― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 1 September 2005 06:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― j. rosenberg (pukeandburn), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
SUNDAY SEPT 4
** LAWN STAGE SUNDAY SEPT 4**THE NIGHT PORTERRADAR BROS.WOLFMOTHERSUNBURNED HAND OF THE MANTHE BLACK KEYSHENRY JACOBS filmSLEATER-KINNEYHENRY JACOBS filmSONIC YOUTH
** PINE STAGE SUNDAY SEPT 4**DOSNORA KEYESVIKING MOSESWINTER FLOWERS(6:00) LAVENDER DIAMONDJOSEPHINE FOSTERT-MODEL FORD
** BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE SUNDAY SEPT 4 **GERONIMORESIDUAL ECHOSCIRCLEMAGIK MARKERSSIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCEPOLEMERZBOWBRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT
MONDAY SEPT 5
** LAWN STAGE MONDAY SEPT. 5 **FUTURE PIGEONDEAD MEADOWOLIVIA TREMOR CONTROLCOMETS ON FIRETHE JUAN MACLEANYoko Ono/John Lennon filmSPOONYoko Ono/John Lennon filmYOKO ONO
** PINE STAGE MONDAY SEPT. 5 **YOUNG JAZZ GIANTSJACK ROSEMARISSA NADLERVETIVER[SET BY SECRET GUEST]CAT POWER
** BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE MONDAY SEPT. 5 **THE TIME FLYSFATSO JETSONMODEY LEMONBRAD LANEREARTHGROWINGSUNN O))))
― dan (dan), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― j. rosenberg (pukeandburn), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Ah right. *prepares almanac reading*
Query to all and sundry -- there's a strong chance I'll need a place to crash Sunday night. Might I please ask if anyone is willing to put up with me for an evening?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
PRE-ARTHURFEST GIGS.EARLY Thurs, Sept 1 at The Echo // $7.00 // 18 and up7:00pm: doors open7:30pm: MAGIK MARKERS8:30pm: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN
Friday, Sept 2 at Amoeba Music (Hollywood) // FREE /// 6pmArthurFest Kickoff party with in-store performance by FUTURE PIGEON
Friday, Sept. 2 at The Echo // $10 adv; $12 dos / 18+8:30pm: doors9pm: THE MOON UPSTAIRS10pm: DARKER MY LOVE11pm: DEAD MEADOW
EARLY Sat Sept 3 at The Echo // 7pm/ $10 / 18+7pm: doors open7:30pm: THE RED ONIONS8:30pm: T-MODEL FORD
Sat, Sept. 3 at Spaceland // $10 // 9pm // 21 & over WOLFMOTHER
LATE Saturday, Sept. 3 at The Echo // 10 PM / $10 / 18+ 10pm: doors open10:30 PM: POLE11:30 PM: THE JUAN MACLEAN
― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 2 September 2005 05:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Friday, 2 September 2005 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 2 September 2005 05:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 September 2005 05:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― huell howser (chaki), Friday, 2 September 2005 05:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 September 2005 05:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Friday, 2 September 2005 05:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Friday, 2 September 2005 08:18 (eighteen years ago) link
** LAWN STAGE SUNDAY SEPT 4**1:00 doors open1:45 THE NIGHT PORTER2:45 RADAR BROS.3:45 WOLFMOTHER4:45 SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN5:55 THE BLACK KEYS- HENRY JACOBS film -7:25 SLEATER-KINNEY- HENRY JACOBS film -9:00 SONIC YOUTH
** PINE STAGE SUNDAY SEPT 4**1:00 doors2:20 DOS3:20 NORA KEYES4:20 VIKING MOSES5:20 WINTER FLOWERS6:20 LAVENDER DIAMOND7:20 JOSEPHINE FOSTER8:20 T-MODEL FORD
** BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE SUNDAY SEPT 4 **1:00 doors2:00 GERONIMO3:00 RESIDUAL ECHOS4:00 CIRCLE5:00 MAGIK MARKERS6:00 SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE7:00 POLE8:00 MERZBOW8:45 BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT
** LAWN STAGE MONDAY SEPT. 5 **1:00 doors1:40 FUTURE PIGEON2:30 DEAD MEADOW3:30 OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL4:45 COMETS ON FIRE5:55 THE JUAN MACLEAN- Yoko Ono/John Lennon film -7:25 SPOON- Yoko Ono/John Lennon film -8:50 YOKO ONO
** PINE STAGE MONDAY SEPT. 5 **1:00 doors2:20 YOUNG JAZZ GIANTS3:20 JACK ROSE4:20 MARISSA NADLER5:20 VETIVER6:40 [SET BY SECRET GUEST]8:15 CAT POWER
** BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE MONDAY SEPT. 5 **1:00 doors2:00 THE TIME FLYS3:00 FATSO JETSON4:00 MODEY LEMON5:00 BRAD LANER6:00 EARTH7:15 GROWING8:15 SUNN O))))
― j. rosenberg (pukeandburn), Friday, 2 September 2005 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Friday, 2 September 2005 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Legroom at the Vista (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 2 September 2005 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 September 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Sat, Sept. 3 at Spaceland // $10 // 9pm // 21 & over WOLFMOTHERMARISSA NADLERJACK ROSE
― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Saturday, 3 September 2005 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 3 September 2005 00:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― r3000, Saturday, 3 September 2005 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
info here:http://www.myspace.com/arthurfest
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 3 September 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Saturday, 3 September 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Sunday, 4 September 2005 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link
My brief breakdown of what I saw --
The Night Porter -- promising, okayDos -- REALLY great, reminded me of the last time I saw them -- twelve years ago! Kira and Watt both in high spirits and playing wonderfullyResidual Echoes -- just caught the end, seemed good, I liked the early nineties Flaming Lips jones in the guitar if not the singingCircle -- as noted. Majik Markers -- easily the best 'show' in a theatrical sense I saw. Doubt it could be replicated on disc but damn, it worked!Six Organs -- wunnerful as always, different from the other times I saw him as always, rahLavender Diamond -- hey, nice! j rosenberg, which one were you in the band? I find it hard to describe the style to my satisfaction but y'all were definite crowd-pleasers, good band to put a smile on your faceSleater-Kinney -- wow, they do indeed rock liveSonic Youth -- heh heh heh. I have a LOT of great photos. And I was one person away from being Thurston Moore's guitar pick.
Great time overall, I think it's a lovely setting for a show like this and it never felt too crowded outside of the understandable crushes at the main stage, and even that was never too bad since you could easily move around the back. Food still seemed a little expensive but much better than other venues -- they need more food booths next time I figure, the lines were a bit long! But everyone got fed in the end.
One thing I think should be mentioned, though -- even though I'm sure it was noticed by everyone, Jay not least -- it's next to impossible to do ins-and-outs for the Gallery Theatre shows. I guess it boils down to there being too few seats for more than the expected amount of people, but I heard that after I got in there for Circle the line to get in took *forever*, and that it was basically luck and timing as to when you got in at all. I was going to see Sunburned Hand of the Man in between Circle and Six Organs but when I realized what was up I figured I'd better stay put. After Six Organs when I did leave I could see they weren't kidding about the length of the line, and checking on it later I saw that it was still there and still pretty extensive well into the evening. Now maybe it moved a lot more quickly than I realized but pretty much it means today I'm going to check out a couple of the opening bands in the open air and then get down there for Fatso Jetson and pretty much *not* leave for the rest of the day, since I wanted to catch Brad L., Earth, Growing and Sunn 0))). I'll regret missing Vetiver and 'the secret guest' but that seems to be how things are shaping up. (At least the theatre has restrooms, a bar and a water fountain!)
― Ned elsewhere (rogermexico), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, forgot about him and the Jacobs film. Film was cool, Brownstein was, um, all right? I mean, I agree with the sentiments for the most part, I'm just not moved by rabble-rousing spoken word in general (this is why I don't like political gatherings either).
― Ned elsewhere (rogermexico), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Residual Echoes - no commentCircle - I'm worried that nothing else this weekend can top Circle
Then we left the theater to see Sunburnd hand of the man which was a mistake. They sucked pretty hard so we decided to get back in line on the chance that we could still see 6 organs and we got back in just in time. Then I saw:
6 Organs - nicePole - much better than I expected!Merzbow - mehand we stayed for a couple of SY songs but left because we were to far back and the sound sucked. That Brownstein guy was just painfully embarassing.
I saw you in the front row for Circle Ned but I was too shy to say hi.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 5 September 2005 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah Circle set a high bar but I have faith shows today will equal it. Cool to hear that Pole went over well, would have liked to have seen it but Sleater-Kinney called...
Sound for SY/mainstage...yes, true, but I suppose that's unavoidable. Up close, perfect, farther back, eeg.
― Ned elsewhere (rogermexico), Monday, 5 September 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― President Busch (dr g), Monday, 5 September 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 5 September 2005 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 5 September 2005 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 05:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Highlights for me today were Comets on Fire, Jack Rose (nice Fahey-esque solo guitar), and Growing. Dead Meadow were good and they looked like Spacemen 3 with Ginger Baker on drums. I caught a bit of Vetiver who looked and sounded like they stepped right out of the Royal Tennenbaums. I also watched special guest Devendra from the theater line but I couldn't hear much.
Circle was still the most exciting thing I saw by far.
― walter karnz, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 05:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 06:07 (eighteen years ago) link
I saw Yoko and ended up liking it. She kind of has a slick stage show (I heard someone say she's 72, so more power to her) and I didn't like the first thing I heard because of the sappy sentiment, but by the time they got to "Thin Ice" and "Don't Worry Kyoko" I was won over. Also came home with a couple Onochord flashlights, sure to be collector's items! She ended her set saying "See you next year."
I also saw Ned before Brad Laner's show (also front row) but he seemed too involved in the people he was with so I didn't go over. That was a great show, Brad, did you do the visuals too? I took a lot of pictures that looked good on the camera's LCD.
― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 06:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway, so the second day -- got to meet and chat with Mr. Jay Babcock himself, a fine feller; we chatted about the Theatre crunch problems from the first day a bit (as he sagely noted, since it was the only place with a/c, the temptation to stay there was rather strong...). Got up there, poked around a bit and figured that the best thing to do was, indeed, settle into the Theater early. Ended up getting the last open seat in the center front row, which was cool -- some Southern Lord/Sunn O))) fanatics were already there!
So working through the Theater bill:
The Time Flys -- Ramones meets Hellacopters meets opening band for Kiss 1976 (the first, sound; the second, tude; the third, look)
Fatso Jetson -- surprisingly 'normal,' I guess; for the ur-band of stoner/desert rock etc. it was more like heavily amped-up bar-band blooze with off-kilter moments. Did like the sax and harmonica though.
Modey Lemon -- pretty good, got better as it went as they changed from aggro three-piece 1971-noise into Moog-overload on top of same
Brad L. -- like Nick said, really enjoyable, great photos to be taken. Brad said to me afterward, tongue piercing cheek, "Sorry about the Medicine song, maybe you liked it better without the chick singer." ;-) Touche!
Earth -- admittedly I really haven't kept track of them (or Dylan Carlson in particular) over the moons so the transformation into a very meditative/doomy three piece that played like Codeine on even stronger downers and no vocals and distortion (much) was a bit of a surprise to me. Very good but almost overwhelming
Growing -- only half an hour and marred at one point by a technical glitch but damn they were great; reminded me of a more violent sounding Windy and Carl (and this was before I realized they had albums on Kranky!)
Then I had to face my moment of truth -- stick around to at least see the start of Sunn 0)))) or try to catch bits of the other stages, especially since Jay had mentioned needing to see Yoko if at all possible. Since Sunn 0)))) are playing near the end of October I figured 'to heck with it' and went for the other spots. Alas, I think I made the wrong choice in the end -- Spoon, who I never heard before, came across as terribly generic and obvious; crowdpleasers yes but I wasn't pleased. Cat Power I only vaguely noticed and while I was primed to see at least some of Yoko's set, the fact that (as I could notice from my vantage point) it took the roadies 15 minutes to do apparently absolutely nothing with a keyboard proved rather frustrating since by the time everything was about ready to go I had to leave to catch the last train back to OC. Ah well.
Great time overall though! Good to meet Walter and Jay, chatting with Brad briefly was fun, and much thanks to Rogermexico for the crash space, he's a fine feller! More thoughts later, have to go to a co-worker's farewell party...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link
No, I didn't mean any criticism. I just thought the drummer looked an awful lot like Richie Tenenbaum and the couple of songs I heard sounded like nice Nico-esque chamber pop that wouldn't be out of place on a Wes Anderson soundtrack.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link
And my on-site purchases were:
An Arthur (as opposed to Arthurfest) T-shirtThe Golden Apples of the Sun compSonic Youth, Hold That TigerCircle, ForestSunn O)))), The GrimmBold Demos
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― j. rosenberg (pukeandburn), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I am glad to see all this love for Circle. I have wanted to see them for years and they delivered. Dude from Aquarius who was their tour guy said they had sold out of their new album already on the tour and there was a rush to get CDs and shirts after the show -- good signs, I would say! Would love to see them back and doing an even longer set.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link