No Fun Fest Jumps Off Tomorrow in NYC

No Fun Fest 2008. May 16,17,18 at the Knitting Factory In NYC
single day tickets:May 16(18$) May 17(THIS DAY IS SOLD OUT)May 18 (18$)
Questions : info {at} nofunfest(.)com

Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Knitting Factory will host No Fun Fest, aptly titled because to most of us shows with more than 3 bands are negative fun but this noise/experimental/non-blogrock summit is worth your time.

The days have been broken down into three convenient themes :

DAY ONE - FRIDAY 16 at 7pm
Former Free Jazz Guy Who Misses TONIC Day

Stage 1:
ASTRO (Hiroshi Hasegawa)
Tony Conrad + MV Carbon
White Out
Burning Star Core
Thurston Moore + Nancy Garcia
Dinosaurs with Horns
Randy Yau
Sickness

Stage 2:
Damion Romero
Handicapper Hornz
Greg Kelley
Jason Crumer
Failing Lights
Sewer Election
Black Quarter
Workbench

OK you still get the glitched out noise of Sickness and others but with Mr.Conrad, Thurston Moore and Burning Star Core fresh off a review in the NY Times here it will be the thinking man’s noise show.

Name of the day : Handicaper Hornz (I’m a sucker for the letter Z used to pluralize)

Type of Weed Being Smoked - Free Jazz mid range joints hidden in English teacher blazer pocket (not hip blazer).

DAY TWO - SATURDAY 17 at 7pm

Record Store Clerk Day / Hipster Noise Day

Stage 1:
CLUSTER
Religious Knives
Demons
Carlos Giffoni
The Skaters
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Nautical Almanac
Nevari Butchers

Stage 2:
Hair Police
Tovah Olson and The Jasons
Alvars Orkester
Emeralds
Cornucopia
Baby Cobra Headsz
Eskimo King
Pax Titania
Afternoon Penis

That’s correct Cluster will be doing their post mid-life crisis thing including being German and giving record store clerks something to buzz about, perhaps it’s the most “musical” day as there might be drums and a few structured songs with the Knives playing. Your ears won’t split as much as you get blissed out to The Skaters or Emeralds and if you make it to Hair Police you’ll be rewarded. Big surprise this one is sold out but you can find tickets if you look, I’m not telling you where because I still need one. There will be nonconfrontational beards here today, better posture and more eye contact you actually have a chance of getting laid, it’s gotta be the drums.

Name Of The Day - Afternoon Penis by a landslide.
Type of Weed Being Smoked - Highest Grade of the three days, you’ll need patience and endurance and want to be sucked into some drones, something called AK-47 or Strawberry Fields.

DAY THREE - SUNDAY 18 at 6:30pm
Official Harsh Noise Day

Stage 1:
The Haters
Consumer Electronics
Illusion of Safety
Lee Ranaldo: Blind Piece #2
Lasse Marhaug + Dror Feiler
Sudden Infant
Edwige
Werewolf Jerusalem

Stage 2:
John Wiese
Cleanse
James Plotkin
Alan Licht
FFH
Ahlzagailzehguh
Halflings
The Cathode Terror Secretion
Shallow Waters

DJs:
Kai Parviainen(Enema Syringe),Tommi of Finland

This is the day for the dudes who hate the people going to the other two days for being pussies. This day is official straight up, it’s going to be ugly, smelly, harsh and grim in the best way possible. There will probably be violence of some sort, people will be bummed out and it’s just not going to be nice. After years of Hardcore and Punk shows my body won’t let me do anything more aggressive than watching sports on a Sunday so my attendance is doubtful but it’s the day I’m the most curious about. I wouldn’t even be bummed if I went and some weird Power Electronics dude beat me up for being there as I probably deserve it.

Name Of The Day - Werewolf Jerusalem

Type Of Weed Being Smoked - Brown Frown Dirt Weed that will give you a headache and make you hate everything a lot.

Info here

TAGS: Hair Police, Music, New York City

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