I participated, and think I got rather lucky with the names. Clame for blog post.
Yes!
Band name: Lost Angels
Album Title: Of the Damn Things
Love it.
Wow. A menacing looking Yorkie in a sweater. Band name: Bell. Album: Root of All Evil. How appropriate!
Stunning entry there Mr. Blankenship.
Amazingness.
Band name: Eye Injury
Album name: Between Education and Catastrophe
Album cover: Inappropriate photo of blurred out woman in short black dress
Elbows on the Table
Colours
Awesome meme! Responded on my company blog:
Artist: Elk Township
Title: And They Are Growing
Pic: Chapel(?) candles
http://www.ngenworks.com/blog/detail/cd_cover_meme_travis_response/
Love the meme.
One of the better ones out there.
Here’s mine.
http://mymommy.typepad.com/gratitude/2008/02/cd-cover-meme.html
my favorite stab at it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24017992@N06/2281918929/in/pool-cdcovermeme/
Band Name: Just Married
Album Title: To Control Your Thoughts (hahaha)
Album Cover: A HUGE Warhol-esque picture of a daisy.
Album name: To Keep Up
Band: Troisier’s Sign
Cover art: Sunset over the ocean
Band Name: National Youth Service Corps
Album Title: Close Together As Possible
Album Cover: One person standing all alone in what appears to be a huge lobby
How funny and perfect!
Band name: Uniface
Album title: Choice of His Enemies
Cover pix: “Evening Tree” (a stark bare tree silhouetted against a dramatic sunset)
This is way cool.
Band Name: Retroactive Nomenclature (sounds like I play inaccessible modern jazz)
Album Title: Go To Erase It (probably would’ve been advised not to choose this title by the record company)
Cover:”Hora Azul en Monda” — twilight picture of a village in southern Spain.
Lot’s of fun. Thanks!
Band name: Concrete Stone Bridge
Album Name: A Ton of Luck
Cover Art: A naked baby crawling with “waterspout hair”
Not bad. My album name is ” A Dirty Little Beast”
Band name is “Aldwin”
oh this is the greatest thing…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drydenrenegade/2292813128/
Battles of the Isonzo -> Strange Names to Diseases
I like mine …
Band: The Star of the Witch Queen
Album: Then Take the Risks
Picture: A sitting black puma
Title of Album: All The Rest Worthwhile
Group Name: Kees Schouhamer Immink
Cover: A bunch of seagulls flying willy nilly over the ocean
Interesting.
Band: Manor St. George
Album: Different From Being Rash
Picture: Close-up of pretty purple flowers
I love the album name, not sure how the other 2 fit in!
Nice… here’s what I got:
http://pictures.oriongirl.com/albums/2008_misc/albumcovermeme.jpg
Orion 2
“What You Might Be”
Picture – “Brotherly Love”
Band: Novi Sad
Title: Fit This Year’s Fashions
Cover photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/farock/2288538863/
I like it
So I wouldn’t normally just admit to it, but I was on Pop Candy and unsuspectingly found myself at this entry. I think I clicked the link at least three times to make sure it was actually happening. Congratulations?
Band Name-92.9
Album Title-Somewhere, may be happy
CD cover-picture of 2 purple flowers
interesting cd, right???
http://flickr.com/photos/jeremyricketts/2297186401
That was fun, thanks.
Band Name: Mosque Bab ul Islam
Album Title: The Reality of Tomorrow
Cover: Habenero Chili Sauce
2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
Band Name: LeisureJet
Album: That we cannot do
Album Cover: a b/w photo of two monks sitting on a train with a banner over their heads – http://www.flickr.com/photos/mexad/2296579950/
I Killed your Karma by the band Cherio Electric Train.
Cover of a Squirrel -
LOVE IT
I got lucky too!
For I Don’t Know – Album Name
Controversy – Band Name
Picture of a Blow Fish
WOW!
Hey, I followed saw this on PopCandy, and think this meme ROCKS!
Here’s my result:
http://payneplacesequel.blogspot.com/
This was so much fun!
Band: AM Cable
Title: Slow to Grow Bear
Picture: A small cup of coffee ice cream on a floor
I feel like a record executive
Album: Music is to Music
Band name: Malayan Flying Frogs
Image: A crouching squirrel.
Now all I need is a myspace page for this band and some Internet buzz and I’ll be the Next Big Thing.
Band: Kingston Township
CD name: Endanger the Public Liberty
Picture is of dancers feet and their reflection on a shiny floor.
Love the site.
Band name: Boris Zovkovic
Title: Still lies within us
Album cover: Young boy sitting next to steps
My band is a wonderful Russian glam metal band with lots of big hair and tight pink pants.
Band name: Whitsunday
Title: To give it away
cover: Dilapidated room with an empty wooden chair
My band= mid-ninties apathetic grunge garage band
you are a genius.
album title: is to be misunderstood
band name: Phoenicia Railroad Station
photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tendertiger/2290388315/
Band Name: Double Trouble
Album Name: Keep Out of Range
Picture: a spotted horse looking over a fence with a mountain in the background
Band Name: Silo
Album Name: Flesh and Blood Tommorow
Picture: 2 guys inside a bar at a long table (dark and gloomy looking bar)
http://flickr.com/photos/lwhitehead/2307756107/
This was really fun!
This is one of the cooler things I’ve seen.
The funniest part is every single one of these could be from an emo band.
Dipylon Master
Album: Through changing, you’re through
This is awesome
Band: Political Religion
Album: Fill the world with fool (the last five words worked better than the last four)
Cover image: A swimming pool in the sun?
I like the first image better: A life-size Ronald McDonald surrounded by trash
This is fun, I love radom generators, and they suit the music concept well.
Wicked, thanks x
Here’s mine. It’s a really funny game.
If you enjoy this meme, check out http://figment.cc/ you can even post your album there!
Band name: Metal Earth
Album: War
Album cover: a guitar in flames
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The CD Cover Meme
Sun 02/17/08
The CD Cover Meme:
1. quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
3. flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
Here’s the original photo by Kent Mercurio.