ATP / IBYM 2012 - Asbury Park, NJ

[Boourns]

Do Braids normally have a killer light show? They played in near darkness when I saw them last year at the Casbah, but they were the opener.

[Icemouse]

They should do a Palms Springs weekend in the winter.

Kutscher's nostalgia was higher than ever, I talked about ATP 09 more than I ever have - reminiscing with people who were there and gloating over people who weren't and were jealous. The common string of ideas was, though, that maybe ATP should try a different city... One not quite as "entitled" as NYC. My opinion is, as small as ATP is, they don't need a city as big as NYC to sell out. Austin, pacific northwest, or even NV would probably sell better than a city like NYC, given they only need to sell about 3,000 tickets

Honestly, most of the people who bought 3-day passes will probably go to ATP anywhere in the country, given how eclectic the lineup is

[Icemouse]

Do Braids normally have a killer light show? They played in near darkness when I saw them last year at the Casbah, but they were the opener.

Dunno, but I do know that seeing bands like Braids and Emeralds in the sunlight is a bit awkward in my opinion

EDIT: But part of ATP to me is that bands not big enough to have a killer light show can get to play around with one on a decked-out stage

EDIT2: Like, Apse probably doesn't have that great of a light setup normally.. But in 2010 they were awesome and part of the reason was that ATP gave them the ability to add that to their show

[TallGuyCM]

I would lose my shit if they moved it to Austin (in a good way, obviously).

[bmack86]

The Pac Northwest probably has a few old ski areas that would have large enough halls to host that amount of acts, an hotels to hold everyone to boot. And with the droughts and economic downturn, I know that lots of small ski towns are hurting. They'd probably welcome something like ATP.

[Boourns]

Austin would be perfect.

[stinkbutt]

An old hurting casino in Vegas or Reno would also be pretty cool

[bmack86]

It probably wouldn't be feasible, but it'd be incredible to have a Nightmare before Christmas at Timberline Lodge in Oregon. It provided the hotel shots for the Shining. I can't think of a better setting.

[stinkbutt]

My god yes

[SoulDischarge]

They should have it somewhere that isn't already over-saturated with festivals but would be a good remote setting for a "family holiday" type thing, which seems to be the original intent for the UK ones. Maybe upstate Michigan or something like that?

[faxman75]

It probably wouldn't be feasible, but it'd be incredible to have a Nightmare before Christmas at Timberline Lodge in Oregon. It provided the hotel shots for the Shining. I can't think of a better setting.

This would be great.

[swhite423]

It probably wouldn't be feasible, but it'd be incredible to have a Nightmare before Christmas at Timberline Lodge in Oregon. It provided the hotel shots for the Shining. I can't think of a better setting.

THIS

[bmack86]

They could also do the Stanley in Colorado, which is the hotel that King based the novel on.

[Hannahrain]

The Timberline was only used for the exterior shots. But yes, please bring it directly to me.

[Birds vs Worms]

I met Moya afterwards and he was incredibly gracious and very cool. I asked him about the tracks they played after Albanian and before The Sad Mafioso, and he confirmed they're new, but was non-committal about whether they would be released or if they would just be played live, and they haven't even named the new tracks.

http://www.cargo-records.de/en/item/...g_art.123.html

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

An old hurting casino in Vegas or Reno would also be pretty cool

That is such a fantastic idea.

[SoulDischarge]

The venue would be awesome, but honestly, who wants to go to an ATP in Vegas?

[Icemouse]

I heard nothing but good things about the Matador 21, so I'm game

[mountmccabe]

Matador 21 was good in a surreal way; indie record label having an exclusive party at a swank Vegas casino-hotel. The feel was further away from Kutschers than Asbury Park was: even in the main hotel most of the people were not there for the music festival.

That being said taking over a non-swank casino-hotel might work very differently and be very fun.

[Icemouse]

IBYM Japan was finally cancelled, with mention of a 2013 event TBA.. I heard a rumor they were thinking of doing a legit ATP there

[bmack86]

But why? If they tried and failed twice with an IBYM, why would they try to do the full event? Something's not working.

[Icemouse]

Apply that logic to ATP America and you have the same conundrum, I guess. That being said, rumors fly freely so I am taking it with a grain of salt

[Icemouse]

will there be an I'll Be Your Mirror or another sort of ATP event in NYC this year? Last year was a blast, hopefully you guys will do it again!
Like · · February 4 at 9:06pm

All Tomorrow's Parties No sorry Brendan, there won't be this year.
February 5 at 5:58am

[Spooks]

will there be an I'll Be Your Mirror or another sort of ATP event in NYC this year? Last year was a blast, hopefully you guys will do it again!
Like · · February 4 at 9:06pm

All Tomorrow's Parties No sorry Brendan, there won't be this year.
February 5 at 5:58am

Sad sad day

[stinkbutt]

Not surprised

[zircona1]

Wait, are they saying there won't be an ATP event at all in the U.S. this year, or just not one in NYC like last year?

[koryp]

I feel pretty sad about this. Guess we're gonna have to finally take the plunge for a British isles event.

[Icemouse]

Wait, are they saying there won't be an ATP event at all in the U.S. this year, or just not one in NYC like last year?

Read strictly, the latter - but I'm going to guess they wouldn't have responded at all if there was going to be one in the US. And as stinkbutt said, it isn't exactly surprising, though I (obviously, given my posting history) agree it is sad.

[zfireswitch]

bummer. i went in 2009 at kutsher's and 2011 in asbury park. was really hoping they could lock down a good spot (or go back to kutsher's) and get this thing going.. too bad.

[suprefan]

Bring back ATP Los Angeles