This festival news has not been widely distributed...or at least I haven't seen much posted about it so here ya go:
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August 31 - September 4, 2006 (Labor Day Weekend)
Eyedrum / 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE / Atlanta, Georgia / 30312 / USA
Day 1: Sea Changes and Coelacanths / Thursday, August 31
John Fahey Tribute/Record Release Concert
Loren Connors (New York)
San Agustin (New York/Atlanta)
John Fahey/Elizabeth Cotten video
Keenan Lawler (Lexington, KY)
Day 2: Carnivals of Ecstasy Friday, September 1 An Evening in the 1960s Underground Hosted by Tony Conrad (New York)
World Premiere, a film by Ira Cohen, "Brain Damage"
World Premiere, a film by Ira Cohen, "Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda" (Expanded Edition) Also featuring films by Jack Smith, Tony Conrad and Piero Heliczer Special guest: Hubcap City (Atlanta)
Day 3: The Thundergods Saturday, September 2
Rhys Chatham's Guitar Army (Paris)
Jonathan Kane's February (New York)
Special guest: Deerhunter (Atlanta)
Day 4: Propellers in Love Sunday, September 3
Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra of Excited Strings (Berlin)
Film and video featuring Charlemagne Palestine Tony Conrad (New York)
Leif Inge (Oslo) "9 Beet Stretch" begin
Day 5: Slow Dazzles Monday. September 4 (Labor Day)
Fourth Annual Esplanade Memorial Goat Roast/Low Country Boil
Leif Inge "9 Beet Stretch" end
World Premiere, Rhys Chatham's Essentialist (Paris)
Festival Close
Additional acts to be announced.
