MySpace Redemption

Those of you who know me are probably aware of my general feelings --*salutes* "General Feelings!"-- about MySpace. In a nutshell, it's the degradation of society. well, maybe not the degredation of society, but it along with women driving while their husband is in the car and conscious/legally able to drive, and other perversions of normal driving practices make up most of it.

I also had an awesome t-shirt that featured an exploding/burning computer with the catchphrase "Myspace & Gomorrah, the internet makes you stupid."

A shirt similar in appearance

Sadly, "Myspace & Gomorrah" apparently hasn't caught on, as it yields no results in Google. Myspace is the Sodom/Gomorrah of the internets. It is the eppicenter of middle-aged-men-pretending-to-be-teen-aged-girls-to-meet-teen-aged-boys-online-ocity.

Today, I made a discoverey that matches the importance of sliced bread. A research technique more valuable than anywho.com's reverse telephone lookup (especially since nobody uses a landline anymore). Wikipedia + Myspace Music = free, awesome, obscure music.

There is (was, I discovered) a band called Barcelona. They were awesome. Awesome. I can never find them online with google because they aren't super-popular, and Barcelona isn't a very unique term. In fact, the metal band "!!!" is the only band worse off, as they're completely unsearchable in google. In fact, there are two other bands that share the name "Barcelona." 

Enter Wikipedia disambiguation page. There they are! Under "Barcelona (band) is an indie/new wave/pop band from Arlington, Virginia." Hey, that's a step in the right direction. On that page I learned that Barcelona split up a few years ago, but both band members are making music independently under the names "Sprites" and "The Positions" (Both unsearchable for various reasons). Wikipedia again comes to the rescue with links to the other wiki entries for these bands. Now onto the free music. For every band with an entry on wikipedia, a resource is listed with a direct link to the band's Myspace Music page. That means no poking around myspace, you've got a direct link! This is safety. Myspace Music has free songs that will play in the browser, and some that are downloadable as MP3s. And we're talking about stuff that's not available through other ..."free" channels. Then link out to the official band http://www.the-positions.com/ for even more free music!