I decided to email Eric Weisbard of the EMP Pop Conference about NYC 2013 and here's what he said, in part:
This is New York’s theme: “After the Deluge,” The New York City installment of the 2013 EMP Pop Conference will be held at New York University April 18th-19th, 2013, sponsored by the Department of Performance Studies and the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. The two-day event will feature a set of discussions and events curated by a distinguished program committee of scholars and journalists. Our postdiluvian title is meant to be open-ended. It will invite reflection on music and the city and region before, during, and after Superstorm Sandy. It will draw focus to the much smaller scale of this year’s event, after the IASPM/EMP
extravaganza of 2012. And lastly, it will invite consideration of how we handle — as critics and consumers — the excesses and scarcities of music in our present moment. There will be no open call for papers but please get in touch with the conference organizer Tavia Nyong’o at
tavia.nyongo AT nyu.edu if you are interested in participating or attending.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 January 2013 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
Kind of a more limiting theme although they note they want it open-ended
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 January 2013 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
Any details on the Cleveland one that Lauren Onkey of Case Western U and the R'n'Roll Hall of Fame is organizing?
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 2 February 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
Is this free to attend? The NYC one in particular? I would love to make it up there regardless...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 2 February 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
Okay folks, the LA schedule is up!
http://empla2013.posterous.com/pages/schedule-full
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 February 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Cleveland presentations (like NY) were by invitation only
http://rockhall.com/education/inside-the-classroom/university-program/emp-cle-2013/
broad themes posted:
As the world generates new modes of listening and sharing music, how do we map traditional and/or forge new organizational structures on consumption and appreciation?
· We will consider the value of list-making, curating and canon-making within a musical space that can be molded by each individual listener and evaluate the role of tastemakers in these new dynamics.
· Topics will include pedagogy; club booking and live series; institutional canon-making, such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and EMP; and list-making.
specific schedule will be out sooncontact person:kmetz AT rockhall.org
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 February 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
New Orleans deadline for proposals, as noted upthread, is Feb. 13th
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 February 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
New Orleans deadline is here
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 05:54 (eleven years ago) link
Maura Johnston (who is on the committee for the NYC EMP Conference), hopes to have events in each location I see
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/343410
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.empmuseum.org/calendar/events/pop-conference-2013.aspx
Details on registering for the free April 20th EMP Seattle event plus brief description of the format
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 February 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
I'm nervous now. New Orleans EMP accepted my proposal.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 1 March 2013 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2013/03/15/emp-comes-to-nyu-april-18-19.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 March 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.empmuseum.org/programs-plus-education/programs/pop-conference/2013/emp-pop-conference-2013-new-orleans.aspx
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
If LA wasn't happening I was seriously going to use EMP New Orleans as an excuse to finally visit said city. Looks really lovely, that lineup.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
I'm excited. Fellow DCers with a New Orleans dj on go-go; New Orleans bounce music; Sothern experimental music. I gotta get moving on my presentation.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 04:07 (eleven years ago) link
good luck with it and yes the new orleans lineup is juicy. yesterday i realized it's been a year since the last emp, the entire conference was such fun and educational (no other word)
― screen scraper (m coleman), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, February 2, 2013
NYC EMP link now says registration is free for public and presenters
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundstudiesblog.com/call-for-emp-pop-correspondents/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 March 2013 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
We got LA poster!
http://24.media.tumblr.com/01b2198aa5b84fe07e5b78fb3a5874c7/tumblr_mjz5gmbctq1qar3r2o1_500.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 March 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
registration for new york is open: http://emppopnyc2013.eventbrite.com/
facebook event:https://www.facebook.com/events/285692454894354/?fref=ts
― maura, Friday, 22 March 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://emppopnyc2013.com/
NY schedule is here (includes Joe Boyd, Amanda Palmer(!), and Robert Christgau)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 March 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
palpable disappointment that the other participant in the "keystone conversation with amanda palmer" is not maura
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Saturday, 23 March 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe they meant Keystone beer.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
goddamnit I hate that I have to do this but does anywhere know where I can get a ticket to the NYC conference, it is apparently sold out
― katherine, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
Just lure the AP fans, lemminglike, away with claims of being able to buy her beer later.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, waiting list only on that link for NYC. They should be streaming all the EMP conferences online or at least recording all of these every year (it always seems to be discussed but does not seem to happen). Not sure what the costs or tech issues would be.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
kind of feel like there could have been a warning, you know, "BY THE WAY THIS IS LIKELY TO ACTUALLY SELL OUT"
― katherine, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- We are streaming them! At least LA is, I believe the rest are too.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
Good.
http://tulane.edu/liberal-arts/NOCGS//emp-pop-conference.cfm
New Orleans one now says space is limited, register early
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i think this is an unforeseen side effect of having just one panel at a time
― maura, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Not a side effect of having AP speak? New Orleans is doing one panel at a time on Friday, but having 2 at a time on Saturday, unlike NY.
I think Seattle is just doing one day--Saturday.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't even realize there was limited availability. The Seattle ones I've just been able to walk in an hour or two before the opening and register.
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
nyc one is only two days, thursday and friday, one panel at a time. AP tickets are a separate thing.
― maura, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
fuck it. buying one pass, katherinestasaph at gmail.
― katherine, Friday, 12 April 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
(unfortunately I can't afford to pay much for it because you know the entire reason I need a pass is I'm a music writer, but apparently this is my only option at this point)
― katherine, Friday, 12 April 2013 05:22 (eleven years ago) link
Good luck.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
Ned, New Orleans is not streaming the EMP from there online. I was told :
they are just taping (for archival purposes) a few of the panels.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
A pity!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
registration now closed for New Orleans!
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 April 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Author Ned Sublette re the New Orleans EMP: I'm especially looking forward to seeing Matt Miller's bounce movie (his fine book, Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans, is required reading for New Orleans hiphop.)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
And the week is here. Overall link for the whole shebang again
http://empmuseum.org/programs-plus-education/programs/pop-conference.aspx
And us!
http://empla2013.posterous.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/319086304869831/
https://twitter.com/EMP_LA
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 April 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Adding to that, actually, please do register for LA if you can!
http://empla2013.posterous.com/pages/conference-registration-free
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
Also, here's some streaming info for LA!
For tomorrow night's opening event, it'll be streamed here:
http://weho.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=91
And for Friday and Saturday:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/empla
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
I see Cleveland's gonna have an interview with:
Brill Building songwriter, Beverly Ross, famous for penning The Chordettes’ “Lollipop,” Elvis Presley’s “The Girl of My Best Friend” and “Dim, Dim the Lights” for Bill Haley and His Comets released her tell all book titled I Was the First Woman Phil Spector Killed to rave reviews.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1170585#ixzz2QePS5s81
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
Might end up working all day Saturday.
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
Flying to New Orleans. This is gonna be pricey but fun.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
dude is your panel seriously at 10am? that's brutal
― adam, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Yep, the Memphis one Saturday morning from 10:15 to 11:45 (at the same time as the one on New Orleans bounce, bass and second line)
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
Just a reminder the opening LA session will be firing up here shortly!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2013 02:40 (eleven years ago) link
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:31 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yup. Man see u.
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Thursday, 18 April 2013 04:56 (eleven years ago) link
Last night in LA was great! Hope everyone had a chance to tune in; we had a really good turnout, the chambers were almost totally full.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
just registered for saturday, hoping to catch at least two panels!
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Great! There's also tomorrow afternoon's absolutely necessary panel moderated by some guy or something...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
Some photos from last night gathered in one handy place
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedraggett/sets/72157633272688665/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
And really nice piece from Raquel Gutierrez, one of last night's panelists
http://raquelgutierrez.net/blog/2013/4/18/against-nostalgia
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
Also LA streaming coverage will be available via http://empmuseum.org/popconference-la
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
Met EMP Pop Con founder Eric W*isbard and talked again to writer Ned Sublette in New Orleans last night. Go-go panel coming up shortly then a later a New Orleans bounce movie doc and more. Also met guy doing the Bob Dylan in New Orleans talk
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 April 2013 12:02 (eleven years ago) link
Nice. Currently en route to USC for day one...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 April 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
LA is live!
http://empmuseum.org/popconference-la
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 April 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
And we'll be live again in two and a half hours...
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 April 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
EXHAUSTED. But another great EMP weekend this time in miniature.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 April 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
EMP New Orleans panels and such were great and it was cool meeting folks on panels. I was happy with my presentation. Will tell more when I get back home. Unfortunately there was some sort of mixup or something with registration, as they announced in advance that it was "sold out", but it ended up with lots of empty seats for morning and afternoon panels (few of the registrants came). In addition to EMP, gf & I joined in a 2nd line led by Hot 8, saw John Boutte at DBA, Kermit Ruffins at his restaurant and more.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 April 2013 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
Its a shame the New Orleans panels were not streamed and few of them were taped--there were some fascinating ones. Hudson Marquez talking about getting beat up by the New Orleans police circa 1969 when he was trying to find Professor Longhair who had disappeared from the music scene, and how Quint Davis, the founder of Jazzfest tried to take credit later for "discovering" 'Fess. Alison F#nsterstock's presentation The Sissy Strut: Gay, tran-g, and cross-dressing black male entertainers in New Orleans from Patsy Vidalia to Big Freedia had various wow moments. The Bounce movie that can't get distributed because of copyright issues provided great insight into that scene.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
That does sound very great and what a shame so few were recorded -- the various posts on Twitter made those sessions sound wonderful.
Speaking for myself the panel I moderated featuring our own Jeff T was definitely a highlight, as were the one-two roundtable Saturday sessions on Kendrick Lamar and krump.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
so bummed that i had so much other traveling and stuff happening this month that there was no way i could make it to any of these. next year!
― some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
Met or heard lots of interesting folks-- Memphis professor Charles Hughes who is writing a book about race relations in the 1960s to 80s soul scene; a jazz and blues author who did a great presentation on Italian and Sicilian music and its relationship to blues and jazz (Louis Armstrong listening to Caruso; that John Tutoro movie Passione) and Holly George-Warren on Muscle Shoals studio, the 60s soul of Fame Records, and soul singer Arthur Alexander(covered by the Beatles, Rolling Stones & Dylan; and John Lennon especially loved his vocals and listened to him a lot she said). Of course you can't hear everything at these events--I missed an avante-jazz one, and a New Orleans bounce, bass and Second-line panel was opposite mine.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if ilxor Katherine ever managed to get into the NYC emp?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
LOVED that krump panel, so so much
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
Yes indeed!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
i used to shop at that ralph's in north hollywood and never once saw those guys :(
also ned i tried to flag you down after karaoke but you musta bolted pretty fast? anyway, well done! already looking forward to the next one
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
I went down to the Redwood to anchor some tables as soon as I could. You should have joined us!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Oh hey, I was invoked.
― South of Hamster (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
Quite.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
indeed.
― South of Hamster (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
(I managed, thanks.)
― katherine, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/04/emp_2013_a_shad.php
Voice contributor hypothesizes about reasons for EMP regional status this year and its future, without mentioning EMP founder Weisbard's statements that EMP will be in Seattle next year, and the regional focus had to do with Weisbard's busy academic schedule this year. There's also some discussion of this year's NYC panels
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cartwheelart.com/2012/12/28/ike-turner-killed-jfk-a-conversation-with-hudson-marquez/
One of the highlights of EMP New Orleans was listening to author Jason Berry interview Hudson Marquez about his finding Professor Longhair in New Orleans in 1969 or so. Marquez told awesome stories about going to the Dew Drop Inn when he was 13 and seeing r'n'b greats, ranted about Jazz & Heritage Fest founder Quint Davis stealing credit for finding 'Fess and about the NOPD, and much more. Just found this link about this guy who also created the cadillac ranch. His comments about Springsteen on the link are pretty funny too.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link