THE IV

Berea Fest Trailer from Jamtron on Vimeo.

My roomies put on this little DIY music fete once a year in Berea, Ohio called....Berea Fest. I think because they get a package deal on Browns training camp tix or something. It's happening on the 17th & 18th of July this year, the fourth year of its existence... a picture of me at the first:















Notice braces, stupid hair cuts - it was the summer of 06.

The haircuts are maybe better now. Here is the lineup for this year:

Friday - 6PM

6:30-6:50 Letters to the Moon (Columbus, OH) 6:55-7:15 Positive (Solon, OH) 7:20-7:40 Le Vansona (Zanesville, Columbus, OH) 7:45-8:05 No Target Audience (Kent, OH) 8:10-8:30 Pheramones (Columbus, OH) 8:35-8:55 The Read (Cincinnati, OH) 9:00-9:20 Pink Houses (Bloomington, IN) 9:25-9:45 Asinine (Lakewood, OH) 9:50-10:10 Cheap Girls (Lansing, MI) 10:15-10:35 Annabel (Kent, OH) 10:40-11:00 Underdogs of Nipomo (Olmsted Falls, OH) 11:05-11:25 Super Bobby (Boston, MA) 11:30-11:50 Lemuria (Buffalo, NY) Saturday - 12:30 12:30-12:50 Reverse the Curse (Hiram, OH) 12:55-1:15 Ghost Town Trio (Oberlin, OH) 1:20-1:40 Saint Seneca (Columbus, OH) 1:45-2:05 Tin Armor (Columbus, OH) 2:10-2:30 Submarine Spaceship (Athens, OH) 2:35-2:55 Sack Lunch (St. Louis, MO) 3:00-3:20 Seizure Fist (Columbus, OH) 3:25-3:45 Two Hand Fools (Cleveland, OH) 3:50-4:10 Ghost Mice (Bloomington, IN, Gainesville, FL) 4:15-4:35 Thousandaires (New York, NY) 4:40-5:00 The Max Levine Ensemble (Washington DC) 5:05-5:25 Slingshot Dakota (BrooklynNY, BethlehemPA) 5:30-5:50 Mountain Asleep (Louisville, KY) 5:55-6:15 New Creases (Columbus, OH) 6:20-6:40 Halo Fauna (Brooklyn, NY, Bloomington, IN) 6:45-7:05 The Dopamines (Cincinnati, OH) 7:10-7:30 Spooktober (Athens, OH) 7:35-7:55 Amelia (Columbus, OH) 8:00-8:20 The Sidekicks (Lakewood, Columbus, OH) 8:25-8:45 Goodluck (Bloomington, IN) 8:50-9:10 Delay (Columbus, OH) Be apprised that Amelia is playing. That's great. However, the whole thing is hosted at a church due to a lack of accommodating spaces in Berea so I'm going to have a lot of Grove City street punk flashbacks and nervous sweats that I'd rather leave in a deep recess of my unconscious. Other anxieties: having to play out of a bass amp and being surrounded by people I know without really wanting to talk to any of them. It should be fun though. And our tape split with Pheramones is coming out then too. Notice also that Max Levine Ensemble is playing. Could we see a rehash of this insubordination hot mess????? AUSSI: There is a blurb on this blog about my show at ROY. It's the only thing I've seen where someone has written something other than promo material for it. "High Street Art Blog." Choice snippet: "He displayed posters and flyers for local punk bands that played in various private house parties. It takes a real scenester to know any of these bands..." Me, a real grownup scenester... I feel accomplished. THIS JUST IN: Libby Zay blogs on Bust.com about Berea Fest. And don't forget. July 12th = 15 Bands at the 15th House.