8th Anniversary Festival
February 14-17, 2008 — Toronto!
Friday Feb. 15 @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. (doors 9pm)
1am - Glissandro 70 (DJ set) —
www.cstrecords.com/bands_glissandro70.html
12am - Bocce — www.myspace.com/thebocce
11:15pm - Daniel Nebiat — www.myspace.com/danielnebiatmusic
10:30pm - Sister Suvi — www.sistersuvi.com
9:45pm - Abdominal — www.myspace.com/mcabdominal
+ film & video by Jeff Wright
+ DJ David Dacks (CIUT, The Abstract Index)
Saturday Feb. 16 in association with the Theatre Centre @ The Theatre
Centre, 1087 Queen St. W.
(doors 8pm)
12am - Lullabye Arkestra — www.lullabyearkestra.com
11:15pm - DD/MM/YYYY — www.ddmmyyyy.net
10:30pm - Dance Electric — www.myspace.com/danceelectric
9:45pm - Telefauna — www.telefauna.com
9pm - Femme Generation — www.myspace.com/femmegeneration
+ projections by General Chaos Visuals
+ DJ Dan Vila (Doing It to Death)
Sunday Feb. 17 @ The Music Gallery — 3-6pm
"Wavelength Unconference"
with host Misha Glouberman
Topic: "The Value Difference" (see below for description)
Admission FREE
Sunday Feb. 17 @ Sneaky Dee's, 431 College St.
(doors 8pm)
1am - Nifty (Toronto, Dude) — www.myspace.com/princenifty
12am - Donne Roberts (Toronto/Madagascar) — www.donneroberts.com
11pm - Green Go (Guelph, Ont.) — www.myspace.com/greengomusic
10pm - Opopo (OCAD) — www.opopo.ca
9pm - Transsylvanien (Denmark) — www.myspace.com/transylvanien
+ projections by General Chaos Visuals
+ DJ Basset Hound
Monday February 18
WAVELENGTH DAY!!
(Provincial Holiday)
With hosts Doc Pickles (Thursday & Sunday) and Spencer Butt (Friday & Saturday).
Admission to all events: Pay What You Can at the door (except Sunday afternoon unconference, free).
Unconference: "The Value Difference"
In most arts disciplines — whether it be theatre, film, visual art, dance — it's taken for granted that you have to follow the money. Is a director a sellout for having distribution through Miramax? Is a dancer a sellout for joining the cast of Mamma Mia?
For indie rockers especially, money is a taboo subject. Show covers for local bands have barely budged above the $5 mark in the last 10 years. Many indie musicians have never bothered applying for grants to support their music. Others are openly hostile to those they perceive being "in it for the money," rather than for the love. Is it possible to have both? The hip-hop community is very tied to corporate sponsorship, as the jazz and classical scenes are with arts grants. So why are the rules different in indie rock? Is it reluctance to ascribe a dollar value to the deeply personal value of one's own music? Or do we just undervalue our contribution to the culture?
Is there a way the broke-ass indie scene can "get the money" without mortgaging its soul? Or does an expectation of making money somehow cheapen the creative process?
Come to this special "unconference" led by Misha Glouberman (Trampoline Hall) if you wish to talk about these questions. Show up at 2:30pm for snacks and introductions. The conversation part will start at 3:00 sharp (Seriously. Don’t be late.) and go till around 6:00.