ATP (All Tomorrow’s Parties) is coming to New York! But not the city. Instead it will be at Kutcher’s Country Club in beautiful Monticello.
I went to the Dirty Three edition of the festival during my year in England and had an amazing time. Faithful readers may also remember my covetous post concerning the Portishead ATP this past winter. They say that My Bloody Valentine will be curating the New York weekend.
The funniest thing about the AV Club announcement is the apparent disappointment or perhaps even disgust with the choice of venue. I’ve actually been to Kutcher’s; I went there for a Key Club convention in high school (NERD!!!). It’s this sort of rundown country club and resort in the Catskills. In a funny way, it may be the perfect place to have ATP in New York. The festival is usually held at a place called Butlins, which is an English holiday camp in Minehead, Sommerset. It’s such a surreal place. It’s also sort of rundown, but it also has minigolf and a huge steel structure made to look like a tent, but it’s actually a pavilion with restaurants and shops. That’s where the main stage was. Out-of-the-way holiday bungalows seem to be the ATP style. Wise up, AV Club!
UPDATE: I just learned that Kutcher’s has a nightclub named “The Stardust Room.” C’mon! How could that NOT be awesome?!
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