I remember Lesser -- great talent. I don't recall him using a C64 on stage at that time, but who knows? The early Vinyl Communications releases were the shit.

San Diego is kinda of a bummer, to be honest. The media here seems to be stuck in its "heyday" of garage rock/punk from the mid 90s. Pretty sure I'm the first to play a Commodore 64 live on the Casbah stage in 1998. I found that NoCal and AZ were the most embracing of our music. People here don't want just chiptunes, but if you incorporate it into something maybe with other live instruments you have a fighting chance.