Mini-report: International Chiptunes Resistance

June 07, 2006, 12:06 AM

by brandon, via ICR -
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We mentioned this international chiptunes dealy back in april, and it turns out insert credit photographer aaron meyers and I were able to attend a certain portion of it. Bit Shifter and Nullsleep played at Mighty in San Francisco, not a bad place on the whole, but one which sort of announced the wrong time for the show (doors OPEN at 8 never means show STARTS at 8, in my world). Thus, we only caught the last 30 minutes of Nullsleep's show, which was luckily quite nice. meyers captured a shot of the event from above. You can make out a bit of my hand and possibly a leg near the top left. I was sitting on a subwoofer for maximum experience-ing. It was a bit like Rez! Ah, near-humor. You can also see the game boys and famicom he used as instruments. You'll also notice there were even girls there, who didn't seem to be in the wrong place.

The event itself was just fine - nerds were flailing about, doing the dances they learned as five year olds, with just as little abandon. It was most excellent. This ICR thing might be coming to your town soon - keep an eye out! Boston and New York, I'm looking at you!