Tuesday, January 8, 2008 | by nathan

Fun With Memes: Because I Have Time For Little Else, and I’m An Efficient Time-Waster

I’m working on literally 100,000 things today, but I read this and had to participate. It comes from Dustbury.

This one sounds simple, ends up less so. The idea: create a fake band and their first album. Here’s how it works:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
   The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
   The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
   The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

 

So when I clicked each of these links, here’s what I got:

1. The Band Name

2. The Album Title (last four words of the last quote – scroll down). In case it doesn’t work, here’s the quote:

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

Dave Barry (1947 – )

I’m adding one bit to this meme, which is that the title of your first single comes from the last sentence of the quote above that; thus, Aguazul’s first single, from the album "The Nine-Millimeter Bullet," is titled "You Must Set Yourself On Fire."

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Reggie Leach

3. The Photo, from awesome Flickr user I.G. (Sirentia).

Mine ended up being pretty damn cool, so I wanted to share it. I engaged in a bit of photoshoppage on the photo to make it look more like a CD. So, here you go:

Aguazul are embarking on their world tour next week starting in Tokyo. They’ll play across southeast Asia and into Europe in time for the Glastonbury Festival. Following that they’ll hit the U.S. in the fall, then play out the year in a series of small club dates in Canada.

Try this for yourself; it’s pretty fun! Post me links to your results in my comments section. I’m seriously thinking that this might become the name and photo of my yearly mixed CD that I send to lucky friends.

Interweb

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