EMP Pop Conference 2012 -- NYC

count me in!

Proposal was accepted. Will probably write the paper after I get back from giving a talk about 1980s German thrash bands in Berlin in mid-February.

i'm most likely coming home for this.

my proposal was accepted! see y'all there!

i promise not to #occupy anything.

it always ends badly when i do...

totally psyched to meet up w/y'all. also pleased & proud that my proposal was accepted. and nervous...

I am going to this I think

Is registration open yet?

this is going to be so much fun.

Whoa, weird, I'm going to this.

I mean, "NYC is so close! Weird!"

Planning to go even though my proposal didn't get accepted. I really, really, really wanted to present this year. Are all of you on the program?

I'm not this time but I always go because hey, it's fun.

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't want to miss this year like I did last (my first EMP was 2010 - I actually met you at that wine and cheese thing, Ned). And it's actually close and I actually have multiple options for free accommodations this time.

Can't wait to see the program...

Being in NYC this week for the first time has convinced me that there is no way I can miss this when it's so close. Hoping that my professors agree (assignment schedules released next week etc.)

For the first time since I was 16, rather

I was there last year in LA, and I will make it this year again (but perhaps alone--eek!). It really is quite fun.

i might go to this thing

my proposal was accepted, so anyone interested in hearing thousands of words about K-pop and Seoul should be in luck!

even more excited than usual about this year's conference - I'm probably going to stay in NYC for at least a week, and may be putting together a related event...

Had a blast last year, but prob. not attending this time around, since it's my birthday weekend, and I'm planning a trip to NYC in April, anyway.

Would love to hear a K-pop paper; if you're scheduled the same day as me (and not opposite me), will definitely drop in.

On two panels this year. I don't know when the first one is yet, but my paper's called "From the Corner to Carnegie Hall and Beyond: The Urbanization of Miles Davis, 1972-1991." The other one is a more free-form discussion on Sunday afternoon, March 25, on the state of present-day jazz and improv in NYC, moderated by Greg Tate; in addition to me, the panel will apparently include Butch Morris and several other musicians, a prospect which has me basically soiling myself.

if i can find a very cheap/free place to stay, i think i'll go

wait –– i'll come to see/meet you all, not nec. to attend a lot of the conferance, which i prob. won't understand anyhow.

I am thinking of attending as well, I just have to find a play to stay.

oops I meant "place to stay" argh.

"play to stay" sounds like some weird sex tourism trip

I could see "Place To Stay" bring the name of a Drake album, for some reason. Especially in the aforementioned context.

yup yup

http://www.empmuseum.org/education/index.asp?categoryID=26

" Puerto Ricans, Black Men, and No Less Than One Dominican: Slammin’ the Rock with Todd Terry, Chep Nuñez , Blade Runners, and The Blue Jean Regime – An Exegesis of 1990’s Warlock Records War Party Compilation Sliced and Edited in the Style Of Omar Santana. "

This looks awesome Scott

it remains to be seen. er, written. i've cleared my schedule for the next month. ilx in full effect on that panel. me and lovebug starski!

and rj smith and dave tompkins scheduled at the same time will take the heat off of us if we happen to be hungover...

everyone in nyc who gets up late on friday should come to this. party with me and the tate-meister! hennessy!!!

6:15pm - 7:30pm

Book release gathering for the new Pop Conference anthology, Pop When the World Falls Apart: Music in the Shadow of Doubt (Duke University Press)

Featuring:

Greg Tate, "Roundtable: The Church of What’s Happening Now: Improv 2012 and the Cosmopolitan Truth"

Alexandra Vazquez, "Street Dreams: Blackness on the Move"

Tom Smucker, " When Bobby Went Bob: Darin’s Muddled Dylan Turn, The Assassination of RFK, and the Collapse of Ring A Ding Urban Masculinity. "

Karen Tongson, "“Drive and Sounds of the ‘80s Metropolis”"

Eric Lott, "Andy's Mick: Warhol Builds a Better Jagger"

J. Martin Daughtry, "Evocative Objects and Provocative Actions on the Acoustic Territory of War"

Larry Blumenfeld, ""Treme" and the Abstract Truth: Fact and Fiction in New Orleans"

Nate Chinen, "Nice Work: Jazz Agency and the New York City Cabaret Card, 1943-1967"

Diane Pecknold, ""The Spectral Cityscapes of Tween Pop""

Oliver Wang, "The The ? Remains: Toward a Culture-Emergent Hip-Hop Studies"

Carlo Rotella, "Shipping Up to Boston: A Pecking Order"

Michelle Habell-Pallán, "Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, A Chicana Punk Story -- a D.I.Y. "Archiverista" Conversation"

Scott Seward, " Puerto Ricans, Black Men, and No Less Than One Dominican: Slammin’ the Rock with Todd Terry, Chep Nuñez , Blade Runners, and The Blue Jean Regime – An Exegesis of 1990’s Warlock Records War Party Compilation Sliced and Edited in the Style Of Omar Santana. "

Kembrew McLeod, "Killer Apps Play the Sounds of the Cities""

Carl Wilson, " We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful: The Death and Life of Great North American Scenius "

Eric Weisbard

also, just a heads up, if anyone wants to join me, i will be staging a direct action mic check during this panel. you can bring signs and banners if you want:

>> Clubways

Venue: Room 3

Featuring:

Michaelangelo Matos, "A Trip to MARS-FM: The Story of L.A.'s Rave Radio Station, 1991-92"

Al Shipley, " Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music "

Benjamin Court, "Feeling the Political in "Can You Feel It?""

Joshua Clark Davis, "G.I. Rap and Euro-Dance: How African-American Soldiers and West Germans Created a Hybrid Hip Hop Culture in 1980s and 1990s Frankfurt "

oh that looks awesome

My head spins already...

I may need to hire substitutes.

EMP at its best is a process of making you realize you cannot be everywhere you want to be.

what's a scenius?

Although I'm not listed, I believe I'm participating in this:

Friday, March 23 2:15 - 3:45
>> Roundtable: The Church of What's Happening Now: Improv 2012 and the Cosmopolitan Truth
Venue: Room 4
This gathering will examine the economics, aesthetics and ethnicities of improvisational music culture in present-day NYC. It will include special emphasis on how older definitions of jazz, neo-classical, dance, rock, folk, global, breakbeat and fusion have been provoked, transformed and morphed by contemporary urban artists and audiences. The role of digital technologies and social media will be in the mix too. The panelists will also look at how race, class and gender issues have been addressed by present-day practitioners, and how gentrification has affected the communities and venues available to the city's contemporary improvising community.
Moderated by: Greg Tate
Featuring: Butch Morris, Vijay Iyer, Marika Hughes, Mazz Swift

And then on Sunday morning at 9, I'll be delivering my regular paper:

>> Jazz Alleys
Venue: Room 3
Featuring:
David R. Adler, "Ghost Train: Pre-Swing Big Bands and Urban Experience"
Nate Chinen, "Nice Work: Jazz Agency and the New York City Cabaret Card, 1943-1967"
Phil Freeman, "FROM THE CORNER TO CARNEGIE HALL AND BEYOND: THE URBANIZATION OF MILES DAVIS, 1972-1991"
Alex W. Rodriguez, "Deconstructing the Hang: Urban Spaces As Cross-Cultural Contexts for Jazz Improvisation"

[No, I don't know why my paper's title is in all caps while everyone else's is upper-lower. Looking forward to the panel, though, as I don't think I've ever met any of the other writers face to face.]

what's a scenius?

― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, January 24, 2012

As I recall this refers to critic Simon Reynold's discussion of Eno's scenius versus genius thing...Does great music come from musicians who are part of a "scene" versus musicians off on their own

Oh my god this thing looks amazing. Just registered.

300 papers! or presenters or whatever! here's mine: http://www.empmuseum.org/education/index.asp?categoryID=26&ccID=127&xPopConfBioID=1724&year=2012

So former V. Voice critic RJ Smith's gonna do something related to his James Brown bio due out in March. Bet this will be good

The One: The Life and Music of James Brown

Simon Reynold's discussion of Eno's scenius versus genius thing...Does great music come from musicians who are part of a "scene" versus musicians off on their own

ok, I know when I'm licked -- see u guyz at the bar.

scott we're going to rock the house

programming is brilliant, our thing is like nyc from 1970 thru 1990

stiff competition though

as nycentric as i can be the LA panel looks awesome esp this

Ken Tucker, " L.A. Eccentricity in the 1970s: Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Hirth Martinez, and Moon Martin

I didn't get tickets to this but BradNelson raved about it to me, so I'm assuming it was pretty awesome.

Yeah been hearing similar. Was so hoping to catch it but tickets were long gone before I could put two and two together and go "Hey wait I'll be there at the same time..."

i just looked to see if he was coming around here but doesn't look like he is anytime soon. he's comin' atcha, australia! i had fun at the MG show maria and i saw in northampton when we first moved around here. and was completely in awe of everyone in the crowd who knew every word to every song. there are a lot of words in those songs!

and we FINALLY got a copy of the 33&third black sabbath book. sorry, J*$n!!!! i'm a bad pal....i just never go anywhere that has them. got douglas's book too and the carl wilson one. they sold out of geeta! before i could get one.

A4 and j0hn was awesome! Like, actually! Not in a "It is important to be positive about a client's work" way but in a "I may cancel my shit this weekend and see it again in London" way.

phil's miles davis thing is p cool

phil essentially wrote the reappraisal of '90s miles davis i've always wanted to see written

he's totally right about doo-bop

'80s-'90s miles davis*

^^^yeah, this is great! i've always meant to dig deeper into that stuff, only heard a handful of albums. should probably get this: http://www.amazon.com/Warner-Years-1986-Miles-Davis/dp/B005G4YE4S

we want miles is a killer live album. funky as hell

http://www.gpb.org/news/2012/03/31/crossover-appeal-the-pop-conference-in-new-york

mentions of various presentations including:

Jack Halberstam traced the sound of a scream through three songs performed by women with loose connections to punk, but little else in common: "The Boiler" by Rhoda Dakar & The Special A.K.A., a cover of Joy Division's "She's Lost Control" by Grace Jones and "Come Alive" by Janelle Monae. Noticing similar sounds is easily done. What made Halberstam's paper eye-opening was the idea that we can categorize songs by tracking their sounds through history just as effectively as we can using genre tags. Simple and bit magical, like opening a door into a room where things are messier than what you're used to, but somehow make a little more sense

I'm still a little too far inside comedown mode to say anything insightful about this year's conference, but it was my favourite one yet in pretty much every way. The only real disappointment was missing a few papers I really wanted to see (Daphne Brooks, Douglas Wolk) due to exhaustion. I'm grateful that people came to my panel and my party and the karaoke outing where I sang "Pussy Control" with Brad.

(also: http://critickittens.tumblr.com/post/20356066358/after-a-long-day-of-panels-at-last-months-pop)

where I sang "Pussy Control" with Brad

this was the best

i got a big laugh during my paper when talking about the Baltimore club song "Dic Control" and was later told that at least some of the laughter was due to "Pussy Control" being sung the night before

My biggest regret IS missing karaoke for sure. Next year.

is it a coincidence you said that right after some dude's 'dic control' post, or

In a word, yes. (My girlfriend and I had planned on going but we were just too wiped out from jet lag still.)

just posted my paper!

http://backtotheworld.net/2012/04/04/driving-freely-through-the-world-cosmopolitanism-in-k-pop/

:-D

raggett control