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I wake up and this thing is dead in the water? Sucks.

Like others, I don't think that the venue cancelled on the show because of internet chatter, but probably because from the start there was a massive misjudgement on how big this scene actually was on a global scale (in terms of gig turnout). As the venue seemed to be only interested in making money from drinks then I guess they bailed (if that's true) because of the predicted lack of alcohol sold. b3tabot and pals would have also lost lot more money too if the show went ahead which I wouldn't have liked to see.

I hope either he or somebody else will stick around a lot longer before trying to organise a show of that scale next time, I don't think they had bad intentions but really lacked a lot of knowledge about chipmusic which in my opinion led to it's downfall. With a few years under their belt they would have known what artists to book, the best venues to play at, how many people turn out to chipmusic shows etc etc. All this being done on a public forum just looked unprofessional and that's what led to the negative undertones.

The scene lives on anyway (or does it?1?!)

another great release from artist and label... i don't know why i expected anything less though

i think we all have to accept that my idea was the best and will not induce any lawsuits for copyright infringement.

should probably add that this is NSFW

Hmm. If the music on the label is more 'dancier' and has a lot more younger fans than the norm then I guess why not?

I don't see how it would make a lot of difference to labels like pause and 8bp though, there's definitely an older audience involved and I can't see why they would see the attraction of being able to keep up to date with label news if they hardly use Facebook anyway.

The TCTD RSS feed should cover most peoples tastes

I live in Huddersfield, a fairly large town in the North of England that is surrounded by larger cities you've probably heard of before like Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield.

Pros:

Quite friendly people as a whole, apart from the chavs. But nobody likes them anyway.
Scenery is beautiful once you get out of the town centre.
Really good links to other major cities, Leeds is probably the best night out and it's only 30 minutes away on the train.
Town centre is decent enough for shopping, not as good as some of the bigger neighbours but still pretty alright.

Cons:

The local music scene is dominated by blink-182'abees and the sort of "hardcore" music where the whole song is a breakdown. Only one local venue too which sucks.
Concrete jungle inside the town centre, they've tried putting in some modern looking buildings but they stand out really bad next to 200 year old buildings.
Job market sucks, dominated by two things really; the supermarket chains over here (Asda and Tesco) normally snap up anyone without a job or studying at our shit University and get them stacking shelves for £3.80 an hour, or... making chemicals at the Zeneca plant half a mile up the road from me.
Replace Zeneca with a powerplant and Tescos with Try-N-Save and you've got the Simpsons

Overall though it's not too bad I guess, I'd rather visit Leeds or Manchester if I was a tourist but if you've got a day to burn then I guess it wouldn't be too bad a day out.