Funny commentary. Lore Sjoberg sets up a MySpace page.

Quoted: Next step is to add a background image. There are pages on MySpace without background images, but all they have going for them is legibility. Take it from me, a massive picture of an anime demon kitty in high heels and an extremely skimpy nurse's outfit says more about you than a thousand readable blog entries could.

"Ode to the Blue Dot" on MySpace. BTW, this has nothing to do with Blue Dot but appears to be about having some Blue skinnish thing removed. Ewww.

Quoted: MySpace Blog, Erica, Ode To The Blue Dot

I don't think that this is as ground-breaking as the author claims it to be. If you can't figure out that MySpace is a marketing operation, you're really dumb.

This is one of those random serendipitous occurrences - I received a friend request at MySpace from the "Inklein Quartet" (probably because I am a friend of the Kronos Quartet) and went to listen to their posted tracks. This one called "Lonely Whale Song" struck me as a Massive Attack meets Kronos, which is right up my alley. Check it out.

I'm still trying to find a place to purchase the whole album for a reasonable price. It's available for $9.99 on itunes but it's missing a track and I hate that. Their site says I can get it at cdbaby but they're out (and I'm on the waiting list). Amazon has it (on 4 - 6 week special order) for $19.00 and that's just more than I want to pay. Silver Platters here in Northgate doesn't have it either. Blech.

Let me know what you think. You have to get past the first 30 seconds to a minute for the song to really kick in.

Weird. Didn't Blue Dot hit 100 million accounts yesterday as well? Am I a little bit off?

Quoted: MySpace slipped over the 100 million users mark earlier today (August 9th). Those who watched the dial claim that the ...

Holy snap! I bet Rupert Murdoch is pretty happy with the MySpace purchase price now. How do you think Google feels after deciding not to buy MySpace? Google is now now paying 3X the original purchase price they were offered just to provide search on the site.

Quoted: Google will pay News Corp. at least $900 million to be the search provider on MySpace and other sites. The move -- a blow to rival Yahoo -- gives Google exclusive access to one of the most popular sites on the Internet, and follows Google's $1 billion deal to provide searches on AOL.

An interesting article on Social Networking from South Korea called Cyworld.

Quoted: South Korea's most popular social network is launching a U.S. version to combat the U.S. teen sensation in August.

Kronos Quartet's MySpace page.

Quoted: MySpace Profile - Kronos Quartet, 102 years old, Female, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US,

ABC News "hatin" on MySpace...

They wait until the last few lines to give MySpace a chance to rebut. What a weak, one-sided flimsy article. It's like they started with a premise, built a floppy case around it, and buried any balance at the bottom.

Quoted: Is MySpace.com Really That Popular?