Al: thanks for the reminders. If I go to anything it'll be Vancouver, as (1) I've never been & (2) I have some business in the city anyway. I wish they'd give more details on the lineup though. Any rumours?

there's additional nights surrounding the Berlin half of AMPLIFY: May 10, 13, 17 and 19, details on that same page. and after Rowe and Fennesz leave Berlin, they hit Victo, then Boston (5/25) and NYC (5/27), before going back to Europe and Musique Action:

http://www.centremalraux.com/index.php?aller=ma

Nate, I'll let you know when I hear more. Vancouver's a great time that time of year and I'm overdue for this festival.

I'd love to make it out to the Amplify shows, but it's just a little too complicated and expensive for me.

After last year's Vision Fest (the second time I've gone out there in a row) I was pretty burnt out and swore I'd skip 2004, but I've been starting to get that feeling back in my guts... NYC - it's pretty tempting...

Jeff, are you going to be at the ACME thing? Any information you or Armando have to offer on places to stay, eat, etc. would be cool That fest is a strong possibility for me.

I'm thinking about ACME, too. I'm sure I'll wind up at one or two Vision Festival nights, as I always do. Maybe with the shrunken schedule they'll chop away some of the really tedious vocalists and/or dancers this year, and concentrate on starpower/firepower.

It wouldn't be the Vision Fest without incredibly tedious singers, poets and dancers!

Al, yes - I'll definitely be in Athens the 1st-4th. Part of the appeal of Athens is that I've never been there before, which means I can't offer too much advice. It's a little more expensive to get out there (for me), but staying in town is a lot more affordable - I got a room in the Days Inn downtown for about fifty bucks a night. Don't know what there is to do during the daylight hours in Athens, but at least one won't be exhausted by showtime from walking hundreds of blocks, and I believe the shows will be poetry & interpretative dance free

would patricia nicholson parker ever have gotten a gig "dancing" anywhere if she wasnt married to william?

I'll refrain from commenting on that one, as my own dancing ability is about as good as the montage on the shoddy DVD accompanying the latest Best Of Vision thing on Thirsty Ear (God knows why they bothered - the music's OK but the video.. yeurgh).

I’m heading out to Athens w/ Jon Morgan for the full ACME schedule. Like Jeff, we’ll be bunking at the Days Inn, which I gather is a short walk from the 40 Watt where most of the gigs are happenin’ as well as downtown & the U. Al & Phil, hope you guys make the trip.

Tentatively planning on at least a couple days of Vision too, but that’s about it for me festival-wise.

If I'm not in Hawaii and I can find a roomie, I'm there. Good company too!

We're still deciding if we can make some of Amplify - have to go to NY/Boston this year (not April as I posted on JC, flights are ridiculous then). I'll be at the whole of FoTC, I only have to walk 60ft and sit on a bus for 35 minutes to get there which is nice. Looks like it'll be a good one.

No Athens for Al. Work says I'll be in Hawaii till mid-April. Mixed emotions there, of course, 'specially since the work I'll be doing is clipboard and pencil stuff.

Nat, blow off Boston. Seattle calls.

This thread's about as interesting as my shopping list. I see noone wanted to rush to Patricia's defence, as y'all are too interested in comparing your travel plans. Well have a nice time, I won't be going to any of them, except the one below

Textile Festival
9/10/11 April 2004
Instants Chavires, L'echangeur, Mains d'œuvres
W/ Alma Fury, Berg Sans Nipple, Bobby Moo, Hasslehound, A Hawk and a Hawksaw, Jackie O Motherfucker, Mahayoni Mudra, Park attack, Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano, RATS, The Hototogisu, The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden, Ticklish, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Volcano the Bear & Xavier Charles solo

For those of you who wouldn't know,
RATS is a duet: Edward Perraud & Dan Warburton (last release on Textile label)

Good call, Dan. Not a lot of creativity here, but it’s still a nice way to see how our possible itineraries might intersect. Re: Patricia, here style of Terpsichore has never really moved me, but I still respect her a great deal. She’s the chief logistic architect behind the galaxy of Vision-related events produced by the Arts For Arts organization & deserves copious props for those efforts alone, not to mention the simple fact of being a sincere and genuine human being. A day late and a dollar short maybe, but Mr Mean chose the right moniker IMHO.

I like her well enough, and have nothing but admiration for what she's accomplished over the years, but Patricia needs no defense from me or anybody else.

Dan, you know the DT-BS guys? (Bobby Moo's the only group I recognise from what very little I know of them).

DT-BS www.dt-bs.com is a reunion of activists / minimal to harsh/ delivering sounds in the sphere of ears. Some are formerly from the P.F.M.S.(paris fucked music society). Such labels as Potlatch, Textile, Periode work to spread the french cum.
R

Nasty!

SCHEDULE FOR THE VISION FESTIVAL NINTH EDITION - MAY 26TH - MAY 31ST, 2004:
Wednesday May 26
D) Dance/ Music Group TBA
1) Mark Dresser, Ned Rothenburg, Michiyo Yagi
2) Equal Interest w/ Joseph Jarman, Leroy Jenkins, Myra Melford
3) Henry Grimes Trio w Marilyn Crispell & Andrew Cyrille
4) Fred Van Hove & Johannes Bauer
Thursday May 27
1) Burnt Sugar
2) David Budbill and William Parker
3) Collective Rob Brown, Steve Swell, Joe Morris, Luther Gray
4) Kahil El'Zabar / Hamiet Bluiett / Billy Bang
5) Blood Ulmer, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Calvin Weston
Friday May 28
1) Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra
celebrates Marshall Allen's 80th Birthday
2) Tazz Roy Campbell
3) Joe McPhee 4tet w/ Harold E. Smith drums
Dominic Duval bass, Rosie Hertlein violin
4) William Parker Quartet with Patricia Nicholson's PaNic
5) Kidd Jordan New Orleans Band
Saturday May 29
1) Reggie Workman's Ashanti
2) Sabir Mateen w/ Raphe Malik, Raymond A. King Piano, Jane Wang Bass & Cello,
Ravish Momin Drums & Percussion, Sabir Mateen Reeds & Flute
3) Milford Graves, and special guest TBA
4) Cooper Moore w/ Triptych Myth + Moo
5) Double Duo Mixashawn with Rashid Ali, Pheron Aklaf, Ravi Coltrane,
Sunday May 30
Poet Steve Dalachinsky
1) TRIO Whit Dickey Matthew Shipp William Parker
2) Khan Jamal Quintet - Jemeel Moondoc, Roy
Campbell, Dylan Taylor, Dwight James, and poet
Pheralyn Dove
3) Dave Burrell Echo/Peace Continuum w/ William
Parker - bass, Sabir Mateen - tenor sax, Steve
Lehman - alto sax and William Hooker - drums
4) Revolutionary Ensemble with Leroy Jenkins, Jerome Cooper and Sirone!!
Monday Memorial May 31- Dedicated to Bassists Wilber Morris & Peter Kowald
In the afternoon a panel of artists discuss
Waging Peace and Building Justice from inside the
Vision Community
1) Butch Morris skyscrapers conduction tribute
2) Gunda Gottchalk and Xu Feng Xia
3) Amiri Baraka Amina Baraka for Wilbur Morris
4) Gunter Baby Sommer, Connie Bauer & Barre Philips!!
5) William Parker bass quartet with Henry Grimes

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