Tiny Mix Fest 2007 Cancelled!

UPDATE: Sorry everyone, but it looks like Tiny Mix Fest 2007 is not happening anymore. Weirdest thing: all the artists simultaneously dropped out because they realized TMT is full of irresponsible journalists! Okay, enough with the jokes. Truth is, as many of you already know, the fake fest was actually an early April Fool's joke. Thanks everyone for your gracious humor (including the artists who were in on the joke with us), and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this might've caused, especially to those of you who had to answer e-mails on our behalf. Although we wish we could blame the holiday, we take full responsibility for our actions. Who knows, maybe if stop fucking around, we'll get a real fest going. Anyway, thanks for reading, and we'll be back Monday with more irresponsible journalism.

Oh, and here's that -- ahem -- "exclusive" NMH track.

Greetings, TMT readers! We are excited to bring you Tiny Mix Fest, the first event ever sponsored by this piece of the internet. You may have heard about it from other sources beforehand, like this one, for example. I just want to thank Phil personally for making such a cute joke about our abbreviation and the ninja turtles. YEAH WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE THANKS.

You're reading the poster right now, I'm sure, and yes, your Cheerios should be everywhere. The mighty Neutral Milk Hotel, the most indie-celebrated band of the past decade, is reforming to play one of the two days of TMFest in what Jeff has promised will be a one-off gig. (No opening for Pixies on a West Coast trip anytime soon, thank goodness!) We have the date with the Hotelers set, but the other day is being negotiated (read: arm-wrestled for) with the esteemed Triple Rock Social Club in lovely Minneapolis, hence the vague "August 2007" date. Maybe we will just decide to jam the whole month?

And jamming is not all that will be at TMFest. We will have a used book swap, a Slip 'n' Slide (well, Mr P lives a few minutes away, and I'm setting it up in his yard), and Mango Starr. Oh, and merch. You guys love merch, amirite?

Once we announce the dates, tickets will be on sale through Ticketweb. We hope to see you there! One-day passes are $30 each, and two-day passes are $50. We have been putting this together for a while now, and we gotta thank all the killer artists for signing on to what is sure to be one stupid, stupid party. (And no thanks to Jackson Browne for completely blowing us off. Dude must not read his e-mail.)

Oh, and the festival theme?? BALLOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not really, but bring balloons, please. For me.

ONE MORE THING: Stay tuned later today (hopefully around noon) for an exclusive clip of NMH rehearsing. We just have to figure out how to put an MP3 player on this thing.