ZOMGMYSPACE

Thank God someone finally figured it out.

The "Why Youth Heart MySpace" article basically nailed it. This is exactly what I see the appeal of MySpace to be for teens and young adults. There's also, I think, a visible drop in usage of the site as physical private and public spaces actually become available.

I'm just happy to finally see someone talking about MySpace in a way that's not alarmist whistle blowing about some semi-nebulous non-threat like the other article. Actually, it debased some of those ideas pretty well, which also made me happy.

Don't get me wrong, I still hate MySpace, I just hate it for reasons that make sense. This article has alot of great reasons for why the concept of MySpace is great. It's just a shame that the actual product is a turd and isn't particularly good at providing these concepts in a usable form.

ZOMGRADIOHEAD

Radiohead Allows Unofficial Remix Album

I found this interesting, especially in the context of yesterday's discussion. Apparently, this guy, Amplive, made this entire album, got some really big names on it (Del the Funky Homosapien, Chali2NA), and was planning to release it completely for free online, but didn't ask Radiohead for permission. He got slapped with a cease and desist, but then, after meeting with Radiohead and their management, got to release it anyway and everyone went home happy. This is the first time that I've heard of something like this being solved so easily. I guess that figures, considering that it's Radiohead.

Here's a couple of videos that Amplive made after getting the cease and desist and after the meeting:

Amp's Plea

Amp's Thank You

I'm about halfway through the album now, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

ZOMGPART1

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So, here's the first part of the project. Frankly, I really wish we had had more time to do this. There's a ton of stuff that I feel I could've done way better, both in terms of writing and acting, but whatever. All the stuff I said about the first gig also applies to the first time you make a video like this, so I'll cut Joe and myself some slack. Hopefully, we'll just take the lessons learned with this one and make the next two even better.