Thursday, October 20, 2011

Mangum moved

Hot on the heels of the out-of-the-blue Thurston-Kim split comes more unexpected and bewildering news: the postponement of the Jeff Mangum-curated ATP. It had been scheduled for December, the week before the Les Savy Fav/Battles/Caribou event that I'm going to, but will now take place in March - inevitably with a slightly different line-up.

ATP initially claimed the postponement is "due to a set of extremely unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances" and have since confirmed that it wasn't at Mangum's request but that they're unable to go into any more detail. Like most people, I can't imagine what the reasons might be (or why they're not able to divulge them), but feel for those who've already made travel plans and who really deserve a proper explanation.

Still, the new slot does mean that there's a chance I might now be able to go myself. Every cloud...

2 comments:

skif said...

We currently have space for one in our collective. Although I imagine you'll want to wait to see what the bill turns into.

I know some of the others are also looking to fill the gap so can't be sure it won't be filled prior to any decision you make.

Ben said...

No worries mate, I think I'll just have to play it by ear and look into the possibilities nearer the time, when I've got a better idea (a) if I've got the money and (b) if the line-up still bears some resemblance to that announced for the original weekend.