[NewMusic] We have cookies! (was Poopoganda)

[Robair, Gino]

Michael wrote:
<<I respectively disagree with you on the issue of the inherent evilness. If
Hitler came back from the grave and bought MySpace would you still have page
there?>>

Rupert is not even in that league. I won't take the bait.


<<Besides, I think the MySpace's 15 minutes is up (as the Guardian piece
seems to suggest).>>

Wire says so too. But tell that to the millions that sign up every day
overseas! For those of us who want to network with people in other
countries, MySpace is far from over. At least for me. But I'm so not about
trendiness.

<<Seems like a pretty lame place to me whenever I do go there -- >>

To the visitor, sure. But again, I've met some really great people there,
have gotten gigs through it, have given people gigs through it, etc.


<<Politics aside, with so many other options available, I fail to see why
someone would want to have a page on MySpace, trying to scream in the wind
amongst the other gazillions of lemmings there that are screaming in the
wind (which is not to say I have anything against screaming).>>

The other options are not as well populated by musical weirdos worldwide.
The other systems tend to Balkanize too much for my tastes.

But I'm not here to sell MySpace to anyone --- use it or ignore it. It's
just a convenient way for me to get the word out about my stuff, among many.
My wind-screaming has been pretty successful when you look at cash outlay
($0) against the results (far greater than $0). And, luckily, I've made some
real friends through it. Friendships that will outlive Murdoch's ownership
of MySpace (and probably his life).

My daughters favorite quote this week: "Join the Dark Side: we have
cookies!"