ALBUM COVER MEME: URANIUM WILLY’S KITARO PHASE
Saw a meme posted over at Gilligan’s Retrospace and it looked a little interesting. Let me first post the rules:
- Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
- Go to “Random quotations” or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
- Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
So there you have it. I did not see anyone getting tagged and I usually do not do that anyway since the few people I stay in touch with are all tagged by the time a meme gets to me or I see it. If you like it do it. I am not going to tag anybody. The person who originated the meme is Darius Whiteplume over at Adventures in Nerdliness.
I certainly felt like cheating at first but I stuck to the rules and came up with this odd album cover. The complete actual random hit I got at Wikipedia was Karashiki Sakuyo University, but I do not feel I am bending the rules much to turn the University word into the letter U as it is a common enough thing to do. The 4th picture I got at Flicker was some cute Japanese girl making a silly face and it certainly seemed at first to match the Japanese name I got at Wikipedia but, again, I did not cheat and used the 3rd image. The last few words of the quote frustrated me as well and I almostdid the whole thing all over, but after I put it all together in Image Ready and added the papyrus font it looked like some New Age album with lush synths and drones and suddenly the quote even seemed to make a great title. The name could either be a band or solo performer. Some tunes to absorb in a lotus position with some mild herb tea and your magic crystals near by in their little medicine bag. Om.
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February 24th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Wow. The randomness was really with you. That looks like it could be a real album.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Haha, yea I agree. Sometimes things come together in the strangest ways. My first reactions were to try again but I just did it and I think the selection of font saved the day. Very interesting idea… thanks.
My wife is going to give it a go and pass it around.
February 24th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
It is amazing how these random things seem initially to not fit, but once you put them together it almost seems real.
I’m so stressed, a Kurashiki album sounds good right about now.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I’m pretty impressed with how yours turned out.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I am stressed as well. It is my first day back to work after a long holiday. Two months in fact. I am weak and lazy. Of course I did not sleep well last night. I hope a few other people do this particular meme. It was one of the funner ones I have participated in.
February 25th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Hey Bill. That’s really cool. That would be quite a nice album. I could use something like that. I’ve been really stressed out with work, my car & life in general.
February 25th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Yea. Hang in there. Life is worse than these movies we review here. What’s up with the car? You rely on it for work?
February 25th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Retro Hound
Thanks. Pure chance.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Yeah, your’s does look like a real album.
Mine I am not so sure of. I was tempted to change the pic, but I stuck with the ‘rules’.
http://wings1295.blogspot.com/2009/02/fun-little-game.html
Fun, though.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:05 am
you got lucky and your album looks cool and real. Mine looks good too but lots are pretty sad…
March 1st, 2009 at 9:37 pm
This is a truly incredible site. I love it. I have found a ton of stuff here that I didn’t even know existed. I have a fairly new blog called Demon Women at http://demonwomen.sensualwriter.com and I’d like to trade links with you. If your interested just send me an e-mail and I’ll add your link ASAP.
Keep up the good work,
Brandon
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 am
Thanks Brandon. I have gotten lazy lately but am trying to get back into the swing. Some issues right now with the Psycho A Go-Go post are screwing up my entire web page and I am trying with my neolithic brain to sort it out.
I will would certainly trade links with you. I will go check you out once I get the my site back to normal (as in appearance, never in content). My public spam infected email is:
uranium.cafe@yahoo.com
That is the one where all the mail from orphans in Nigeria wanting to split $23 million with me go along with good stuff like your mail.
Stay in touch and I promise to drop by your site once I solve this problem.
Bill