EMP Pop Conference 2011

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.

― Okay Pet Shop Boys Aren't That Bad. (lilsoulbrother), Sunday, February 27, 2011 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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?

only ned would know the answer to that and i don't think he knows the answer to that.

And indeed, I don't.

Tim Quirk's presentation now posted.

Really liked his presentation, and the conversation with Ben Lee from the same panel.

forgot to come back to this thread to self-advertise! here's the written version of mine: http://nickyswhat.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/what-a-convenient-world-russian-music-in-the-era-of-big-money/

posted my paper on my blog. if you are curious(yellow):

http://skotrok.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-2011-emp-pop-conference-paper.html

was in the audience for that. laughed hard.

Turns out a slew of the presentations have gone live on iTunes *much* more quickly than I was anticipating:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/2011-emp-pop-conference-at/id431416241

(No Kiss panel, though? So sad.)

Finally got around to posting a print version of my 2011 paper:

http://backtotheworld.net/2011/06/02/enjoined-joy-gross-national-happiness-and-pop-music-in-bhutan/

100.

Does Daddino post here anymore?

No.

the fact that you're counting down each of your new posts makes me worry that something like the premise of that Eddie Murphy movie A Thousand Words is happening here