Did you go to Popfest? Read this!

[el topo]

You went to the Athens PopFest, now what?

Well, you email me (opticaljeff76@yahoo.com) your memories of PopFest so I can assemble a scrapbook of the event for Optical Atlas.

Minimum: A sentence or two describing a notable moment from PopFest that you'd like to have entered into the scrapbook. Did Robert Schneider say something particularly witty between songs? Did Circulatory System launch into a Syd Barrett cover? Did M Coast spontaneously combust at the end of their set? (Seriously, I don't know, I wasn't there.) Knowing that others will be contributing, if you could just preserve one small moment from the Fest, what would it be?

Greater Effort: OK, so you have ten small moments to mention, not just one? That's okay too. You have pictures, video, MP3? That's wonderful. Depending on the contributions received, this may be a multimedia scrapbook.

So basically, if you went to PopFest, send me something. It doesn't have to be longer than a sentence; on the other hand, it can be whatever you want it to be. The key is that I receive enough contributions to put something special together.

Important: if you're going to be sending me something, but it's going to take you a while to put it together, please contact me anyway so I know it's coming. I'd hate to put the scrapbook out prematurely, if something great's coming down the pipeline.

I hope you all had fun.

Jeff
opticaljeff76@yahoo.com
www.opticalatlas.com

[Squirrellevel]

Since no one else has said it yet I guess I'll spill the beans.
Saturday was Hilarie's last show with the Apples in Stereo.

I'll post about other stuff later. Suffice to say, Athens Pop Fest (APF) was too much fun.

[Edited on 8-14-0606 by Squirrellevel]

[lou2ser]

Great job running the sound Squirrel. See you in Dallas/Ft Worth.

I have partial video (over 75% of the set) of the following bands:

Megaband
8 Track Gorrilla
Cars Can Be Blue
M Coast
Oh-OK

And full video of these:

The Instruments
New Sound Of Numbers
The Love Letter Band
Red Pony Clock
Fishboy
Ideal Free Distribution
The Circulatory System
The Apples in Stereo

Expect to see DVD torrents and Divx downloads in the upcoming week or so.

[codyyyy]

lou2ser, were you the guy with the camera in the middle of the 40 watt or the one over near the bathrooms/bar? either way, i cant wait until those videos are posted.

i will try to post some memories in the morning, i am going to finally get some rest tonight. for some reason the drive home completely drained all life out of me.

[genuflect]

i'll be sending you some stuff in a few days.

this past week was way too fantastic.

[lou2ser]

Originally posted by codyyyy
lou2ser, were you the guy with the camera in the middle of the 40 watt or the one over near the bathrooms/bar?

Thats me.

[magneticrollerskater]

Lou2ser, thanks again for the JB's polish sausage with comback sause. We will come back next year. Also I heard you had some good pictures of me?

Seeya!

[lou2ser]

I didn't want to post them without your permission. Let me know.

[magneticrollerskater]

Well as long as Im not naked or anything. Ya know

[beans45601]

I have pictures of everyshow at

www.AdamBritt.net/photos/shows/popfest_2006.html

[little_airport]

well done, adam. had fun hangin' out with ya, i did.

[genuflect]

Originally posted by beans45601
I have pictures of everyshow at

www.AdamBritt.net/photos/shows/popfest_2006.html

i didn't know you were on here, adam! i was going to email you asking if i could send your website to el topo.

[codyyyy]

Originally posted by beans45601
I have pictures of everyshow at

www.AdamBritt.net/photos/shows/popfest_2006.html

from the position of your saturday night 40watt pictures, i think i was standing beside you. if not there was a person with a camera snapping several pictures from the same angle you had.

[paulpaul]

fucking hell adam my freind you are a fucking picture maniac. all of those pictures are amazing. btw email me at paulzink@sbcglobal.net or freind me on myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=91001036 cause i want to keep in contact my brother.

[Edited on 8-15-0606 by paulpaul]

[paulpaul]

lou2ser im still sad you didnt get the bunnygrunt set on video
and el topo, im writing a journal about the entire week, and hopefully ill be able to edit it down into a less personallized account of it all. ill keep in touch

[el topo]

Cool, thanks paulpaul.

[lou2ser]

I found these on another list:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courtoly

[sugarcookie]

my popfest pics (http://flickr.com/photos/sugarcookie/sets/767699/) are here.:P

[beans45601]

lou2ser, you don't own a shirt that says 'love it or leave it' do you?

[lou2ser]

Nope

[beans45601]

okay thank god

[paulpaul]

Originally posted by el topo
Cool, thanks paulpaul.

when is the quota? cause i have no idea when ill be done

[hockywierdo]

Originally posted by sugarcookie
my popfest pics (http://flickr.com/photos/sugarcookie/sets/767699/) are here.:P

great pictures of RPC. love them!

if you see gabe tell him alex(greatbody ofw ater blog/violinst) wants his interview! haha

[JoeJustJoe]

Thanks for taking me to Will's. I'm psyched about the painting!

[josaphax]

i didnt get to go because of the whole living in california thing.

[el topo]

Paulpaul, do you mean what's the deadline? Because I'm not going to set one until I get enough material that it seems like it's taking shape. So far, so good, and thanks to those who've contributed (including the 8-track Gorilla).

Don't worry about sending too much either, I can edit!

[genuflect]

Originally posted by josaphax
i didnt get to go because of the whole living in california thing.

hey, that is no excuse! i met a guy out there who is from san diego and he hitch hiked to athens :)

[raydavies02]

i met at least 6 people who came all the way from canada for popfest. canadian IDs look like they should be credit cards.

[genuflect]

Originally posted by raydavies02
i met at least 6 people who came all the way from canada for popfest. canadian IDs look like they should be credit cards.

door guy, right?

[beans45601]

Originally posted by little_airport
well done, adam. had fun hangin' out with ya, i did.

e-mail me at brittadam@gmail.com!!!

[Edited on 8-17-0606 by beans45601]

[paulpaul]

Originally posted by el topo
Paulpaul, do you mean what's the deadline? Because I'm not going to set one until I get enough material that it seems like it's taking shape. So far, so good, and thanks to those who've contributed (including the 8-track Gorilla).

Don't worry about sending too much either, I can edit!

hah, i spose that i did mean the deadline, i feel dumb.... :(

[raydavies02]

Originally posted by genuflect
Originally posted by raydavies02
i met at least 6 people who came all the way from canada for popfest. canadian IDs look like they should be credit cards.

door guy, right?

indeed. twas me.

[July]

I have photos, you can take a browse here (http://users.livejournal.com/_enginedriver/30210.html).

I've got plenty more where those came from, if you'd like to see more, lemme know. Thanks.

[lou2ser]

Originally posted by July
I have photos, you can take a browse here (http://users.livejournal.com/_enginedriver/30210.html).

I've got plenty more where those came from, if you'd like to see more, lemme know. Thanks.

Those are great. Lets see more.

[little_airport]

where's the one of old magneticrollerskater wetting himself / eating nachos? ^ :mad:

[lou2ser]

Those weren't just any nachos....

http://static.flickr.com/84/218054033_ea6902631d.jpg


[Edited on 8-18-0606 by lou2ser]

[genuflect]

hahah

Originally posted by lou2ser
Those weren't just any nachos....

http://static.flickr.com/84/218054033_ea6902631d.jpg


[Edited on 8-18-0606 by lou2ser]

[magneticrollerskater]

Oh man I look trashed. I didnt know I looked that bad! But those Nachos Rod Schneider gave me were damn good, ha.

[paulpaul]

that best is when i walked up to you to say goodbye, you slammed your hand down on those nachoes so i couldnt get any, you protected those things like a mother

[magneticrollerskater]

HA, that rules I dont remember doing that but thats the greatest thing ive ever heard!

[el topo]

Bump! Still need more submissions, keep 'em coming--and thanks to those who've contributed so far.

opticaljeff76@yahoo.com

[lou2ser]

I'm still working on those DVD's, but I figured out how to capture jpegs out of Adobe Premiere. Heres some samples of whats coming up:

http://static.flickr.com/93/228852933_d9cd191498_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/69/228852927_3069a88361_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/77/228852926_aaa7e5ac94_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/90/228852931_ed42943eab_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/84/228852930_5fc9647bc6_o.jpg


[Edited on 8-30-0606 by lou2ser]

[Aqualad]

that looks really really good

[el topo]

My God, that looks fantastic.

[samanthafayIFD]

agreed! i can't wait to see them!

[lou2ser]

Here's one for you Samantha:

http://static.flickr.com/60/229332578_64526a7883_o.jpg

[samanthafayIFD]

totally bitchin'. can i say that in here?

[lou2ser]

Originally posted by samanthafayIFD
totally bitchin'. can i say that in here?

Well damn, now that I know its your birthday I feel bad for not getting IFD done sooner. I'll finish it up tonight and drop some copies in the mail before I leave for vacation Saturday. How many do you need? 7?

[samanthafayIFD]

aww, thanks!
that would be really awesome. 7 would be great if you want to make that many.

[el topo]

Deadline for the PopFest scrapbook is this Friday, September 8. If you went to PopFest and haven't written me yet, please take a minute to send me an email with a memory or two about the festival that's still sticking in your head almost a month later (!).

My email is opticaljeff76@yahoo.com

Thanks to all who've submitted to the scrapbook.

[paulpaul]

damn i cant believe its already been a month.... uh.. yeah the whole journal thing isnt written cause ive had no time, but ill be sure to send you an email with some memories in it. :D

[el topo]

Thanks!

[paulpaul]

did you get it brother? i just wrote down some of my favorite memories, i hope that will do!

[el topo]

Yeah, I did, thanks.
I'm working on it...maybe next weekend I'll have it up, maybe sooner.

[el topo]

The 2006 Athens PopFest Scrapbook is finally up.

Yes, I cribbed a lot of your photos (if you linked in this thread, you're up for grabs, as far as I'm concerned). But I did give everyone full credit, with links back to their galleries.

Thanks so much to everyone who contributed!

http://www.opticalatlas.com/popfest.html

[paulpaul]

i sound like such a fuckin nerd haha this is great!

[Edited on 9-19-0606 by paulpaul]

[paulpaul]

i have terrible grammer by the way

[Lusitania]

I must say, I never expected to hear my favorite Minor Threat song played live.

[David_R._Gross]

el topo-

I must say: “You're doing an unbelievable job with the site.”

Not to mention the way NMH was handled in the FAQs section.....nothing but class.




Cheers, *tips his hat and & takes a drink*

DRG

[Edited on 9-21-06 by David_R._Gross]

[liberateanimals4]

Yeah, Elephant 6 is blessed with great fansites.

[Aqualad]

i wouldn't call it a fansite... that's a little offensive for something like this.

[liberateanimals4]

I guess you're right... I was struggling to find the right words. Maybe informational music website? I dunno. It's certainly a fansite, but that is a derogatory-sounding word.

Maybe we can try to reclaim it for good!

[David_R._Gross]

Jeff uses the word Fanzine (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=DGUS,DGUS:2006-12,DGUS:en&defl=en&q=define:FANZINE&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title), so............opticalatlas.com is an "online fanzine". That sounds sophisticated and cultured, I think.

[Edited on 9-19-06 by David_R._Gross]

[Aqualad]

online e6 fanzine/blog.

[el topo]

Thanks for the nice words. I'm definitely a fansite/fanzine/whatever. The subtitle of the site is "A Home for Friends of the Elephant 6 Recording Company," so my theory has always been that it's just a place for "friends of E6," which we all are...

Paul, I deliberately did a minimum of editing in the scrapbook comments because I wanted it to have a hastily-scribbled-in-a-yearbook feel...I hope you don't feel bad, I liked your comments and put your run-on paragraph on the last page because it seemed to sum everything up, and was funny (in a good way)!

[paulpaul]

heheh thanks dude! i appreciate that
thats really cool i didnt think about it that way :)

[poe]

I think the post about this years popfest was really rad, I wish I could have made it! I was in Europe, but I love the fact that you talked about bands like the Poison Control Center and Bunnygrunt.. 2 of my favorites. The pictures looked great and it was really cool to see what people said about the fest! Thanks.. wish i could have been there!

[paulpaul]

those were two of the best bands ^:)

[poe]

Yeah I dig them so, I was at popfest 05 and the PCC was my favorite along with Bunnygrunt, Fishboy, Of Montreal, the Cookies, and New Grenda!

[lou2ser]

After a short hiatus (I've been traveling and started a new job) I've started finishing up those Popfest DVDs. Here is Red Pony Clock:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6012898466837171294&hl=en

[paulpaul]

sweet! are you still going to put them on dimadozen lou2ser??

[lou2ser]

Love Letter Band: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6000715839953357833&hl=en
Megaband: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7343353144229288438&hl=en

[lou2ser]

Originally posted by paulpaul
sweet! are you still going to put them on dimadozen lou2ser??

Yep. Once I'm done. 4 left to go.

[lou2ser]

Cars Can Be Blue: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8801204448440297968&hl=en
8 Track Gorilla: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3078470455786377887&hl=en

[lou2ser]

Originally posted by paulpaul
sweet! are you still going to put them on dimadozen lou2ser??

I'm ready to start uploading to dime. Which do you want 1st paulpaul?