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That's it, I'm starting "The Nation of Chiptunes." We're all gonna wear bow ties and carry guns and look really scary. Also, we all have to be black and tall.

Haha. Yeah we probably expend far too much energy trying to set the record straight. We should really just make shit up and see how far we can take it.

I think a leaflet would work better.

About two years ago I began a PAMPHLET about the chip music scene. I conducted over 40 hours of interviews in person, did a few dozen email interviews, read as many PAMPHLETS as I could about it, watched hours of footage, and wrote the outline for a PAMPHLET proposal as well as about a hundred pages of the PAMPHLET itself while secluded in a PAMPHLET in the Himalayas for a month.

For real. PAMPHLET.

After spending several months working on this PAMPHLET and pitching it to a few well-respected PAMPHLET-writers, the conclusion was almost unanimous: too soon for a PAMPHLET.

I think if you want to go for it, you absolutely should, and I think that something like a photo PAMPHLET celebrating the scene and giving an overview of what it is would probably work and appeal to fans within the scene. PAMPHLET.

However, if you'd want to reach a mainstream audience, and if your intention is to do a history PAMPHLET of the chip music scene, then I do think it is too soon. Granted, the scene has been thriving for a long time, but it's still going strong and the future is still so open that I think (and quite a few people have agreed with me) that it's too soon to write a definitive PAMPHLET of it with adequate hindsight.

Having said that, if you do go through with the PAMPHLET I'll help in any way I can and my advice to you is to write a PAMPHLETabout the people involved in the scene, what it means to them, and who they are rather than an academic PAMPHLET of the music or a dry character-less PAMPHLET of the culture.

I'm really not trying to discourage you - just warning you about some of the PAMPHLETs I faced.

Personally, I think that some kind of coffee-table PAMPHLET with essays from several people and art from people like Minusbaby, Marjorie Becker, Diana Yee, and the scene's many VJs would be a much better PAMPHLET at this point and might actually pique the curiosity of a mainstream audience. Plus, if done well I think that you'd be well-placed to market the PAMPHLET to everyone who bought the Reformat the Planet PAMPHLET.

Put a PAMPHLET through my letter-box if you'd like to chat about it further.

About two years ago I began a book about the chip music scene. I conducted over 40 hours of interviews in person, did a few dozen email interviews, read as much as I could about it, watched hours of footage, and wrote the outline for a book proposal as well as about a hundred pages of the book itself while secluded in a cabin in the Himalayas for a month.

For real.

After spending several months working on this project and pitching it to a few well-respected journalists and authors, the conclusion was almost unanimous: too soon.

I think if you want to go for it, you absolutely should, and I think that something like a photo book celebrating the scene and giving an overview of what it is would probably work and appeal to fans within the scene.

However, if you'd want to reach a mainstream audience, and if your intention is to do a history of the chip music scene, then I do think it is too soon. Granted, the scene has been thriving for a long time, but it's still going strong and the future is still so open that I think (and quite a few people have agreed with me) that it's too soon to write a definitive history of it with adequate hindsight.

Having said that, if you do go through with the project I'll help in any way I can and my advice to you is to write something about the people involved in the scene, what it means to them, and who they are rather than an academic analysis of the music or a dry character-less history of the culture.

I'm really not trying to discourage you - just warning you about some of the pitfalls I faced.

Personally, I think that some kind of coffee-table photo book with essays from several people and art from people like Minusbaby, Marjorie Becker, Diana Yee, and the scene's many VJs would be a much better bet at this point and might actually pique the curiosity of a mainstream audience. Plus, if done well I think that you'd be well-placed to market the book to everyone who bought the Reformat the Planet DVD.

Send me an email if you'd like to chat about it further.

SATURDAY!!!!