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Originally Posted by rostasi
Yeah, last year a guy stopped me on the street to tell me that
I was the only other person he knew that owned a particular
Art Ensemble t-shirt I was wearing.
I'm not skipping any Halvorson stuff. Of course, I say that,
but we again have the problem of waaaaay too much stuff
to choose from for only 4 days. It'll drive you cRaZy!
After the festival, they send you a survey
"too many days? too few days? just right?"
I always say "too few." ...and they somewhat
waste the Thursdays and Sundays by not filling
them up too. Hey, if someone can't beat the streets
and clubs for 12+ hours a day for only 4 days,
then they don't need to be there, but it'd be nice if
they'd spread it out. I wanna see about 80% of that line-up.
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I really respect Halvorson branching out and diversifying, but the vocal jazz bent really isn't my thing.
Choosing which ones to go to is going to be rough. Must sees for me: Alvin Lucier, Irreversible Entanglements, Evan Parker/Matt Wright Trance Map+, Schlippenbach Trio, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Thumbscrew, Tim Berne's Snake Oil, at least one of the Wadada Leo Smith shows, and Yves Tumor.