Reminiscing about the time I had the opportunity to remix one of my favorite bands, late-'70s synthpunk pioneers the Units. Here's my remix of their seminal track “Warm Moving Bodies.”

Happy 7th birthday to my youngest and most mean-spirited son, 2018’s Closed System Blues. You’re a terror but I’m proud of you anyway. 🖤

To the kind folks who recently* ordered merch from my Bandcamp page ( *except not really that recently anymore), I really apologize for the wait. Got sidelined by some moving-target health issues (thankfully not serious and now nearly resolved). Am back in action & intend to get these out this week.

I happened to see the article, I'm just glad he seemed to like it! Played hacky sack with him once in Bologna Italy. I don't do that for just anyone. All hail DJ Scotch Egg. 🤘

#IncreaseABand Weezest

#IncreaseABand Gigadeth

Follow @damage-band.bsky.social , cowards

So I joined a band recently. Not chiptune-related, FYI. Synthesizer punk act called Damage. Originally existed from the early ’80s into the ’90s. They’ve reformed, enlisted me, & we’ve got an LP release show 9/18 in Brooklyn @ Main Drag Music. Here’s “It Just Won’t Pass” from a recent Orlando gig.

NYC ★ THURS. 9/18 at @maindragmusic.bsky.social! • Join us for the release party for the new LP 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. Get your tickets & spread the word! We'll be joined by Giggle The Ozone (eclectic avant-pop/rock) & Maxx Klaxxon (stark 3D A/V synthpop experience). maindragmusic.com/collections/...

So I joined a band recently. Not chiptune-related, FYI. Synthesizer punk act called Damage. Originally existed from the early ’80s into the ’90s. They’ve reformed, enlisted me, & we’ve got an LP release show 9/18 in Brooklyn @ Main Drag Music. Here’s “It Just Won’t Pass” from a recent Orlando gig.

Bootlicking flag-wavers for authoritarianism want to foster a fundamentally inhumane world. Why? Because they eagerly capitulate to largely made-up fears, and then seek to sublimate their abject cowardice into "action" in the form of bringing harm to others. It's pathetic.

Finally took all my music down from Spotify, or at least all of it that I directly control. As you've heard, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested ⅔ of a BILLION dollars into military technology company Helsing SE (of which he is also a chairman) with a focus on AI applications. Yeah, no thanks.

Last Friday (4th of July), I was unshakably depressed by the theme of the holiday, especially in light of the nauseating political developments immediately preceding. ~ 1:30 that afternoon, I decided "fuck this," & credit-carded myself a plane ticket to Stockholm. 3½ hours later, I was on the plane.

Absolute insanity. I feel sick. Nothing is off the table now. Our lives are in the hands of absolutely unhinged, deranged people who suffer from some deeply pathetic, cowardly need to prove something by harming others. Complete detachment from reality.

Please help my friend EMi and her pets, who are in a tight spot. www.gofundme.com/f/help-emi-w...

Also, fuck fascism and the absolutely unhinged American right wing.

PSA: nervouShapes is one of the most interesting and unique chipmusic projects out there. Their brand-new EP 無題１ (mudai ichi) is absolutely worth your attention, densely packed with fascinating moments & unexpected turns. I love it.

When I preordered the fantastic new James Kochalka Superstar (@kochalka.bsky.social) album Ghost Walker, I ① did not know I was one of the first 23 to do so, and ② did not expect to be immortalized as a tiny illustrated James Kochalka creature. Depicted in my true form, no less. So effing cool. 🙏

Can confirm. Recovering from this now. Possibly the most excruciating bout of sickness I've had in my life. You do not want to catch this.

This remix goes so hard, always been a fav www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L9p...

🗓️ ON THIS DAY in 2006 • Got to rock out at Ground Kontrol in Portland OR as part of a DIY world tour that @nullsleep.bsky.social & I somehow pulled off. 15th show out of 20, and it was a welcome shot in the arm of fantastic energy. Support from CapitalSteps, Air Fortress, & Operation Mission.

A teacher in Idaho is being forced to take this down. If this banner is controversial to you, then you are welcome to kiss my black ass.

Help Baseck if you can — he thankfully survived a serious car accident with only minor injuries, but lost most of his musical gear and belongings in the crash. gofund.me/42dc2701

★ My full MAGFest set with @hxlnt.bsky.social is up on YouTube. Such a fun show. Thanks to @emfedex.bsky.social and everyone at MAGFest for making it all happen! #MAGFest · #chipstylemusic · #chipmusic · #chiptune

⚠️🚨 LAST CALL 🚨⚠️ Preorders close in just 4hrs (9pm ET) Pick up a “BORN TO TRACK” t-shirt or brace yourself for regret!!! How else will you let people know that staring at hex numbers to make music is an intrinsic part of your identity???? We are your tribe. nullsleep.bandcamp.com/merch/born-t...

★ My full MAGFest set with @hxlnt.bsky.social is up on YouTube. Such a fun show. Thanks to @emfedex.bsky.social and everyone at MAGFest for making it all happen! #MAGFest · #chipstylemusic · #chipmusic · #chiptune

Help Baseck if you can — he thankfully survived a serious car accident with only minor injuries, but lost most of his musical gear and belongings in the crash. gofund.me/42dc2701

⚠️ LIMITED PREORDER ⚠️ “BORN TO TRACK” T-Shirt Only for the true hardcores! Place your preorder through bandcamp now. A VERY small quantity of these will also be available this weekend at shows in Boston & NYC. nullsleep.bandcamp.com/merch/born-t...

Where is the lie

"Richest man in history fires tax collectors" was absolutely on the 2025 bingo card. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

🎈🎂🥳🎈 Happy 1st birthday* to Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 2. Features tracks made ~’03-’07 using the nanoloop Game Boy music software. Mutant techno + 2 pop covers. Still some of my favorite material out of everything I've done. bit-shifter.bandcamp.com/album/malada... * 3 days late, sorry buddy

Then there were the vocals, @anamanaguchi.bsky.social and @bit.shifter.net jumping in with actual singing was a lovely surprise. It’s something I wish they had both done more of. Yeah, overall, the lineup was just stellar. It felt like the perfect mix of artists and styles.

Sometimes when you put out a comp, people phone it in, but that didn't happen here. Pretty much every track was a banger. Some covers added a fun slant (Videogame Orchestra, Nordloef), while others tapped into the original spirit and ran with it in chip form (PDF Format, Tugboat).

I remember someone telling me we'd hit 10,000 downloads within a few days on just one of those web hosts. Who knows the total number? It was huge. But why did it get so big? Well, for one, 8-bit tributes always do well, but this one stood out because the music was just great.

Then things blew up. News of the release was picked up by blogs like Kotaku, Wired, and Synthtopia, and soon we had to ask friends if we could use their webspace because the Internet Archive downloads were too slow. Eventually, we burned through all the webspace we'd borrowed just to keep up.

Yes, this is #Weezer - The 8-bit Album. Ross had been mentioning it to a few people here and there, and somehow it ended up getting linked on the official Weezer website around the time of release. Back then, we were using a basic website I'd built and hosting the MP3s on the Internet Archive.

Once again, I (Joe) really can't take much credit for this next release, which is undoubtedly the biggest thing we ever put out. It was Ross/arcadecoma who curated the whole tribute. When he sent it to me, I was blown away, but I still didn't realize it would get the attention it did.

Oops 😬

Mitch McConnell Vows To Continue Falling Down Stairs In Face Of Fascist Takeover theonion.com/mitch-mcconn...

🚚💨 First batch of t-shirt orders is going out! Thanks to everyone who picked up the recent 4×AA battery tees, you'll see tracking numbers shortly. With any luck they'll reach you before these fucking insane fascists burn the USPS down. 🇺🇸

Meant to mention, the shirts are available in two cuts, a “Ladies’” cut (smaller, more fitted) and a “Men’s / Unisex” cut. Limited quantities, but at the moment, most sizes of each cut are still available. bit-shifter.bandcamp.com/merch/bit-sh...

★ MAGFest was a blast. Huge thanks to @emfedex.bsky.social, Storm Blooper, @twirlincurtis.bsky.social, & the whole MAGFest crew. & big fist-bump to my viz teammate @hxlnt.bsky.social! Remaining 4×AA tees now up on my Bandcamp page! bit-shifter.bandcamp.com/merch/bit-sh... Live photo: filmerforhire

Well that ruled. Thanks MAGFest. 🙏🙏

if you're at #magfest make sure to see @hxlnt.bsky.social doing viz with @bit.shifter.net tonight!

Psyched/scared to play MAGFest tonight, amongst Trey Frey @amateurlsdj.bsky.social & @laamaa.fi. Can't beat any of them at their respective game, so I will seek to play to other strengths. Thankfully I draw additional power from my peerless Marvel Team-Up partner @hxlnt.bsky.social. Be there coward!

Playing MAGfest Chiprave tonight with Trey Frey, AmateurLSDJ, Bit Shifter and Double XP Weekend! 🎉

MAGFest day 2 -- still bananas. FYI, looks like my merch is now out on display at the Rock Island merch area. Shirts are limited edition; Information Chase vinyl is VERY limited — get 'em while you can!

At MAGFest. Shit's crazy. Merch has been checked in to the Rock Island merch area. May or may not be on display yet, don't know. Shout out to Amtrak whose on-time dependability is rivaled only by the disposition of its conductors and staff. We arrived at our destination a mere 90 minutes late!

Dry January, but for Meta platforms