Get your SID on: Blip Festival 2008 lineup announced

Blip Festival, a four-day nostalgia bath in yesteryear’s game consoles and consoles, runs Dec. 4-7 2008 at The Bell House, 149 7th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Here’s a list of the musicians and artists confirmed to attend:

MUSIC • PARTIAL & CONFIRMED:
[us] Animal Style
[us] Bit Shifter
[sg] Ikuma
[uk] Jellica
[us] Lissajou
[be] M-.-n
[es] Meneo
[us] minusbaby
[us] Mr. Spastic
[us] noteNdo
[us] Nullsleep
[fr] Sidabitball
[us] Starscream
[uk] Syphus
[it] Tonylight
[us] Trash80

VISUALS • PARTIAL & CONFIRMED:
[es] Entter
[us] NO CARRIER
[us] noteNdo
[us] VBLANK
[us] Voltage Controlled

Bleep bleep! Read Joel’s report from 2006, and his BBtv segment covering 2007.

1. [clueless in brooklyn]

   Hmmmm.. Studio B is closed. It lost its liquor license and I seriously doubt they are going to re-open with the kind of ass-backwards lawyers they have, but maybe you know something that I don’t. If you go to their website, all upcoming shows have been moved to different venues.

2. [clueless in brooklyn]

   okay not liquor license, cabaret license. and several DOB violations … more at http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/31/31_31_ml_studio_b_update.html

3. [Anonymous]

   Voltage Controlled was removed from the line up.

4. [dculberson]

   “Cabaret license?” What is this, 1892? But seriously, hopefully they are able to reopen.

5. [airship]

   Delicious SID electronica. Yum!