Figured I’d give you a rundown on the people who put this little shindig on for you to enjoy. Shoutout to all the dudes helping put this together, it ain’t easy putting together an event like this, especially as a volunteer. If you see us this weekend say hi!

My name is Wyndham (pronounced WIN-DUM). Yeah it’s family. I’m Florida born and bred, but my roots lie deep somewhere in the mountains of the Carolinas. My years of listening to bluegrass and jambands in highschool make me equally as excited when Phish goes back on tour (because it’ll happen) as when Radiohead does. I’ve been prone to punch friends in the face when under the influence of bands like the Hold Steady, My Morning Jacket and the Drive By Truckers. Formerly director of the WUD Music committee, today I share my time between Middleton’s own SRO Artists and my own small time promotion company. Friday the 9th is my birthday. I’ll have a Jack & Coke. Thanks.

Co-coordinating with me is Jamie (or “Clueless George” as he was lovingly referred to after last year’s fest) a Philly born and bred UW grad student who loves track bikes and studies little kid’s brains. He is also my partner in crime in electronic band Thought Embargo. If you’ve ever been to Club 770 or the Rathskeller for an on-the-cusp indie act, chances are Jamie booked it. Responsible for everything from Girl Talk to Deerhoof, the show I will always remember him for as most endearing is the Arcade Fire, shortly before the arrival of “Funeral”, which the WUD Music Committee promptly voted against doing.

Introduced to me as “super-nice Dan,” this NY native and the festival’s volunteer coordinator earned his stripes this summer working for the legendary DIY promoter Todd P, enabling and containing outbursts by artists and fans alike. He truly embraces the punk spirit as he can express it in tight jeans and fixed gear bicycles, and may be World Inferno Friendship Society’s #1 fan.

Where the hell do I even start with our publicist Mitch? The Wayfarers, the beard, the rockstar attitude; there’s way too much to love about the guy, and I’ve shared too many good times with him to even quantify them. Whether it’s driving Jello Biafra around town while being told stories of Wesley Willis and Taco John’s, or donning Team Zissou costumes to lose our minds at a My Morning Jacket show, I’ve shared a lifetime of experiences with a guy I’ve known for the better part of two years.

MuzzleOfBees.com founder Ryan is about the most unassuming and down to earth person you’ll ever meet. Conversly grandiose and humble, he may never tell you about his ability as a regular marathoner and triathlete (he’ll be running a half marathon before his own showcase!) but he’ll claim to being Brit Daniel’s brother for a beer. And speaking of Phish tour, ask him his tour story over a bottle of cheap whiskey. As much a fan of bro-rock as he is of math-rock, he not only appreciates, but revels in, the paradoxes of life and art.

The first time I met JustSayinIsAll.com founder Kyle was over happy hour at the Orpheum. As he approached me with a PBR and a Jameson on the rocks I knew we would be fast friends. More than anyone I’ve met in this town, Kyle embodies the DIY aesthetic, but with an oddly refined artistic reverence. It was barely a surprise that one of the acts he has on his bill doesn’t have so much as a MySpace page. Whereas when I want to discover new music, I’ll go to a small club, Kyle has the uncanny ability of discovering music before it leaves the comfort of close friends and living rooms. An amateur promoter himself, don’t miss any of his all too infrequent shows, held in the forgotten churches and jazz clubs across town. His appreciation of art is so genuine that it is almost an art of it’s own.

And, gotta make a shoutout to festival founder Danny Tenenbaum who left us last year. Apparently he’s in Arizona teaching Yiddish to Somali youth refuges.