[Jef Mertens]

explorations in french psychedelia arts show www.myspace.com/alifibgigs selected bands, artists and composers: Opening festival (november 28-29-30): Friday 28th: Daevid Allen (aus, confirmed) Endless Boogie (us, confirmed) Wooden Shjips (us) Major Stars (us) Saturday 29th: Tim Blake + Turzi (fr, confirmed) Brainville3 (aus/uk) Christian Vander (fr) Lichens (us, confirmed) Psychic Ills (us) Sylvester Anfang II (be, confirmed) Panda Bear (us) Arp (us) Heatsick (ger) Astral Social Club (uk) Gavin Russom & Delia Gonzales (us) The Telescopes (uk) Axolotl (us, confirmed) The Skaters (us, confirmed) Ben Russell & The Wind-Up Bird (us, confirmed) Sunday 30th: Acid Mothers Gong (w/ Gilli Smyth) (confirmed) Lee Ranaldo (us)/ Areski (fr) The Family Elan (uk, confirmed) Steve Gunn (us, confirmed) Satellite concerts: December: psychedelia and pop culture Gong (confirmed) Yahowa 13 (us) Sky Saxon (us) An exploration of the shining pop side of psychedelia through the meeting of two emblematic projects/communities of European and American psychedelia: respectively Gong (reunited for this concert) and Yahowa 13 (current remaining members of the cult of Father Yod, among those is to be found Sky Saxon, founder of Californian 60s garage/psych band The Seeds). January: psychedelia, minimalism & fluxus

EDIT: sorry, some further searching leads to the final line-up - no Lee Ranaldo http://www.myspace.com/iaofestival

[blunderbuss]

Originally Posted by Jef Mertens

EDIT: sorry, some further searching leads to the final line-up - no Lee Ranaldo http://www.myspace.com/iaofestival

That's a bit of a relief, actually - no Lee means that I won't be spending the next few weeks trying to decide whether to go or not.