Where Do All The Codgers Go?
Posted on | March 22, 2008 at 11:02 am | 2 Comments
I found this article interesting: Music fans prefer Wikipedia to MySpace. No demographic information is given in the article, and I wonder if it breaks down along age lines at all. I must admit that I myself will usually go to Wikipedia to learn about a band before I go to the band site or MySpace. I’ll even do that with old bands when I’m wondering what they’re up to these days, as well as with new bands. But then again, I go to Wikipedia first to research almost anything these days. Yeah, I know it’s riddled with errors, I’ve even seen a few myself, but it’s better than asking the neighbor’s dog Lila for information. Lila knows a lot, and talks to me frequently, but she didn’t know if Barack Obama’s parents were atheists or not. And she certainly didn’t know that one of my favorite groups from the 70s/early 80s had reformed and released a string of albums this decade. I didn’t know about that until I read it on Wikipedia. Or maybe it was in Allmusic. I forget. My point is: Wikipedia good, MySpace bad. MySpace is loud and garish and unfriendly like a nightclub. Wikipedia is quiet and comfortable like an old library. My other point is: Bands – keep your Wikipedia entries up to date!
Latre.
Jogged Today: Yes (@ 31°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “Passionate Reply” (Ultravox)
- “Blue Veins” (The Raconteurs)
- “The World” (Pennywise)
- “Drawing Fire” (Trotsky Icepick)
- “Lance Crocker, Almanac Cracker” (Monkey Typing Pool)
- “Curse of the Frontier Land” (Game Theory)
- “Joe the Georgian” (Al Stewart)
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2 Responses to “Where Do All The Codgers Go?”
March 22nd, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
For the record, technically people aren’t supposed to edit their own Wikipedia entries – so that should be corrected to, “Bands, make sure your lickspittle lackeys keep your Wikipedia website up to date!” Or, you know, they can send out a call to their mailing list for non-paid lickspittle lackeys to do the doity work.
March 23rd, 2008 @ 7:27 pm
I thought that’s what the “Street Team” is for?