Victo 2005

[Gary Sisco]

Alright, who's thinking about going?

I'm planning on at least an overnighter and if I can swing it (no pun intended), two days and two nights.

[Pete C]

It never seemed worth the trouble to me.

[Uli]

What is this, a dating board?

A schedule3 mite be interesting.

[Tom Storer]

Victo?

[Pete C]

Victo?

It's the shibboleth for Victoriaville.

[Gary Sisco]

Pete -- I might say the same about it. If I lived in New York!

But I don't. And V-ville is only three hours' drive from my door.

Truly, though, perhaps because it's not in New York or some other such major city, there is much more interaction between fans and musicians and artists there than any other festival I've attended. Probably because there's nothing else to do but that's a large part of what makes it a great gathering of musicians and music people. The bar at the hotel's kind of like what they (used to say about the old) Times Square. If you spend enough time there, you'll run into everyone sooner or later.

I'd have driven up last year just for the JC flying squad/Eskelin/Parkins/Black after-hours hang alone, never mind their hugely enjoyable concert beforehand.

[Frisco]

I'm considering it. I've only been to a couple of their festivals and particularly enjoyed hanging out at the hotel bar and restaurant. Can't say that I've ever been able to fully enjoy concerts in the hockey arena though. So far I've heard about the Brotzmann Tentet and a possible Little Huey set, probably both in the arena. There's always the fear that William would be put in the penalty box, two minutes for vamping, or Brotzmann two minutes for illegal use of the taragato. I'd need a few more of interest to me to put me over the edge. It's a really long haul from Detroit.

[Pete C]

Pete -- I might say the same about it. If I lived in New York!


Yeah, that's basically the point for me. There's always stuff I'd be interested in, but it seems like such a schlep, and lots of the artists do get to the Apple. The food reports have not helped either.

[Pete C]

There's always the fear that William would be put in the penalty box, two minutes for vamping, or Brotzmann two minutes for illegal use of the taragato.

;)

[Cem]

It's a really long haul from Detroit.This from the man, who drove to Athens, GA last year...without a single complaint... :)

[Frisco]

I know that this has been discussed before, but what are the options in getting to Victo from Montreal, assuming that one took a train there?

[Frisco]

This from the man, who drove to Athens, GA last year...without a single complaint... :)

I saved my complaining until I got back to work the next day. Believe it ot not, I think that Detroit to Victoriaville is even farther, or at least as far. Thank God for car CD players and oldies radio stations. Nothing beats singing along to bad old pop songs on a long boring road.

[sonic1]

what is the schedule?

[Pete C]

oldies radio stations. Nothing beats singing along to bad old pop songs on a long boring road.

Are they all bad? You need to find a better oldies station.

[Jon Abbey]

what is the schedule?

Michel Levasseur likes to keep it a big secret until really close to the event, a policy I've never really understood.

[Oger]

what is the schedule?

As Jon said, Michel Levasseur don't give information sevral months before...

I know that Hubbub will play there.
French group : Frederic Blondy (piano), Bertrand Denzler (tenor sax), Jean-Luc Guionnet (alto sax), Jean-Sebastien Mariage (guitar), Edward Perraud (percussion).
They have recorded on Four4ears and more recently on Matchless (Hoop Whoop and Hoib).

Jacques

[Gary Sisco]

Frisco -- Perhaps Gordon will chime in. He used the transit services last year, I think, from Montreal. Last year I met a cat who drove from Cleveland, straight on through.

[Jon Abbey]

supposedly Thurston Moore is booking a day (I assume Monday?) which involves Wolf Eyes, Hair Police, Dead Machines, Double Leopards, No Neck Blues Band, Dream Aktion Unit. also the Boredoms are supposed to be there.

[michaelr]

The line-up is now posted on the Victo site. Here it is in no discernable order:
Anthony Braxton / Fred Frith
The Plastic People Of The Universe / Agon Orchestra
Espaces Sonores Illimités « Fanfares »
Jerry Granelli « Sandhills Reunion »
The Nels Cline Singers
William Parker Little Huey Orchestra
Michel F. Côté « Mecha Fixes Clock »
Philip Jeck / Janek Schaefer
Ikue Mori / Zeena Parkins
Kid Koala / Martin Tétreault
Hair Police
Anthony Braxton Sextet
Wolf Eyes
Stefano Scodanibbio
No Neck Blues Band
Thurston Moore « Dream Aktion Unit »
Dead Machines
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Double Leopards
Hubbub
Xu Fengxia
Tenko « Tempest »
Hélène Breschand / Jean-François Pauvros
Lars Hollmer / La Fanfare Pourpour
Pascal Contet
The Boredoms

[Jon Abbey]

]Kid Koala / Martin Tétreault

wow! this was an idea I had for an Erst CD a few years ago, but nothing ever came of it, Tetreault was into it, KK was too busy opening gigs for Radiohead to commit. interesting...

[Gary Sisco]

Nuff in there for me to have some fun for a couple of days. I'm down.

[Nate Dorward]

Pity that they never post the actual timetable--if all of the most interesting gigs were on one day I might go, but if they're spread out.......

[michaelr]

Pity that they never post the actual timetable--if all of the most interesting gigs were on one day I might go, but if they're spread out.......

They usually post the timetable around mid-April. That said, the chances of all the most interesting gigs being on one day is pretty slim. (Of course I'm not sure what you consider the most interesting gigs to be...)

[djh]

I know that this has been discussed before, but what are the options in getting to Victo from Montreal, assuming that one took a train there?

I went for the first time 2 years ago after arriving in Montreal by train. The simple answer is bus.

Oh and as for whoever it was who mentioned the food... well imagine what its like for an English vegetarian (yep I stayed in the bars all day ;)

Anyhow I'll be there with my Buddy William posssibly the only person going ape at the Lars Hollmer and Plastic People sets...

[Gary Sisco]

I'll meet youse in the bar!

[Jon Abbey]

since Thurston Moore is supposedly booking a "day" of the festival, and not just shows here and there, the educated guess would be that that would be Monday, and would encompass Wolf Eyes, Hair Police, No Neck, Dead Machines, Double Leopards, and possibly the Dream Aktion Unit (although that looks like a Saturday or Sunday night 8 PM special). that would/will be likely the wildest day of shows in Victo history.

[Gary Sisco]

And if a Monday, also my day off, so I wouldn't have to pay someone to do my work for me. Hmmmm..... A Monday in Quebec....

[marlowe]

The Boredoms are listed as being officially on the 23rd (Monday) - so this is probably the "noise" day. Anyone else know any confirmed dates for the announced shows?

[Lore]

The website for info on the No-Neck Blues Band has them playing on May 21.

http://www.theserth.com

[marlowe]

I figured that would probably be part of the day someone said
Thurston Moore is curating, but since the Boredoms is May 23rd, looks
like stuff like the NNBB (May 21), Wolf Eyes, Double Leapords, Boredoms will be spread across different days. Now if someone knew when Anthony Braxton was playing....

[Gary Sisco]

I have a nephew who's very clever, though very young. When the movie "Seven Years In Tibet" came out, he referred to it as "Seven Days In Quebec."

[Jazzzoline]

I have a nephew who's very clever, though very young. When the movie "Seven Years In Tibet" came out, he referred to it as "Seven Days In Quebec."
Cute.
Any strange color houses in Tibet?

I'll ask my hubby, who works for the newspaper ( which i don't usually read) if he's seen anything about that festival, and let you know. Strangely, that festival isn't announced very much around.

[Jazzzoline]

Oh and as for whoever it was who mentioned the food... well imagine what its like for an English vegetarian (yep I stayed in the bars all day ;)



Canada produces lots of beef and pork meat, potatoes and wheat.
That's what is found on the grocery shelves. Therefore. people can still afford buying meat here. But, this said, there's no meat in a Poutine!

[Gary Sisco]

A good thing, since there are several massive cardiac arrests in one already!

[marlowe]

Up to three - No Neck Blues Band is the 21st, Brotzmann tentet is the 22nd, and Boredoms is the 23rd.

[Jon Abbey]

Double Leopards are on the 21st also, it looks like that will be Thurston Moore's day, with Hair Police, Wolf Eyes, NNCK, Dead Machines, and maybe the Dream Aktion Unit (probably the 8 PM show). the No Fun festival invades Quebec, should be interesting...

[Gary Sisco]

I'm straining at the reins for a music roadtrip!

[Frisco]

Who/What are Double Leopards? Dream Aktion? Dead Machines? So far, Sat. the 21st (the one of two days that I might be able to attend) doesn't look to be up my alley.

[Jon Abbey]

you might like that stuff, Pat. Dream Aktion specifically is a power combo of Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano.

[marlowe]

In addition to the other posts = we've now got Fred Frith posting on his
website that he and Anthony Braxton are on Friday, May 20th. This likely means that the Braxton group is either on the Thursday or the Saturday....

[Steve Reynolds]

Gary - I sure hope you get up there to see the Brotzmann Tentet....

[Gary Sisco]

Steve -- Me, too, but a whole lot is going to depend on the scheduling of the artists and my own available time to be able to get up there, and for how long. Also, I'm hoping Roots and Mingus can also make it, so there are other schedules as well in there, to work out.

I need a roadtrip though for some music. It must happen. It must happen soon.

[Steve Reynolds]

well I feel your need

been way too long for me - and I am chomping at the bit for some live music

[Frisco]

Just received the brochure in the mail today:

Thursday:
1700 Espaces Sonores Illimites @ Colisee
2200 Jerry Granelli @ Cinema laurier
0015 Nels Cline Singers @ CEGEP

Friday:
1300 Michel Cote @ Cinema Laurier
1700 Phillip Jeck/Janek Schaefer @ CEGEP
2000 Anthony Braxton/Fred Frith @ Cinema Laurier
2200 Plastic People & Agon Orchestra @ Colisee
0015 Ikue Mori/Zeena Parkins @ CEGEP

Saturday:
1300 Kid Koala & Martin Tetreault @ Cinema Laurier
1500 Hair Police & Wolf Eyes @ Colisee
1700 Stefano Scodanibbio @ CEGEP
2000 No-Neck Blues Band @ Cinema Laurier
2200 Thurston Moore Dream Aktion Unit @ Colisee
0015 Dead Machines/Double Leopards @ CEGEP

Sunday:
1300 Hubub @ Cinema Laurier
1500 Anthony Braxton Sextet @ Cinema Laurier
1700 Xu Fengxia @ CEGEP
2000 Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet @ Cinema Laurier
2200 William Parker Little Huey Orchestra @ Colisee
0015 Tenko @ CEGEP

Monday:
1300 Helene Breschand/Jean Francois Pauvros @ Cinema Laurier
1500 Lars Hollmer & La Fanfare Pour Pour @ Colisee
1700 Pascal Contet @ CEGEP
2100 The Boredoms @ Colisee

[Frisco]

Looks like a longshot for my attending. But, could somebody post anything they know about the Bus Line that runs from Montreal to Victo? Slight chance I'd take a train from Windsor to Montreal. Then I'm stranded. Apparently, Greyhound, Canada never heard of Victoriaville. The train could get me as far as Drummondville, QC.

[Jon Abbey]

hmm, that Saturday looks kind of interesting, and now it turns out that Yuko's going to be in Japan that weekend. any interest in road-tripping, Ollie?

[Steve Reynolds]

now if I could get there for Sunday night :D

sad to report that I have never seen Anthony Braxton live :confused:

[Gary Sisco]

If you guys do a road trip, it would tip me over into going just for Saturday night, home again Sunday morning, esp if there's floorspace in the hotel room. The other days don't interest me that much, considering the expense required when I go away, but I'd like to hear those bands live, and the social life would be excellent.

As it is, I've written off music trips this year to put the bread instead into an upgrade of the stereo system.

[Steve Reynolds]

oh - Gary

if you go - you MUST stay for the Brotz band - nothing else like it in this world :)

[Gary Sisco]

Can't. Probably won't make it all.

[Root Doctor]

Can't. Probably won't make it all.

The lad has a piano recital on Saturday night. I could swing Sunday, and am more than willing to put some of my faculty "professional development" money towards a room.

[Frisco]

Whew, Sunday is incredible. Braxton, Brotzmann, Little Huey. Not to mention Hubub and Xu Fengxia. I really like Frederic Blondy's work with Le Quan Ninh, and that Hubub disc was pretty good too.

And I'd really like to see Stefan Scodanibbio on Saturday. I really just heard of him recently from a great Brian Ferneyhough disc on Naive, a piece for solo double bass. I think that's all I've heard from him, though his name sounded familiar when I picked up the disc. And our old friend John Olson, from Detroit, will be playing. John and I got together on a couple of collaborations here, one crazy one that he played with Blaise Siwula. I'm not sure that even the Victo crowd will be ready for him.

[Chow75]

Hello all, this year is going to be my first Victo festival and I had a few questions for any of the veterans of Victo's past.

How is seating arranged, are we assigned seats or is it first come first serve?

About how many people attend this fest?

Any restaurant recommendations? Good eats, places to avoid?

How far apart are the venues?

Thanks-
Michael

[michaelr]

How is seating arranged, are we assigned seats or is it first come first serve?
There are three venues. A cinema that seats about 300 or so, a small auditorium at a local community college that seats about 150 or so, sometimes set up with rows of seats and other times with just an open floor are and bleachers in the back. The third is the large venue, which seats about 500-700 people depending upon how it is set up. All seating is first come first serve.

About how many people attend this fest?
Over the course of the five days, total seats sold is about 5000 or so. But I think the largest audience they have had so far for one show is about 700.

Any restaurant recommendations? Good eats, places to avoid?
There is a passible Greek restaurant, but don't go to Victo expecting great food!

How far apart are the venues?
All are within an easy walk of each other and shows are timed so that there is time to get from one venue to another.

[Chow75]

Cheers for all the info Michaelr, maybe we'll bump into each other at the Colibri bar.

[Frisco]

Looks like I'll be there Fri-Sun. Found a friend who has never seen Braxton and wants to be there, so that convinced me to come. See y'all there.

[Frisco]

As the week approaches, who's committed to going? I'll have a Cognac waiting for somebody at the Colibri bar

[michaelr]

I'll be there from Thursday through Monday as usual. I'm particularly looking forward to Saturday's noise fest.

[Gary Sisco]

Can't make it. I'd like to hit that Saturday or Sunday but can't swing it, this year.

[Jon Abbey]

I'll be there from Thursday through Monday as usual. I'm particularly looking forward to Saturday's noise fest.

are you coming down again for ErstQuake 2 in September, Michael?

[michaelr]

I'm really hoping to come down, but it depends upon how things pan out at work. Funny to think that, these days, I have to go down to NY to hear Jason Lescalleet and Nmperign. And getting to hear Mark Wastell live would be hard to pass up.