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Blip Festival 2007

Submitted by Tim Hanken on November 28, 2007.

The 2007 Blip Festival starts tomorrow in New York City. It brings the top chip tune composers in the world together for one big weekend long party.

These folks modify old videogames and create mimimalist techno tracks and have apparently created an entirely new genre of music, the New York Times reports. If anyone wants to set me up with tickets to NY and hotel accomidations, I'm totally there.

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Imaginary Kiku said on November 28, 2007:

I love this genre! 8-bit is incredible and so versitile! I will certainly accompany you to NYC if someone will give us both tickets :D

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Tim Hanken said on November 29, 2007:

I'm sure a trip to NYC for you and I falls safely under the TIG travel budget. We'll file daily, even hourly, reports so it would be totally worth it.

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Imaginary Kiku said on November 29, 2007:

Oh yes, and the fact that we're the only ones who have commented on this festival really shows how high the 8-bit revolution is on TIGs list of priorities :]

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ChrisB said on November 29, 2007:

Well, I don't have any say in appropriating the travel budget, but I am in favor of sending you both to NY for it and I would love to read your coverage. I would log in to TIG every hour for updates.

(Of course, I fully expect you both to have my back when it comes time for me to make a similar pitch for next year's Iceland Airwaves festival. Right?)

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Imaginary Kiku said on November 29, 2007:

This website was built on big dreams :]

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imaginary dana said on November 29, 2007:

Ahh, how I dream of the day when TIG could send you guys to all these festivals.... *sigh*

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diana said on November 29, 2007:

Maybe I'll check it out

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imaginary chona said on November 29, 2007:

LET'S ALL GO TO SXSW THIS YEAR YOU GUYS!! C'MON!

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imaginary chona said on November 29, 2007:

LET'S ALL GO TO SXSW THIS YEAR YOU GUYS!! C'MON!

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Kiku said on November 29, 2007:

I will do it! But when I asked my mum if I could go last year, she's like "It's in Texas? Only if it's in Austin", so I told her it was, and she said "No, you're not going to Texas" hahah

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imaginary dana said on November 29, 2007:

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Though I would wait till you're 21. Most of the official events there are in bars, so you'd be stuck listening from doorways a lot sans ID.

But otherwise --- HELLS YEAH!!!!!

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elle said on November 29, 2007:

I say yes to all the aforementioned festivals in this comment thread. Iceland? I'm totally there with you Chris.

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imaginary stella said on November 29, 2007:

I totally want to hit SXSW this year. C'mon ladies, let's do it!

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Imaginary Kiku said on November 30, 2007:

Dana @ 11: Oh I can get a fake ID in time! Besides, there will be so many people, they won't pay attention to little old me :]

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imaginary chona said on December 1, 2007:

i'm with kiku. we should do it!
anyways, i'd totally save up money and skip school.
i've always wanted to go to sxsw, especially after viewing the photos of one of my favorite photographers ever: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreadfuldan/sets/72157600003181483/

it just looks like a blast!

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Imaginary Kiku said on December 1, 2007:

Yeah school is not a problem! At least my humanities teachers will understand (MY HISTORY TEACHER KNOWS THE OWNER OF BARSUK and my english teacher knows Chris Walla!!)

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