Blipfest '11

[bohemia]

So last night was Blipfest '11. Going to a chiptune concert has been a dream of mine since I first heard of 8Bit Weapon on Attack of the Show allll the way back when it was actually a geeky show. /elitist

Blipfest's also tonight and tomorrow night but I could only go last night, and really I wanted to see Anamanaguchi and Talks to Animals the most. Zen Albatross was good, too. I thought his set was entirely too short. The others were okay--Crashfaster opened for Minusbaby, and I like him much more than Minusbaby so I was disappointed when they actually took the stage. Definitely checking out Zen Albatross when I can. Ralp was meh but cute while also looking like Kevin Pereira and I was confused throughout that set by my shallowness.

Anthony Carboni and the Bytejacker crew were there. I only saw him for a second and didn't know how to approach him (I did this last time I saw him too, actually) and then @babylonian passed by and looked right at me and I was basically the raisins meme for a good while afterwards. I tried to find Carboni later to say hi or whatever, but he was always either taking pictures, updating Twitter or interviewing people. :/ Later on I found out that Jon was there too (the old cameraman for Bytejacker) and also one of the regular video commenters, Sanskrit and I was like, "Noooo so many Bytejacker people and I met none of themmmmm." (I just.... have a lot of feelings about Bytejacker.) I did however, have the shortest tweetconvo ever with Sanskrit on the train back home. So... there's that.

Anyway, the setup time was so much shorter than regular concerts because, well, they're playing with modded Gameboys, right. No tuning really needed, just audio check. Although Anamanaguchi really took a while and that was pretty sad because I almost thought I would have to leave before their set was over. But they finished in time, yayy.

I really enjoyed the fact that there were people taking pictures with Game Boy Cameras and 3DSes. Really taking the lobit attitude to another extreme. Also there was a furry who was really weird at first because, well, he was a large blue goat, right. But then he started posing for pictures and was actually giving advice to people and having conversations and I was like, "DUDE IS AWESOME; ALWAYS BE MY FRIEND." But now I realize he was actually the mascot for dragonchiptune and lol, well, my noob is showing. He's still awesome but... innocuous now. AND I'M SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FURRY.

I wish I could go back. NEXT YEAR (or if they do one in December like they usually do), I SHALL. And wherever I'm working, I'm taking off the entire run of days. XD

ALSO TOMORROW IS BIG APPLE COMIC CON SPRING EDITION AND I EXPECT A LOT OF LOL AND FANTASTICNESS THEN AS WELL. My Jubilee costume isn't as great as I wanted it to be (I DON'T HAVE A YELLOW JACKET, SADFACEEEEE), but whatever. I'm done running all over the city looking for one. I'm still new to cosplaying, shut uppppp.

BRB, watching/listening to the live stream of tonight's Blipfest.

P.S. Random tidbit I learned about myself: I can drink a liter of water in 20 gulps or 30 secs.

Comments

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

I THINK THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME, REALLY. I'VE BEEN THINKING IT OVER SINCE... WELL, YOU POSTED THIS AND LIKE, AS LONG AS WE GET OUT OF THE HOUSE EARLY ENOUGH AND SEE AS MUCH OF THE CON AS POSSIBLE, I THINK IT'LL BE OKAY! AND LIKE, MY DAD HATES BEING ON THE HIGHWAY PAST 5PM FROM NYC TO PHILLY SO I THINK MAYBE I'LL JUST MEGABUS IT OR SOMETHING? IDK IT DEPENDS WHERE WE ARE ON SATURDAY MORNING, I GUESS.

[splits_thesky]

YEAH.....I TOTALLY FORGOT TO MENTION THIS IN THE EMAIL I JUST SENT YOU, BUT MAYBE FRIDAY NIGHT WE CAN DO QUIZZO, SOMEWHERE!! BECAUSE....IT'S AWESOME, AND ALSO PRETTY LOW-KEY, SO WE'D BE OKAY FOR AN (RELATIVELY) EARLY MORNING, SATURDAY!! ....OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, JUST AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE TIME IN MIND/OURSELVES IN CHECK, WE SHOULD BE OKAY!! ALISON HAS TO WORK SATURDAY, TOO, RIGHT, SO WE WON'T BE OUT THAT LATE.

AND YEAH, OKAY! YOUUUUU SHOULD PROBZ BUY YOUR BUS TICKETS SOON, THOUGH... (AND WE SHOULD BUY OUR CON TICKETS, RIGHT)??

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

TOTALLY! I HAVE ALREADY DECIDED THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A "GO WHERE THE WIND TAKES US" WEEKEND, SO THIS IS ALL OKAY BY ME!

I ALREADY HAVE MY BUS TICKET DOWN TO PHILLY! I DIDN'T BUY ONE TO COME BACK THOUGH BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE APARTMENT AND SUCH. AND I LITERALLY HAVE NOOOOOOO MONEY RIGHT NOW, SO I'M WAITING FOR FRIDAY FOR CON TICKETS (PART OF WHY I AM ALL OVER MINT.COM RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING HUGE THIS PAST WEEK AND YET SOMEHOW STILL ONLY HAVE $30 TO MY NAME UNTIL FRIDAY, WHICH IS BASICALLY $10 A DAY FOR FOOD.)

[splits_thesky]

YEAH, LIKE -- WE NEED SOME SORT OF FRAMEWORK PLANNED?? BUUUUUT OTHERWISE ACTIVITIES ARE JUST GOING TO BE DECIDED IN THE INTEREST OF HAVING A GOOD TIME, IN THE MOMENT. WHICH, UH, TOTALLY WORKS!!

AH, OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH!! I WAS JUST WORRIED THE BUS PRICES WERE GOING TO GO WAY UP, OR THINGS WERE GOING TO SELL OUT, OR SOMETHING. BUT I THINK A COUPLE DAYS SHOULD BE OKAY (ALSO, IF MEGABUS DOES SELL OUT, YOUUU CAN ALWAYS TAKE THE RANDOM CHINATOWN BUSES?? THEY'RE A LITTLE LESS CLASSY, BUT THEY'LL GET YOU THERE!!)!!

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

I THINK THOUGH, I'M ONLY BUYING A SATURDAY TICKET AND IF WE HEAD OUT ON FRIDAY I'LL BUY THEM THERE.

[splits_thesky]

NO, YEAH, SO AM I!! TBH, I DON'T THINK WE'LL MAKE IT ON FRIDAY, EVEN, SOOOO.