wesley wolfbear pinkham
musings on music and wonderings on wanderings
current research interests
  • Jewish music in diaspora
  • Music and place
  • Festival and ritual
  • Americana and folk traditions
  • Documentary and public ethnomusicology

Tag: media

It’s Time to Defriend Evolvefest

January 7, 2017

Note: This article/editorial originally appeared in Fest300/Everfest, now defunct. Well, that got weird. And not the good kind of “where is this going because why the hell not” kind of weird, or the clowns in Lucent Dossier Experience start parading as half-naked goblins kind of weird. No, over the last two years, Evolvefest producer David […]

Way Beyond the Lens: 7 Trends to Help Festival Media Last for 7 Generations

March 19, 2015

Originally posted on the Lucidity Festivals blog, and reposted by FestivalFire. You’ve seen the images. You know which ones I’m talking about. The Festie Look. The wide-eyed, glitter-adorned, silly-grinned portraiture that makes your heart burst out of your chest. The surreal, other dimensional art installations with strange humans illuminated by glowing LEDs. An incredible acroyoga […]