NQC —
Or, goodbye to all that. Ok, not entirely. I will probably be back next year, but tonight, between a developing head cold and a general case of the musical malaise, I stayed “home” in Avery’s Undisclosed Location. Feel free to fill in the blanks here, to the extent that they are fillable. More conclusionary thoughts […]
You’re on your own tonight folks. Except for Chris Allman and a few bars from Wes Hampton, there wasn’t anything much for me to write home or blog about. If the morning brings new mercies or insights, I shall declare them then.*
*In the light of a new day, the only amplification I might add is […]
Tonight I made an executive decision to cut out early and get some rest. Watch this space for more tomorrow a.m. on what I heard this evening. In the meantime, feel free to supply your own thoughts.
Update: Last night it seemed to me the less said about Thursday’s lineup and experience the better, and sleep […]
Regarding the evergreen gripes about the NQC sound from the main stage, a commenter makes this salient point in reply to my remark last night about deviating presets and wild swings in sound quality from one group to the next:
Presets on the console are of no use when the group sound man tweaks and […]
Well nigh onto two decades now, I’ve been making this journey to Louisville, and for the last seven years, I’ve been copiously documenting the full immersion experience of listening and processing and posting online for the long three-day weekend (Thursday-Saturday) that my schedule typically allows. Regular readers will have doubtless become accustomed to the tiered […]
I refer of course to the delectable ice cream at Freedom Hall. The Averyfineline bus rolled into town just a few minutes ago after a raucous hours singalong roadtrip (h/t, JC). The interns are arranging the blogging suite as I type, then it’s off to Freedom Hall.
This is the first year I’ve made a Wednesday […]
A week and counting to NQC!
Several of you are itching to talk about personnel changes in the context of NQC, so here is your chance. And of course you can talk about other things, too (person trying to post about Jonathan Pierce’s decorating stint on HGTV, here is your chance!).
Have the floor.
So John Ashcroft, former governor of and senator from Missouri, former Attorney General, as well as that great lover of southern gospel who wrote “Let the Mighty Eagle Soar” and was part of the Singing Senators, will be this year’s keynote speaker at NQC. Last year, you will recall, Sarah Palin gave the keynote.
Evidently, the […]
One of my favorite moments at NQC 10 (h/t, KC):
Now if someone can just find a clip of Jason Crabb at NQC on Thursday night …
So what are the takeaways from my experience this year at NQC? I don’t have any grand narrative or essayistic reflection to give you. Just some thoughts that have surfaced after a day or so of sleep, reflection, and return to the ordinary world of everyday life.
The absence of the Fan Awards left NQC without […]
