Pie™ Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 The Swamp has pretty much (d)evolved into a pit of spam and nonsensical threads by users who shall remain unnamed. Because of this I realize that this thread will probably fall flat on its face, but if anyone else but me has Photoshop and is a bit bored these summer nights, it might just work. The general idea of this thread is to follow a set of "rules" in order to create random fake album covers for fake bands. The results might turn out looking anything from surreal, hilarious, beautiful, or just awful. The "rules" are: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is the name of your band. 2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album. 3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover. I'll put up some starter images in a short while, and then hope someone else will actually contribute with something that isn't just /b/-tardery. [edit] To make things more flexible, you can always try again if you keep getting people's names as the artist name, or shorten/lengthen the album title with a word or two if the result is too nonsensical. This is a good source for finding fonts that fit your subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@RS Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I'd love to try this out, but I can't see the third link, it's blocked, could you put it on your Lucas Album please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Name: Ronald Johnson Album: Always What I Pleased Album Cover: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 You're doing it wrong. Here are a few quick starter images: After coming in third in American Idol 2006 because of her cuteness and charming voice, Debbie mostly slipped into obscurity. Her debut album, "Stoop To Admitting It", was a both critical and commercial failure, possibly due to her sudden change from covering poppy feel-good songs to singing sappy ballads about her often bad experiences with boys. The humorously named college rock-band Cock Marsh play catchy but substance-lacking ironic tunes, often referencing popular culture in their songs. As a hit amongst frat-boys everywhere, you can hardly walk around a campus these days without hearing one of the singles from their sophomore effort "Entitled to the Appellation". More to come later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Fed up with the rampant materialism of western society, these brave counterculture rebels jam out amongst their many fans in epic indie rock ballads that are often about the LOVE! >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Seems fun, might MS paint some **** up on here later : P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermie Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Cost Hata Model is a band known for their soothing reggae-pop and happy tunes. They enjoyed great commercial success in the early 1990s, but they fell as quickly as they rose. Over All Too Soon, their third and last album, is consider by many to reflect the internal struggles of the band, and while it recived a lot of critical acclaim, it was a failure commercially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 After reaching world-wide success with their albums "The Problems of Peace" and "Jacques Chirac Ate My Dingo", French indie band Parranquet sought to return to their new age roots with their third collaboration "Obstacles in Your Imagination". Unfortunately, it was met with massive disdain as eager French listeners popped the CD thinking they were going to listen to the latest pretentious indie riff on counterculture, armpit hair and hygiene and got hypnotically droll ambient music instead. The record hit all time low sales, selling only twenty copies, mostly to pompous, stuck up, beret and goatee-wearing struggling artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 Tazawako Line are often looked upon as pretentious by their peers, but this doesn't seem to stop the post-rock trio from Japan in their quest to make the most complex yet ultimately yawn-inducing instrumental music in the world. Their fifth studio album is an extremely ambitious one, consisting of a single 50-minute track that just seems to go on and on and on... Barb are sometimes denounced as trend-followers, as the band emerged after the second wave of American modern metal acts such as Lamb Of God and Chimaira gained worldwide recognition. The truth is, however, that their angsty lyrics about isolation and hostility is little more than a second-grade Disturbed, with roots closer to nu-metal than metalcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Another: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_man Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Go KFSG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Not long after their debut album The Kids Are Going to Make Out, preeminent death pop band Parasalla has released their new album, Nobody Wants to Read. Described as a combination of Deicide, Dead Kennedys, and Weezer, Parasalla's sound relies on soothing vocal melodies overlaying a harmony of growls and churning atonal metal riffs. The album, with such hits as You Gonna Get It When the Revolution Turns Illibertarian and Stupid Dumb****s Live in the World, is a clear message against the growing anti-intellectualism prevalent within society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Their first single, ain't too old to earn, was number on on the charts in Florida for over a month. Unfortunately, the band fell apart soon after the album was released. Though no one, even band members, can agree on what caused the rift. The most commonly held belief among industry insiders is that their manager caused the strife so he could direct the bands attention away from the money, which he pocketed for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I'd listen to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Alright, so I wanna do this... how do I get the photos from that web site? All it's doing for me when I right click and do 'save as' is it saves a 'spaceball.gif', which is 1x1 pixel of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 The fastest way around it is just doing a print screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 No, I did that. It saves 1x1 pixels of nothing called 'spaceball.gif'. Tried it four times now, same result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Combining soul-filled geek rock vocals with entrancing electronica, Thomas Thwing's newest album Force Multiplier is a touching anti-war album that leaves you filled with understanding for all people. However, it failed commercially because of the bad publicity that rumours of the artist's abusive tendencies against minorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Pie, I don't know where you got this idea, whether you made it yourself or just copy-pasta-d it from somewhere, I love ya. This is gonna provide tons of fun for the next couple hours. James O. Magara's third album since 2006 is his most ambitious project yet. Using samples from sounds from all over his parent's house, his foley work creates new sounds never heard before. The album title "Happening All The Time" is a reference to the sounds of machinery and just random sounds in his home. The smash hit simply titled "Bong" is a collaboration of over 400 bong slurping sound effects recorded over a six month period. Other hits include the 24 minute long epic "Driver", an ambient mix of sounds from CD drives, garage door motors, and dish washing cycles. The eclectic tastes of his sampling are a delight to behold. Semitecolo's seventeenth and best known single, "Men Do Not Think", is a unique folk classic recorded in 2000 that explores the psychology in the minds of men. Semitecolo's most controversial song is well known for the combination of flowing melodies of violent folk tales from Northern Italy, punctuated with random screaming, yelling and groaning in the chorus. "Men Do Not Think" is a audible treat for the matured listener, yet has been known to seriously confuse and make those who listen ponder what the hell Semitecolo was thinking. Pop Rock band "Lompico, California" has often been compared to hit sensational band "Paramore" as the new thing. Lompico's debut album "dont need anything else" [sic] is a critically acclaimed album, receiving a 4 1/2 stars from Rolling Stone Magazine, and futures the hits "Because I Didn't Want To Say So" and "We Live There." The most highly acclaimed Indy Rock band to come out in years, "To Contradict Other Philosophers" is completely unique album with the structure similar to Coheed and Cambria in that this album's 12 songs is each about a famous philosopher, explaining their beliefs in song, and then disproving each one's beliefs and theories before the end of each song. Voted the number one new talent in 2006, Saint Medan is a band you shouldn't miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Take four very odd guys with a love of music and Greek art and you get the strictly instrumental band, Protogenes. Thrust these four guys into depression due to the failure of their first album and you prompt one of them to become the 'lead singer', which gives them an odd sort of 'screaming' sound... which has been proven to cause bleeding from the ears and a complete loss of sanity. Therefore, the title, '... until you're DEAD' is perfectly understandable and undeniably suitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 No, I did that. It saves 1x1 pixels of nothing called 'spaceball.gif'. Tried it four times now, same result.Flickr puts a 1x1 pixel transparent gif on top of the picture and stretches it over the photo in order to discourage people from downloading the original. Ha! ^_^ If you have adblock, all you have to do to save normally is right click on the picture, say block this image (spaceball.gif), and then ok. After that, just right click and save images from flickr normally. If there's a larger size version of the picture, it will have a "maximize" icon on the top of the image; click that and you can get the larger one without the spaceball gif on top. Not sure how to do it with IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Good thing I have Firefox then Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 For IE, I found that sticking "127.0.0.1 http://l.yimg.com" in your hosts file does the trick. I don't know if it breaks anything, but it does work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 A debut album. We're almost certain that 'List of highways numbered 71' will change their name to 'LOHN 71', as that's what most people are calling them anyway. At any rate, the music on 'travel alone' is wonderful music for a road trip... but only for a road trip. If you don't take road trips, don't buy this CD. If you do however, pop this in your player and you'll wonder how you got to your destination so fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 A mixture of soft rock, pop, and a flare of jazz. Electronic experimental indie punk extravaganza. Alternative rock with folk influences. This is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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