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From The Mind of ADI #11: Fun Fun Fun Fest Recap - Day Two
As I mentioned in my Day One recap, the 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest brought some incredible punk, hip hop, indie, electronica, and comedy acts to Waterloo Park in Austin in early November. The result was a mouthwatering buffet of an assortment of musical genres to satisfy our appetites. The stellar lineup had a fair balance of local and national talent and I was lucky enough to have the honor of interviewing a number of the artists in the Austinist media tent at the fest. The Austinist and Roxwel teamed up with Transmission Entertainment to conduct 54 (has to be some sort of record!) interviews in two days – most of the individual interviews are still being edited and will be available on Roxwel's site in due time, but we can offer a couple of early, sneak-peak recaps -- Day One and Day Two. Have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy some action from my Day Two at Fun Fest below!
On Sunday, our initial afternoon interview schedule was light so the Austinist and Roxwel early birds decided to take a walk to the Indie Stage. Til We're Blue Or Destroy really seem to be finding its feet of late and although I wasn't able to stick around for the set, I did watch them investigate a few songs during their soundcheck (pictured above). I have seen this band live quite a few times on Red River St. and the multi-faceted collective and its novel compositions seem to be getting better and better with time. Ume has been receiving rave reviews as well and Lauren Larson is a true rock star on stage. I took in quite few of Ume's crunching rock ditties before making my way back to the media tent.
Thu Nov 27 2008 · Posted in Daily
From The Mind of Adi #10: Fun Fun Fun Fest Recap - Day One
The 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest brought some incredible punk, hip hop, indie, electronica, and comedy acts to Waterloo Park in Austin last weekend and the result was a mouthwatering buffet of an assortment of musical genres to satisfy our appetites. The stellar lineup had a fair balance of local and national talent and I was lucky enough to have the honor of interviewing a number of the artists in the Austinist media tent at the fest. The Austinist and Roxwel teamed up with Transmission Entertainment to conduct 54 (has to be some sort of record!) interviews in two days – most of the individual interviews are still being edited and will be available on Roxwel's site in due time, but we can offer a couple of early, sneak-peak recaps -- Day One and Day Two.
I arrived at Waterloo Park bright 'n' early at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday the 8th, as evidenced above. By 10, I was enjoying The Dead Milkmen's energetic soundcheck and sticking around to ensure they made the short trip to our media tent for the first interview of the festival. The band spent a good twenty minutes with us, going over countless classic anecdotes, and their families were equally friendly, thoroughly enjoying the spotlight thrust upon their fathers and significant others.
Thu Nov 20 2008 · Posted in Daily
THANK YOU.
Dear Friends,
We at Transmission Entertainment would like to
thank everyone who helped make this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest an amazing
success. The 2008 FFF Fest proved to be even more well received, well
attended, creative, and inspiring. This is because of the combined
efforts of many. Musicians, sponsors, personnel, media, vendors,
volunteers, bloggers, and - most importantly
of all - the FANS - we couldn't have done it without you.
We have no idea how we are going to top this one...but we are going to try. See you all next year.
TE
PS: Please send all feedback, stories, pics, and video to: . We would love to hear from you.
Mon Nov 10 2008 · Posted in Daily
Sun 9 Nov 2008
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008
Waterloo Park ALL DAY FESTIVAL
Date: Sun Nov 9th 2008
Venue: Waterloo Park - Doors at 11:30am
w/ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Minus The Bear, St. Vincent, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Bad Brains, Clipse, Bouncing Souls + more!!
The Dead Milkmen - Methodist Coloring Book
Music video for "Methodist Coloring Book" by The Dead Milkmen. From the album Metaphysical Graffiti released in 1990 by Enigma Records (now owned by Warner Music Group).
The Dead Milkmen play Fun Fun Fun Fest this Saturday. Get your tickets here.
Fri Nov 7 2008 · Posted in Music Videos
Keelhaul + Municipal Waste
Red 7 (8:00)
Date: Fri Nov 7th 2008
Venue: Red 7 INSIDE 8:00pm
INSIDE STAGE w/Keelhaul, Red X Red M, Roller and Rat King
PATIO STAGE w/Municipal Waste, Sista Sekunden, Hatred Surge and Blunt Force Trauma
Atmosphere - You
Music video for "You" by Atmosphere, off the record When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That S**t Gold. Released in 2008 by Rhymesayers Entertainment.
Atmosphere is playing Fun Fun Fun Fest this Saturday. Get your tickets here.
Thu Nov 6 2008 · Posted in Music Videos
Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview - Revival Tour
Revival Tour featuring Tim Barry, Ben Nichols, Chuck Ragan and Tom Gabel
Performing Sunday on Stage Two at 3:00
Old punks don’t die; they just reinvent themselves as tattooed
troubadours. That seems to be the motto of the Revival Tour. Tim Barry,
Ben Nichols, Chuck Ragan and Tom Gabel are arguably four of the best
wordsmiths of their generation, so it seems only natural that they
would shed the boom and bang of their full-time bands for stripped-down
solo settings, flirting with bluegrass, country and folk.
Wed Nov 5 2008 · Posted in Daily
YACHT - Summer Song
Music video for "Summer Song" by YACHT, off the Summer Song EP. Released in 2008 by DFA Records.
YACHT plays Fun Fun Fun Fest this Saturday. Get your tickets here.
Wed Nov 5 2008 · Posted in Music Videos
Fun Fun Fun Fest: IMPORTANT INFO
Hear ye, Hear ye:
This weekend, at long last, Transmission is ecstatic to present the annual Fun Fun Fun Fest.
Here's some important information you'll as you head down to the event in Austin's beautiful Waterloo Park (so pay close attention, as there will be a test afterward):
THE FESTIVAL PARKING MAP
Since Waterloo Park is downtown, parking is pretty limited. Here's a map of all nearby parking garages (first come, first served parking garages are in purple), in case you're driving:
GATE TIMES
Each day, gates will open at 11:30am and music stops at 10pm.
CARPOOL
This is highly encouraged, as (1) global warming is currently taking place and (2) parking around Waterloo Park will be limited.
BIKES
Ride your bike. It's easier, you'll get more exercise, and the Earth won't hate you.
BIKE RACKS
Lots and lots of bike racks will be available right out front of the festival gates on Trinity Street.
AGES
The festival is all ages, but if you plan on drinking, you'll need to present a valid ID at the gate. KIDS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD GET IN FREE.
PRICES
For those of you who haven't bought your passes this year's festival, you'd best hurry. You can get your tickets HERE.
Prices are as follows:
2 DAY PASS $59.99
STUDENT 2 DAY PASS $50.99
Single Day $34.99
STUDENT Single Day $29.75
*REMINDER TO STUDENTS: Don't forget to bring a valid Student ID with you to the festival to pick up your student ticket(s)!! Without proof of current enrollment, you will be asked to pay an additional $9 fee before entering the gates.
FILMING
We will be filming both the acts and crowd on both days of the festival. Please be aware that, by walking through the festival gates, you're saying "I'm okay with being filmed." The video footage will be used for promotional purposes only.
AFTERSHOWS
Oh, there's lots of these. Your festival wristband gets you into all of them for either 1/2 price or FREE. Go HERE for all afterparties info.
See ya there.
TRANSMISSION ENTERTAINMENT
Tue Nov 4 2008 · Posted in Daily
Minus the Bear - Pachuca Sunrise
Music video for "Pachuca Sunrise" by Minus the Bear. From the album Menus El Oso released in 2005 by Suicide Squeeze Records.
Minus the Bear plays Fun Fun Fun Fest this Sunday. Get your tickets here.
Tue Nov 4 2008 · Posted in Music Videos
Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview - Walter Schreifels/ Rival Schools
Walter Schreifels / Rival Schools
Performing Saturday on Stage Two at 3:00 (solo) and Stage One at 5:40 (Rivals Schools)
Punk rock has produced few artists as influential and prolific as Walter Schreifels.
As a teenager in the late 80s he served as chief songwriter in the
influential hardcore outfits Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits.
Following the Biscuits’ demise, Schreifels formed Quicksand, helping to
define the sound now known as post-hardcore. In 2000, Schreifels toned
things down ever-so slightly and formed Rival Schools with fellow hardcore veterans Sammy Siegler (Judge, Shelter, Civ), Ian
Love (Burn) and Cache Tolman (Civ, Iceburn). The bio keeps going – in
between all these influential bands, were short-lived projects, like
Project X and Walking Concert. The man just can’t stop playing music.
Today, like fellow Fun Fun Fun Fest participants and punk rock legends
Tim Barry and Chuck Ragan, Shreifels finds himself performing solo
acoustic sets, losing none of the angst and passion that has defined
his music for the past twenty years.
Tue Nov 4 2008 · Posted in Daily
Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview - Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit
Performing Sunday at 2:45 on Stage One.
Frightened Rabbit’s The Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat Records)
is probably one of my favorite albums to come out this year. From start
to finish, every track on this full-length is absolutely brilliant;
soulful folk wrapped in richly layered production, songs that start
with nothing and build to foot-stomping, barn-burning anthems with
brutally honest lyrics every drunken and horny romantic can relate to.
Mon Nov 3 2008 · Posted in Daily
Spinto Band - Mountains
Music video for The Spinto Band's "Mountains" off the album Nice and Nicely Done. Released in 2005 by Bar/None Records.
The Spinto Band plays Fun Fun Fun Fest this Sunday. Get your tickets here.
Mon Nov 3 2008 · Posted in Music Videos
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008 - AFTERPARTIES
Get ready. Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008 is coming.
And, once again, as part of the FFF experience, Transmission presents the FFF Afterparties, held Friday-Sunday of festival weekend (Nov. 7-9) in the Red River District.
Your FFF wristbands will get you into all of these events for either half-price or free. Here's the schedule:
Wed Oct 29 2008 · Posted in Daily
ANNOUNCING: The FunFunFun Fest YouTube Contest
News flash: If you've ever filmed yourself - or others - doing hilarious, weird, or just plain interesting things and then posted the footage on YouTube...well, you're about to actually have a reason for doing so (other than knowing that you've contributed to the Internet in some way).
ANNOUNCING: The FunFunFun Fest '08 YouTube Contest.
This year's festival - taking place on November 8-9 at Austin's Waterloo Park - is loaded to the gills with some truly fantastic bands. We know that, for each of the bands on this year's lineup, there are tons of you superfans out there who can't wait for November. However, we also know that there are a smaller group among you that like to perform. You're the type that always brings a camera to a party. The type that always volunteers to sing at karaoke parties. The type that derives satisfaction from seeing yourself on film.
Now's your chance to show both your superfan-dom and get that pretty mug of yours on the Transmission website.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Film yourself covering your favorite song by any artist playing this year's FunFunFun Fest (here's the lineup).
2. Post that thing on YouTube.
3. Send us the link at .
This contest will end on September 30, at which time we'll announce the 3 winners - gold, silver, and bronze. But not to worry, all 3 winners get the same prize -- a pair of tickets to this year's festival AND glorious recognition of your video right here on the Transmission website.
Come on, all you hidden talents out there. Now's your time to shine.
Tue Sep 2 2008 · Posted in Daily
Fun Fun Fun Fest ‘08 - TICKETS
Click the above graphic for Fun Fun Fun Fest passes. Undergraduate students...be aware that there are discount available tickets available for purchase. WARNING to STUDENTS: If you don't bring a valid student ID to the festival, you WILL have to pay full price for admission. Student tickets will only only available for a limited time. And now...onward. Get 'em while they last.
Fri Aug 22 2008 · Posted in Daily
FunFunFun Fest 2008: FULL LINEUP RELEASED, TICKETS ONSALE AUGUST 22
Peoples: The cat's out of the bag. As of today, at long last, the FunFunFun Fest '08 lineup is now public in its entirety.
For the third year in a row, we've gone all out to bring you - the Transmission community - one of the nation's most unique music festivals, incorporating a broad pallet of musical styles ranging from hardcore and punk to indie rock and hiphop. After all, good music is just good music...plain and simple.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 22, through Front Gate Tickets. We'll also be offering student discount tickets this year as part of a statewide university campus sales drive, so Texas undergrad students, stay tuned.
For more information, check out the announcement post on The Austinist.
Wed Aug 20 2008 · Posted in Daily
Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat
Video for "The Crystal Cat" by Dan Deacon, off his 2007 debut LP Spiderman of the Rings (Carpark). Video directed by Jimmy Joe Roche. As we announced several week's ago, Dan Deacon will be blowing up the DJ/HipHop Stage at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008 this November in Austin. Uhhh....YAY-yuh.
Tue Aug 12 2008 · Posted in Music Videos
Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008
For this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest, new bands are being leaked all over the place. Along with the bands listed here (The Dead Milkmen, Dan Deacon, and Deerhoof), our friends at the Austinist have reported that punk legends DOA will be on the bill as well as DJ Z-Trip and Minus the Bear. MTB were recently featured on Daytrotter.com, and are touring in support of their latest, Planet of Ice. We'll continue to report as the lineup grows like a giant mohawk chia pet of rock.
Check back here or at the FFF 08 website for regular updates and chances at free tickets.
In case you lived in a hole last year and missed it, peep the FFF 2007 recap video:
Fri Jul 25 2008 · Posted in
Fun Fun Fun Fest ‘08 Lineup: UPDATE #1
It's coming.
As of today, we at Transmission Entertainment begin to pull back the curtain, slowly revealing the glory that will be this November's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas. We advise you to batten down the hatches and prepare for a massive tsunami of overwhelming awesomeness.
See today's post on GORILLA vs. BEAR for the first of many updates on this year's Festival lineup.
The excitement will continue. Stay tuned.
Transmit Socially,
TRANSMISSION ENTERTAINMENT
Dead Milkmen : Bitchen Camaro. If you dont know this song...ummmmm....get to know this song now.
Tue Jul 15 2008 · Posted in Daily
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Interviews
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is alredy shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.
Sat Jun 14 2008 · Posted in Interviews
Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is alredy shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.
Tue Jun 3 2008 · Posted in Live Sessions
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is already shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.
Thu Nov 15 2007 · Posted in Live Sessions, Interviews
Murder City Devils - Bear Away
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is alredy shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.
Sun Nov 4 2007 · Posted in Live Sessions
Murder City Devils - I Want a Lot Now
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is alredy shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.
Sun Nov 4 2007 · Posted in Live Sessions
Final Fantasy - An Actor’s Revenge
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is alredy shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.