@MaxBurke just hacked the VR twitter! Greetings from the NY Eye and Ear Fest. View from the record fair/ chill zone.
3:55 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
In the next two days, nearly 40 bands will pass through this now empty stage. Twin Stumps kicking things off shortly.
3:59 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Free vinyl comp with Excepter, Aa, Talbam! at the door.
4:07 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Just realized I confused Loose Limbs and Twin Stumps – Classic NY Eye & Ear faux pas! Loose Limbs kicking things off for a fortunate few now.
4:18 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Small crowd 4 C. Lavender’s exemplary solo noise, most taking pics. “Overdocumented & Underattended” comes to mind as flippant commentary.
4:45 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Population 1280’s guitar sound is the harshest thing I’ve heard so far today. Making me feel like a weakling. 5:44 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Pop 1280 embraced the hardcore matinee vibe of their 5:30 PM time slot, wrecked it like junior high 1996.
6:06 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
DubKnowDub currently offering total liberation via shopping cart, distortion effects. #nyeye&ear
6:19 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
If you’re suspicious of too much polish on your jams, Human Resources might be your new favorite one-man band. #nyeye&ear
6:53 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Despite technical hiccups early on, Follower are delivering a fierce set of dual vocal, percussion-heavy, tunes.#nyeye&ear
7:34 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Hex Breaker Quintet playing their latest Top 40 single, “Step 1. Scratch skin Step 2. Reveal cosmic light” to a partially seated audience.
8:03 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
@lldeloreans about to play the last show of their current incarnation.
8:20 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Do it! RT: @pendupendu get out to NY EYE & EAR FEST many bands yet to play like Passions, Liturgy, Blank Dogs, +more. KNITTING FACTORY
8:47 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Just drank a beer and talked to some people. Can’t watch music all the time. I’m only human. Might push my luck & eat some food.
10:01 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Konnichiwa audience evenly split between sitters and standers – What side are you on??? #nyeye&ear
10:05 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Just had a nice chat with Adam from legendary avant label ESP-Disk. VR loves ESP-Disk and you should too! 10:22 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Full on headbanger crowd in the first row for Liturgy – well deserved.
10:31 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
This picture is only worth a couple hundred words. #Liturgy #nyeye&earfest
10:43 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Just broke down and got some pizza, my integrity forever compromised. Back to #nyeye&ear shortly for Twin Stumps!
10:55 PM May 22nd via OpenBeak
Twin Stumps feels like Whitehouse meets stoner doom meets a Dali film. Like the microphone cord whiplash antics.
11:27 PM May 22nd via Social Beat
Passions have a great idea: synth pop with live percussion. Dig it.
12:21 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Pendu medicine bags, containing tiny illustrated scrolls
12:25 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Living Days are like The Cure fronted by Karen O. They’ll probably be huge.
12:50 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Heard a rumor I would like Mirror Mirror. The rumors are true.
1:21 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Need to find a word for excitement and exhaustion at the same time heading into hour 10 of #nyeye&ear.
1:40 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Not even the most obvious aspects of Effi Briest’s appeal work for me. #sexdoesntsell.
2:09 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
White Ring’s penultimate set of the night a nice reward for the truly dedicated. Down a deep, dark hole of processed vocals + distortion.
2:43 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Blank Dogs 3 AM: Strictly Hardcore. Signing off for tonight.
3:22 AM May 23rd via OpenBeak
RT @MaxBurke Remember to follow @VisitationRites all day today – I will be live tweeting New York Eye & Ear Fest III all day again!
3:01 PM May 23rd via Social Beat
Back on site for NY Eye & Ear, crowd is sparse for Source of Yellow but they don’t mind – sax inflected jams to kick off day 2!
4:13 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Memorial Gore tried to break the table, nearly succeeded. Unhinged noise classicists good for a 5 PM wake up call.
5:32 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
GDFX set the mood with a blistering, well attended set on the floor – tightly focused excursions into heavy zones…
6:57 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
…Diablo followed suit with a captivating solo exploration of the limits of the electric guitar’s potential for abstract noise.
6:59 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
The man, the myth, the legend Todd Pendu conjuring deeply as Chaos*Majik.
7:13 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
I like Lost as much as the next guy, but Figure Study is straight killing it right now. #nyeyeandear
9:34 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
#therealvisitationrites is filming Laurel Halo, loving every second of it.
10:44 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
@0pn and @carlosgiffoni straight chilling watching the Lost finale right now. #nyeyeandearfest
23:03 PM May 23rd via OpenBeak
Naam was an easy groove. I slid right in, didn’t think twice about it.
12:24 AM May 24th via OpenBeak
Just ate this banana for sustenance and energy. #glamorousbloggerlife #nyeyeandearfest
12:46 AM May 24th via OpenBeak
Blondes were in complete control. Roused me from my near slumber.
1:50 AM May 24th via OpenBeak
No Fun Acid = no disappointment. @carlosgiffoni ’s take on primitive techno is an absolute pleasure. #nyeyeandear
2:22 AM May 24th via OpenBeak
Xeno & Oaklander playing out #nyeyeandearfest to a captive audience.
2:55 AM May 24th via OpenBeak
And that will it do it for @MaxBurke. We now return to your regularly scheduled tweeting. Hope you enjoyed #nyeyeandearfest tweetathon.
2:57 AM May 24th via OpenBeak
Words: Max Burke
Blackberry Photos: Max Burke
Tags: Blank Dogs, Blondes, C. Lavender, chaos*CM*majik, Cult of Youth, Desert of Colors, DIABLO, Dubknowdub, Effi Briest, Effing, Eli Keszler, Figure Study, Follower, Fostercare, Freshkills, Further Reductions, GDFX, Hallux, Hex Breaker Quintet, Human Resources, Hunters, Laurel Halo, Led Er Est, Liturgy, Living Days, Loose Limbs, Love Like Deloreans, Memorial Gore, Mirror Mirror, Naam, No Fun Acid, NY Eye & Ear, Omega Jarden, Passions, Pendu Org, Pop 1280, Source of Yellow, SSPS, The Gamut, Todd Pendu, Twin Stumps, White Ring, Xeno & Oaklander