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So excited to share the stage with you!
I should add that we also have a show going on at Pink Gorilla tomorrow night
Minusbaby
Crashfaster (both playing totally different sets from the Funhouse show)
Matthew Joseph Payne
Leeni
http://www.facebook.com/events/419225731448145/
And also for what it's worth, I'm doing visuals for whoever wants them at both of these shows.
In case anyone is still like "ehhhhhh" I can confirm that I got an email, and I can confirm that I am PUUUUUUMPED
Although I'm not about to step up and defend it, I feel that I should jump in here and say something about this article, maybe put it in context.
SF Weekly is a free (weekly obviously) rag that's printed and distributed in San Francisco. This article was not printed in the paper - it was only posted on one of their blogs, which are typically written by interns. It looks like this guy is a freelancer who also works at Zynga (according to his LinkedIn profile). We've been written about a few times before in San Francisco area papers, usually in print. I'll get to that in a minute.
This article isn't really "on Chip Music" as much as its about the J•POP festival, and The Glowing Stars since we were playing at it. He tried to explain the history of chip in order to give some context to the uninitiated reader. I think he achieved that goal, although obviously he didn't really get all his facts straight, and he drifted off on a pretty serious tangent.
It's pretty typical for us to be featured in articles like this even when we aren't "headlining" the show per se, mostly just because we have slick press photos that are freely and clearly available on our website. A semi-recent San Jose Metro article about the Rockage Festival in San Jose had a huge picture of us on the front, but we were only mentioned at the end.
For this particular article, we weren't contacted or asked for any information, the article just appeared in our Google alerts. Typically we get at least an email with a few basic questions about us and about chiptune, and either quotes or info that we provide are worked into the article. There's plenty of possible reasons for why this didn't happen this time around. A deadline is one very likely possibility since the show itself was less than a week after this post was published. Another serious possibility is that since this is a blog and not a print article, the time he's expected to spend is probably pretty low. I'm a little surprised that he even tried to write about the history of the genre, considering that we were the only chiptune artist at the festival; honestly the history lesson just seems like filler to me.
Usually, things aren't quite so messy. Here's some other examples, all a mix of "good" and "bad" reporting - they were all in print:
http://www.sfbg.com/2011/08/30/reprogra … e?page=0,0
http://www.sfgate.com/music/bandwidth/a … 311283.php
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/love- … id=3048089
Ultimately, the point is this: There is no such thing as bad press. Nobody other than chiptuners reading these articles is going to sweat the details. They may hear about chip for the first time, and if they care, they'll look into it themselves. Honestly the only likely end result of this article is that a few extra people came to the show on Saturday, maybe bought something from us or one of the artists or food trucks at the festival.
Also make sure you see this article, which is mostly about getting a drink at a bar, but also has a huge picture and video of us:
http://activate.metroactive.com/2012/07 … reme-expo/
Finally, in regards to Anamanguchi, last I talked to them they had quit using the gameboy entirely because they were having problems with it. They did play Mermaid at that show.
FYI, I'm pretty sure it won't get rid of the EL noise.
Thanks! It went great. The event was well documented, so I'm sure footage will come of it shortly.
We got written up in one of SF Weekly's music blogs. They say some fascinating almost correct things about chiptune; they clearly did some research. They didn't contact us at all. Check it out:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/201 … php?page=2
Not quite as fun as being in print last year for the festival, but it's nice nonetheless. 
This thread is so weird to me. I never get anything but positive reactions and questions about how it works.
lovely flyer design btw
minusbaby know what he be doin'
HEY this has a facebook event now!
From the Bloops and Bleeps podcast a couple months back.
Detour of Duty - banjo is a bit loud, oh well
Fearplug
Civil Disobedience is Civil Defense
We will welcome you with open arms.
This is the first stop on the monobomb Route XIX tour, and it is a seriously action-packed bill.
The flyer pretty much says it all, but just so it's searchable:
TRASH80
MINUSBABY
CRASHFASTER
ZEN ALBATROSS
MATTHEW JOSEPH PAYNE
SLIME GIRLS
and DJs TRΛCER and MR SMITH
This coming Saturday The Glowing Stars will be featured for the second time at Convergence Festival in San Francisco's Japantown, right under the big Peace Plaza pagoda. As an added bonus, we're really excited to be adding a horn section for the second time ever, it's going to be a ton of fun!
It's a pretty big thing and last time we got a bunch of press in print around town for it, so we're really excited to be returning. Come help represent chiptune at this big ol' fun, FREE outdoor event! 
We play a little after 12 noon - and again it's TOTALLY FREE and there's a bunch of other cool non-chiptune stuff going on all day!
Last time it looked like this:
so I guess imagine that with a trumpet, a tenor sax, a trombone, and people playing them.
The festival's website is here:
http://convergencefest.com/
Our blog post about it (and the monobomb tour) is here:
http://theglowingstarsband.wordpress.co … -and-tour/
There isn't a facebook event for it as far as I know and I don't know why not! But they made this kinda cool poster:
That is way rad cover art.
Paul McCartney's more theatric songs during the tail-end of The Beatles.
This is exactly the thought it triggered for me too. This is quite a departure from your previous writing!
It's a really exquisite set of songs, very well recorded and wonderfully performed. I agree with an0va that it's a great style of singing for your voice.
That being said, it's going to take me some time to get used to it; only because I'm so used to your previous work. It has less to do with the departure from a more chip-centered sound (I think) and more to do with your writing style, and the wider instrumentation. I think anyone not previously familiar with your work would love this immediately though.
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