Sadly I won't be able to make it to Popfest this year (I'll spare you the sob story why), but there's way too much Elephant 6 excitement happening at the Happy Happy Birthday to Me Popfest to let the event pass without mention. I would like to put up some special post-Popfest coverage at the site, but it involves your assistance. If you're planning on attending Popfest this year, here's what I'd be interested in:

• concert reviews
• setlists
• photos
• anecdotes
• gossip

This is the important thing: you don't have to write an essay, you don't have to spend more than a minute on an email to me if you don't want to. If you attend, simply write a couple of sentences about something memorable from the Popfest: your favorite performance, a notable mishap, a funny bit of banter from someone onstage, whatever. If I get enough submissions--even if it's a lot of small submissions--I would like to assemble them into a scrapbook-style post on this website. (Of course, if you go to the effort of sending along a ton of photos, video, etc., I can host all of this at opticalatlas.com. But I'm interested in quantity, not just quality!) Tell your friends. If it works out, you'll see the results as a warm collage here at this site.

Send your submissions, thoughts, and recollections to opticaljeff76@yahoo.com

The Popfest will be held in Athens from August 8 to the 12th. For a list of bands and venues, visit the official website for the festival.