guess it wasn't music-related though...

and i didn't have another copy. i gave yetimike the other copy i had with me.

seeing a crowd of people run over to gawk at some new Banksy piece was kind of the perfectly ridiculous ending to this weekend

(it was great, will probably post more later)

a true meeting of the minds. ned and rufus!

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183628_10150147631770908_767115907_8100740_6467252_n.jpg

Yes! I was just looking for a way to link this photo! Thanks!

well this was fun.

Okay! Compilation/organization of my notes are up:

http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/emp-pop-conference-2011-summary-and-full-notes-from-twitter/

Edits w/links etc. to happen later in the week, I hope.

Does Daddino post here anymore?

Yeah I left quickly because I felt embarrassed after asking a question and fumbling a little bit because I realize it was years I was in a setting like that.

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Oh God, at the first panel I attended, I asked a question that I intended to come out all smart and insightful but instead was rambling and vacant. Then I did it again at the next panel. Never even raised my hand for the rest of the weekend.

it can be hard to be on the spot like that! all of a sudden 50+ people are staring at you and the room gets magically hotter.

Totes. Good to meet you, too, Scott, btw!

Then there's me and my egomania. Or something.

Sole-sides.com has their overview up:

http://soul-sides.com/2011/02/emp-2011-in-review/

And here's Tavia N.'s take:

http://hearisqueer.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/emp-2011-wrap-up-where-were-the-queers/

Here's xgau's summary.

http://www.najp.org/articles/2011/03/emp-report.html#more

moby to majors: drop dead

http://www.billboard.com/news/moby-major-labels-should-just-die-1005053902.story#/news/moby-major-labels-should-just-die-1005053902.story

Meantime, the audience some minutes before the keynote. Spot a critic!

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/188330_571649797876_81500275_32628026_5682171_n.jpg

Meantime, the audience some minutes before the keynote.

i'm somewhere toward the back!

And here's Andrew Beaujon's film that was his presentation:

http://vimeo.com/20573079

xp I'm loitering in the lobby!

the keynote with moby, etc is up on youtube.

Photos!

http://www.scott-photo.com/Events/2011-EMP-Pop-Music-Conference/15994340_ZZY79#1199797595_uMRuG

Plus, Stefan Shepherd's take:

http://www.zooglobble.com/archives/2011/03/emp_pop_conference_2011_a_brief_rev.html

Hahah okay NICE:

http://www.scott-photo.com/Events/2011-EMP-Pop-Music-Conference/15994340_ZZY79#1204434115_FYkk3-M-LB

And I like my appearance in this one:

http://www.scott-photo.com/Events/2011-EMP-Pop-Music-Conference/15994340_ZZY79#1204438373_Dv7od

In that it is a very representative shot of me at the conference -- sitting near the wall and a power outlet, madly taking notes.

Oh hey:
http://www.scott-photo.com/Events/2011-EMP-Pop-Music-Conference/15994340_ZZY79#1204433941_2Pkji-A-LB

(L-R): Mike Powell, me, Chris Molanphy, Matos

Yeah I should explain that photo I really liked -- it's Scott Seward (and a friend of his brother's), my friend Mike Scholz and myself listening to Mike McGonigal at that same reception.

shannekia! i think that's how you spell it. i'll have to get word to her that there is a picture on the internet of her and simon. she is a 21 year old simon fangirl.

Yeah I saw that photo too and thought it was damn cool!

my panel:

http://www.scott-photo.com/Events/2011-EMP-Pop-Music-Conference/15994340_ZZY79#1204450251_SSTjE-XL-LB

scott you totally spelled it right! it's was really great meeting all of you guys! did i really talk to all the writers? ned are short interaction was lovely and you will always be "nice ned" in my mind. I went to AMOEBA and almost pee'ed myself (they didnt have a bathroom).

Hi there! Much thanks for the compliments, too kind. And yeah, Amoeba's lack of bathroom = argh. (But there's a couple of nearby spots either direction on Sunset.)

I am about to disgust all of you.

So, Flavorwire has their take on the conference up.

And it includes...THE ROD STEWART PHOTO.

Those of us at Tom Kipp's presentation know.

And now...you do:

http://flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/rod-stewart.jpg

http://www.scott-photo.com/Events/2011-EMP-Pop-Music-Conference/15994340_ZZY79#1204432508_Lpu8b-A-LB

i am in the middle background of this, holding a glass of wine, in the red shirt with the giant yellow "THERE'S PARAMORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM" letters (unreadable here). i don't know what i'm doing but it appears to be in the neighborhood of a harangue.

Looks like you're telling off Ian Mathers, you horrible man. (I could be wrong.)

"I said cheddar, not Stilton!"

And another review:

http://superbon.net/?p=1761

yeah, that's ian. alfred probably has the right of it.

Anyone know what the timeframe is before the panels show up on iTunes?