EMP Pop Conference 2012 -- NYC

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

Morbz, you're checking it out?!

or are you going to be one of those guys with posters screaming about socialism

I want to come up from DC for this but may not be able to (work and family responsibilities). :(

Does registration fill up early? I really want to score a spot for this but I'm not 100% sure I can go. Can you cancel later?

I registered because it was free but there usually isn't a problem.

I didn't realize registration was required - how do we go about doing it?

I don't have a bus ticket yet, etc. but would like to make sure I can go.

Go to the website (linked yesterday by Scott) -- there's a link there.

Morbz, you're checking it out?!

Are you nuts? I mean I will be here if you guys ever lead the premises.

leaVE

full table of contents for emp book coming out this year. looks cool! hope some new yawk people can make it to the book gathering/party on friday of the conference this year. would love to see anyone and everyone:

Introduction / Eric Weisbard 1Collapsing Distance: The Love-Song of the Wanna-Be, or The Fannish Auteur / Jonathan Lethem 7Black Rockers vs. Blackies Who Rock, or The Difference between Race and Music / Greg Tate 15Toward an Ethics of Knowing Nothing / Alexandra T. Vazquez 27Divided Byline: How a Student of Leslie Fiedler and a Colleague of Charles Keil Became the Ghostwriter for Everybody from Ray Charles to Cornell West / David Ritx 40Boring and Horrifying Whiteness: The Rise and Fall of Reaganism as Prefigured by the Career Arcs of Carpenters, Lawrence Welk, and the Beach Boys in 1973–74 / Tom Smucker 47Perfect is Dead: Theodor Adorno, Karen Carpenter, and the Radio, or If Hooks Could Kill / Eric Lott 62Agents of Orange: Studio K and Cloud 9 / Karen Tongson 82Belliphonic Sounds and Indoctrinated Ears: The Dynamics of Military Listening in Wartime Iraq / J. Martin Daughtry 111Since the Flood: Scenes for the Fight for New Orleans Jazz Culture / Larry Blumenfeld 145(Over the) Rainbow Warrior: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and Another Kind of Somewhere / Nate Chinen 176Travel with Me: Country Music, Race, and Remembrance / Diane Pecknold 185The Comfort Zone: Shaping the Retro-Soul Audience / Oliver Wang 201Within Limits: On the Greatness of Magic Slim / Carlo Rotella 230Urban Music in the Teenage Heartland / Brian Goedde, Austin Bunn, and Elena Passarello 240"Death to Racism and Punk Revisionism": Alice Bag's Vexing Voice and the Unspeakable Influence of Canción Ranchera on Hollywood Punk / Michelle Habell-Pallán 247Of Wolves and Vibrancy: A Brief Explanation of the Marriage Made in Hell between Folk Music, Dead Cultures, Myth, and Highly Technical Modern Extreme Metal / Scott Seward 271The New Market Affair: Media Pranks, the Music Industry's Last Big Gold Rush, and the Hunt for Hits in the Shenandoah Valley / Kembrew McLeod 282All That Is Solid Melts into Schmaltz: Poptimism vs. the Guilty Displeasure / Carl Wilson 299Contributors 313Index 317

okay that came out totally wrong. sorry.

Okay so -- I gather on Twitter people are trying to work out accomodations so if there's a need for anyone, might as well post information here. (I'm already set, this is a public service revive.)

Hello--I'm in the middle of trying to organize accommodations so I can go and talk about Addis Ababa... (http://www.empmuseum.org/education/index.asp?categoryID=26&ccID=127&xPopConfBioID=1700&year=2012)

at some point on the 25th i'm gonna have to sneak away to watch the mad men premiere. (yes, it is important.)

just heard about this last week when daphne carr sent an email out to all the peeps who supported the BMW kickstarter campaign. i don't know any of you in person, but here's hoping this will give me the opportunity. looking forward to this!

just posted my paper!

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

:-D

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